Wakana Maruoka

Wakana Maruoka
丸岡 和佳奈
Born	(1995-05-13) 13 May 1995 (age 29)
Occupations	Voice actress singer
Years active	2018–present
Employer	With Line
Notable work	Rinze Morino in The Idolmaster Shiny Colors Ireena Litz de Olhyde in The Greatest Demon Lord Is Reborn as a Typical Nobody Sumire Kasahara in My Clueless First Friend

Wakana Maruoka (丸岡 和佳奈, Maruoka Wakana, born 13 May 1995) is a Japanese voice actress and singer affiliated with With Line.[1] She is known for voicing Rinze Morino in The Idolmaster Shiny Colors, Ireena Litz de Olhyde in The Greatest Demon Lord Is Reborn as a Typical Nobody, and Sumire Kasahara in My Clueless First Friend.

Biography

Wakana Maruoka, a native of Tokyo, was born on 13 May 1995.[2] Maruoka initially planned to work as a civil servant, but later decided to become a voice actress instead.[3] She was educated at the Tokyo Seiyu Academy [ja].[3]

In March 2018, she was cast as Rinze Morino, one of five members of Hōkago Climax Girls, one of the few idol units within The Idolmaster Shiny Colors spin-off franchise.[4] Since then, she has performed as a singer on several Idolmaster music releases, including Hōkago Climax Girls' 2018 single Yumesaki After School (which charted at #8 in the Oricon Singles Chart) and the 2022 single Synthe-Side 02 (which charted at #25 in the aforementioned chart).[5][6] She later recalled in a 2022 interview with Da Vinci Web that while portraying Rinze, she initially "acted quietly while suppressing my emotions, but as [she] grew older, [her] emotions gradually came to the fore".[3]

In December 2021, she was cast as Ireena Litz de Olhyde in The Greatest Demon Lord Is Reborn as a Typical Nobody.[7] In January 2022, she began voicing Urara Yume, a character in the Magia Record event "Gray Revolution".[8] In May 2022, she was cast as Lujei Piche in GrimGrimoire OnceMore, the 2022 remaster of the 2007 game GrimGrimoire.[9] In February 2023, she was cast as Sumire Kasahara in My Clueless First Friend.[10] In 2024 she was cast as Yuki Suou in Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian.

Filmography

Anime television

2018

• Anima Yell!, student[1]
• Gurazeni, announcer[1]
• Harukana Receive, fan[1]
• Rascal Does Not Dream, girl, student, schoolgirl[1]

2019

• Actors: Songs Connection, prostitute[1]
• B-Project, employee A[1]
• Namu Amida Bu! Rendai Utena, announcer[1]
• Stand My Heroes, girl[1]

2020

• BanG Dream!, Roselia fan[1]
• Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle, maid[1]

2021

• Visual Prison, fan[1]

2022

• Girls' Frontline, Kawasaki[1]
• The Greatest Demon Lord Is Reborn as a Typical Nobody, Ireena Litz de Olhyde[7]
• World's End Harem, employee B[1]

2023

• Apparently, Disillusioned Adventurers Will Save the World, girl[1]
• My Clueless First Friend, Sumire Kasahara[10]

2024

• Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian, Yuki Suo[11]

Anime film

2021

• 100 Nichi Go ni Shinu Wani[1]

Video games

2018

• The Idolmaster Shiny Colors, Rinze Morino[4]

2020

• Hortensia Saga, Livia[1]
• Touhou LostWord, Reimu Hakurei, Alice Margatroid[12]

2021

• Kirara Fantasia, Miku Sōenji[1]

2022

• Azur Lane, Leonardo da Vinci[1]
• The DioField Chronicle, Rickenback Madea[12]
• GrimGrimoire OnceMore, Lujei Piche[9]
• Kemono Friends 3, Aotsura Katsuodori[1]
• Magia Record, Urara Yume[3]

2019

• Action Taimanin, Kana Shimanami[1]
• Monster Strike, Aquamarine[1]
• Quiz RPG: The World of Mystic Wiz, Angela[1]

References

1. "丸岡和佳奈". With Line. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
2. "丸岡和佳奈". Animate Times (in Japanese). Retrieved 22 July 2023.
3. Maruoka, Wakana (31 May 2022). "丸岡和佳奈「できる限りたくさんの作品に携わりながら、"声帯"として作品の一部になりたい」【声優図鑑】". Da Vinci Web (Interview). Interviewed by Aki Yoshida. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
4. "The Idolm@ster: Shiny Colors Game Adds 'After School Climax Girls' Idol Unit". 5 March 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
5. "THE IDOLM@STER SHINY COLORS BRILLI@NT WING 04「夢咲きAfter school」". Oricon. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
6. "THE IDOLM@STER SHINY COLORS Synthe-Side 02". Oricon. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
7. Mateo, Alex (16 December 2021). "The Greatest Demon Lord is Reborn as a Typical Nobody Anime's 1st Promo Video Reveals Cast, Staff, Opening Theme, April 2022 Premiere". Anime News Network. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
8. "『マギレコ』新イベントは魔法少女が抱える宿命に抗おうとしながらも、諦念に至るまでを描くストーリー". Dengeki Online (in Japanese). 27 January 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
9. Mateo, Alex (13 May 2022). "GrimGrimoire OnceMore Remastered Game's Trailer Reveals, Previews Cast". Anime News Network. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
10. Cayanan, Joanna (21 February 2023). "My Clueless First Friend Anime Reveals April 9 Premiere, More Cast, Visual, Ending Theme Artist". Anime News Network. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
11. Loo, Egan (7 November 2023). "Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian Anime Slated for April 2024". Anime News Network. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
12. "Wakana Maruoka (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 23 July 2023. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.