Natsumi Yamada is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Tokyo, born on September 12. She is affiliated with the agency Production Ace and has blood type O. Her career in the entertainment industry began in 2012 when she became a member of the voice actor unit Ani☆Yume Project. In 2013, she was a finalist on the audition program Mirai Nikki Revolution, which led directly to her voice acting debut in the same year with the web anime Miyakawa-ke no Kuufuku, where she played the role of Marina Koike. Also in 2013, she gained early recognition for her role as Lamdimia Do Aximemor in the fantasy comedy series I Couldn't Become a Hero, So I Reluctantly Decided to Get a Job. Yamada expanded her career into music in 2014, making her debut as a singer with the theme song Aoi Crest for the live-action film Ao Oni. In 2015, she formed the two-person unit Dual Flare with fellow voice actress Yuki Yamada, and together they performed the ending theme song Temperature for the anime series The Testament of Sister New Devil BURST. Her musical activities have also included participation in other units such as pua:re and TetraRkhia. Over the course of her career, Yamada has built an extensive list of anime credits. Some of her notable roles include Nico Saruwatari in Armed Girl's Machiavellism, Mikuru Bandō in Re:Stage! Dream Days, Wasabi Izuno in Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, Akazukin Ema in Future Card Buddyfight Ace, Rina Saijō in My Girlfriend Is Shobitch, and Nagaru Hoshijiro in Anti-Magic Academy: The 35th Test Platoon. She has also had minor roles in popular series such as KonoSuba. Among her early achievements, she was the runner-up at the Music Live A 2011 Grand Champion Festa.