Aina Suzuki

Aina Suzuki was born on July 23, 1995 in Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. Her nickname is "Ainya". Suzuki voices Mari Ohara, one of the main characters in Love Live! Sunshine!!.

Her call-and-response has her shouting "Shiny!", to which the audience replies the same. Then Suzuki makes a gun with her fingers and shouts "Lock on!" , which can be also heard in the song Strawberry Trapper. The audience response is to place their hands on their chests and act as if shot. Her image color during concerts is violet.

Background
Suzuki has two younger sisters.

Suzuki has been learning  since she was 6 and is also an All-Japan Folk Song champion.

Suzuki studied high school in Sapporo, Hokkaido, then later moved to Tokyo.

In April 2014, Suzuki got admitted into the International Tokyo Media Academy.

Suzuki won the championship for the 7th All-Japan Anisong Grand Prix Sapporo qualifying tournament, and was one of the Best Top 3 in the grand finals.

Her current agency is IAM Agency.

Personality & Hobbies
During her school days, the subjects Suzuki was good at were Music and English. But her favorite subject is Physical Education. Suzuki used to be in the track and field club and she was both a middle and long-distance runner who usually runs 100m - 1000m. Besides running, other sports that Suzuki likes are ball games such as volleyball, basketball, and soccer. However, despite liking these sports, Suzuki isn't very good at them.

Suzuki appears to be skilled at cooking, and likes Western food, but she prefers curry more.

Suzuki's ideal day-off is either shopping with her friends or playing games at home. But if Suzuki was to go somewhere for a holiday, she would travel to a warmer place like Okinawa or overseas. For overseas locations, Suzuki wants to go to a cultural heritage site, or the beach.

Her hobbies are singing, drawing, and watching anime. Her talents include singing folk songs and English (Level 3 Certification). Suzuki seems to like calligraphy, and dancing.

Suzuki likes to sing Hokkaido folk music during festivals. Folk music that Suzuki likes the most are, and Tokachi Uma-uta (十勝馬唄) which is a folk song in Hokkaido. Suzuki likes listening to various music genres but mainly listens to Anime songs, English songs, and classical music. Suzuki goes to karaoke after her classes to practice songs. Suzuki also states that thanks to the Anisong Grand Prix, Suzuki was able to gain more self-confidence.

Suzuki likes games of the fantasy genre.

Suzuki admires and aspires to be like, for being both a voice actress and singer, a radio host, a narrator, and having acted in several notable shows.

Suzuki isn't good at ad-libbing.

Other Roles
Some of Aina's other roles include:
 * Jashin-chan in Jashin-chan Dropkick
 * Yoshi in Ijiranaide, Nagatoro-san
 * Miwa Honjo in Tokyo Mew Mew New ♡
 * Chikage Hoori in Yuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de Aru

Other Data

 * For a collection of translated interviews and videos, please refer to Translated Voice Actress Content.

Etymology

 * The name Aina means "love, affection" (愛) (ai) and "apple tree" (奈) (na).
 * Aina's surname Suzuki means "bell" (鈴) (suzu) and "tree, wood" (木) (ki).

Trivia

 * Suzuki is left-handed.
 * The spot in her house which makes her feel most relaxed is being on top of her bed.
 * Her favorite season is summer because even though Suzuki's bad with bugs, there's a lot of excitement during the season.
 * Suzuki is the shortest of the Aqours seiyuus at 147 cm (or 4'9.9"), which is ironic since Mari is the tallest of Aqours.

Gallery

 * Please refer to this voice actress' Image Gallery.