Haruka Shamoto is a Japanese voice actress born on November 12, 1996, in Aichi Prefecture. She began her career in entertainment in 2012 by voicing the character Hirokoji Clara for Chita Musume, a local promotional project for the Chita Peninsula in her hometown, a role she held until 2016. After moving to Tokyo in 2016, she enrolled in the training school for the agency Ken Production and was soon cast in her first major role as Hinata Sakuragi in the game 8 beat Story♪. This role also marked her debut as a member of the associated music unit, 8/pLanet!!. She officially became a member of Ken Production in April 2017 and remained with the agency until the end of 2024, when she announced her departure to work as a freelance voice actress.

Shamoto's career includes a variety of roles in anime, video games, and music. In anime, she is known for her first leading role as Homura in the 2019 series AFTERLOST, an adaptation of the game Shoumetsu Toshi. She also voiced Yoriko Iketsuki in Okko's Inn and its film adaptation. Her filmography includes numerous supporting roles in long-running and popular series such as My Hero Academia, Pokémon Journeys: The Series, Case Closed, and Oshi no Ko. In video games, her notable roles include Hinata Sakuragi in 8 beat Story♪, Homura in Shoumetsu Toshi and its sequel Shoumetsu Toshi 2, and Rimina Morikawa in Blue Archive.

A recurring aspect of Shamoto's career is her active participation in music related to her voice roles. As a member of 8/pLanet!!, she performed theme songs and character songs for the 8 beat Story♪ franchise. For the AFTERLOST series, she was part of the voice actress unit SPR5, which performed the second ending theme song and insert songs for the anime. She also recorded character songs for her role as Homura. Throughout her career, she has frequently collaborated with other voice actors through these music units and ensemble casts, including work with performers like Tomokazu Sugita and Kana Hanazawa in AFTERLOST, and fellow 8/pLanet!! and SPR5 members. Her ongoing role in the long-running Pretty Cure franchise, appearing in Soaring Sky! Pretty Cure and its sequel Power of Hope: Precure Full Bloom, is also a notable achievement.