Haruka Kudō (voice actress)

Haruka Kudō (工藤 晴香, Kudō Haruka, born March 16, 1989)[1] is a Japanese voice actress and singer. She is best known as the voice of Hagumi Hanamoto in Honey and Clover, Haruka Kaminogi in Noein: To Your Other Self, and Sayu Yagami in the anime adaptation of Death Note. Kudō also portrays Sayo Hikawa in the BanG Dream! franchise, which includes playing guitar for the band Roselia.

Haruka Kudō
工藤 晴香
Born (1989-03-16) March 16, 1989 (age 35)
Other namesKudoHaru
Occupations
Years active2005–present
AgentAce Crew Entertainment inc.
Height151 cm (4 ft 11 in)

Career

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She worked for Top Coat and was an exclusive model for Seventeen Japan from 2003 to 2006. Kudō appeared in 2007 No.15. She was originally a reader model for magazines such as CUTiE. The manager of the Top Coat era scouted her after seeing her photo in a magazine.

She debuted as a voice actress in 2005 as Hagumi Hanamoto in the TV anime Honey and Clover. She was a reader of the original manga for the same work, and was surprised when offered an audition.

After graduating from university, she moved away from performing arts activities and her contract with Top Coat expired on the end of September 2007. Thereafter she started working as a voice actress in earnest and belonged to Sigma Seven in 2011.

In August 2014, she left Sigma Seven and became a freelance.[2]

She joined ELBS Entertainment from October 2016. Later in the year, she joined the BanG Dream! music franchise as guitarist for the band Roselia, which included portraying the fictional character Sayo Hikawa.[3]

On May 1, 2017, she announced on her official blog that she would transfer to Ace Crew Entertainment.[4]

On February 11, 2020, she announced her solo singer debut on Twitter. By March 25, 2020, she debut as a singer and songwriter on her mini-album, KDHR.[5]

Filmography

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Anime

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Video games

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Others

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Discography

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Albums

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Release date Title Package number Oricon
peak
ranking
CD + M-Card CD Only
1 March 30, 2022 流星列車 CRCP-40640 (Type-A) CRCP-40641 (Type-B) 25

Mini-albums

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Release date Title Package number Oricon
peak
ranking[6]
CD + M-Card CD Only
1 March 25, 2020 KDHR CRCP-40600 (Type-A) / CRCP-40601 (Type-B) CRCP-40602 (Type-C) 14
2 October 7, 2020 POWER CHORD CRCP-40608 (Type-A) / CRCP-40609 (Type-B) CRCP-40610 (Type-C)

Remix Albums

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Release date Title Package number Oricon
peak
ranking[6]
CD + M-Card CD Only
1 January 26, 2022 KDHRemix - CRCP-40634 -

References

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  1. ^ "・ネ・テ・ラ・ウ。シ・ネ・ェ・ユ・」・キ・罕?・ヲ・ァ・ヨ・オ・、・ネ。テケゥニ」タイケ?". www.topcoat.co.jp. Archived from the original on July 18, 2007. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
  2. ^ Kudō, Haruka (August 1, 2014). "工藤晴香『ご報告』". 工藤晴香オフィシャルブログ Powered by Ameba (in Japanese). Ameblo. Retrieved September 24, 2019.
  3. ^ "『バンドリ!』Roselia(ロゼリア)メンバー初顔出し!音楽にストイックな彼女らのストーリーは修羅場必至?【TGS 2016】" ["Bandori! The first appearance of Roselia members! Is their stoic story in music inevitable? [TGS 2016]]. Famitsu (in Japanese). September 18, 2016. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
  4. ^ Kudō, Haruka (May 1, 2017). "工藤晴香『ご報告。』". 工藤晴香オフィシャルブログ Powered by Ameba (in Japanese). Ameblo. Retrieved September 24, 2019.
  5. ^ Komatsu, Mikikazu (February 12, 2020). "BanG Dream! Sayo Hikawa VA Haruka Kudo Makes Solo Singer Debut". Crunchyroll. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  6. ^ a b "工藤晴香の作品". Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved April 2, 2020.
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