Shu Uchida

Shu Uchida was born on May 24, 1996 in Japan but she and her family moved to Sydney, New South Wales, Australia when she was around 2 years old. She moved back to Japan at the age of 18 to pursue voice acting. She voices Mia Taylor, one of the main characters in Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club. Because her favorite color is silver, the characters she voices tend to have it as their image color.

Background
She was raised in Sydney, Australia and is bilingual, speaking fluent English and Japanese. She voiced Fujiwara in Asobi Asobase and Tokime Shizuka in Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story: Magia Record. She also voiced Warspite, Gambier Bay, Ark Royal, Mikura, Perth, and Harbour Summer Princess in Kantai Collection (Kancolle).

Etymology

 * The name Shu means "excellent, outstanding" (秀).
 * Shu's surname Uchida means "inside, within" (内) (uchi) and "field, rice paddy" (田) (ta/da).

Trivia

 * Shu was in the talent agency Link-Plan along with Aguri Onishi and Mayu Sagara before she moved to CaliCom in October 2020.
 * Shu is a member of seiyuu unit Prima Porta alongside other Love Live! seiyuu Mayu Sagara and (formerly) Aguri Onishi.
 * Shu has a hamster named Rira.
 * Shu's TOEIC test score is 990.
 * Shu moved to Just Production on October 1, 2022, the same agency as Akina Homoto and Aina Kusuda.