Kaori Maeda

Kaori Maeda was born on April 25, 1996 in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. Her common voice actress nickname is "Kaorin". She voices Shizuku Osaka, one of the main characters in Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club.

Her call and response begins with "Jinsei kudarizaka, noborizaka. Demo yappari..?" (lit. Life is full of up slopes and down slopes. But no matter what, there will always be...?), to which the audience replies "Osaka!" She then finishes with "Engeki mo, school idol mo, ganbarimasu!" (lit. I'll do my best as both an actress and a school idol!).

This is a reference to the Japanese saying of 人生三つの坂 (Life's three "slopes"), 上り坂 (up slopes), 下り坂 (down slopes) and まさか (something unexpected). The pun is on 坂, which is read さか (saka) but unrolled into a completely different meaning in まさか (masaka), and Shizuku's last name is 桜坂, read おさか (osaka).

Her image color during concerts is light blue.

Background
She used to be the lead singer of a band that activated in Kitakyushu.

Back in 2016, she has won the Grand Prix in Seiyuu Artist Ikusei Program・Selection (声優アーティスト育成プログラム・セレクション)

She voices Mari from Back Street Girls: Gokudolls, Yomi Takeda in Tamayomi, Aria Futaba from Aikatsu Stars!, and Yuzu Midorikawa from Kandagawa JET GIRLS. She also voices Nice Nature from Uma Musume and Giant Panda in Kemono Friends 2.

Personality & Hobbies
Her hobbies are playing mahjong and singing. She also enjoys watching foreign drama and anime.

Trivia

 * She is in the same agency as Kanako Takatsuki and Moeka Koizumi.
 * She worked with Natsumi Murakami in Aikatsu Stars!
 * She is the shortest among the main Love Live! cast, at 146 cm (4'9.5").
 * She is ambidextrous (people who can use both the right and left hand equally well).

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Kaori Maeda