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Manami Numakura (沼倉 愛美, Numakura Manami, born April 15, 1988) is a Japanese voice actress and former singer. She is affiliated with Arts Vision.[1][2] Her best-known role is in The Idolmaster video game franchise where she voices Hibiki Ganaha from the rival group known as Project Fairy. Other major roles include Pieck Finger in Attack on Titan, Mary in No Guns Life, Riko in Love Lab, Takao in Arpeggio of Blue Steel, Machi Tokiwa in Hanayamata and Saya Endō in Dagashi Kashi. She made her solo music debut in 2016, performing the opening theme to the anime series Magical Girl Raising Project. From 2013 to 2016, she was a member of the voice acting unit Trident.

Manami Numakura
沼倉 愛美
Born	(1988-04-15) April 15, 1988 (age 34) Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Occupation	Voice actress singer
Years active	2008–present
Agent	Arts Vision
Height	162 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Spouse	Ryōta Ōsaka ​ (m. 2019)​
Children	1
Musical career
Genres	J-Pop Anison
Instrument(s)	Vocals
Years active	2016–2020
Labels	Flying Dog
Musical artist
Website	numakuramanami.com

Career

Numakura decided to become a voice actress while in high school after listening to a drama CD lent to her by a friend who liked anime; she also became a fan of the Gundam franchise during this time and she cited this as another reason for her deciding to become a voice actress.[3]

Numakura made her voice acting debut in 2008 after auditioning for a role in the franchise The Idolmaster; she was cast as the character Hibiki Ganaha.[4] She made her anime voice acting debut in 2009, playing the role of a student in an episode of the anime series Gintama.[1] She would primarily voice background and supporting roles until 2011, when she played Hibiki in the anime adaptation of The Idolmaster.[1]

In 2012, Numakura was cast as the role of Arata Obata in the anime series Black Rock Shooter[5] and as the role of Yurika Tōdō in the franchise Aikatsu!.[6] In 2013 she played the role of Riko Kurahashi in the anime series Love Lab[7] and the role of Takao in the anime series Arpeggio of Blue Steel.[8] Numakura, together with Mai Fuchigami and Hibiku Yamamura, formed the singing unit Trident, which performed songs for Arpeggio of Blue Steel.[9] In 2014 she played Nanami Tokou in the anime series Brynhildr in the Darkness[10] and Aoi Sakurai in the anime series Rail Wars![11] and Machi Tokiwa in the anime series Hanayamata.[12] In 2015, she was cast as the character Paula McCoy in the anime series Nisekoi.[13] In 2016, she was cast as the character Saya Endō in the anime series Dagashi Kashi[14] and as Kano Sazanami in the anime series Magical Girl Raising Project.[1] Trident disbanded in 2016 following the release of its last album Blue and a final concert at the Makuhari Messe Hall.[15] In 2017, she was cast as Akane Hiyama in the anime series Love Tyrant.[16]

Numakura made her debut as a solo music artist under the Flying Dog label in 2016.[3] Her first single "Sakebe" (叫べ, Shout) was released on November 2, 2016;[17] the title song is used as the opening theme to the anime television series Magical Girl Raising Project.[18] Her second single "Climber's High!" was released on February 8, 2017;[19] the title song is used as the opening theme to the anime series Fuuka, where Numakura plays the role of Tama.[20] Numakura opened her official fanclub Area Nu in April 2017,[21] and she released her first album My Live on June 14, 2017.[22] She made an appearance at Animelo Summer Live in 2016[23] and she made an appearance at Animax Musix 2018.[24] She released her second album Ai (アイ) on February 20, 2019.[25]

On November 25, 2019, Numakura announced that she would be ending her solo singing career after the release of a compilation album titled Minna de! (みんなで!) on February 12, 2020 and her final concert at Toyosu Pit on February 16, 2020, although she will continue her activities as a voice actress. Her fanclub is set to close in March of the same year.[26][27]

Personal life

Numakura announced her marriage to fellow voice actor Ryōta Ōsaka on October 23, 2019.[28] She announced that she gave birth to a baby boy on December 19, 2021.[29]

Filmography

Anime

List of voice performances in anime

Year	Series	Role	Notes	Source[1]
2009	Gin Tama	Student A	Ep. 188
2010	Hanamaru Kindergarten	Kenji
2011	Nichijou	Mihoshi Tachibana
2011	Sket Dance	Ayano Sugisaki
2011	Yondemasuyo, Azazel-san
2011	Hoshizora e Kakaru Hashi	Keita Yamakawa
2011	Zoobles!	Panky
2011	Bunny Drop
2011	The Idolmaster	Hibiki Ganaha	Also OVAs and specials
2011	Tamayura: Hitotose	Shōko Hirono
2012	High School DxD	Marion
2012	Black Rock Shooter	Arata Kohata
2012	Sengoku Collection	Yumi
2012	Shirokuma Cafe	Mizuki
2012	Natsuiro Kiseki	Asano-senpai, others		[30]
2012	Moyasimon Returns	A. Soe, Kobo
2012–16	Aikatsu!	Yurika Tōdō
2013–14	Puchimas! Petit Idolmaster	Hibiki Ganaha, Chibiki	web series, also sequels and OVAs	[30][31]
2013	Sasami-san@Ganbaranai	Jō Edogawa
2013	A Certain Scientific Railgun S	Yumi Kusakabe	Ep. 4	[30]
2013	Love Lab	Riko Kurahashi		[7]
2013	Arpeggio of Blue Steel	Takao		[8]
2014	Harmonie	Mayumi	Anime Mirai 2014 short film	[32]
2014	Riddle Story of Devil	Otoya Takechi		[33]
2014	Brynhildr in the Darkness	Nanami Tokou		[10]
2014	Rail Wars!	Aoi Sakurai		[11]
2014	Hanayamata	Machi Tokiwa		[12]
2014–15	Shirobako	Yumi Iguchi, Poppy, Noa, others		[30]
2015	Unlimited Fafnir	Mitsuki Mononobe		[34]
2015–16	Assassination Classroom	Rio Nakamura		[35]
2015–21	Show by Rock!!	Retoree		[36]
2015–16	The Heroic Legend of Arslan	Alfreed		[37]
2015	Sound! Euphonium	Mamiko Oumae		[30]
2015	Nisekoi:	Paula McCoy		[13]
2015–18	Overlord	Narberal Gamma		[38]
2015	Lance N' Masques	Yoriko Sudo		[39]
2016–18	Dagashi Kashi	Saya Endō		[14]
2016	Pandora in the Crimson Shell: Ghost Urn	Clarion
2016	Schwarzesmarken	Circe Steinhoff
2016	Magical Girl Raising Project	Ripple / Kano Sazanami	eps. 1- (Ripple), 1, 3, 7, 9 (Kano Sazanami)
2016	Seisen Cerberus: Ryūkoku no Fatalite	Mumuu
2017	Seiren	Tomoe Kamita
2017	Fuuka	Tama
2017	Love Tyrant	Akane Hiyama		[16]
2017	Made in Abyss	Shiggy
2017	Konohana Kitan	Kiri
2017	A Sister's All You Need	Ashley Ōno
2018	Slow Start	Kiyose Enami
2018	Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion	Akita Oga		[40]
2018	Gundam Build Divers	Aya Fujisawa / Ayame
2018	Uchi no Maid ga Uzasugiru!	Tsubame Kamoi
2018	Release the Spyce	Yuki Hanzōmon		[41]
2018	Ulysses: Jeanne d'Arc and the Alchemist Knight	Arthur de Richemont
2018	Fairy Tail	Brandish μ
2019	Mini Toji	Miruya Kitora
2019–present	Attack on Titan	Cart Titan / Pieck Finger
2019	If It's for My Daughter, I'd Even Defeat a Demon Lord	Rita		[42]
2019–present	Dr. Stone	Kohaku		[43]
2019	Kochoki: Wakaki Nobunaga	Ohana		[44]
2019–20	No Guns Life	Mary Steinberg		[45]
2020–22	Princess Connect! Re:Dive	Tamaki / Tamaki Miyasaka		[46]
2020	Plunderer	Erin	Eps. 20-21
2020	Adachi and Shimamura	Akira Hino		[47]
2021	That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime	Hinata Sakaguchi		[48]
2021	Seven Knights Revolution: Hero Successor	Shirley		[49]
2021	I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level	Beelzebub		[50]
2022	She Professed Herself Pupil of the Wise Man	Hinata
2022	Shin Ikki Tousen	Indara		[51]
2022	Mamekichi Mameko NEET no Nichijō	Tabi, A-chan		[52]
2022	Legend of Mana: The Teardrop Crystal	Diana		[53]
2023	Alice Gear Aegis Expansion	Yotsuyu Hirasaka		[54]

Movies

List of voice performances in anime

Year	Series	Role	Notes	Source[1]
2015	Arpeggio of Blue Steel: Ars Nova DC	Takao	feature film	[55]
2015	Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie	Tsumugi (young)		[56]
2015	Pandora in the Crimson Shell: Ghost Urn	Clarion
2017	Fairy Tail: Dragon Cry	Brandish μ

Video games

List of voice performances in video games

Year	Series	Role	Notes	Source[1]
2009–	The Idolmaster series	Hibiki Ganaha	Starting with The Idolmaster SP	[30]
2009	Puzzle: Boku ra no 48-jiken senso パズル－ぼくらの４８時間戦争	Keiko Takigawa
2012	Touch, Shot! Love Application ja:たっち、しよっ! 〜Love Application〜	Natsu
2012	WonderKing Online
2012	Mugen Souls	Alys Levantine
2012	Atelier Elkrone: Dear for Otomate	Kaya
2012	Kidō Senshi Gundam SEED Battle Destiny
2012	Agarest Senki Mariage ja:アガレスト戦記 Mariage	Ka Kaoru
2013	Demon Gaze	Pine
2013	Mugen Souls Z	Alys Levantine
2013	Killer Is Dead	Scarlett
2013	Lord of Vermillion III	Freya
2014	Dai ransō dasshu or dasshu! ! ja:大乱走ダッシュor奪取!!	Ai Tensakamari
2014	ja:RE:VICE【D】	Violet
2014	Hanayamata: Yosakoi Live!	Machi Tokiwa	PS Vita	[30][57]
2015	Tokyo Xanadu	Rion Kugayama
2016	Tokyo Xanadu: eX+	Rion Kugayama
2016	Girls' Frontline	AN-94, FP6	Mobile Games	[58]
2017	Azur Lane	Benson, Dorsetshire, Sovetskaya Rossiya, Surcouf
2018-	Princess Connect Re:Dive	Tamaki / Tamaki Miyasaka
2019	Another Eden	Rosetta
2019	Sakura Wars	Lancelot
2021	Blue Archive	Karin Kakudate
2021	Counter:Side	Estarossa de Chevalier
2022	Atelier Sophie 2: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Dream	Katrina Balbastre		[59]

Audio dramas

List of voice dub performances in audio drama productions

Series	Role	Notes	Source[1]
Puchimasu! Petit Idolmaster Drama CD	Hibiki Ganaha
Star Mine	Kazami Hoshino
Super Star: Me to Me	Mika Tachibana

Overseas dubbing

List of voice dub performances in overseas productions

Series	Role	Notes	Source[1]
August
iCarly
The Pacific

Discography

Character albums

List of character albums, extended plays and singles, with selected chart positions

Title	Album details	Peak positions
		JPN [60]
The Idolmaster Master Artist 2 -First Season- 02 Ganaha Hibiki (as Hibiki Ganaha)	Released: November 3, 2010 Label: Nippon Columbia Cat. No.: COCX-36511 Formats: CD, digital download	24
The Idolmaster Master Artist 3 02 Ganaha Hibiki (as Hibiki Ganaha)	Released: April 22, 2015 Label: Nippon Columbia Cat. No.: COCX-39142 Formats: CD, digital download	4
Petit Idolmaster Twelve Seasons! Vol. 10: Ganaha Hibiki & Chibiki (as Hikibi Ganaha)	Released: March 6, 2013 Label: Frontier Works Cat. No.: MFCZ-1037 Formats: CD, digital download	18
Ongaku Shoujo「Rock the Hero」 (as Haru Chitose)	Released: March 29, 2013 Label: Cosmic Record Cat. No.: CORE-00012 Formats: CD, digital download	–
Yosakoi Song Series Go Machi Yui Hama gakuen chūgaku yo-sa koi bu Tokiwa Machi	Released: November 19, 2014 Label: Diveii Entertainment Cat. No.: AVCA-74544 Formats: CD, digital download	57

References

External links

• Official blog (in Japanese)
• Official website (in Japanese)
• Official agency profile (in Japanese)
• Manami Numakura at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

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