Aki Toyosaki (豊崎 愛生,
Toyosaki Aki?, born October 28, 1986) is a Japanese seiyū and singer born in Tokushima Prefecture, Japan. She had her first major voice acting roles in 2007, voicing Amuro Ninagawa in
Kenkō Zenrakei Suieibu Umishō and Su in
Shugo Chara!. She was later named as a "Best New Actress" at the 4th Seiyu Awards in 2010 for her role as Yui Hirasawa in
K-On! and Kana Nakamachi in
Kanamemo.
Her career as a musician began with her performance of the opening and ending themes of the anime series
K-On! in April 2009. In the same month, she and three other voice actresses debuted as the musical group Sphere with their single "Future Stream". Later,
K-On!'s ending theme was given Animation Kobe's "Best Song" award. She released her first solo single "love your life" in October 2009. She was awarded "Best Musical Performance" at the 4th Seiyu Awards for her performance on the
K-On! mini-album
Hōkago Tea Time with four other actresses.
Toyosaki had her first major role as voice actor in 2007, providing the voice of Amuro Ninagawa, the main character of the anime series
Kenkō Zenrakei Suieibu Umishō. She was then featured in
Minami-ke and
Shugo Chara! as Yoshino and Su, respectively. In 2008, Toyosaki reprised the two roles in
Minami-ke: Okawari and
Shugo Chara!! Doki—.
She went on to voice Najimi Tenkūji in the 2009 series
Akikan! and held the leading role in
K-On!, providing the voice of protagonist Yui Hirasawa. She later took the roles of Koyoi Bessho, in
First Love Limited, and Kana Nakamachi, the protagonist of
Kanamemo. In
Minami-ke: Okaeri, she reprised her role as Yoshino a second time.
In addition to voice acting, Toyosaki has also appeared on camera. Her first acting job was on Shikoku Broadcasting's informational variety show
Saturday Naisho!! (土曜はナイショ!!,
Doyō ha Naisho!!?) from 2003 to 2004. She, Ayahi Takagaki, Haruka Tomatsu, and Minako Kotobuki appeared twice on the
Anime Song Plus (アニソンぷらす,
Anison Purasu?) television show as the musical group Sphere on April 20, 2009, and July 27, 2009. During its run in July 2009, Toyosaki also narrated the show. At the 2010 Seiyu Awards, she named as a "Best New Actress" at the for her role as Yui Hirasawa and Kana Nakamachi.
Source:
Wikipedia