Chihara Minori

Chihara Minori (茅原実里)

Personal Information
Birthday	November 18, 1980 (age 44)
Hometown	Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan
Nickname	Minorin (みのりん)
Height	158 cm (5 ft 2.2 in)
Blood Type	B
Professional Information
Agency	HoriPro International
Debut Year	2005
Status	Active
Social Medias
Website	www.minorichihara.com
Agency Profile	Chihara Minori @HoriPro International
Blog	Official blog
Twitter	@Minorin_parade
Instagram	@minori_chihara

Chihara Minori (茅原実里, born November 18, 1980) is a Japanese seiyuu and singer from Saitama Prefecture, but born in Tochigi Prefecture. In 2011, she won Best Musical Performance at the 5th Seiyuu Awards. From 2015 through 2020, she appeared to be focusing on her music career, but from 2006 to 2015 she was active enough to be one of the top seiyuu in the industry.

On April 2, 2021, she announced she will be suspending her musical activities indefinitely starting December 31, 2021, but will continue seiyuu activities. On May 18, 2023, she announced on her official website that she would be resuming her musical activities in August 2023.

Music career[]

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While she has been a relatively successful seiyuu by averaging around 2 or more main roles per year, she has a much more extensive music career. Her music career was such that her backing band "CMB" (aka "Creative Music Band" and "Chihara Minori Band") actually released its own instrumental album and had its own one-man live in 2012.^[1] Since 2014, her backup dancers are even a well-known entity "CMD".

Early in her career, for The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya series, she performed “Hare Hare Yukai” (#5 on Oricon charts; along with Hirano Aya and Goto Yuko) the ending theme to season 1.

Starting around 2007 and going through 2015, she was extremely successful with all her singles from the 2nd to the 22nd making the Oricon top 20 singles charts and 5 making the top 10 with PRECIOUS ONE (2009) peaking at #5. Even the singles that did not make the top 20, only starting in 2019 did she have a charting single outside the top 40.

From 2007 to 2019, she has released 27 singles:

Order	Date	Title	Oricon
-	2005年1月13日	ずっと...一緒/負けない〜一途バージョン〜	?
1st	2007年1月24日	純白サンクチュアリィ	35
2nd	2007年6月6日	君がくれたあの日	20
3rd	2008年3月26日	Melty tale storage	13
4th	2008年8月6日	雨上がりの花よ咲け	17
5th	2008年11月5日	Paradise Lost	15
6th	2009年6月3日	Tomorrow’s chance	12
7th	2009年12月23日	PRECIOUS ONE	5
8th	2010年2月24日	優しい忘却	8
9th	2010年7月21日	Freedom Dreamer	9
10th	2011年2月9日	Defection	15
11th	2011年2月9日	KEY FOR LIFE	16
12th	2011年7月6日	Planet patrol	11
13th	2011年10月19日	TERMINATED	9
14th	2012年3月21日	Celestial Diva	16
15th	2012年7月11日	ZONE//ALONE	6
16th	2012年10月24日	SELF PRODUCER	11
17th	2013年4月24日	この世界は僕らを待っていた	14
18th	2013年10月30日	境界の彼方	11
19th	2014年2月26日	FOOL THE WORLD	17
20th	2014年7月23日	向かい風に打たれながら	18
21st	2015年4月22日	会いたかった空	18
22nd	2015年6月24日	ありがとう、だいすき	15
23rd	2015年11月18日	恋	34
24th	2018年1月31日	みちしるべ	23
25th	2018年6月6日	"SOUL" Remained dream/Hopeful "SOUL"	34
26th	2019年9月4日	エイミー	28
27th	2019年12月4日	Christmas Night	48

Anime roles[]

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Main roles[]

Yuki Nagato in The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan (2015)
Miku "Diva, Tsukino Yoimachi" Izayoi in Date A Live (II S2 2014, Movie: Mayuri Judgment 2015 movie)
Mitsuki Nase in in Beyond the Boundary (2013, Idol Trial! 2013 shorts, Mini Theater 2014 shorts, Movie 1: I'll Be Here - Past 2015 movie, Movie 2: I'll Be Here - Future 2015 movie)
Rätsel in Phi Brain: Puzzle of God 3 (2013)
Shino Inuzuka in Hakkenden -Eight Dogs of the East- (2013)
Sayuri Satō in Sparrow's Hotel (2013)
Strarf Mk.2 in Busou Shinki (Moon Angel 2011, Armored War Goddess 2012)
Anastasia Nasuhara in OniAi: As Long as There's Love, It Doesn't Matter If He Is My Brother, Right? (2012)
Konoha Muramasa in C³ (2011)
Horizon Ariadust in Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere (2011, II S2 2012)
Teresa Beria in The Qwaser of Stigmata (2010)
Nayu Hayama in Chu-Bra!! (2010)
Kagura Tsuchimiya in Ga-Rei: Zero (2008)
Coopa in Tower of Druaga: The Aegis of Uruk (2008)
Chiaki Minami in The Minami Family (2007, Okawari 2008, Okaeri 2009, Tadaima 2013)
Toa in Dragonaut: The Resonance (2007)
Ekitoku Chōhi in Ikkitousen (Dragon Destiny 2007, Great Guardians 2008, Xtreme Xecutor 2010, Xtreme Xecutor Specials special 2020 shorts mini-series, OVA Shūtsuba Fighter Keppū Roku 43 min 2011, OVA Extravaganza Epoch 2 ep 2014, OVA Western Wolves 3 ep 2019)
Sumire Takahana in Venus Versus Virus (2007)
Hina Hōjō in Lovedol: Lovely Idol (2006)
Yuki Nagato in The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (2006, S2 2009, 2010 movie)
Erika Campbell in 'Lemon Angel Project (2006)
Ohana in Samurai Gun (2004)
Aya Natsume in Tenjō Tenge (2004)

Notable supporting roles[]

Miku "Diva, Tsukino Yoimachi" Izayoi in Date A Live (III S3 2019, IV S4 2022)
Erica Brown in Violet Evergarden (2018, Side Story: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll 2019 movie, Movie 2020 movie)
Kaori Nakaseko in Sound! Euphonium (2 Specials 2016 shorts, the Movie: May the Melody Reach You! 2017 movie, Our Promise: A Brand New Day 2019)
Fubuki Amatsuka in Baby Princess 3D Paradise 0 [Love] (OVA 2011)
Ichigo Saotome in Mayo Chiki! (2011)
Kimiko Kitō in A-Channel (2011, +A-Channel special 2011 shorts, OVA +smile 2 ep 2012, Let's Eat Hot Pot special 2017)
Daana in Rio - Rainbow Gate!: Reshuffle (2011)
Lawry in Cat Planet Cuties (2010)
Mikaze Nakagawa in Occult Academy (2010)
Margot in The Sacred Blacksmith (2009)
Kuchinashi "Stockings" in Needless (2009, +: The Secret of Saint Lily Academy special 2009 shorts)
Yuki Nagato in Nyoron! Churuya-san (ONA 2009 shorts)
Minami Iwasaki in Lucky☆Star (OVA Original Visuals and Animation 42 min 2008)
Coopa in Tower of Druaga (The Aegis of Uruk - Jil's Adventure special 2008, The Sword of Uruk 2009)
Raquel "Mayo Kagura" Mayol in My-Otome 0: S.ifr (OVA 3 ep 2008)
Nanaka Shirakawa in D.C.II: Da Capo II (2007, S2 2008)
Iwasaki Minami, Chihara Minori in Lucky☆Star (2007)
Matia Machiya in Polyphonica (2007)
Tsubasa Kawai in Today in Class 5-2 (OVA 4 ep 2006, Special Class: Water Splash special 2008 short)
Mitsuki Kisaragi in Humanoid Monster Bem (2006 reboot)
Ayaka "Skelter Titan" Matsumoto in Skelter Heaven (OVA 19 min 2004)

Other roles[]

Tomo in Princess Connect! Re:Dive (2020)
Utsushimi Camie in My Hero Academia (S3 2018, S4 2019)
Ran "Princess Leila" Yatagai in Because I Don't Like My Big Brother at All!! (2011)
Maize in Dream-Colored Pastry Chef (SP Professional S2 2010)
Airi "Ogachin" Ogata in Three Way Struggle (2010, Is Increasing! 8 ep 2011)
Sakutaro in Umineko: When They (2009)
Tōka Ryūmonbuchi in Saki (2009, Episode of Side A 2012, The Nationals 2014)
Ayane Suzuki in Major (S2 2005, S3 2007, S4 2008, S5 2009, S6 2010)
Memory in The Law of Ueki (2005)