Hinaki Yano

Hinaki Yano was born on March 5, 1997 in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. She voices Yu Takasaki, one of the main characters in Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club.

Her call and response in concerts begins with "Hitori dake nante..." (lit. I just can't...!), then says, "Se~no!" and "...erabenai yo!" (lit. "Ready~?", and "...Choose one!"), with the audience replied with the latter together with her.

Background
She started as an idol in 2008, and was a member of idol units Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku and momonaki before leaving Stardust Promotion in 2012. She signed with Sony Music Artists in 2014.

She voices Momoe Sawaki in Wonder Egg Priority, Suzune Miyama in SELECTION PROJECT, and Kitasan Black in Uma Musume franchise.

She is the lead vocalist of music group DUSTY FRUITS CLUB, and one of the members of anemoneria, a unit dedicated to Wonder Egg Priority, along with Tomori Kusunoki and Shuka Saito.

Personality & Hobbies
Her hobbies include video games, watching anime, and collecting photos of beautiful girls (bishoujo).

Etymology

 * The name Hinaki means "queen, princess" (妃) (hi), "vegetables, greens" (菜) (na) and "joy" (喜) (ki).
 * Hinaki's surname Yano means "arrow" (矢) (ya) and "field, wilderness" (野) (no).

Health issues
On November 10, 2022, Hinaki tested positive for COVID-19.

Trivia

 * She is in the same agency as Tomori Kusunoki and Anju Inami.
 * Like Yu Takasaki, Hinaki is also jokingly referred to (though occasional) as the audience's/fans' female/seiyuu counterpart in conjunction with the meme regarding the character.
 * Hinaki's line (as mentioned above) during the anime pre-episode live streams has been a running joke for a while, even leading to fans calling it as her "call-and-response", until it actually became one since the Nijigasaki High School Idol Club Nijitabi! TOKIMEKI FAN MEETING TOUR concert.
 * Hinaki is the thirteenth 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), Aguri Onishi (Ayumu Uehara), Mayu Sagara (Kasumi Nakasu), Nagisa Aoyama (Ren Hazuki), Kaori Maeda (Shizuku Osaka), and Riho Iida (Rin Hoshizora).