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Horie Yui

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Horie Yui promoting "World End no Niwa" (2015)

Horie Yui (堀江由衣) is a Japanese pop artist and a well known idol seiyuu. She has appeared in a variety of well-known anime, movies, and video games, since the 90s. She is still among the most active seiyuu today.

Horie's singing career began with releasing character songs and opening/ending themes for the anime she voice acted for. She was a part of the Hinata Girls in 2000, a group of seiyuu who performed songs from the anime Love Hina. Now she is an established artist, with several solo singles and albums. Horie has become known among J-pop circles for her elaborate concert tours, that combine her singing and acting abilities to create a storyline for each tour, complete with props, extras, and villains.


Profile

  • Name: Horie Yui (堀江由衣)
  • Nickname: Hocchan (ほっちゃん), Hocha (ほちゃ)
  • Birthdate: September 20, 1976 (1976-09-20) (age 47)
  • Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
  • Blood type: B
  • Favorite colors: Aqua
  • Favorite seasons: Fall and Winter

Biography

Horie says her first inspiration to be a voice actress was as a child watching the anime series Dirty Pair. She debuted in with the video game Voice Fantasia in 1997. She didn't attract much attention at the beginning of her career and only had a few minor roles in anime series and video games. Eventually she got a few leading roles in some animes that weren't very popular. In 2000 Yui landed a major role in Love Hina as the character Narusegawa Naru. She began to release albums and singles, becoming one of the more popular seiyuus in the anime industry. Her most known roles in animes as seiyuu are Narusegawa Naru, Tsukimiya Ayu, Multi and Honda Tooru.

Discography

Albums

Best Albums

Singles

Compilations/Others

VHS, DVDs & Blu-rays

  • CLIPS 0 〜since'00〜'01〜 (2002) — VHS containing 3 singles, making-of and an interview
  • CLIPS 1 (2004) — includes a number of live action promotional videos, including:
      • Sakura - her first promotional video, for her first album, 水たまりに映るセカイ (Mizutamari ni Utsuru Sekai)
      • Love Destiny - parts of the live action video can be seen in the Sister Princess opening animation
      • Kirari Takaramono - the song is the opening theme for Love Hina Again
      • All My Love - the song is the opening theme for Earth Defender Mao-chan
      • Kokoro Harete Yo mo Akete - the song is the ending theme for Jubei-chan 2
  • LIVE DVD 2006 - The Adventure Over Yui Horie (堀江由衣をめぐる冒険, Horie Yui o Meguru Bōken)
  • LIVE DVD 2007 - Horie Yui Christmas Live (堀江由衣 クリスマスライブ~由衣がサンタに着がえたら, Yui Ga Ni Santa Kigaetara)
  • CLIPS 2 (2010) - includes a number of live action promotional videos
  • LIVE DVD 2010 - The Adventure Over Yui Horie II - Budoukan of Butoukai ~ Q & A
  • LIVE DVD 2012 - The Adventure Over Yui Horie III - Secret Mission Tour (2012)
  • Horie Yui Best Live - Dorobou to Jikan (2013)
      • This special one-off concert was for fans that had bought both the BEST ALBUM & the 15th single (PRESENTER), with the tickets distributed through a lottery. Around 9000 tickets were issued.
  • LIVE DVD 2013 - The Adventure Over Yui Horie IV ~Pirates Of Yui 3013~

Voice Acting

Anime Series

Anime Movies

OVAs

ONAs

Games

Japanese Dubs

External Links

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