Akari Yura is a Japanese singer, voice actress, and model born on March 12, 1999 in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. She is affiliated with the talent agency Platinum Production.

Yura's career in entertainment began with a background as a Japanese idol, a path she wanted to pursue from childhood after becoming a fan of Morning Musume. She attended the Actor's School Hiroshima, where she was a member of the idol group Splash starting in April 2014. In January 2018, she was selected to join the idol group STU48, making her debut with the group on their third single in July 2019 before leaving the following month. After her time with STU48, she made her gravure idol debut in 2020 and signed with Platinum Production in July of that year. She then transitioned into voice acting, a field she entered with the determination to start from scratch, acknowledging that the skills required differ from those of an idol career. Her early voice acting work included auditioning extensively, and she has spoken about the importance of continuing to hone her acting skills through lessons.

In terms of major voice roles, Yura portrays Kokoa Shinomiya, a member of the musical group UniChØrd in the D4DJ multimedia franchise, a role she began in October 2022. She voices the character Miku in the television anime series Catch Me at the Ballpark!, which premiered in April 2025. Miku is described as a four-year-old girl who becomes lost at a baseball stadium. Yura also plays the role of Maaya Mikasa in the live-action drama series Love Live! School Idol Musical the Drama, which premiered in November 2024. This series is based on the first stage musical of the Love Live! franchise, and Yura has also appeared in the stage production Love Live! School Idol Musical.

A recurring collaboration in Yura's career is her work within the D4DJ franchise, where she not only voices Kokoa Shinomiya but is also a member of the in-series musical group UniChØrd, performing songs for the project. One of the unit's songs experienced popularity on TikTok.

Notable achievements in her career include her selection for STU48 during the AKB48 Group Draft Conference in 2018. She has also been recognized as an official ambassador for the Tokyo Gravure Idol Festival 2021 Online. In 2026, she is scheduled to appear as a guest at the Anime India Kolkata convention, where she will perform an anison set. Yura has expressed that her current goal as a voice actress is to remain active in the industry ten years from now, with a focus on developing her acting skills to play a wide range of characters regardless of age.