Kaori Maeda was born on April 25, 1996 in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. Her common voice actress nickname is "Kaorin". She voices Shizuku Osaka, a main character 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)
Health Issues[]
On August 17, 2022, Kaori tested positive for COVID-19.[2]
Personality & Hobbies[]
Her hobbies are playing mahjong and singing. She also enjoys watching foreign drama and anime.
Other Roles[]
Some of Kaori's other roles include:
- Nice Nature in Uma Musume
- Kanaho Kon in Assault Lily
- Aria Futaba in Aikatsu Stars!
- Touka Kuroitsu in Kaijin Kaihatsu-bu no Kuroitsu-san
- Lingsha in Honkai: Star Rail
- Ririsa Amano in 2.5 Dimensional Seduction
Etymology[]
- The name Kaori means "good, beautiful" (佳) (ka), "weave, weaving" (織) (o) and "village" (里) (ri).
- Kaori's surname Maeda means "previous/previously, before, earlier, front/in front, former, above, one-time, fore part, privy parts/privates, miss, presence, portion, for, since, forward" (前) (mae) and "field, rice paddy" (田) (ta/da).
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 147 cm.
- She is ambidextrous (people who can use both the right and left hand equally well).[3]
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