Sayuri Date
Sayuri Date is a Japanese voice actress who is affiliated with Apollo Bay. She began her voice acting activities in 2021 after winning an open audition to voice Kanon Shibuya, the protagonist of the anime series Love Live! Superstar!!. She is also a member of the series' idol group Liella!.
Biography
Date was born in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture on September 30, 2002. She had aspired to become a voice actress from an early age. While in elementary school she became a fan of the multimedia franchise Love Live! and dreamed of becoming part of the franchise. She considered attending a vocational school after graduating from high school, but during her third year she learned that the series was holding an open audition for roles in a new upcoming project. She decided to participate as she felt that she may not have another opportunity to participate in such an audition. She participated in the audition and was selected to be among the project's cast members. She was cast as Kanon Shibuya, the protagonist of the new project, now titled Love Live! Superstar!!. She made her voice acting debut when the project's anime series began in 2021. In October of the same year she started hosting a radio show on the online radio station A&G.In 2022 she released a photobook titled Ashiato to celebrate her 20th birthday.
Her uncle is Mikio Date, comedian and member of double act Sandwichman. She calls the latter "Mi-kun."
Filmography
Anime
;2021- Love Live! Superstar!!, Kanon Shibuya
- Love Live! Superstar!! 2nd Season, Kanon Shibuya
- Love Live! Superstar!! 3rd Season, Kanon Shibuya
Video games
;2023
- Assault Lily: Last Bullet, Fujino Ishizuka
Drama
- Gekokujo Kyuji, Miyazawa