Yuka Inokuchi

Description
Yuka Inokuchi is a Japanese voice actress born on June 5, 1978, in Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture. She is affiliated with the talent management firm Ken Production. In October 2007, she changed her stage name to the hiragana version, いのくちゆか, which retains the same pronunciation. For work in adult-oriented media, she uses the alias Ayaka Kimura.

Inokuchi began her career in the late 1990s and has built a extensive filmography across anime television series, original video animations, and video games. One of her most prominent and long-running roles is Tabitha in The Familiar of Zero franchise, a character she voiced across multiple seasons including The Familiar of Zero: Rondo of Princesses, The Familiar of Zero: Knight of the Twin Moons, and The Familiar of Zero F. Another significant recurring role is Zazie Rainyday in the Mahō Sensei Negima! series, appearing in various adaptations such as Mahō Sensei Negima!: Shiroki Tsubasa Ala Alba, Mahō Sensei Negima!: Mō Hitotsu no Sekai, and the Anime Final film. She also voiced Nao Yorihime in the series Yosuga no Sora.

Her other notable anime roles include Rin Kamishiro in Maburaho, Anju Maaka in Karin, Ai Sarue in Love, Election and Chocolate, Saya Saginomiya in Canvas 2 - Niji Iro no Sketch, Chochomaru Sahara in PetoPeto-san, Yui Nonohara in Tsuki wa Higashi ni Hi wa Nishi ni - Operation Sanctuary, Hina Tatebayashi in Yozakura Quartet ~Tsuki ni Naku~, and Yûri Shirai in Kakyūsei 2. In the 2017 OVA for Nekopara, she voiced the character Vanilla. She also had roles in older OVA series such as Crimson Climax, Office Lingerie, Night Shift Nurse: Yagami Yu, Daiakuji - The Xena Buster, Ringetsu the Animation, and Vinus File.

Beyond animation, Inokuchi has an extensive body of work in video games, often crediting her adult-oriented roles under the name Ayaka Kimura. Some of her game roles include characters in the Koihime Musō series, Princess Lover!, and the otome visual novel Otome wa Boku ni Koishiteru. In 2014, she voiced the character Anna in the popular mobile game Granblue Fantasy.