Yoshino Aoyama
Yoshino Aoyama is a Japanese voice actress and singer affiliated with 81 Produce. Some of her noteworthy roles include Yoshino Nanase in Wake Up, Girls!, Guri in Love Tyrant, Makoto in Shachibato! President, It's Time for Battle!, and Hitori Gotō in Bocchi the Rock!.
Biography
Aoyama was born in Kumamoto Prefecture on May 15, 1996. In middle school, Aoyama was a member of her school's chorus club, where she spent most of her time. She was also a fan of various manga series, especially Samurai Deeper Kyo. As a result, she decided to pursue a career in voice acting. After attending some open auditions only to not be cast, she was eventually cast as Yoshino Nanase in Wake Up, Girls! via an open audition. In 2015, Aoyama, along with the Wake Up, Girls! voice actor unit, won the special award at the 9th Seiyu Awards.In March 2020, Aoyama went on hiatus due for medical reasons. She returned to work the next month.
On March 9, 2022, she made her solo singer debut with her first single, "Page". Later that year, she was cast as Hitori Gotō in the anime television series Bocchi the Rock! During the course of the anime's release, Aoyama started learning guitar as part of a project called "Road to Guitar Hero", inspired by her character in the series, eventually learning how to play the anime's opening theme, "Seishun Complex". And subsequently, showcasing the ending theme, "Korogaru Iwa, Kimi ni Asa ga Furu" at the Kessoku Band Live: Kōsei.
She released her first album La Valigia on March 8, 2023. Later that year, she was cast in the role of Dot, also known as Gurumin, in Pokémon Horizons: The Series. In 2024 she voiced the role of Nonoa Miyamae in Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian.
Aoyama is affectionally known as Yoppi.
Filmography
TV series
;2014Wake Up, Girls! as Yoshino Nanase;2016Scorching Ping Pong Girls as Yura Yuragi
;2017Love Tyrant as GuriRestaurant to Another World as Tiana Silvario XVI
;2019The Promised Neverland as Alicia, Mark
;2020Natsunagu! as Izumi ChibaSeton Academy: Join the Pack! as Chroe MashimaShachibato! President, It's Time for Battle! as MakotoDeca-Dence as LinmeiMaesetsu! as Culture Festival Emcee
;202186 as Female StudentDuel Masters King! as PyonchikiKageki Shojo!! as Akina HoriguchiPuraOre! Pride of Orange as Mami Ono
;2022Bocchi the Rock! as Hitori GotōUmayuru as Tsurumaru Tsuyoshi
;2023Pokémon Horizons: The Series as Dot/GuruminClassroom for Heroes as Trois
;2024The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic as UruruYatagarasu: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master as FujinamiViral Hit as Rumi MeguroMy Wife Has No Emotion as Akari KosugiAlya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian as Nonoa MiyamaeA Nobody's Way Up to an Exploration Hero as Airi JingūjiEgumi Legacy as End of the WorldHow I Attended an All-Guy's Mixer as Hashibami
;2025Flower and Asura as Ichijiku MinoharaOnce Upon a Witch's Death as Meg RaspberryFood for the Soul as Shinon OgawaApril Showers Bring May Flowers as Sumire UguisudaniSee You Tomorrow at the Food Court as YamamotoGrand Blue Dreaming 2nd Season as Naomi OtoyaDealing with Mikadono Sisters Is a Breeze as Miwa MikadonoHarmony of Mille-Feuille as Reira TamakiNew Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt as Gunsmith BitchGanglion as Takashi IsobeThe Dark History of the Reincarnated Villainess as Iana Magnolia
;2026Wash It All Away as Kuriru WakasagiAgents of the Four Seasons: Dance of Spring as Sakura HimedakaKamiina Botan, Yoeru Sugata wa Yuri no Hana as Ibuki Tonami
Theatrical animation
;2024Overlord: The Sacred Kingdom as Neia Baraja;2026Cosmic Princess Kaguya! as Roka AyatsumugiExpelled from Paradise: Resonance from the Heart as Danel
Video games
;2018Tokimeki Idol as Tsubasa Aoyama;2022Umamusume: Pretty Derby as Tsurumaru Tsuyoshi
;2023Blue Archive as Akeshiro RumiYs X: Nordics as Rosalind LazveliAzur Lane as USS KearsargeGranblue Fantasy as Noire
;2024A Certain Magical Index: Imaginary Fest as Rensa #28Wuthering Waves as JinhsiDeath End Request Code:Z as Sayaka HiwatariFire Emblem Heroes as Höðr
;2025Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories & the Envisioned Land as Lenja
Software
;2021Synthesizer V as Koharu RikkaDubbing
;2019- Thomas & Friends as Nia