Yū Asakawa
Yū Asakawa is a Japanese voice actress from Tokyo, Japan. She also provides the voice samples for Crypton Future Media's Vocaloid voice synthesiser software, Megurine Luka. Asakawa is currently a freelance voice actress and was previously attached to Arts Vision.
She was married to voice actor Showtaro Morikubo from 2007 until their divorce in 2009. She served as co-host of an internet webshow Otaku Verse Zero with Patrick Macias, a previous editor-in-chief of Otaku USA.
She is best known for her role as Rider and her various other incarnations of the character from the Fate/stay night franchise.
Filmography
Theatrical animation
- Cyber Team in Akihabara: 2011 Summer Vacation as Tsugumi Higashijujo
- Azumanga Daioh: The Animation as Sakaki
- Hamtaro film series as Tongari
- RahXephon: Pluralitas Concentio as Shinobu Miwa
- Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam: A New Translation as Rosamia Badam
- Hells Angels as Kuronora
- Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works as Rider
- K-ON! the Movie as Norimi Kawaguchi
- Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel as Rider
- Detective Conan: The Fist of Blue Sapphire as Sherilyn Tan