| Uesaka Sumire (上坂 すみれ) | |
|---|---|
| Personal Information | |
| Birthday | December 19, 1991 (age 33) |
| Hometown | Kanagawa, Japan |
| Nickname | Sumipe (すみぺ), Corps Commander/Gundan-chō (軍団長), Sumīnya (スミーニャ), Sumi-chan pe [unofficial] (すみちゃんぺ [本人非公認]) |
| Height | 160 cm (5 ft 3 in) |
| Blood Type | O |
| Professional Information | |
| Agency | Voice Kit (2021-Present) Space Craft Entertainment (2011-2020) |
| Debut Year | 2011 |
| Status | Active |
| Social Medias | |
| Agency Profile | Uesaka Sumire @Voice Kit |
| @uesaka_official | |
| @uesaka_sumire | |
Uesaka Sumire (上坂 すみれ) is a Japanese seiyuu and singer from Kanagawa Prefecture. In 2016, she won Best Rookie Actress at the 10th Seiyuu Awards alongside Takahashi Rie and Tanaka Aimi. In 2024, she won the Influencer Award at the 18th Annual Seiyu Awards.
She is a member of the seiyuu idol unit Pastel*Palettes (2017+) related to the BanG Dream! (2015+) mixed media project. She is a member of the seiyuu idol unit Plasmagica (2013+) related to the SHOW BY ROCK!! (2013+) mixed media project.
On December 19, 2022, she announced in her 31st birthday livestream that the Max Factory company was making a figma (PVC action figure) based on her. This is possibly the first figma based on a seiyuu.
Music career[]
Edit to right of the section title.She was a member of the seiyuu idol unit Ray (2020-only) related to the anime Lapis Re:LiGHTs (2020). She was a member of the seiyuu idol unit Hanamiya Joshi Climbing Club (2020-only) related to the anime Iwa Kakeru! -Sport Climbing Girls- (2020). She was a member of the seiyuu idol unit Seleas (2016 to 2019) related to the TSUKIUTA (2012+) mixed media project. She was a member of the seiyuu idol unit Ongaku Shoujo (2018-only?) related to anime Music Girls (2018). She was a member of the seiyuu idol unit Himote House Juunin Ichidou (2018-only?) related to the anime Himote House (2018). She was a member of the seiyuu idol unit Alternative Girls (2016 to 2021) related to the game Alternative Girls (2016+?) from the To LOVE-Ru (2008+) anime franchise. She was a member of the mixed seiyuu idol unit Jigoku no Sata All Stars (2014 to 2018) related to the anime Hōzuki's Coolheadedness (2014+). She was a member of the seiyuu idol unit CINDERELLA PROJECT (2015 to 2016) and the duo LOVE LAIKA with Suzaki Aya (2015-only?) related to the THE iDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS (2011) mixed media project. She was a member of the seiyuu idol unit Tesapurun♪ (2015-only?) related to the anime Tesagure! Bukatsumono Spin-off Purupurun Sharumu to Asobou (2015). She was a member of the seiyuu idol unit Twin-Tails (2014-only?) related to the anime Gonna be the Twin-Tail!! (2014). She was a member of the seiyuu idol unit Black Raison d'être (2012 to 2014) related to the anime Love, Chūnibyō & Other Delusions (2012+).
She made her singing debut in April 2013 under King Records. She is a successful singer in her own right having released 14 singles through 2023 and 5 studio albums. All of her singles have made the top 20 (11) or top 40 (3) of the Oricon singles charts with the first 3 of her albums making the top 10 with the 4th reaching #12 and 5th reaching #18. She has performed 19 anime tie-in songs and 4 game/TV show tie-in songs. She has performed well over 100 character songs!
She has performed in 30 one-man live events and over 35 joint live events. She has performed in 6 Animelo Summer Live events (2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, & 2023).
Anime roles[]
Edit to right of the section title.Main roles[]
- Kagura Baldwin in Temple: No One Can Live on Loneliness (Specials 2 ep special 2023 shorts)
- Mia Luna Tearmoon in Tearmoon Empire (2023)
- Queen Elizabeth, Warspite in Azur Lane (OVA Queen's Orders 2 ep 2023)
- Ranna Himawari in Rokudo's Bad Girls (2023)
- Mitsuki "Mitsuki Ayanokōji" Yano in Yuri is My Job! (2023)
- Thea "Yumegatari, Dreamspeaker" in Spy Classroom (2023, S2 2023)
- Kelly in Roly Poly Peoples (ONA 2022 shorts)
- Lum in Urusei Yatsura (2022)
- Hayase Nagatoro in Don't Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro (2021, 2nd Attack S2 2023, ONA 2nd Attack Mini Anime S2 2023 shorts)
- Suzushiro in Rail Romanesque (2020 shorts, S2 2023 shorts)
- Konomi Kasahara in Iwa-Kakeru! -Sport Climbing Girls- (2020)
- Mari Morino in Asteroid in Love (2020)
- Kana Kojima in Why the Hell are You Here, Teacher!? (2019)
- Yuni / Cure Cosmo in Star☆Twinkle PreCure (2019)
- Rika Sonezaki in O Maidens in Your Savage Season (2019)
- Chisato Shirasagi in BanG Dream! (2nd Season S2 2019, Film Live 2nd Stage 2021 movie, ONA Garupa☆Pico Fever! 2021 shorts)
- Chisato Shirasagi in Pastel Life (2018)
- Pipimi in Pop Team Epic Episode 3, part A (2018)
- Kiri Mukae in Ongaku Shōjo (2018)
- Minamo Arai in Himote House (2018)
- Mari Shirako in Urahara (2017)
- Aletta in Restaurant to Another World (2017, S2 2021)
- Leen in In Another World with My Smartphone (2017, 2 S2 2023)
- Anastasia in THE iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls Theater (S1 & 2 2017)
- Mayumi Hanazaki in Chō Shōnen Tantei-dan NEO (2017)
- Serika Onoe in Chaos;Child (2017)
- Colette in This Art Club Has a Problem! (2016)
- Yuzuru Midō in RS Project -Rebirth Storage- (2016)
- Mai Kawakami in Myriad Colors Phantom World (2016)
- Athena in Luck & Logic (2016)
- Fubuki in KanColle: The Movie (2016)
- Anastasia in THE iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls (S1 & S2 2015)
- ChuChu in Show by Rock!! (2016, S2 & Short!! [shorts] 2016, Stars!! 2021)
- Fubuki in Kantai Collection (2015)
- Kikko Hoshino in Concrete Revolutio (2015, The Last Song S2 2016)
- Yachiyo Inugami Inugami-san to Nekoyama-san (2014)
- Sōji Mitsuka (Tail Red) in Gonna be the Twin-Tail!! (2014)
- Tamaki Kannazuki in GJ-bu (2013)
- Rika Yoshitake in Genshiken Nidaime (2013)
- Annihilate Princess Mogami Yoshiaki in Sengoku Collection (2012)
- Sanae Dekomori in Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions (2012, 2013 movie, S2 Heart Throb 2014, 2018 movie)
- Sora Takanashi in Listen to Me, Girls. I Am Your Father! (2012)
Notable supporting roles[]
- Kagura Baldwin in Temple: No One Can Live on Loneliness (2023)
- Kikka Makuzawa in The Café Terrace and Its Goddesses (2023)
- Shiruriru in KamiKatsu: Working for God in a Godless World (2023)
- Shō Kochikashi in Yatogame-chan Observation Diary (S4 2022 shorts)
- Walküre "Valkyrie" in Takt Op. Destiny (2021)
- Aranea in The Vampire Dies in No Time (2021)
- Kōhai-chan in Do Your Best, Dōki-chan (2021 shorts, The Coworker is Suffering from Social Inequality special 2021 short)
- Aya Arisugawa in TONIKAWA: Over The Moon For You (OVA SNS 2021, Uniform special 2022, S2 2023, ONA High School Days 4 ep 2023)
- Kyōko Jingū in The Great Jahy Will Not Be Defeated! (2021)
- Nickel in The Idaten Deities Know Only Peace (2021)
- Chloe in Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid (S S2 2021, S: Japanese Hospitality (The Attendant is a Dragon) special 2022)
- Sawa Sugimoto in Kageki Shojo!! (2021)
- Yuki Karuizawa in Cute Executive Officer (ONA 2021 shorts, R S2 2023 shorts)
- Karin Nanase in In/Spectre (2020)
- Kokomi Kikyōin in Hatena☆Illusion (2020)
- Akashi in Azur Lane (The Animation 2019, Slow Ahead! 2021 shorts, OVA Queen's Orders 2 ep 2023)
- Angela in Carole & Tuesday (2019)
- Agnes Tachyon in Uma Musume: Pretty Derby (BNW Oath 3 ep special 2018, Umayon 2020 shorts, Umayon New Short Anime 12 ep special 2021 shorts, ONA Umayuru 2022 shorts)
- Anne Sieber in Boarding School Juliet (2018)
- Mari Inuyashiki in Inuyashiki (2017)
- Anastasia in THE iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls Theater (S2 2017)
- Chizuru Mitsudera in Hand Shakers (2017)
- Chisato Shirasagi in BanG Dream! (Girls Band Party! 2017, ONA 5th Anniversary Animation: CiRCLE Thanks Party! 2 ep 2022)
- Sōryū, Hiryū in KanColle: The Movie (2016)
- Shalltear "Bloody Valkyrie, Honyopenyoko, Shall" Bloodfallen in Overlord (2015, OVA Ple Ple Pleiades - Nazarick's Greatest Crisis 2016, Movie 1: The Undead King 2017 movie, Movie 2: The Dark Hero 2017 movie, S2 2018, ONA Ple Ple Pleiades 2 2018 shorts, S3 2018, ONA Ple Ple Pleiades 3 2018 shorts, IV S4 2022, ONA Ple Ple Pleiades 4 2022 shorts, )
- Sōryū, Hiryū in Kantai Collection (2015)
- Peach Maki in Hozuki's Coolheadedness (2014, S2 2017 & 2018)
- Elvia Hanaiman in Outbreak Company (2013)
- Nonna, Piyotan in Girls und Panzer (2012, 2015 movie, 2017 movie)
Images[]
Videos[]
Trivia[]
- She was scouted by Space Craft Entertainment's Junior division at age 9 and became a child actor with her first appearance in a Vidal Sassoon commercial. She decided to become a seiyuu around age 20 (2011).
- She majored in the Russian language at Sophia University (in Tokyo) and graduated in 2014.
- She is known as a Russophile with a great interest in Russian culture as well as the former Soviet Union.
- One of her first roles was in the anime Girls und Panzer where she played a Russian tank commander/gunner and sang an insert song (with Hisako Kanemoto) in Russian for the show.
- Her agency, Voice Kit (株式会社ボイスキット, Kabushikigaisha boisukitto), did not appear to have a public website until 2022.
References[]
See also[]
Edit to right of the section title.External link[]
- Official agency profile page
- Official music artist page
- Official Twitter: @uesaka_official
- Official Instagram
- Official YouTube channel
- Other info
- News
- Anime News Network - Sumire Uesaka Becomes 1st Voice Actor to Inspire Figma by Kim Morrissy 2022-12-22 13:45 EST