Fairouz Ai

Fairouz Ai is a Japanese voice actress who is affiliated with Mausu Promotion. She played her first major role as Hibiki Sakura for the anime series How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift?. She also played Manatsu Natsuumi/Cure Summer in Tropical-Rouge! Precure, Emily Orange in Kandagawa Jet Girls, Eripiyo in If My Favorite Pop Idol Made It to the Budokan, I Would Die, Jolyne Cujoh in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean, Takechiyo in Yashahime, Delta in The Eminence in Shadow, and Power in Chainsaw Man.

Biography

Fairouz Ai Kadota was born on 6 July 1993 in Tokyo to a Japanese mother and an Egyptian father. She was named after the Lebanese singer Fairuz. She spent a few years of her elementary education at Cairo Japanese School before returning to Japan. During her junior high school years, she became familiar with the manga series JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. Due to her growing interest in the series, she would join Skype reading sessions with other fans. Eventually, she was inspired to pursue a career in voice acting, but her parents initially disapproved of her plans. Instead, she would initially study at a graphic design vocational school before spending a year as a dental assistant. Once she was able to save enough money for tuition, she enrolled in a voice acting training school.
After finishing her training, Fairouz became affiliated with the voice acting agency Pro-Fit. In 2019, she was cast in her first major role as Hibiki Sakura, the protagonist of the anime television series How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift?. She and Kaito Ishikawa performed the series' opening theme "Onegai Muscle", and as part of promotions for the series, she appeared in various weightlifting videos. She was cast as Emily Orange in the multimedia franchise Kandagawa Jet Girls and Eripiyo in the 2020 anime series If My Favorite Pop Idol Made It to the Budokan, I Would Die; she also performed the latter series' ending theme "Momoiro Kataomoi", a cover of a song originally performed by Aya Matsuura.
In 2020, Fairouz was one of the recipients of the Best New Actress Award at the 14th Seiyu Awards. In 2021, she voiced the role of Manatsu Natsuumi/Cure Summer in Tropical-Rouge! Pretty Cure.
On 4 April 2021, Fairouz voiced the role of Jolyne Cujoh in the anime adaptation of the sixth story arc of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Stone Ocean.
Following the closure of Pro-Fit on 31 March 2022, Fairouz became affiliated with Raccoon Dog, a voice acting agency founded by voice actor Nobuhiko Okamoto.
On 31 December 2024, it was announced by both Raccoon Dog and Fairouz herself that she had been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder a few months prior, and would be temporarily restricting some of her activities to focus on her recovery. On 31 March 2025, Fairouz announced that she left Raccoon Dog and joined Mausu Promotion as her new agency. She also announced that she was fully resuming her activities.

Personal life

Her older brother, Gihādo Kadota, is an ice climber who represents Japan in competitions.
She is conversant in Arabic.

Filmography

TV anime

2019

One-Punch Man as Female Citizen A
Dr. Stone as People of the World
Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? II as Squad Leader
How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift? as Hibiki Sakura
Cautious Hero: The Hero Is Overpowered but Overly Cautious as Valkyrie
Kandagawa Jet Girls as Emily Orange

2020

If My Favorite Pop Idol Made It to the Budokan, I Would Die as Eripiyo
Kiratto Pri Chan as Alice Kagayaki
Mewkledreamy as Tokiwa Anzai
Monster Girl Doctor as Kay Arte
Yashahime as Takechiyo
Fruits Basket as Female Student
By the Grace of the Gods as Jane

2021

Tropical-Rouge! Pretty Cure as Manatsu Natsuumi/Cure Summer
Full Dive as Alicia
Tokyo Revengers as Manjirō Sano
Mewkledreamy Mix! as Tokiwa Anzai
Kageki Shojo!! as Sayako Yamada
Rumble Garanndoll as Rin Akagi
Ojarumaru as Osei Shōnagon

2022

Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games Is Tough for Mobs as Angelica Rapha Redgrave
Yu-Gi-Oh! Go Rush!! as Nyandestar
Skeleton Knight in Another World as Arianne Glenys Lalatoya
In the Heart of Kunoichi Tsubaki as Sumire
Shine Post as Remi Nashinoki
The Eminence in Shadow as Delta
Chainsaw Man as Power
Bibliophile Princess as Sophia

2023

Handyman Saitō in Another World as Raelza
YouTuNya as Nya
Magical Destroyers as Anarchy
Summoned to Another World for a Second Time as Livaia
KonoSuba: An Explosion on This Wonderful World! as Cecily
The Most Heretical Last Boss Queen as Pride Royal Ivy
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation 2 as Linia Dedoldia
Ragna Crimson as Slime
KamiErabi God.app as Mitsuko
My Daughter Left the Nest and Returned an S-Rank Adventurer as Marguerite
The Vexations of a Shut-In Vampire Princess as Nelia Cunningham
Doraemon as Lotte Munchausen
Pokémon Concierge as Alisa
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, Ramona Flowers

2024

Villainess Level 99 as Yumiella Dolkness
Four Knights of the Apocalypse as Gawain
I Was Reincarnated as the 7th Prince so I Can Take My Time Perfecting My Magical Ability as Grim
Kaiju No. 8 as Kikoru Shinomiya
Mysterious Disappearances as Sumireko Ogawa
Viral Hit as Aki Yashio
Bye Bye, Earth as Belle Lablac
Mayonaka Punch as Live
Let This Grieving Soul Retire! as Liz Smart
365 Days to the Wedding as Nao Umiyama
Negative Positive Angler as Hana Ayukawa
Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc. as Kana Sakuragi
Tōhai as Amina
Dragon Ball Daima as Panzy
Heian-chō Mattari Holiday as Osei Shōnagon

2025

I'm Living with an Otaku NEET Kunoichi!? as Ayame Momochi
Okinawa de Suki ni Natta Ko ga Hōgen Sugite Tsurasugiru as Kana Higa
Catch Me at the Ballpark! as Ruriko
Detectives These Days Are Crazy! as Azuha Hoshino
New Saga as Lise
Clevatess as Carme
This Monster Wants to Eat Me as Miko Yashiro
Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider as Yukarisu

2026

Chained Soldier 2 as Mira Kamiunten
Dead Account as Kiyomi Urusugawa
Re:Zero 4th Season as Shaula
The Classroom of a Black Cat and a Witch as Leo Regulus
Go for It, Nakamura! as Hifumi Kawamura
Magical Girl Raising Project: Restart as Masked Wonder
Animated films
Happy-Go-Lucky Days as Sayoko
Eiga Shimajirō Shimajirō to Yūki no Uta as Miley
Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc as Power
Cosmic Princess Kaguya! as Otako the Loyal Dog
VAs/ONAs
Zenonzard: The Animation Episode 0 as Ruri Minamino
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean as Jolyne Cujoh, Jolyne Cujoh Look-alike, Irene
Akuma-kun as Gremory
Tokyo Override as Kai
Video games