Yūna Kitahara
Description
Yuna Kitahara is a Japanese voice actress and former idol, born on January 12, 1998, in Gifu Prefecture. Her career in the entertainment industry began in the idol group SKE48, where she was a sixth-generation research student starting in February 2013. She graduated from the group in November of the same year to focus on her studies, before transitioning to a career in voice acting in 2017.
Kitahara's voice acting debut came in 2019 with a minor role in the anime series Aikatsu on Parade!. One of her early prominent roles was as Shiori "Shiitan" Kirino, a member of the idol unit X-UC, in the 2022 theatrical film for the Idol Bu Show multimedia project. She also voiced the character Tanze in the Pokémon Ga-Olé arcade game.
Her career advanced in 2023 with a variety of roles. She provided the voice for Sofia in the anime Kizuna no Allele and its second season, a series inspired by the virtual YouTuber Kizuna AI. The same year, she voiced Annette in Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill and took on the main role of Orinoko in the web anime FLCL Grunge. In 2024, she appeared as Hana Nabatame in the original anime series Narenare -Cheer for You!.
As of November 2024, Kitahara was reported to be on a temporary hiatus from voice acting and entertainment activities. Her last known role before this hiatus was Hana Nabatame in Narenare -Cheer for You!. She was formerly affiliated with the agency CaliCom.
Kitahara's voice acting debut came in 2019 with a minor role in the anime series Aikatsu on Parade!. One of her early prominent roles was as Shiori "Shiitan" Kirino, a member of the idol unit X-UC, in the 2022 theatrical film for the Idol Bu Show multimedia project. She also voiced the character Tanze in the Pokémon Ga-Olé arcade game.
Her career advanced in 2023 with a variety of roles. She provided the voice for Sofia in the anime Kizuna no Allele and its second season, a series inspired by the virtual YouTuber Kizuna AI. The same year, she voiced Annette in Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill and took on the main role of Orinoko in the web anime FLCL Grunge. In 2024, she appeared as Hana Nabatame in the original anime series Narenare -Cheer for You!.
As of November 2024, Kitahara was reported to be on a temporary hiatus from voice acting and entertainment activities. Her last known role before this hiatus was Hana Nabatame in Narenare -Cheer for You!. She was formerly affiliated with the agency CaliCom.
All Characters
- JapaneseAnime overview: Idol Bu Show
- JapaneseAnime overview: Kizuna no Allele
- JapaneseAnime overview: FLCL: Grunge
- JapaneseAnime overview: Narenare -Cheer for you!-
- JapaneseAnime overview: Kizuna no Allele