Mayu Iizuka (Japanese: 飯塚 麻結, Hepburn: Iizuka Mayu, born 15 April 1996) is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Saitama Prefecture, affiliated with Sun Music Group.[1] A founding member of the voice acting unit Dialogue, she is known for voicing Rina in Million Doll and Airi Eniwa in Cue!.

Mayu Iizuka
飯塚 麻結
Born (1996-04-15) 15 April 1996 (age 28)
Occupations
  • Voice actress
  • singer
Years active2012–present
EmployerSun Music Group
Notable work
Musical career
Member ofDialogue

Biography

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Mayu Iizuka, a native of Saitama Prefecture, was born on 15 April 1996.[1] While watching The Prince of Tennis anime with her older siblings, whom she described in an interview as being "from the Prince of Tennis generation", she saw that a woman was credited for a male character, and her sister told her that female voice actors are able to do characters regardless of gender, inspiring her to join the voice acting industry.[2] She was educated at Clark Memorial International High School [ja], where she would about three hours commuting back and forth to and where she started an idol club.[2]

Her voice acting career began while she was a first-year high school student.[2] In December 2014, it was announced that she and Aya Uchida would voice the kōhai in Tamayura: Sotsugyō Shashin.[3] In April 2015, she was cast as Rina in Million Doll.[4]

She voices Airi Eniwa in the mobile game Cue!.[5] She reprised her role in the 2022 anime.[6]

In 2019, she became one of the founding members of the voice acting unit Dialogue.[7]

On 29 January 2022, she revealed that she was the "inner person" behind Yume Kotobuki (琴吹 ゆめ, Kotobuki Yume), a VTuber who became active in 2018.[8] Iizuka said that this decision was to counter the stigma of self-revealing real-life identities among VTubers.[8]

Her special skills are winking, whistling, and making her soft joints flexible.[1] Among her hobbies are farming and bass guitar.[1]

Filmography

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Animated television

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Year Title Role Ref.
2012 Chitose Get You!! female student [1]
2012 From the New World Bakenezumi [1]
2013 Amnesia fan club #2 [1]
2013 Freezing Vibration Anna Barker [1]
2013 Recorder and Randsell Kawauchi-san [1]
2013 Uta no Prince-sama Maji Love 2000% girl, child [1]
2013 Photo Kano [1]
2014 Glasslip [1]
2014 Sakura Trick Akane Niimura [1]
2014 Denkigai no Honya-san Umanami-chan, Onomi-chan [1]
2014 The Kawai Complex Guide to Manors and Hostel Behavior Chinatsu's friend B [1]
2014 Magical Warfare [1]
2015 Gon Kumarin [1]
2015 Million Doll Rina [4]
2016 And You Thought There Is Never a Girl Online? Mizuki Nishimura, students, maid B [1]
2018 Last Period #8 Walkure [1]
2018 Game Maniacs Maniacs Girl [1]
2022 Cue! Airi Eniwa [6]

Animated film

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Year Title Role Ref.
2015-2016 Tamayura: Sotsugyō Shashin Zuzune Maekawa [1]

Video games

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Year Title Role Ref.
2013 Kaizoku Fantasia Sena Altas, Anri, etc. [1]
2014 Heroes Placement Yōko Shinonome, Hisaka Haeda, Mishio Sakaide [1]
2014 Under Night In-Birth Nanase [1]
2015 Racing Musume Chieri Yokohama [1]
2016 Koku no Ishtaria Grania, Simkiel [1]
2016 Last Period Walkure [1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa "飯塚 麻結". Sun Music Group (in Japanese). Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  2. ^ a b c Iizuka, Mayu (6 December 2021). "飯塚麻結「声優の仕事を始めてから自分をちょっと好きになれました」". Seiyū Zukan (Interview). Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  3. ^ Loo, Egan (17 December 2014). "Tamayura Films' Cast, Story, Title, Date, Visual Unveiled". Anime News Network. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  4. ^ a b Nelkin, Sarah (20 April 2015). "Mayu Iizuka, Yui Watanabe Join Million Doll Summer Anime's Cast". Anime News Network. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  5. ^ "声優育成ゲーム『CUE!』のキャスト16名が歌うオープニング曲をリリース!". Tower Records Online. 3 September 2019. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  6. ^ a b Hodgkins, Crystalyn (15 August 2021). "CUE! Voice Actress Anime Reveals 1st Promo Video, January 2022 Debut". Anime News Network. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  7. ^ "「DIALOGUE+」デビューシングルのMVショートバージョンが公開!". Animage+. 9 September 2019. Archived from the original on 2 October 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2024 – via MyNavi News.
  8. ^ a b "VTuber琴吹ゆめ、「リアルアバター」として「中の人」を公開 メタバース声優として活動へ". Panora (in Japanese). 29 January 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2024.