Nanako Mori
Description
Nanako Mori is a Japanese actress, voice actress, and narrator born on February 13, 1988. She is affiliated with the talent agency Mausu Promotion.
Her career began on the stage. In 2005, she joined the renowned all-female Takarazuka Revue under the stage name Chihaya Saeki, performing as an otokoyaku, or male-role actor, in the Snow Troupe. After leaving the revue in 2009, she worked in a corporate office for two years. A significant turn in her path came in 2012 when she became a finalist in the Miss Universe Japan competition, an experience that encouraged her to fully pursue a career in entertainment. She transitioned to voice acting in 2013 and joined Mausu Promotion in 2015.
Mori's voice acting filmography is extensive and varied. A major milestone in her career was being cast as Akira Kenjō, also known as Cure Chocolat, in the 2017 series Kirakira Precure a la Mode. She reprised this role in several subsequent Precure theatrical films, including Eiga Precure Dream Stars!, Precure Super Stars!, and Precure Miracle Universe. Her television animation roles include Yukiko Shirato in both Megalobox and its sequel Megalobox 2: Nomad, Dorothea in Sirius the Jaeger, and Taana in Battle Spirits: Saga Brave. She has also voiced Kaede in Magical Girl Spec-Ops Asuka, Kominami Mitsuhashi in Shinobi no Ittoki, Roxilius in In the Land of Leadale, and Noa Hiirahi in World Dai Star. In net animation, she played Nanami Miura in Japan Sinks: 2020. She also voiced the role of Emilia in Gundam Build Divers and Akane Yamashita in From North Field.
Beyond anime, Mori has an extensive body of work in video games and dubbing. Her notable video game roles include Hide in Nioh 2, Hanako Arasaka in Cyberpunk 2077, Abby in The Last of Us Part II, and Arlecchino in Genshin Impact. As a dubbing artist, she provides the Japanese voice for many international actors, including Park Eun-bin in the Korean drama Extraordinary Attorney Woo, Zoë Kravitz in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, and Hunter Schafer in Euphoria.
Her career began on the stage. In 2005, she joined the renowned all-female Takarazuka Revue under the stage name Chihaya Saeki, performing as an otokoyaku, or male-role actor, in the Snow Troupe. After leaving the revue in 2009, she worked in a corporate office for two years. A significant turn in her path came in 2012 when she became a finalist in the Miss Universe Japan competition, an experience that encouraged her to fully pursue a career in entertainment. She transitioned to voice acting in 2013 and joined Mausu Promotion in 2015.
Mori's voice acting filmography is extensive and varied. A major milestone in her career was being cast as Akira Kenjō, also known as Cure Chocolat, in the 2017 series Kirakira Precure a la Mode. She reprised this role in several subsequent Precure theatrical films, including Eiga Precure Dream Stars!, Precure Super Stars!, and Precure Miracle Universe. Her television animation roles include Yukiko Shirato in both Megalobox and its sequel Megalobox 2: Nomad, Dorothea in Sirius the Jaeger, and Taana in Battle Spirits: Saga Brave. She has also voiced Kaede in Magical Girl Spec-Ops Asuka, Kominami Mitsuhashi in Shinobi no Ittoki, Roxilius in In the Land of Leadale, and Noa Hiirahi in World Dai Star. In net animation, she played Nanami Miura in Japan Sinks: 2020. She also voiced the role of Emilia in Gundam Build Divers and Akane Yamashita in From North Field.
Beyond anime, Mori has an extensive body of work in video games and dubbing. Her notable video game roles include Hide in Nioh 2, Hanako Arasaka in Cyberpunk 2077, Abby in The Last of Us Part II, and Arlecchino in Genshin Impact. As a dubbing artist, she provides the Japanese voice for many international actors, including Park Eun-bin in the Korean drama Extraordinary Attorney Woo, Zoë Kravitz in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, and Hunter Schafer in Euphoria.
All Characters
- JapaneseAnime overview: Shinobi no Ittoki
- JapaneseAnime overview: Megalobox 2: Nomad
- JapaneseAnime overview: Sirius the Jaeger
- JapaneseAnime overview: Magical Girl Spec-Ops Asuka
- JapaneseAnime overview: Battle Spirits: Saga Brave
- JapaneseAnime overview: In the Land of Leadale
- JapaneseAnime overview: Aoi Hane Mitsuketa! Sagashitemiyō Mijika na Tori-tachi
- JapaneseAnime overview: Precure Miracle Universe
- JapaneseAnime overview: Gundam Build Divers
- JapaneseAnime overview: Megalobox
- JapaneseAnime overview: Megalobox
- JapaneseAnime overview: Precure Super Stars!
- JapaneseAnime overview: World Dai Star
- JapaneseAnime overview: Kirakira Precure a la Mode
- JapaneseAnime overview: From North Field
- JapaneseAnime overview: Kirakira Precure a la Mode: Paris to! Omoide no Mille-Feuille!
- JapaneseAnime overview: Eiga Precure Dream Stars!
- JapaneseAnime overview: Japan Sinks: 2020
- JapaneseAnime overview: Shūkan Ranobe Anime