Aina Kusuda
Aina Kusuda is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Chiba Prefecture. Kusuda was previously affiliated with DANDELION, but is now a freelancer. Kusuda is best known as Nozomi Toujou in Love Live! School Idol Project series, and has worked with the other Love Live! girls in singing multiple songs that have charted on Oricon. Kusuda's other major roles include Suko in Million Doll and Rose in Rilu Rilu Fairilu. Her nickname is "Kussun".
Career
Prior to entering the anime industry, Kusuda worked in a maid cafe in Akihabara called Cafe la vie en rose. Kusuda decided to become a voice actress after seeing a stage performance of Junko Takeuchi. Kusuda made her debut as a voice actress as Nozomi Tojo in the media franchise Love Live!, and she separately formed the duo unit, Please&Secret, with co-star Pile, who voiced Maki Nishikino. In 2013, Kusuda joined the idol unit Tabikare Girls, which released its first single that November. In the same year, Kusuda formed a unit with Pile called “Please&Secret.” Kusuda released a CD on November 6, 2013, together with a new JTB Music Unit called “Tabi College Girls”, together with Yui Watanabe, Rikako Yamaguchi, Rika Nishimori, and Mami Sumi.She is also as a member of a mini unit in Love Live! project series, Lily White, alongside Riho Iida and Suzuko Mimori.
Filmography
Television anime
| Title | Year | Role | Notes | Source |
| Inumarudashi | 2011 | Kindergartner | ||
| Penguindrum | 2011 | Adults, children | ||
| Gon | 2012 | Frog | ||
| Arpeggio of Blue Steel | 2013 | Student B | ||
| Uta no☆Prince-sama♪ maji LOVE 2000% | 2013 | Children | ||
| Karneval | 2013 | Nurse | ||
| Love Live! | 2013 | Nozomi Tojo | ||
| Leo Friends: The Tale of Sparkly Friends | 2013 | Female employee | ||
| Ojarumaru | 2014 | Bicycle | 17th series episode 69 "The Talkative Tools" | |
| Girl Friend Beta | 2014 | Eri Minaguchi | ||
| Hamatora | 2014 | |||
| GATE | 2015 | Delilah | ||
| Futsū no Joshikōsei ga Locodol Yattemita | 2014 | Kana Mikoze | ||
| PriPara | 2014 | Sadako | ||
| Super Radical Gag Family | 2014 | Yūta Ōsawagi | ||
| Love Live! 2nd Season | 2014 | Nozomi Tojo | ||
| Re:␣Hamatora | 2014 | Female High School Student A, Female Announcer, Child A | ||
| Nyuru Nyuru!! Kakusen-kun | 2015 | Nyururin | ||
| Million Doll | 2015 | Sūko | ||
| Rilu Rilu Fairilu | 2016 | Rose | ||
| Fairy Tail | 2018 | Zeref Dragneel |
Theatrical animation
OVA
| Title | Year | Role | Notes | Source |
| Snow Halation | 2010 | Nozomi Tojo | ||
| Natsuiro Egao de 1, 2, Jump! | 2011 | Nozomi Tojo | ||
| Mogyutto "LOVE" de Sekkin Chuu! | 2012 | Nozomi Tojo | ||
| Wonderful Rush | 2012 | Nozomi Tojo | ||
| Mighty Lady: The Series | 2012 | Operator |
Games
Discography
Singles
Albums
Please&Secret
With Pile| Year | Title | Peak Oricon chart position |
| 2013 | O.P.E.N FANTASY | 42 |
| 2014 | 23 | |
| 2014 | 22 |