Miyu Kubota

Miyu Kubota was born on January 31, 1995 in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. Her common voice actress nicknames are "Miyuchan" and "Miyutan". She voices Karin Asaka, one of the main characters in Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club.

Her call-and-response during concerts begins with "Minna ni shitsumon desu. Kyou ichiban sexy de jounetsu-tekina performance suru no wa...?" (lit. Here's a question for everyone. Who's going to have the sexiest and most passionate performance today?), to which the audience replies "Karin-senpai!" She then asks, "Watashi shika mietenai no wa...?" (lit. Who has eyes only for me?), to which the audience replies "Ore!" (lit. Me!). She then finishes with, "Kyou no nerai wa kimi ni... ki-me-ta!" (lit. Then for my target today, I choose you!).

Her image color during concerts is royal blue.

Background
Kubota attended a technical high school, and while there obtained a license to operate a forklift and to arc weld. As a senior in high school Kubota passed the Anisong vocal audition. In 2012 she and five other singers who had passed the audition formed the idol group i☆Ris and debuted in the same year.[5][6] Her image color was orange. After graduating from high school she went on to university and continued her work as a voice actress and singer.[5]

In 2013 she began voice acting in the anime Nyaruko: Crawling with Love. Her first major role was in 2014 as Sophy Hōjō in PriPara.[7]

I☆Ris won the 10th annual Seiyu Award for singing in 2016.[8]

In September 2017 Kubota was cast as Karin Asaka in the smartphone game Love Live School Idol Festival All Stars.[9]

Personality & Hobbies
Her hobbies includes anime appreciation. Her skills are scuba diving, operating a forklift, and arc welding.

Trivia

 * She worked with Aina Suzuki on Dropkick on my Devil
 * She's been a Love Live! fan since µ's era and is good friends with Sora Tokui.

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Miyu Kubota