Yuuki Hirose

Yuuki Hirose (広瀬 ゆうき) is a Japanese actress and singer from Tokyo, affiliated with Aoni Production. The daughter of actors Masasuke Hirose and Kiriko Shimizu, she had a brief acting career in the late-2000s and was an inaugural member of the idol group AŌP, remaining with them until their dissolution in 2021. After making her voice acting debut in 2014, she later starred as Tomoe Akitsuki in Minami Kamakura High School Girls Cycling Club, Noriko Yamada in Alice & Zoroku, Mana Midorikawa in Action Heroine Cheer Fruits, Kurōmaru Tokisaka in UQ Holder!, Koharu Hidaka in Hi Score Girl, Mimi Usakawa in WIXOSS Diva(A)Live, and Byleri in Chillin' in Another World with Level 2 Super Cheat Powers.

Biography
Yuuki Hirose, a native of Tokyo, was born on 2 April 1993. She is the daughter of actors Masasuke Hirose and Kiriko Shimizu. As a young child, she watched her mother work as an actress, and she became interested in a voice acting career after seeing in a cast list that multiple characters were done by the same person. She then started an acting career and appeared in films and educational programming, but she downsized her appearances after graduating from high school.

When AŌP started holding auditions, Hirose's manager, who knew about her favorite anime, recommended the audition to her. She joined AŌP and was their only original member to remain with them by their dissolution in March 2021.

Hirose made her voice acting debut as Ferb Seto in the game Tokyo 7th Sisters. In February 2016, she won the Special Award at the 10th Seiyu Awards as a member of AŌP. In October 2016, it was announced that she would star as Tomoe Akitsuki in Minami Kamakura High School Girls Cycling Club, and she sang the anime's theme song "Jitensha ni Hana wa Mau" as part of AŌP. In 2017, she starred as Mana Midorikawa in Action Heroine Cheer Fruits, Noriko Yamada in Alice & Zoroku, and Kurōmaru Tokisaka in UQ Holder!. In 2018, she starred as Koharu Hidaka in Hi Score Girl, and in addition to singing the theme song as part of AŌP, she voiced Momomi Wareme in the 2018 anime Cutie Honey Universe.

Hirose left Sun Music Production to become a freelancer in October 2019 and joined Aoni Production as a junior in April 2020. Since then, she has starred as Mimi Usakawa in WIXOSS Diva(A)Live and Byleri in Chillin' in Another World with Level 2 Super Cheat Powers. In June 2022, she debuted as the bass guitarist of Lonesome Blue.

Hirose's hobby is playing the bass guitar. Her special skills include basketball and tongue twisters. She cites Houko Kuwashima and Mai Nakahara as two of her favorite voice actresses.