Chiyo Ousaki

Chiyo Ousaki (桜咲 千依, Ōsaki Chiyo, born 12 February 1988) is a Japanese voice actress, singer, and DJ from Kanagawa Prefecture. She is known for voicing Sara Rukawa in Da Capo III, Koume Shirasaka in The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls, and Mihiro Miyase in Wagamama High Spec.

Chiyo Ousaki
桜咲 千依
Born (1988-02-12) 12 February 1988
Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Occupations
  • Voice actress
  • singer
  • DJ
Years active2012–present
Notable workSara Rukawa in Da Capo III
Koume Shirasaka in The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls
Mihiro Miyase in Wagamama High Spec.

Biography

Chiyo Ousaki, a native of Kanagawa Prefecture, was born on 12 February 1988.[1] Although she was primarily a stage actor during her childhood, a voice training instructor of hers recommended a voice acting career because of her "unique voice".[2] After going to a voice acting event as a high school student, she became seriously interested in voice acting as a profession.[2] Despite being affiliated to an agency, Ousaki enrolled in Tokyo Announcement Academy to study the basics of voice acting.[2] After graduating, she started her first job was as a radio show assistant and began voice acting in original net animation.[2] In March 2011, she changed the script of her given name from hiragana (ちよ) to kanji (千依).[1]

In 2013, Ousaki voiced Sara Rukawa in the anime adaptation of the 2012 visual novel Da Capo III and was one of the five singers of the series' opening theme "Sakura Happy Innovation".[3] In February 2016, she was cast as Mihiro Miyase in Wagamama High Spec.[4] In June 2019, she was cast as Mink in Demon Lord, Retry!.[5]

She voices Koume Shirasaka in The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls, a sub-franchise in The Idolmaster franchise.[2][6] Since then, she has performed as a singer on several Idolmaster music releases, including the 2013 single "The Idolmaster Cinderella Master 022: Koume Shirasaka" (which charted at #12 in the Oricon Singles Chart) and the 2023 single The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls Starlight Master R/Lock On! 17: Kaidan Mairi (which charted at #19 in the Oricon Singles Chart).[6][7]

On 11 February 2015, her mini-album "Nanairo" was released from Volare Vox; the mini-album's six songs included theme music she had performed for such media as anime shorts and web series.[8][9] She is also a member of the bands C+ and Ichidars no Ongakutai (alongside Satoshi Henmi).[1] In June 2016, she made her first appearance as a DJ, performing at the Cosunon DJ party at Fai Aoyama.[10] In March 2017, she and Hachiōji-P were the guest DJs at "Anisong DJ Fes: Mirai" at Y-Studio in Chai Wan, Hong Kong.[11]

Filmography

Anime
2013
2015
2016
2017
2019

Video games
2012
2013
2015
  • Hitotsu Tobashi Ren'ai, Kurenai Saegusa[12]

Discography
Title Year Single details Peak chart positions Sales
JPN JPN
Hot
"The Idolmaster Cinderella Master 022: Koume Shirasaka" 2013
  • Released: 13 November 2013
  • Label: Nippon Columbia
 12[6] — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

References
  1. "桜咲千依". Tower Records Japan. 1 November 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  2. Ousaki, Chiyo (7 April 2023). "桜咲千依「"声優を辞めたくないけど、いつ辞めてもいい"そんな考え方が自分に合ってるみたいです」". Seiyū Zukan by Seiyū Grand Prix (Interview) (in Japanese). Interviewed by Aki Yoshida. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  3. Loo, Egan (14 December 2012). "D.C.III ~Da Capo III~ Anime's Ad Streamed". Anime News Network. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  4. Ressler, Karen (11 February 2016). "Wagamama High Spec Anime's Cast, Staff Unveiled". Anime News Network. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  5. "'Maō-sama, Retry!' Anime Reveals More Cast, Visual, July 3 Premiere". Anime News Network. 6 June 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  6. "THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA MASTER 022 白坂小梅". Oricon News (in Japanese). Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  7. "THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS STARLIGHT MASTER R/LOCK ON! 17 廻談詣り". Oricon News. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  8. "ナナイロ。". Oricon News. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  9. "2015.02.11.WED 桜咲千依 1STミニアルバム『ナナイロ。』発売". Volare Vox. 7 January 2015. Archived from the original on 1 June 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  10. Nojima, Ryōsuke (11 July 2016). "初挑戦のDJに会場中が熱狂 声優 桜咲千依がアニソンDJとしてチャレンジした姿に注目 興奮の現場からレポート". Spice (in Japanese). Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  11. Ise, Kiyotaka (4 April 2017). "香港のアニクラ『Anisong DJ FES -MIRAI-』に行ってきた". Spice (in Japanese). Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  12. "桜咲千依(Chiyo Ousaki)＝桜咲ちよ". GamePlaza-HARUKA. Archived from the original on 5 June 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  13. "ススタッフ＆キャスト". ＴＶアニメ「シンデレラガールズ劇場」 公式サイト (in Japanese). Retrieved 9 August 2023.
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