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Shuka Saitō (斉藤 朱夏, Saitō Shuka, born August 16, 1996) is a Japanese voice actress and singer. She is currently affiliated with Holy Peak.[2] She is known for her role as You Watanabe in the multimedia franchise Love Live! Sunshine!!. She is also an idol in the unit Aqours, for the same franchise. In 2019, she made her solo debut as a musician under Sacra Music with the mini album "Kutsuhimo" (くつひも, Kutsuhimo). Later that year, she released the single "36℃/Papapa" (36℃/パパパ); the song "Papapa" was used as the opening theme to the anime series Oresuki.[3]

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Shuka Saitō
斉藤 朱夏
Born	(1996-08-16) August 16, 1996 (age 26) Saitama Prefecture, Japan
Occupation	Voice actress singer
Years active	2015–present
Agent	Holy Peak
Notable credit	Love Live! Sunshine!! as You Watanabe
Height	151 cm (4 ft 11 in) [1]
Musical career
Genres	J-Pop Anison
Instrument(s)	Vocals
Years active	2019–present
Labels	Sacra Music (2019–present)
Musical artist
Website	www.saitoshuka.jp

Biography

Shuka Saitō was born on August 16, 1996, the youngest of four children. She has an older sister and two brothers.[4] She attended a hip-hop course in the fourth grade of elementary school, which had a great influence on her career aspirations at an early age.[4] She took dance lessons until the third year of high school.[4] In the second year of high school she also took singing lessons.[4]

In 2015, Saitō attended an audition for the role of You Watanabe from the anime television series Love Live! Sunshine!! part and got the role.[5] She is part of the fictional group Aqours, which belongs to the Love Live! Franchise, and has released several singles with the group, which are very successful in Japan and some of which have received a gold record.[6] At the eleventh Seiyū Awards in 2017, she received the Singing Award as a member of Aqours.[7]

Shuka Saitō had other speaking roles in the anime television series OreSuki as Asaka Mayama.[3] She also interpreted the song in the opening credits of the series with Papapa. In 2021 she had main speaking roles in anime television series Wonder Egg Priority as Rika Kawai.[8] In addition, she spoke various characters in various video games, including Phantasy Star Online, Granblue Fantasy, Hakoniwa Company works and Dolls Order.

In June 2019. Saitō announced that she would also work as a solo musician and signed a record deal with the Japanese music label Sacra Music.[2]

Filmography

Anime television series

• Love Live! Sunshine!! (2016–17) as You Watanabe[9]
• Time Bokan 24 (2016) as Child (ep 5)[2]
• Time Bokan 24 (2017) as Child B (ep 14)[2]
• Oresuki (2019) as Asaka "Sasanqua" Mayama[10]
• D4DJ First Mix (2020) as DJ Misamisa (ep 2)
• Wonder Egg Priority (2021) as Rika Kawai[8]
• Akebi's Sailor Uniform (2022) as Miki Fukumoto[11]
• Genjitsu no Yohane: Sunshine in the Mirror (2023) as You Watanabe[12]

Video games

• Love Live! School Idol Festival (2016) as You Watanabe
• Uchi no Hime-sama ga Ichiban Kawaii (2016) as Amaterasu[2]
• Dragon Genesis -bonds of holy war- (2017) as Proserpina[2]
• Phantasy Star Online 2 es (2017) as Kae Traitor[2]
• Hakoniwa Company Works (2017) as Meme Kazamidori[2]
• Phantasy Star Online 2 es (2017) as Assassin Claw
• Phantasy Star Online 2 es (2017 as Evil Pirikanet
• Dolls Order (2018) as Lohengrin[2]
• Qbit (2018) as Karasu Kayakari[2]
• Granblue Fantasy (2019) as You Watanabe
• Love Live! School Idol Festival All Stars (2019) as You Watanabe
• Miko Note (2022) as Yumi Amano
• Samurai Maiden (2022) as Shingen Takeda[13]

Discography

Albums

No.	Single details	Catalog No.	Oricon chart peak position
1	"Patchwork" (パッチワーク)[14] Released: August 18, 2021 Label: Sacra Music	VVCL-1903 ～ VVCL-1905 (Patchwork board Limited Edition), VVCL-1906 ～ VVCL-1907 (First Production Limited Edition), VVCL-1908(regular)	13[15]

Singles

No.	Single details	Catalog No.	Oricon chart peak position
1	"36℃/Papapa" (36℃/パパパ)[14] Released: November 20, 2019 Label: Sacra Music	VVCL-1547 (regular), VVCL-1545 ～ VVCL-1546 (limited), VVCL-1548 ～ VVCL-1549 (anime)	12[16]
2	"Sekai no Hate" (セカイノハテ)[14] Released: February 10, 2021 Label: Sacra Music	VVCL-1803 (regular), VVCL-1804/5 (limited), VVCL-1800/2 (First batch limited)	8[17]

Mini albums

No.	Title	Catalog No.	Oricon Peak Position
1	Shoelace (くつひも)[14] Released: August 14, 2019 Label: Sacra Music	VVCL-1495 (regular), VVCL-1493 ～ VVCL-1494 (limited), VVCL-1490 ～ VVCL-1492 (first limited)	5[18]
2	SUNFLOWER[14] Released: November 11, 2020 Label: Sacra Music	VVCL-1759 ~ VVLC-1759(Limited Edition A), VVCL-1760 ~ VVLC-1761(Limited Edition B), VVCL-1762 (regular)	11[19]

References

External links

• Official blog (in Japanese)
• Shuka Saitō at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

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Shuka Saito (斉藤朱夏, Saitō Shuka?, Prefectura de Saitama, Japón; 16 de agosto de 1996) es una actriz de voz y cantante japonesa, miembro del grupo idol japonés "Aqours".

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