Yuna Ogata

Yuna Ogata
緒方 佑奈
Born (1997-07-31) 31 July 1997 (age 27)
Occupations
  • Voice actress
  • singer
Years active2019–present
AgentI'm Enterprise
Notable workCue! as Honoka Tsukii
Parents
Musical career
Member of

Yuna Ogata (Japanese: 緒方 佑奈, Hepburn: Ogata Yūna, born 31 July 1997) is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Hiroshima Prefecture, affiliated with I'm Enterprise.[1] A founding member of the voice acting unit Dialogue, she is also known for voicing Honoka Tsukii in Cue!.

Family, early life, and education

Yuna Ogata, a native of Hiroshima Prefecture, was born on 31 July 1997.[1][2] She is the daughter of baseball player Koichi Ogata and television personality Kanako Ogata.[3] She was educated at Hiroshima Nagisa Junior and Senior High School [ja] and Keio University Department of Literature and Social Sciences.[4]

Career

She initially intended to become an announcer, but discovered an interest in theatre after a friend invited her to join Keio's Theatrical Research Group.[5][6] She eventually entered the Japan Narration Actor Institute [ja], and after learning that several students enrolled to become voice actors, she realized she could still do narration work as a voice actor, so she settled on the latter.[5]

In January 2018, she collaborated with her mother Kanako Ogata to produce a picture book in support of the Hiroshima Toyo Carp, a Nippon Professional Baseball team managed at the time by her father Koichi Ogata.[7]

She joined the I'm Enterprise agency in April 2018.[8] In 2019, she became one of the founding members of the voice acting unit Dialogue.[9]

She voices Honoka Tsukii in the mobile game Cue!.[10] She is also part of the game's seiyū unit  [ja] Airblue and its sub-unit Airblue Flower, and she also performed in both Airblue Flower singles, both charting in the Top 40 of the Oricon Singles Chart.[11][12][13] She reprised her role in the 2022 anime and the group released a single in January 2022 which appeared in the Oricon chart for 5 weeks and peaked in 7th place.[14][15] The group's album, Talk About Bverything, appeared in the Top 10 of the Oricon Albums Chart for three weeks.[16]

During the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan, she reportedly spent some spare time at home working out and making apple and strawberry candy at home to record herself making chewing sounds.[17] In October 2022, she indefinitely suspended live performances and other physical activities for medical reasons.[18] In May 2024, she announced on her monthly syndicated column for Seiyū Grand Prix  [ja] magazine that she had launched a personal YouTube channel.[19]

Personal life

She is experienced in jazz dance and yosakoi.[5] She enjoys visiting Shinto shrines and has listed the Shimogamo and Seimei shrines in Kyoto as her favorite shrines.[5][20] Her favorite anime is the 2001 film Spirited Away.[5]

Filmography

Animated television

Year Title Role Ref.
2019 A Certain Magical Index [1]
2019 Oshaberi Tōage Ageta-kun [1]
2020 Chihayafuru [1]
2020 Kaiketsu Zorori [1]
2021 Higehiro [1]
2021 I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level [1]
2021 Shadowverse [1]
2022 Cue! Honoka Tsukii [14]
2022 Extreme Hearts Ema Baily [1]
2022 Love After World Domination [1]
2022 Pokémon Ann [1]
2022 The Strongest Sage with the Weakest Crest [1]
2023 Tomo-chan Is a Girl! [1]
2023 Too Cute Crisis Hajime [1]

Original net animation

Year Title Role Ref.
2020 Pokémon: Twilight Wings [1]

Video games

Year Title Role Ref.
2019 Cue! Honoka Tsukii [10]
2020 Baseball Superstars Bora, Jenna, Rachel [1]
2020 Death End Request 2 Abigail Williams [1]
2020 Pro Yakyuu Famista 2020 Wonder Momo [1]
2020 Reverse Othellonia Scheherazade [1]
2020 Shinobi Master Senran Kagura: New Link Nachi [1]
2021 Black Surgenight Chitose, Pensacola [1]
2021 Tales of Luminaria Michelle Bouquet [1]
2022 Monster Strike Amenosagiri [1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x "緒方 佑奈". I'm Enterprise. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  2. ^ "緒方佑奈の解説". Sockets Jinbutsu Database. Archived from the original on 8 January 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  3. ^ "元プロ野球監督&元アイドル夫妻の長女・緒方佑奈が声優ユニットライブ出演「最高の景色ありがとう」ファンも「笑顔が素敵でした」: 「おっ!」でつながる地元密着のスポーツ応援メディア 西スポWEB OTTO!". Nishinippon Shimbun (in Japanese). 8 January 2024. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  4. ^ "緒方 佑奈" (PDF). Hiroshima Nagisa Junior High School Senior High School News. Vol. 173. Hiroshima Nagisa Junior and Senior High School. 2016. p. 5.
  5. ^ a b c d e Ogata, Yuna; Moriya, Kyoka (25 October 2019). "声優アーティストユニット「DIALOGUE+」デビュー記念リレーインタビュー! 第3回は聖母・緒方佑奈とかわいい担当の守屋亨香". Chō! Animedia (Interview) (in Japanese). Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  6. ^ Keio Theater Research Association June Newcomer Project: Under the Sea [@2016kaitei] (7 June 2016). "トリを飾るのは生粋の広島っ子緒方佑奈" (Tweet). Retrieved 9 February 2024 – via Twitter.
  7. ^ "広島東洋カープを応援する、全ての人へ....「ぼくのヒーロー」発売中". KawaKore Media. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
  8. ^ "2018年度所属新人俳優を公開しました". I'm Enterprise. 2 April 2019. Archived from the original on 13 April 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  9. ^ "「DIALOGUE+」デビューシングルのMVショートバージョンが公開!". Animage+. 9 September 2019. Archived from the original on 2 October 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2024 – via MyNavi News.
  10. ^ a b "声優育成ゲーム「CUE!」のキャスト16名が歌うオープニング曲をリリース!". Tower Records Online. 3 September 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  11. ^ Komatsu, Mikikazu (10 April 2022). "Check Out TV Anime CUE! 2nd Cour OP Theme MV Performed by 16-member Unit AiRBLUE". Crunchyroll News. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  12. ^ "CUE!Team Single 01「Knocking on My Dream!!」". Oricon News. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  13. ^ "CUE!Team Single 07「Red or Blue?」". Oricon News. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  14. ^ a b Hodgkins, Crystalyn (15 August 2021). "CUE! Voice Actress Anime Reveals 1st Promo Video, January 2022 Debut". Anime News Network. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  15. ^ "スタートライン/はじまりの鐘の音が鳴り響く空 | AiRBLUE". ORICON NEWS. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
  16. ^ "Talk about everything【初回限定盤】 | AiRBLUE". ORICON NEWS. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
  17. ^ Ogata, Yuna (21 May 2020). "【声優おうち時間 with アニメ】緒方佑奈さんはおうちで咀嚼音の録音&美尻トレーニング!「カードキャプターさくら」を観ると初心を思い出す!". 声優グランプリ (Interview) (in Japanese). Retrieved 6 May 2024.
  18. ^ "緒方孝市広島元監督の長女 声優・緒方佑奈、活動休止「貧血や息切れなどの症状が頻繁に見られた」". Sponichi Annex (in Japanese). 6 October 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  19. ^ "緒方佑奈のはじめての〇〇 第55回". 声優グランプリ (in Japanese). 1 May 2024. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
  20. ^ "【ふぁんも放送後記】ゲスト: DIALOGUE+(内山悠里菜さん、緒方佑奈さん)(2023.6/24 OA #13)". 文化放送 (in Japanese). 26 June 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2024.