Yui Makino


Yui Makino is a Japanese actress, voice actress, singer, and pianist. She is best known for her work in the anime Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle where she voices Sakura and some of the theme songs for the Aria anime series. She is associated with Amuse, Inc. One of her earliest voice acting performances was the character "Sister" in a short-anime movie Bavel no Hon when she was 10. She married singer Yutaro Miura in 2020.
WWW yuiyuimakino.com𝕏 yuiyui_makinoIG yui_makino0119THR yui_makino0119

Musical history

Makino took up piano at the age of four. The film director Shunji Iwai discovered her talent for playing the piano when she was seven years old and from the age of 8 to 17. She played piano solos for three of his films: Love Letter, All About Lily Chou-Chou and Hana and Alice. She graduated from Tokyo College of Music as a piano major with the top score in her senior year.
She made her debut as a singer in 2005 with "Omna Magni," produced by Yoko Kanno. It was used as the ending theme song for the anime Sousei no Aquarion. In the April of the same year, she also debuted as a voice actress, starring as heroine Sakura in Tsubasa Chronicle and recording several songs for its soundtrack.
She released "Amrita", the ending song for the Tsubasa Chronicle film, as well as "Undine", the opening theme for the TV Tokyo anime Aria the Animation, coupled with its inserted song "Symphony". It achieved No. 25 on the Oricon chart.
In 2006, Makino released two songs from another TV Tokyo anime, Aria the Natural, the theme song "Euphoria" and an insert song, "Amefuribana." They were released on one product and achieved No. 18 on the Oricon chart. In addition, she released her debut album, Tenkyū no Ongaku on 6 December 2006.
In 2007, she was invited to represent Japan at the Japan-China cultural exchange event. She also released two singles for the programmes Sketchbook ~full color's~ and Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle.
On 23 January 2008, Makino released her seventh single, "Spirale," as the opening theme of Aria the Origination. Coupled with the anime's insert song, "Yokogao," the single reached No. 20 on the Oricon chart. She also performed her first solo concert at the Fuchuno Mori Geijutsu Gekijo Wien Hall in Tokyo, where she sang and played the piano accompaniment for each song. She released her eponymous second album, Makino Yui in March 2008. It reached No. 22 on the Oricon chart. She graduated from Tokyo College of Music as a piano major in the same month.
She held her Holography concert at SHIBUYA-AX in 2011.
In March 2013, Makino was hired to sing and be the "Hungry Zombie Francesca" voice in a national campaign to promote the Hokkaido region throughout Japan.

Overseas guest appearances

  • 2007: Japan Ambassador, Beijing
  • July 2009: Performance at Japan Expo, France
  • September 2009: Guest of Honor, New York Anime Festival, USA
  • 26 December 2009: Guest Artiste, Musical Concert in EOY at Drama Centre @ National Library, Singapore
  • 16 January 2010: Guest Artiste, at Korea
  • 19 June 2010: Concert, in Rome, Italy
  • 21 June 2010: Ongaku no Hi in France, as guest
  • September 2011: Concert in Hong Kong
  • October 2011: Concert in Guangzhou
  • November 2011: Anime Festival at Shanghai
  • December 2012: Performance at J-FEST 2012, Russia
  • December 2013: ACT Expo in Macau
  • March 2015: TOUCH Spring Festival in Vietnam
  • May 2015: Otafest in Canada
  • July 2016: CharaExpo in Singapore
  • August 2016: Otakon 2016, in USA

Filmography

Anime television series

Tsubasa Chronicle as SakuraAria The Natural as Akane in episode 26Welcome to the NHK! as Misaki NakaharaSpider Riders: Oracle of Heroes as Girl in episode 7Coron-chan as ByobāDemashita! Powerpuff Girls Z as Miko ShiroganeZegapain as Jen May-YuTsubasa Chronicle as SakuraKaze no Stigma as Lapis Suirei/Cui LingBokurano as Aiko TokosumiSketchbook as Hazuki TorikaiAsu no Yoichi! as Tsubasa TsubameSora Kake Girl as Honoka KawaiTaishō Yakyū Musume as Kyouko SakuramiNeedless as MioNodame Cantabile: Finale as Namuri Rima Angel Beats! as YusaC as Hanabi IkutaAno Hi Mita Hana no Namae o Boku-tachi wa Mada Shiranai. as AkiUn-Go as Umezawa YumenoTokurei Sochi Dantai Stella Jo-Gakuin Kōtō-ka C3-Bu as Yura YamatoChaika - The Coffin Princess as LaylaFrancesca: Girls Be Ambitious as FrancescaSpace Dandy as Freckles Gundam Build Fighters Try as Fumina HoshinoThe Idolmaster Cinderella Girls as Mayu SakumaYamada-kun and the Seven Witches as Meiko ŌtsukaWish Upon the Pleiades as Hikaru Ushio and Tora as Reiko HanyuuThe Idolmaster Cinderella Girls 2nd Season as Mayu SakumaPriPara as Aroma Kurosu Hundred as Erica CandleSekkō Boys as Mira HanayashikiShōnen Maid as Miyako ŌtoriSagrada Reset as Yōka MuraseLove & Lies as Ririna SanadaKing's Game The Animation as Kana UedaAikatsu on Parade! as Saya KisekiFarewell, My Dear Cramer as Chika KirishimaTokyo 24th Ward as Mari SakuragiLife with an Ordinary Guy Who Reincarnated into a Total Fantasy Knockout as UgraineHell Teacher: Jigoku Sensei Nube as Shizuka Kikuchi

OVA and ONA

Tsubasa Tokyo Revelations as SakuraHōkago no Pleiades as HikaruHoshi no Umi no Amuri as AmuriTsubasa Shunraiki as SakuraxxxHOLiC Shunmuki as SakuraYamada-kun and the Seven Witches OVA as Meiko Ōtsuka

Anime films

The Princess in the Birdcage Kingdom as SakuraTop wo Nerae 2! & Top wo Nerae! Gattai Gekijō-ban!! as AkaitakamiPriPara Mi~nna no Akogare Let's Go PriPari as Aroma Kurosu

Video games

Arc Rise Fantasia as RyfiaWhich Witch? as Yuugi SakiTsubasa Chronicle as SakuraPachinko Sora wo Kakeru Shōjo!! as Honoka KawaiThe Idolmaster Cinderella Girls as Mayu SakumaAzur Lane as MNF La Galissonnière and MNF MarseillaiseAlchemy Stars as SiobhanWuthering Waves as Zhezhi

Drama CDs

Welcome to the NHK! as Misaki NakaharaWagamama Sentai Bloom Heart as Tougaiji Yuri a.k.a. White LilyZegapain as Jen May-YuTsubasa Chronicle as '''Sakura'''

Live stage

High Color as '''Seiki Tomoyo'''

Radio

Yui to Mika no Puri Suite!-''Tsubasa Chronicle radio, hosted by Yui Makino and Mika Kikuchi as hostSketchbook Radio-Sketchbook radio, hosted by Kana Hanazawa, Asuka Nakase and Yui Makino as hostPuri Suite RETURNS!-Tsubasa Chronicle radio, hosted by Miyu Irino, Yui Makino, Mika Kikuchi, Tetsu Inada and Daisuke Namikawa as hostSore Kake Radio & TV-Sora Kake Girl radio, hosted by MAKO as a guest in several episodesArcRise LADY RADIO HOUR-Arc Rise Fantasia radio, hosted by Yui Makino and Emiri Katō as host.Which Witch? Sora no Gakko Host Club?-Which Witch? radio, hosted by Asumi Kana and Aki Toyosaki as guest and host, replacing Aki in two episodes.Makino Yui no Daimondorobicchi-Makino's own radio.Makino Yui no Fuwa Fuwa Radio''-Makino's own radio, for Fuwa Fuwa single promo.

Awards

She was nominated for "best young voice actress" for her outstanding portrayal of Misaki Nakahara from Welcome to the N.H.K.

Other

;Anime soundtracksOmna MagniSousei no AquarionYume no TsubasaTsuki no ShijimaDark Side ni TsuitekiteSynchronicityTenshi no Hashigo ~crepuscular rays~Imaginal SongJouka no Hikari Ryfia no Negai Ten no Namida
;Anime character songsTowa no OmoiYacchaouyo!Umidorika -Amuri Ver.-Moroi Mirai Kirai ''''Wakakusa iro no Kleiner Vogel ''''