Sayuri Date

Sayuri Date was born on September 30, 2002 in Miyagi, Japan. Her common voice actress nickname is Sayurin. She voices Kanon Shibuya, one of the main characters in Love Live! Superstar!!.

Her image color during concerts is marigold.

Background
In 6th grade, Sayuri was impressed by the fact that, despite being idols, one of her friend formed a band. They inspired her to take up the guitar as a hobby. Sayuri began composing music during her second year of junior high school, aspiring to the lyrics and songwriting of her friend.

She has a younger brother.

Health Issues
On July 30, 2022, Sayuri was diagnosed with a fever, then tested positive for COVID-19 on August 1, 2022.

Personality & Hobbies
Sayuri's hobby is singing. She is skilled in yosakoi dance.

Etymology

 * The name Sayuri is written in hiragana (さゆり), which has no special meaning. However, when written in kanji (小百合), it could possibly mean "small" (小) (sa) and "lily" (百合) (yuri).
 * Sayuri's surname Date means "show/showy, dandyism, foppery, gallantry, vainglory/vainglorious" (伊達).

Trivia

 * Like Nagisa Aoyama, she was selected from the open audition held by the Love Live! staff.
 * Sayuri is the seventh 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), and Akari Kito (Kanata Konoe).