Mayu Sagara

Mayu Sagara was born on April 17 in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. Her common voice actress nickname is "Mayuchi." She voices Kasumi Nakasu, one of the main characters in Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club.

Her call-and-response during concerts begins with, "Minna no princess, Kasumin da yo!" (lit. It's everyone's princess, Kasumin!), to which the audience replies "Kasukasu!". Mayuchi then says, "Kasukasu janakute, Kasumin desu!" (lit. It's not Kasukasu! It's Kasumin!). The audience then shouts, "Kawaii yo!" (lit. You're so cute!).

Her image color during concerts is pastel yellow.

Background
She is a member of seiyuu unit Prima Porta alongside other Nijigasaki cast members Shu Uchida and (formerly) Aguri Onishi.

Health Issues
On August 2, 2022, Mayu tested positive for COVID-19.

Personality & Hobbies
Her hobbies include karaoke and searching for delicious restaurants. Her skills are, darts, and tenor saxophone.

She also has a Level 5 Certification for mental arithmetic and a driver's license.

Other Roles
Some of Mayu's other roles include:
 * Miruki Amauri in Waccha PriMagi!
 * Ayaka Mizusawa in Puraore! Pride of Orange
 * Mike Nekotani in Inu ni Nattara Suki na Hito ni Hirowareta.

Etymology

 * The name Mayu means "jasmine" (茉) (ma) and "excellence, superiority, gentleness" (優) (yu).
 * Mayu's surname Sagara means "phase, aspect, countenance, mutually, fellow" (相) (saga) and "good, virtuous, respectable" (良) (ra).

Trivia

 * During Love Live! AbemaTV SIF ALL STARS Special, she said she really likes Kotori.
 * She is considered to be the best at SIF among the Nijigasaki High School Idol Club seiyuus.
 * She was in the talent agency Link-Plan along with Aguri Onishi before she moved to DigitalDouble in October 2020.
 * Mayu is the ninth voice actress in the Love Live! franchise to be diagnosed with the coronavirus disease after Tomoyo Kurosawa (Tsuki Watanabe), Nako Misaki (Chisato Arashi), Moeka Koizumi (Shioriko Mifune), Miyu Kubota (Karin Asaka), Natsumi Murakami (Ai Miyashita), Akari Kito (Kanata Konoe), Sayuri Date (Kanon Shibuya), and Aguri Onishi (Ayumu Uehara).