Aoi Koga

Japanese voice actress

Aoi Koga
古賀 葵
Born (1993-08-24) August 24, 1993 (age 30)
Saga Prefecture, Japan
OccupationVoice actress
Years active2014–present
Agent81 Produce

Aoi Koga (古賀 葵, Koga Aoi, born August 24, 1993) is a Japanese voice actress from Saga Prefecture who is affiliated with 81 Produce. After being inspired to pursue a voice acting career at a young age, she started her career in 2014. She played her first main role as Sora Kaneshiro in Angel's 3Piece! in 2017.

Koga is known for her roles as Yuri Ashida and Juli Liszt in Aikatsu Stars!, Yuri Miyata in Two Car, Kaguya Shinomiya in Kaguya-sama: Love Is War, Shoko Komi in Komi Can't Communicate, Ange le Carré in Princess Principal: Crown Handler, and Princess Ellee/Cure Majesty in Hirogaru Sky! Precure. She was also part of the musical group Baby's Breath together with the other main cast members of Angel's 3Piece!. She also made a cameo in the live-action film adaptation of Kaguya-sama: Love is War. She has received multiple awards, including Best Actress in a Leading Role at the 14th Seiyu Awards.

Biography

Early life

Koga was born in Saga Prefecture on August 24, 1993.[1][2] She had an interest in anime since her childhood, watching series such as Cardcaptor Sakura and Ojamajo Doremi.[3] Her first exposure to voice acting was while watching the children's television program Okaasan to Issho and becoming fond of the puppet segments featured in the show. This made her want to "become friends with dolls" and, along with her interest in anime, helped her decide to pursue a career in entertainment.[3] She ultimately decided to pursue a career in voice acting after learning about the profession after it was featured in a program she watched.[4]

Koga joined her school's softball club while in junior high, as well as the light music club while in high school.[5] Growing up, she felt a sense of embarrassment about liking or watching anime among her friends. Along with her shy personality and difficulties expressing herself in public, this led her to initially hide her intention of pursuing voice acting from others. Although some would ask her if she wanted to be a voice actress, she would instead reply about wanting to become a hairdresser or pet groomer instead.[6][7]

Acting career

After telling her family about her plans of pursuing voice acting, Koga felt discouraged as it would mean a move to Tokyo for work, something she did not see as practical at the time. At her parents' suggestion, she began taking acting lessons at a vocational school in Fukuoka. After finishing her training, at the suggestion of one of her teachers, she enrolled in the training school of the agency 81 Produce, becoming affiliated with them upon her finishing her training.[8][9][6]

Koga's first credited role in an anime was a woman in Rokka: Braves of the Six Flowers.[3] In 2017, she was cast as the character Sora Kaneshiro in Angel's 3Piece!; she also became part of the band Baby's Breath along with Yūko Ōno and Yurika Endō, her co-stars in the series.[10] She was later cast as Yuri Miyata in Two Car, where she performed the series' ending theme "Angelica Wind" together with her co-star Aimi Tanaka.[11]

In 2019, Koga played the role of Kaguya Shinomiya in Kaguya-sama: Love Is War,[12] for which she won Best Actress in a Leading Role at the 14th Seiyu Awards.[13] She also made a cameo in the live-action film adaptation of Kaguya-sama: Love is War.[14] In 2020, she was cast as the Japanese voice of Paimon in the mobile game Genshin Impact.[15] In 2023, she played Konoha Akisato in the anime television series 16bit Sensation: Another Layer; she she also performed the series' ending theme "Link: Past and Future".[16]

Personal life

Koga has an older brother with whom she used to fight in judo.[6] She has an interest in manhole covers, finding it interesting how they can come in different shapes and have different characters on them.[17]

Filmography

Anime

2015
  • Jewelpet: Magical Change[18]
  • Rokka: Braves of the Six Flowers as Woman[3][18]
  • Owarimonogatari as Classmate[18]
  • Beautiful Bones: Sakurako's Investigation as Mari[18]
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024

Anime films

2021
  • Princess Principal: Crown Handler as Ange[52]
2022
  • Kaguya-sama: Love Is War – The First Kiss That Never Ends as Kaguya Shinomiya[53]
2023
2024

Original net animation (ONA)

2018
  • I Want You To Show Me Your Panties With a Disgusted Face as Misuzu Tanahashi[56]
2021
2022
2023

Live-action film

2019
  • Kaguya-sama: Love Is War as Movie Theater Staff[60]

Live-action television

2021
  • Voice: 110 Emergency Control Room 2 as Tomoko Murata[61]

Dubbing

2020
2022
2023

Commercials

Video games

2016
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
  • Da Capo 5 as Kako Yasaka[75]
  • Loop8: Summer of Gods as Ichika[76]
2024

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