Aika Kobayashi


Aika Kobayashi is a Japanese singer and voice actress from Kanagawa Prefecture. Kobayashi is affiliated with VOICE KIT, Old affiliated with Newcome Inc, and her singles are released under label Toy's Factory. She is best known for her role as Yoshiko Tsushima in the multimedia franchise Love Live! Sunshine!!.
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Biography

Kobayashi was born on October 23, 1993, at Kanagawa Prefecture. She is good at dancing. She is 1/4 of Korean descent, with her mother being mixed Korean and Ryukyuan, while her father is Japanese. Kobayashi learned ballet at the age of 5 and hip hop at third year of elementary school.
In 2011, Kobayashi debuted as a singer for TV anime Freezing ending theme, "Kimi o Mamoritai" and was released as a split single with its opening theme. In 2012, Kobayashi released a single for TV anime Queen's Blade Rebellion ending theme, "Future is Serious". Both singles are released under Media Factory's record labels.
In 2015, Kobayashi debuted as a voice actress with Love Live! Sunshine!! as Yoshiko Tsushima. Kobayashi belonged to the idol group Aqours and its sub unit Guilty Kiss along with Rikako Aida and Aina Suzuki. Kobayashi is nicknamed "Aikyan" by both fans and Aqours members.
In November 2016, Kobayashi was announced to be one of the permanent hosts in Love Live! Sunshine!!'s radio program along with Anju Inami and Arisa Komiya.
In 2019, she released "NO LIFE CODE", her debut single.

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Filmography

Anime

Video games

Radio

  • ''Love Live! Sunshine!! Aqours Uranohoshi Jogakuin Radio!!!''