Azusa Tadokoro is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Mito, Ibaraki. She is affiliated with the talent agencyHoripro and signed to record labelLantis. She participated in an audition sponsored by Horipro and made her debut as a voice actress in 2012. Her notable roles include Aoi Kiriya in Aikatsu!, Kaoru Seta in BanG Dream!, Phino Bloodstone in Yu-Shibu, and Chtholly Nota Seniorious in WorldEnd. Apart from voice acting, she also performed theme song for anime such as Myriad Colors Phantom World and Trickster.
Biography
Tadokoro was born on November 10, 1993 in Mito, Ibaraki. She was inspired to become a voice actress after hearing the performance of Akiko Yajima as the character Kohaku in the anime Inuyasha. In 2011, she participated in the 36th Horipro Talent Scout Caravan and was declared the winner. She joined the talent agency Horipro and decided to debut as a singer with the record label Lantis. She made her voice acting debut in 2012, voicing a character in a commercial for SSK Foods. That same year she was cast as Muneo Meshiyori in So, I Can't Play H!. Later that year, she was cast as Aoi Kiriya in Aikatsu! becoming her first main role. Since then, she has appeared in many concerts, stage events and radio programs. The following year she was cast as Phino Bloodstone in I Couldn't Become a Hero, So I Reluctantly Decided to Get a Job., and Shizuka Mogami in the mobile gameThe Idolmaster Million Live!. In 2014, she was cast as Kotori Takatori in Brynhildr in the Darkness. She, along with her co-stars, Risa Taneda, Aya Suzaki, and M·A·O, performed the series' ending theme song "Ichiban Boshi". Late that year, she made her official debut as a singer for Lantis by releasing her first album Beyond Myself; the album peaked at number 33 on the Oricon weekly charts. She launched her official Facebook and Twitter account on May 31, 2015. In April of the same year, she released her first single "DREAM LINE"; the song peaked at number 40 on the Oricon weekly charts. That same year, she was cast as Kiriko Shikishima in Ultimate Otaku Teacher. The following year, she voiced the character Ruru in Myriad Colors Phantom World; she also performed the series' ending theme song "Junshin Always". Later that year, she played the character Nao Nakamura in the anime Trickster; she also performed the series' first opening theme song "1HOPE SNIPER", and the series' second ending theme song "Unmei Dilemma". In 2017, she voiced the character Tae Futaba in Masamune-kun's Revenge. She then played the role of Chtholly Nota Seniorious in the anime WorldEnd which she also performed the opening theme song "DEAREST DROP". The following year, she was cast as Symboli Rudolf in Cygames's multimedia franchiseUma Musume Pretty Derby, and Chloe in That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime; she also performed the series' second ending theme song "Little Soldier". In 2019, she released the song "RIVALS" which is used as the ending theme to the anime seriesKandagawa Jet Girls.
