Asami Imai

Asami Imai (今井 麻美) is a Japanese voice actress and singer affiliated with Early Wing. She debuted as a voice actress in 1997 and as singer in 2009 by releasing her first single "Day by Day / Shining Blue Rain" under the 5pb. Records label. She is also well known for giving voices to Chihaya Kisaragi in THE IDOLM@STER (all related productions, except for IDOLM@STER: Xenoglossia), Kurisu Makise in Steins;Gate, Tsubaki Yayoi in BlazBlue, and Ayumi Shinozaki in Corpse Party. She along with Eri Kitamura formed the music unit Artery Vein which is also under the 5pb. label.

Early life
Born in Tokyo in 1977, Imai moved from Shibuya to Tokuyama City (currently Shūnan City) in Yamaguchi Prefecture, when she was eight years old. However, it is stated in her official profile that she was born in Yamaguchi Prefecture. She has stated that she graduated from Tokuyama High School, was vagabond for around a year, before entering Meiji University's School of Arts and Letters, majoring in Drama and Theatre Arts. In late April 2020, she uploaded her Youtube channel.

Career
In 1998, Imai won the Grand Prize for the Voice Actress category at the ENIX Anime Awards (エニックスアニメ大賞) while she was still studying. Subsequently, she debuted in the following year in the drama CD Toki no Daichi〜Hana no Ōkoku no Majo〜. In 2001, she was chosen as an assistant of the radio show, Tomokazu・Miki's Radio Big Bang. At one point of time in 2006, Imai once thought of giving up her job as a voice actress, but could not bear to leave the voice acting of her role as Chihaya Kisaragi in The Idolmaster to others.

Imai left her agency ArtsVision on April 5, 2007. She then free-lanced under the agency Kaleidoscope for 7 months. On April 22, 2009, Imai released her first major debut single, "Day by Day / Shining Blue Rain" under the 5pb. Records label. In the same year, she transferred to her current agency, Early Wing on December 1. She landed her first lead role as Kiiko Kawakami in the OVA Kuttsukiboshi in 2010. As she began expanding her singing career, she held her first solo live concert on December 25, 2010, and has since held concerts around the period of her birthday in May, as well as December.

On April 18, 2012, Imai was awarded the Best Female Character Voice award at the Famitsu Awards in 2011.

Imai is one of two members of the musical duo Artery Vein, along with Eri Kitamura. The unit mainly performs theme songs for the Corpse Party series. Imai's song "World-Line" is used as the second ending theme to the 2018 anime series Steins;Gate 0. Her song "Believe in Sky" was used as the opening theme to the 2019 anime series Pastel Memories.

Live action

 * Ultraseven X (2007): Soul of Light (ep 6.)

Video games

 * 2009-02-27 || Fuwari Complex ふわりコンプレックス || FukaSakiryo 深咲涼 || PC adult game As Eriko Toyama ||
 * 2009-03-27 || ''Littlewitch velvet 聖剣のフェアリース || KyuKiyoshi Chizuru 九澄千鶴 || PC adult game As Hisui Sakuraba ||
 * 2009-06-25 || To show the-pants, it is ...... - pride of the universe ～パンツを見せること、それが……～大宇宙の誇り || Maria de Akuadea マリア・ド・アークアデア || PC adult game As Yuko Ise ||
 * 2009-06-26 || 2 degrees to bloom! Tartlet ja:2度咲き！タルトレット || Makoto Usuda 臼田真琴 || PC adult game As Akagi Hiyori ||
 * 2009-07-31 || Mecha-mimi メカミミ || Juno ユノ || PC adult game As Ayana Sanoyu ||
 * 2009-09-25 || Important thing of magical girl. 魔法少女の大切なこと. || Tsuruya Mizumochi 鶴屋水望 || PC adult game As Serika Tosaka ||
 * 2009-09-25 || Nega0 Nega0 || Kuju Nanaka (Cool Seven) 九重ナナカ（クールセブン） || PC adult game As Kaoru Shikachi ||
 * 2009-11-27 || Natsuiro Penguin 夏いろペンギン -The sunlight of the early summer to glitter to the blue sky- || Saori Mizumiya 瑞宮茶織 || PC adult game As Shizuku Yukihira ||
 * 2009-12-11 || Shirokuma Bell Stars ♪ しろくまベルスターズ♪ || Toru Nanase 七瀬透 || PC adult game As Eriko Toyama ||
 * 2009-12-18 || Da Capo II: Fall in Love || Megumi Imai || PC adult game As Natsuki Miyagawa ||
 * 2010-01-29 || Airy Fairy: Easter of Sant' Ariccia || Sarah Duran サラ・デュラン || PC adult game As Mai Yuko ||
 * 2010-01-29 || The bright wing Senki sky of Yumina FD -ForeverDreams- 輝光翼戦記 天空のユミナFD -ForeverDreams- || Your Ai Kizu 御木津藍 || PC adult game As Eriko Toyama ||
 * 2010-02-26 || Seriously changing suddenly ☆ Radiant まじからっと☆れいでぃあんと || Fubuki Kirishima 霧島吹雪 || PC adult game As Misuzu Sakai ||
 * 2010-03-26 || se · Kirara se・きらら || Mana Miyuki 深雪真奈 || PC adult game As Setono Keiko ||
 * 2010-03-26 || Love - colored sky 恋色空模様 || Kayoko Kano 加納佳代子 || PC adult game As Hikōkai ||
 * 2010-05-28 || Guratan ぐらタン || Takaichi 蒔紀 高市蒔紀 || PC adult game As Kurumi Kokonoe ||
 * 2010-07-22 || Sinsemilla of twilight ja:黄昏のシンセミア || Minato Akane 南戸朱音 || PC adult game As Seira Serizawa ||
 * 2010-09-30 || Love once L@ve once || Film Todo 藤堂映 || PSP ||
 * 2010-12-09 || Pastel Chime Continue ぱすてるチャイムContinue || Iron Mask's 鉄仮面さん || PSP ||
 * 2010-12-23 || Cut the red! - Dream what is Masa magic gun of love - あかときっ！ -夢こそまされ恋の魔砲- || Bandai 爽夏 万代爽夏 || PC adult game As Yumi Kasai ||
 * 2011-02-24 || Love once Mermaid's tears L@ve once Mermaid's tears || Film Todo 藤堂映 || PS3 ||
 * 2011-05-27 || Cut the red! ! - Flowers and danced case love of costume - あかときっ！！－花と舞わせよ恋の衣装－ || Bandai 爽夏 万代爽夏 || PC adult game As Yumi Kasai ||
 * 2011-07-28 || Is whether Agari Hurricane Portable さかあがりハリケーン Portable || Ryo Misaki 深咲涼 || PSP As Eriko Toyama ||
 * 2011-12-16 || Corona of the time of the bright wings Senki silver 輝光翼戦記 銀の刻のコロナ || Your Ai Kizu 御木津藍 || PC adult game As Eriko Toyama ||
 * 2011-12-22 || When the end of the seven wonders 七つのふしぎの終わるとき || Nguyen Mishima, Hana Creole グエン・三島・華・クレオール || PC adult game As Sayaka Satsuki ||
 * 2012-03-01 || Keuken! - It has become to us anime! ~ こいけん！ ～私たちアニメになっちゃった！～ || Zenobia = L = Edgware ゼノビア＝L＝エッジウェア || other platform ||
 * 2012-12-27 || Tasogare no Sinsemilla portable 黄昏のシンセミア portable || Minato Akane 南戸朱音 || PSP As Seira Serizawa ||
 * 2012-03-30 || Hero * Senki 英雄＊戦姫 || Yoshitsune 源義経 || PC adult game As Mari Morisaki ||
 * 2012-04-12 || El Krone Atelier ~ Dear for Otomate ~ エルクローネのアトリエ～Dear for Otomate～ || Heidi ハイディ || PSP ||
 * 2012-08-31 || Tokyo Babel 東京バベル || Kuokami Metropolitan 刳狼都 || PC ||
 * 2013-11-28 || bitter smile. || Sakurako Todoroki 轟木桜子 || other platform As Rui Miyabe ||
 * 2013-12-20 || Sengoku † Koihime ~ maiden gorgeous ☆ Sengoku picture scroll ~ 戦国†恋姫 ～乙女絢爛☆戦国絵巻～ || Asai Makoto Nagamasa 浅井眞琴長政 || PC As Erika Matsuki ||
 * 2014-03-28 || Hero * Senki GOLD 英雄＊戦姫GOLD || Yoshitsune 源義経 || PC adult game As Mari Morisaki ||
 * 2015-02-18 || Princess Connect! プリンセスコネクト！ || Yukari Ayase 綾瀬ゆかり || other platform ||
 * || Solfege: Duetto con un fiore || Mari Amano || PSP, Windows ||
 * || CV: Casting Voice || Reiko Sagisu || re-enact idolmaster characters ||
 * || CV: Casting Voice || Reiko Sagisu || re-enact idolmaster characters ||

Dubbing

 * The Summit of the Gods (Ryoko Kishi)

Solo Singles

 * "Day by Day /Shining Blue Rain", released April 22, 2009
 * "Strawberry 〜Amaku Setsunai Namida〜", released October 21, 2009
 * "Horizon", released April 21, 2010
 * "Shangri-La", released July 22, 2010
 * "Frame Goshi no Koi", released February 23, 2011
 * "Enrai", released May 25, 2011
 * "Hana no Saku Basho", released August 3, 2011
 * "Hasta La Vista", released April 25, 2012
 * "Limited Love", released July 25, 2012
 * "Dear Darling", released March 27, 2013
 * "Hoshikuzu no Ring", released June 26, 2013
 * "Shikkoku no Sustain", released March 26, 2014
 * "Tsuioku no Itoguruma", released July 30, 2014
 * "Venus no Harmonia", released August 27, 2014
 * "Asayake no Starmine", released June 3, 2015
 * "BABYLON 〜 before the daybreak", released July 22, 2015
 * "Sabaku no Ame", released July 27, 2016
 * "Reunion -Once Again-", released October 26, 2016
 * "World-Line", released August 29, 2018
 * "Niji", released September 9, 2018 (Fan-club single)
 * "Believe in Sky", releases January 30, 2019
 * "Kimi no Koe no Kazu dake ~Can be strong~", released August 26, 2020 (Fan-club single)

Mini-Albums

 * "Flow of Time", released November 27, 2019

Solo albums

 * "COLOR SANCTUARY", released November 23, 2010
 * "Aroma of happiness", released November 30, 2011
 * "Precious Sounds", released November 28, 2012
 * "Kono Kumo no Hate", released November 27, 2013
 * "little legacy", released November 26, 2014
 * "Words of GRACE", released February 24, 2016
 * "rinascita", released May 16, 2017
 * "Gene of the earth", released November 25, 2020
 * "Balancing Journey", released December 22, 2021

Singles

 * "Confutatis no Inori", released August 25, 2010
 * "Last Judgement", released April 20, 2011
 * "Pandora no Yoru", released August 24, 2011
 * "Kagerou", released August 8, 2012

Albums

 * "ARTERY VEIN", released March 7, 2012