Azusa Tadokoro (田所 あずさ, Tadokoro Azusa, born November 10, 1993) is a Japanese voice actress and singer.^[1][2] She is affiliated with the talent agency HoriPro International and signed to record label Lantis.^[3][4] She participated in an audition sponsored by this agency.^[2] Her notable roles include Aoi Kiriya in Aikatsu!, Shizuka Mogami in The Idolmaster Million Live!, Kaoru Seta in BanG Dream!, Phino Bloodstone in Yu-Shibu, Chtholly Nota Seniorious in WorldEnd and Moroha in Yashahime. She performed theme songs for anime, such as Myriad Colors Phantom World and Trickster.

Biography

Tadokoro was born in Mito, Ibaraki.^[2] She became interested in acting after hearing Akiko Yajima voicing Kohaku in the anime series Inuyasha.^[5] She participated in the 36th Horipro Talent Scout Caravan and was declared the winner.^[2] She joined the talent agency Horipro and decided to debut as a singer with the record label Lantis. She made her voice acting debut in 2012, voicing a character in a commercial for SSK Foods.^[6] That same year she was cast as Muneo Meshiyori in So, I Can't Play H!.^[7] Later that year, she was cast as Aoi Kiriya in Aikatsu! becoming her first main role.^[7][8] Since then, she has appeared in many concerts, stage events and radio programs. The following year she was cast as Phino Bloodstone in I Couldn't Become a Hero, So I Reluctantly Decided to Get a Job,^[7] and Shizuka Mogami in the mobile game The Idolmaster Million Live!.^[2][7] In 2014, she was cast as Kotori Takatori in Brynhildr in the Darkness.^[7][9] She performed the series' ending theme song "Ichiban Boshi" (いちばん星) with Risa Taneda, Aya Suzaki, and M·A·O.^[9] Late that year, she made her official debut as a singer for Lantis by releasing her first album Beyond Myself; the album peaked at number 33 on the Oricon weekly charts.^[10][11]

She launched her official Facebook and Twitter account on May 31, 2015. In April 2015, she released her first single "DREAM LINE"; the song peaked at number 40 on the Oricon weekly charts.^[6][10][12] That same year, she was cast as Kiriko Shikishima in Ultimate Otaku Teacher.^[7] The following year, she voiced the character Ruru in Myriad Colors Phantom World; she performed the series' ending theme song "Junshin Always" (純真Always).^[7][13] Later that year, she played the character Nao Nakamura in the anime Trickster; she performed the series' first opening theme song "1HOPE SNIPER", and the second ending theme song "Unmei Dilemma" (運命ジレンマ).^[7][14]

In 2017, she voiced Tae Futaba in Masamune-kun's Revenge.^[7][15] She then played the role of Chtholly Nota Seniorious in the anime WorldEnd which she also performed the opening theme song "DEAREST DROP".^[7][16] The following year, she was cast as Symboli Rudolf in Cygames's multimedia franchise Uma Musume Pretty Derby,^[17] and Chloe in That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime; she performed the series' second ending theme song "Little Soldier" (リトルソルジャー).^[18] Tadokoro released the song "RIVALS" as the ending theme for the anime series Kandagawa Jet Girls.^[19]

Filmography

Anime series

Anime films

Video games

Dubbing

• All of Us Are Dead, Park Mi-jin (Lee Eun-saem)^[59]
• Detention, Fang Ray-shin (Gingle Wang)^[60]
• The Gilded Age, Gladys Russell (Taissa Farmiga)^[61]
• Old, Kara (Eliza Scanlen)^[62]
• Palm Springs, Tala Anne Wilder (Camila Mendes)^[63]
• RRR, Young Alluri Sitarama Raju (Varun Buddhadev)^[64]
• Silent Night, Alex (Kirby Howell-Baptiste)^[65]
• Vanguard, Fareeda (Xu Ruohan)^[66]

Others

• There's No Way I Can Have A Lover! (*Or Maybe There Is?!), Mai Oozuka (promotional video)^[67]
• Hoshimachi Suisei Tadokoro Azusa Heikousen Scramble weekly podcast with Hololive talent Hoshimachi Suisei^[68]

Discography

Albums