Wikipedia

Wakana Maruoka

Wakana Maruoka (丸岡 和佳奈, Maruoka Wakana, born 13 May 1995) is a Japanese voice actress and singer affiliated with With Line.[1] She is known for voicing Rinze Morino in The Idolmaster Shiny Colors, Ireena Litz de Olhyde in The Greatest Demon Lord Is Reborn as a Typical Nobody, and Sumire Kasahara in My Clueless First Friend.

Wakana Maruoka
丸岡 和佳奈
Born (1995-05-13) 13 May 1995 (age 29)
Occupations
  • Voice actress
  • singer
Years active2018–present
EmployerWith Line
Notable workRinze Morino in The Idolmaster Shiny Colors
Ireena Litz de Olhyde in The Greatest Demon Lord Is Reborn as a Typical Nobody
Sumire Kasahara in My Clueless First Friend

Biography

edit

Wakana Maruoka, a native of Tokyo, was born on 13 May 1995.[2] Maruoka initially planned to work as a civil servant, but later decided to become a voice actress instead.[3] She was educated at the Tokyo Seiyu Academy [ja].[3]

In March 2018, she was cast as Rinze Morino, one of five members of Hōkago Climax Girls, one of the few idol units within The Idolmaster Shiny Colors spin-off franchise.[4] Since then, she has performed as a singer on several Idolmaster music releases, including Hōkago Climax Girls' 2018 single Yumesaki After School (which charted at #8 in the Oricon Singles Chart) and the 2022 single Synthe-Side 02 (which charted at #25 in the aforementioned chart).[5][6] She later recalled in a 2022 interview with Da Vinci Web that while portraying Rinze, she initially "acted quietly while suppressing my emotions, but as [she] grew older, [her] emotions gradually came to the fore".[3]

In December 2021, she was cast as Ireena Litz de Olhyde in The Greatest Demon Lord Is Reborn as a Typical Nobody.[7] In January 2022, she began voicing Urara Yume, a character in the Magia Record event "Gray Revolution".[8] In May 2022, she was cast as Lujei Piche in GrimGrimoire OnceMore, the 2022 remaster of the 2007 game GrimGrimoire.[9] In February 2023, she was cast as Sumire Kasahara in My Clueless First Friend.[10] In 2024 she was cast as Yuki Suou in Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian.

Filmography

edit

Anime television

edit
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024

Anime film

edit
2021

Video games

edit
2018
2020
2021
2022
2019

References

edit
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w "丸岡和佳奈". With Line. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  2. ^ "丸岡和佳奈". Animate Times (in Japanese). Retrieved 22 July 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d Maruoka, Wakana (31 May 2022). "丸岡和佳奈「できる限りたくさんの作品に携わりながら、"声帯"として作品の一部になりたい」【声優図鑑】". Da Vinci Web (Interview). Interviewed by Aki Yoshida. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  4. ^ a b "The Idolm@ster: Shiny Colors Game Adds 'After School Climax Girls' Idol Unit". 5 March 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  5. ^ "THE IDOLM@STER SHINY COLORS BRILLI@NT WING 04「夢咲きAfter school」". Oricon. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  6. ^ "THE IDOLM@STER SHINY COLORS Synthe-Side 02". Oricon. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  7. ^ a b Mateo, Alex (16 December 2021). "The Greatest Demon Lord is Reborn as a Typical Nobody Anime's 1st Promo Video Reveals Cast, Staff, Opening Theme, April 2022 Premiere". Anime News Network. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
  8. ^ "『マギレコ』新イベントは魔法少女が抱える宿命に抗おうとしながらも、諦念に至るまでを描くストーリー". Dengeki Online (in Japanese). 27 January 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  9. ^ a b Mateo, Alex (13 May 2022). "GrimGrimoire OnceMore Remastered Game's Trailer Reveals, Previews Cast". Anime News Network. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  10. ^ a b Cayanan, Joanna (21 February 2023). "My Clueless First Friend Anime Reveals April 9 Premiere, More Cast, Visual, Ending Theme Artist". Anime News Network. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
  11. ^ Loo, Egan (7 November 2023). "Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian Anime Slated for April 2024". Anime News Network. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
  12. ^ a b "Wakana Maruoka (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 23 July 2023. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wakana_Maruoka&oldid=1255505042"