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7-11 x Love Live! Sunshine!! Campaign Girl - Special Interview with Aida Rikako

A special interview with Aida Rikako (voice of Sakurauchi Riko) regarding Sakurauchi Riko's victory as the 7-11 image girl!

In this interview, the illustration is revealed to her for the first time, and you can watch how she reacts to it!

July 13, 2017 It’s Yohane’s birthday!!

I’ve returned and settled down! Now then! Kyanblog~~!

Voice of Takami Chika Belonging to CYaRon!

Inami Anju

Born on February 7. Height 157cm. Blood type B. Nickname = Anchan

Q. What’s your favorite Aqours song? “‘Kimi no Kokoro wa Kagayaiteru Kai?’! It’s Aqours’ 1st single, so it’s the song of our beginning.”

Q. Why did you become a voice actress, and what are your current ambitions? "The same voice actresses performed as different characters in different works, and I was interested in being able to go to a lot of places and time periods. I want to share in the regular experience of ‘fun’ together with everyone as Aqours!”

Voice of Matsuura Kanan Belonging to AZALEA

Suwa Nanaka

Born on November 2. Height 157cm. Blood type unknown. Nickname = Suwawa

Q. What’s your favorite Aqours song? “Aqours’ newest single ‘HAPPY PARTY TRAIN’. It’s a song with Kanan as the center, and it also voices a lot of my feelings.”

Q. Why did you become a voice actress, and what are your current ambitions? "After I saw Hidamari Sketch, I started aiming to become a voice actress. I also liked foreign dramas, so I wanted to perform more as many types of characters.”

Voice of Kurosawa Dia Belonging to AZALEA

Komiya Arisa

Born on February 5. Height 163cm. Blood type B. Nickname = Arisha

Q. What’s your favorite Aqours song? “‘Todokanai Hoshi da to Shite mo’. The title is like that of a ballad, but it’s a rock song, and I like that gap.”

Q. Why did you become a voice actress, and what are your current ambitions? "I learned about this genre while acting and dubbing for Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters. From now on, I want to go and continue working hard in live-action filming, anime and gravure.”

Voice of Sakurauchi Riko Belonging to Guilty Kiss

Aida Rikako

Born on August 8. Height 150cm. Blood type O. Nickname = Rikyako

Q. What’s your favorite Aqours song? “‘Kimi no Kokoro wa Kagayaiteru Kai?’, our debut song. I think that it’s a really positive and fresh song that symbolizes Aqours.”

Q. Why did you become a voice actress, and what are your current ambitions? "I came across the work of a voice actress through Gintama, and I wanted to become a voice actress. I want to continue acting without deviating from my core as a voice actress.”

Voice of Ohara Mari Belonging to Guilty Kiss

Suzuki Aina

Born on July 23. Height 147cm. Blood type unknown. Nickname = Ainya

Q. What’s your favorite Aqours song? “‘Mattete Ai no Uta’, Aqours’ first ballad. Within Aqours’ cast, there’s a lot of us with ‘Ai’ in our names too!”

Q. Why did you become a voice actress, and what are your current ambitions? "I wanted to become an anisong singer, so I entered this world. I want my singing to reach more and more people as Aqours!”

Voice of Kurosawa Ruby Belonging to CYaRon!

Furihata Ai

Born on February 19. Height 148cm. Blood type B. Nickname = Furirin (Artisan)

Q. What’s your favorite Aqours song? “I really like the intro of ‘Yume Kataru yori Yume Utaou’, so I listen to it a lot.”

Q. Why did you become a voice actress, and what are your current ambitions? "My friend said to me, ‘Your voice resembles that character’s’, so I got an interest in voice actors, then I wanted to try to dub by myself. I want to become a voice actress who surprises people with the gap between me and my characters!”

Voice of Tsushima Yoshiko Belonging to Guilty Kiss

Kobayashi Aika

Born on October 23. Height 155cm. Blood type O. Nickname = Aikyan

Q. What’s your favorite Aqours song? “‘Waku-Waku-Week!’! The energy of the Uranohoshi Girls’ High School 1st years squeezes into you.”

Q. Why did you become a voice actress, and what are your current ambitions? "Auditioning for Aqours was a chance for me to enter into voice-acting work, so I faced my strong feelings of ‘I’ll start with this’. I won’t let go of whatever opportunity I have, and I want to do any job with my all.”

Translation: Dyrea QC: @yujachachacha

Hello everyone. Thank you very much for SIF Thanksgiving Festival 2017!

Hi everyone! I’ll be speaking as a representative from Team ONIBE for this post!

Following the success of the Aqours 1st Live call guides, we are opening up donations to print off a whole new batch for Anime Expo’s Anisong World Matsuri: Japan Kawaii Live! If you attended the Live Viewing in Singapore, San Diego, Los Angeles, Dallas, Fairfax, NYC, Toronto, Calgary or Vancouver, then you might’ve noticed someone handing these out! And now, to commemorate Aqours’ first live performance outside of Japan, we will be taking part in a collaborative effort with fans from Idolm@ster: Cinderella Girls, Wake Up Girls!, and Walkure to distribute call guides for all the series before the live starts, so to make this a memorable experience for both fans and performers.

But what do we need?

To cover the cost of printing 500+ call guides, we need your help! It will cost anywhere from $600 to $1500 depending on how many we print, so if you would like to donate, please donate through PayPal at [email protected] via the friends/family gift option to avoid money from being lost to fees. But if that doesn’t work, you can also use this link or this one to send your donations.

What’s in it for donators?

We’ll set aside copies of the books for anyone who donates $5 or more! Right now, we are still contacting AX about the logistics for distribution on the day of, but any updates will definitely be posted onto the ONIBE Twitter, so look out for any updates as to where we will be located at there! 

Yesterday, 5/13! It was the AniUta Live 2017, Aniupa!!. Thank you very much!

@aida_rikako_ 2017.03.19

Yesterday, 4 of us represented Aqours and took the podium in the Seiyuu Awards.

We Aqours won the award in the Singing category… I really still can’t believe it!! In truth, it is because I set out on the path of a seiyuu that the Seiyuu Awards have always been my secret dream. I never told anyone about this really big dream, But after that day passed, I still can’t believe that I stood on that stage that I looked up to, and I’m still excited. My dream really came true, huh, which I thought about deeply. (laughs) I’m really happy that I was able to make this dream come true together as part of the 9 members of Aqours.

Once again, I want to convey my feelings of thanks from my heart towards the other members, all the staff supporting us, and all the fans who have cheered us on. Thank you, thank you very much. For the sake of living up to this award, I must try even harder than I have ever had before!

And without getting fixated on any specific goal, Aqours will keep on running full speed ahead from now on!