Tomori Kusunoki

Tomori Kusunoki (楠木ともり) is a Japanese voice actress and singer who is currently affiliated with the Sony Music Artists agency. She made her voice acting debut in 2017 and in the same year, she was cast in her first main role as Kirara, the heroine of the Japanese mobile game Kirara Fantasia. She has also been cast in main roles in Märchen Mädchen, Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club, Sword Art Online Alternative Gun Gale Online and Chainsaw Man. In 2019, she won the Best New Actress Award with Manaka Iwami, Coco Hayashi, Rina Honnizumi, and Kaede Hondo.

Biography
Kusunoki was born in Tokyo on December 22, 1999. She became interested in entertainment at an early age; when she was three years old, she began taking piano lessons. She was also a member of her school's brass band during her junior high school years, and a member of a light music club during her high school years. She was also the student council president of her junior high school.

During her second year of junior high school, she became interested in anime. She particularly liked the series Kobato, and the portrayal of the lead character by Kana Hanazawa. This inspired her to become a voice actress. She decided to participate in an audition held by the agency Sony Music Artists. Because she felt that it would be difficult to pass the voice acting audition unless she had more experience, she instead auditioned as a singer. She ended up receiving the special prize at the competition.

Kusunoki made her debut as a voice actress in 2017, playing a background role in the anime series Eromanga Sensei. In June 2017, she was cast in her first main role as Kirara in the mobile game Kirara Fantasia. In 2018, she was cast as Hazuki Kagimura, the protagonist of the anime series Märchen Mädchen. She played the role of Llenn in the anime series Sword Art Online Alternative Gun Gale Online, for which she also sings the ending theme "To see the future". In the same year, she also became a part of Konami's media mix project called BandMeshi♪ (バンめし♪), with her voicing the guitarist Yokaze Tsuyuri. Later that year, she was cast as Setsuna Yūki in the Love Live! multimedia franchise. In 2019, she played the role of Melida Angel in the anime television series Assassins Pride; she also performed the series' ending theme "Ijin-tachi no Jikan" (異人たちの時間).

In 2020, Kusunoki made her debut as a solo artist under Sacra Music. Her first EP, "Hamidashimono", is the ending theme of The Misfit of Demon King Academy.

In 2021, Kusunoki was diagnosed with a congenital disorder that caused her to have a tendency to feel pain and numbness when performing dance and other strenuous activities that involve large movements. Because of this, Kusunoki had refrained from any activities that involve large movements in both her solo activities and any performances she participated in.

In 2022, it was confirmed that Kusunoki had been diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. Love Live! official website also announced she would retire from voicing Setsuna Yūki and Nana Nakagawa on March 31, 2023, due to the difficulty of her taking part in stage performances. On March 25, 2023, the franchise announced that Coco Hayashi would succeed the role of Setsuna starting April 1, 2023.

Promotional Video

 * The Vexations of a Shut-In Vampire Princess PV (2019) Narriation/Komari
 * Spy Classroom PV (2020) Code name 
 * Heat the Pig Liver PV (2020) Jess
 * The Vexations of a Shut-In Vampire Princess Volume 2 PV (2019) Komari
 * I tried to read Dengeki Bunko aloud
 * Sankaku no Kyori wa Kagirinai Zero (2021)
 * Tonari no kanojo to yofukashi gohan (2021)
 * Guild no Uketsukejou desu ga, Zangyou wa Iya nanode Boss wo Solo Toubatsu Shiyou to Omoimasu (2021)
 * Hello,Hello and Hello (2021)
 * Yūsha-kei ni Shosu Chōbatsu Yūsha 9004-tai Keimu Kiroku PV (2022) Theoritta
 * Ao no Outline PV (2022) Yuri Kashiwazaki
 * End of Arcadia PV (2022) Philia Lordrain
 * Blade & Bastard: warm ash Dusky dungeon (2022) Garbage

Audio drama

 * Märchen Mädchen Volume 4 limited edition bonus audio drama (2018)
 * Yoru ni Kakeru Audio Drama (2021) Women

Radio
※internet Radio
 * Märchen Mädchen Kusunoki Tomori's Minarai Radio (2017–2018)- Onsen※/ HiBiki RAdio Station※/ Super! A&G +※
 * Sword Art Online Alternative Gun Gale Offline (2018)- Onsen※/ HiBiKi Radio Station※
 * Kusunoki Tomori's Kirara Fantasia Radio (2018–2022)- AbemaRADIO※
 * Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club~ Ohiruyasumi Housou shitsu (2018–2020)- HiBiKi Radio Station※
 * Kusunoki Tomori's Tomoriru Candle (2018–present)- Onsen※
 * Kaede Hondo and Kusunoki Tomori's FUN'S PROJECT LAB (2019–2020)- Nippon Cultural Broadcasting
 * Assassins pradio (2019–2020)- HiBiKi Radio Station※
 * Tomodachi no Imouto ga radio demo uzai (2019–present)- YouTube※ Twitter※ Irregular broadcast
 * Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club~ Ohayou Housou Shitsu (2020–2022)- HiBiKi Radio Station※
 * Kusunoki Tomori The Music Reverie (2020–present)-Nippon Cultural Broadcasting
 * The Misfit of Demon King Academy History's Strongest Demon King Reincarnates and Appears in a Radio with His Descendants (2020–2021; 2023)- Onsen※
 * 25ji Night Radio de (2020–present)- YouTube※
 * Shōsetsuka ni Narō Novel on Radio (2021)- FM802 April's monthly artist
 * Endo and Kobayashi Live! The Latest on Tsundere Villainess Lieselotte with facilitator Kusunoki (2023)- Onsen※

Extended plays
Unless stated otherwise, songs are composed and written by Kusunoki

Extended plays
Unless stated otherwise, songs are composed and written by Kusunoki

Character songs
Refer to Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club for songs related to Love live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club multimedia franchise.

Joint events
Refer to Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club for events related to Love live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club multimedia franchise.