Akina Homoto


Akina Homoto is a Japanese voice actress from Osaka. She is currently affiliated with Just Production. Homoto is best known for her role as Lanzhu Zhong in Love Live! Nijigasaki [High School Idol Club].

Personal life

Homoto was born in Tottori Prefecture and she grew up in Chiba, Guangdong, and Osaka. She is a hāfu, with a Japanese father and a Chinese mother. Her father wanted her to learn Chinese, so they lived in Guangdong from 2004 to 2012, where she used her Chinese name, Yang Ming.
Homoto speaks with her family using a mix of Chinese and Japanese.
After she graduated from high school, Homoto gave up on going to university and went to Tokyo alone with 100,000 yen to pursue her dream of being a voice actress.

Career

Since she lived China from 2004 to 2012, Homoto can speak Mandarin fluently, and also knows some Cantonese.
For that reason, she debuted in, playing a Chinese character named Linlin, through audition hosted on LINE.
In 2020, Homoto started her YouTube channel, holding live streams on a weekly basis. Usually, the stream includes chatting, letter reading, Chinese teaching and guitar segments.
In addition to being the voice actress for the Lanzhu Zhong character in Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club, she is also a staff member under the sound cooperation unit in Love Live! Superstar!!. She helps translate Chinese and Japanese between Liyuu and the director.

Filmography

Television anime