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Aya Hirano
Aya Hirano
Gender Female
Birthday October 8, 1987
Character Haruhi Suzumiya

Aya Hirano (平野 綾 Hirano Aya) (born October 8, 1987) is a Japanese voice actress and singer who rocketed to fame in 2006 for her role as Haruhi Suzumiya in the anime The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and its spin-offs The Melancholy of Haruhi-chan Suzumiya, The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya and The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan.

Hirano sung several Haruhi Suzumiya franchise songs, including “Bouken Desho Desho?” and "Super Driver", the opening themes to The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, “Hare Hare Yukai” (along with Minori Chihara and Yūko Gotō) and "Tomare!", the ending themes to The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, as well as the songs performed during the episode "Live Alive": “God Knows”, and "Lost My Music".

Career[]

Hirano was born October 8, 1987. She previously lived in the US as a kid before her family moved back to Japan. Primarily starring in anime, Hirano's first voicing role was Momo in Tenshi no Shippo Chu! in 2001. In 2006, she rocketed to fame in 2006 for her role as Haruhi Suzumiya in the anime The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and its spin-offs The Melancholy of Haruhi-chan Suzumiya, The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya and The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan. With her role as Layla in Nana, Misa in Death Note, and Konata in Lucky Star, she sealed her reputation as a voice actress with many voices.

She was the winner of Best New Seiyuu at the First Annual Seiyuu Awards and both Best Female Seiyuu and Best Singer at the second annual awards. Really cute in Real Life, and short. As well as voice acting, she sings and models as well. She performed the openings and endings of Haruhi Suzumiya, including “Bouken Desho Desho?” and "Super Driver", the opening themes to The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, “Hare Hare Yukai” (along with Minori Chihara and Yūko Gotō) and "Tomare!", the ending themes to The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, as well as the songs performed during the episode "Live Alive": “God Knows”, and "Lost My Music".. Her hobbies include guitar, piano, reading, drawing, and calligraphy. In November 2010, Aya revealed on her Twitter account that she has harbored a pituitary adenoma since her junior high school days. To date, she has held off on surgery to remove the tumor because the procedure would alter her nasal cavity and thus permanently modify her voice.

In April 2011, she reported that she was under orders that prohibit her from acting in new anime until further notice, although she will still be able to play her current roles. She officially went in semi-retirement by the end of May 2011. However, it was eventually revealed that this was not entirely voluntary; Lantis had dismissed her due to scandal when it came out she had slept with three of her four bandmates. She voluntarily resigned from the agency effective August 20, 2011. Starting on August 21, she became an official member of Grick and officially returned from semi-retirement as a voice actress. She also signed with UMG, thus officially moving out of semi-retirement altogether.

In June 2013 it was announced she would be in Gatchaman Crowds as a tiny little alien panda. She later took the role of Weekend in Witch Craft Works.

It was confirmed that she would return as Lucy Heartfilia in Fairy Tail when it resumed in April 2014. With another leading role in October that same year, it seems Aya's back on her way to being the hardest working woman in seiyu-business. However, in 2016, she announced that she would be taking a break from voice acting business to study abroad at New York.

She has also done more stage work later in her career, including playing Eponine in Les Misérables (Spring 2015) and Rosa in The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Spring 2016). She was voted as the murderer three times in the first few performances. She has also been involved in both live-action TV shows and movies, playing Makima in the live-action stage play of Chainsaw Man in 2023.

On January 3, 2024, she announced her marriage to actor and Chainsaw Man co-star Masashi Taniguichi.

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