Saori Ōnishi is a Japanese voice actress who is affiliated with I'm Enterprise. She played La Folia Rihavein in her first leading role for the anime series Strike the Blood. She is known for her roles as Eriri Spencer Sawamura in , Ais Wallenstein in Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?, and Vignette April Tsukinose in Gabriel DropOut. She won the Best Supporting Actress award and the Personality Award along with Ayane Sakura at the 12th Seiyu Awards.
Biography
Ōnishi was born in Chiba Prefecture on August 6, 1992. She began aspiring to become a voice actress in elementary school after watching anime on television. The voice acting performances of voice actresses such as Maaya Sakamoto and Sanae Kobayashi also inspired her to pursue the profession. During her elementary and junior high school years, she was part of a brass band club. Although she was part of the science class in high school, she decided not to join any clubs, instead preferring to attend a voice acting training school. Ōnishi began her voice acting career in 2012, initially voicing characters in a number of drama CDs, before moving on to supporting roles in anime. Her first main role in an anime was as La Folia Rihavein in Strike the Blood. In 2014, she was cast as Jamie Hazaford in the anime series Argevollen, Emi Murakami in the anime series Jinsei, and Kanon Chiyoda in the anime series The Irregular at Magic High School. In 2015, Ōnishi was cast as the character Eriri Spencer Sawamura in the anime series '. She also played the roles of Ais Warenstein in Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?, Hisako Arato in ', and Miyuki Kujō in Shomin Sample. In 2016, she played the roles of Kazuha Shibasaki in Girlish Number, Non Toyoguchi in Keijo, Madoka Amano in Active Raid, and Ai Ninomiya in Amanchu. In August 2016, she visited Hong Kong to promote the game ', where she plays the role of Dana. In 2017, Ōnishi played the role of Vignette April Tsukinose in the anime series Gabriel DropOut; she and co-stars Miyu Tomita, Naomi Ōzora, and Kana Hanazawa performed the series' opening theme "Gabriel Drop Kick" and ending theme "Hallelujah Essaim". She also voiced Muramasa Senju in Eromanga Sensei, Marie Bell Breguet in Clockwork Planet, and Kuro in Restaurant to Another World. In 2018, she played the role of Hiyori Jūjō in Katana Maidens ~ Toji No Miko. She also voiced Ruka Irokawa in Comic Girls, and Beelzebub in As Miss Beelzebub Likes. In 2019, she played the role of Nagi Kirima in Boogiepop and Others. She will also play Kaori Shirasaki in '.
