Kaori Maeda

Kaori Maeda (前田 佳織里) is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Kitakyushu who is affiliated with Amuse. She began her activities in 2016 after passing an audition, and played her first main role as Mari Tachibana in the anime television series Back Street Girls in 2018. She is also known for her roles as Aria Futaba in Aikatsu Stars!, Yomi Takeda in Tamayomi, and Shizuku Ōsaka in Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club.

Biography
Maeda was born in Kitakyushu on April 25, 1996. As a child she was interested in fantasy, and she would write stories while she was in elementary school. During her high school years, she had an interest in music, and was a member of a band that covered songs by LiSA, Chatmonchy, and other artists. Her interest in voice acting began when she read the manga Voice Over! Seiyu Academy; she was also influenced by her enjoyment of plays from an early age.

In 2016, Maeda participated in a voice acting audition, where she won the grand prize. She began her acting career the following year after becoming affiliated with the talent agency Amuse. Among her earliest roles were Aria Futaba in the anime television series Aikatsu Stars! and Nice Nature in the multimedia franchise Uma Musume Pretty Derby. Nice Nature was the first role she got via an audition. In 2018, she played Mari Tachibana in the anime series Back Street Girls and Selka Zuberg in Sword Art Online: Alicization. In 2019, she played Yuzu Midorikawa in Kandagawa Jet Girls. In 2020, she played Yomi Takeda in the anime series Tamayomi and Shizuku Ōsaka in Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club.

On November 25, 2022, she made her solo singer debut under Amuse Inc. with her debut single "Hikatta Koin ga Shimesu Hou" (光ったコインが示す方), releasing on March 15, 2023. The song was used at the opening theme song for the anime, Saving 80,000 Gold in Another World for My Retirement.

Personal life
Maeda is ambidextrous. She previously worked part-time at a Mister Donut outlet, and cites "Mister Donut fortune telling" as one of her hobbies.

Anime

 * 2017
 * Aikatsu Stars! as Aria Futaba


 * 2018
 * Uma Musume Pretty Derby as Nice Nature
 * Back Street Girls as Mari Tachibana
 * Sword Art Online: Alicization as Selka


 * 2019
 * Kemono Friends 2 as Giant Panda
 * The Magnificent Kotobuki as Miyuri
 * Fruits Basket as Chie
 * Kandagawa Jet Girls as Yuzu Midorikawa
 * Aikatsu on Parade! as Aria Futaba


 * 2020
 * Interspecies Reviewers as Thies
 * Tamayomi as Yomi Takeda
 * Umayon as Nice Nature
 * Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club as Shizuku Osaka


 * 2021
 * Combatants Will Be Dispatched! as Cristoseles Tillis Grace
 * Night Head 2041 as Shо̄ko Futami
 * Assault Lily Fruits as Kanaho Kon
 * The Way of the Househusband as Cheering Child A
 * Platinum End as Mimi Yamada


 * 2022
 * Miss Kuroitsu from the Monster Development Department as Tōka Kuroitsu
 * Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club 2nd Season as Shizuku Osaka
 * Onipan! as Momozono-Momo


 * 2023
 * Nijiyon the Animation as Shizuku Osaka
 * Don't Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro 2nd Attack as Orihara
 * Saving 80,000 Gold in Another World for My Retirement as Sabine
 * I Got a Cheat Skill in Another World and Became Unrivaled in the Real World, Too as Lexia Von Arcelia
 * Ao no Orchestra as Chika Yonezawa
 * Summoned to Another World for a Second Time as Elka
 * Tonikawa: Over the Moon for You – High School Days as Jessie Nikotama
 * Reign of the Seven Spellblades as Stacy Cornwallis
 * I'm Giving the Disgraced Noble Lady I Rescued a Crash Course in Naughtiness as Natalia Evans


 * 2024
 * Brave Bang Bravern! as Honoka Suzunagi
 * Gushing over Magical Girls as Haruka Hanabishi/Magia Magenta
 * Pon no Michi as Nashiko Jippensha
 * Nijiyon the Animation 2nd Season as Shizuku Osaka
 * 2.5 Dimensional Seduction as Lilysa Amano
 * Failure Frame: I Became the Strongest and Annihilated Everything with Low-Level Spells as Itsuki Takao
 * Senpai Is an Otokonoko as Konatsu Taiga
 * Plus-Sized Elf as Honeda
 * Party kara Tsuihō Sareta Sono Chiyushi, Jitsu wa Saikyō ni Tsuki as Narusena

Films

 * 2021
 * Hula Fulla Dance as Ohana Ka'aihue

Video games

 * 2020
 * Kandagawa Jet Girls as Yuzu Midorikawa
 * Show by Rock!! as Reppanyo
 * Kirara Fantasia as Utsutsu Sumeragi
 * 2021
 * Assault Lily: Last Bullet as Kanaho Kon
 * Azur Lane as Le Terrible
 * Uma Musume Pretty Derby as Nice Nature
 * 2022
 * Two Jong Cell!! as Haru Ichinose
 * Goddess of Victory: Nikke as Poli
 * 2023
 * Dead or Alive Xtreme Venus Vacation as Yukino
 * Path to Nowhere as OwO
 * Love Live! School Idol Festival 2: Miracle Live! as Shizuku Osaka
 * 2024
 *  Seifuku Kanojo as Yui Konomi
 * Honkai: Star Rail as Lingsha