Sumire Uesaka

Sumire Uesaka
Native name	上坂 すみれ
Born	December 19, 1991 Kanagawa, Japan
Other names	Sumipe (すみぺ) [1]
Occupation	Voice actress
Employer	Space Craft Entertainment
Website	ameblo.jp/sumire-uesaka/

Sumire Uesaka (上坂 すみれ Uesaka Sumire, born December 19, 1991 in Kanagawa, Japan) is a Japanese voice actress affiliated with Space Craft Entertainment.She received Best Rookie Actress on ’’10th Seiyu Awards’’ ^[2]

Life and career

In September 2009, she became a regular on a web radio program Web radio @ Dengeki-Bunko.^[1] In April 2010, she entered the Faculty of Foreign Studies at Sophia University.^[3] She is majoring in Russian Studies.^[4] Since April 2011, she has belonged to the voice actor section of Space Craft Entertainment.^[5] Since October 2011, she has been the radio personality on a web radio program A&G NEXT GENERATION Lady Go!!.^[6] In 2012, she played a heroine in a TV anime Papa no Iu Koto wo Kikinasai!. It is her first starring role in a TV anime.^[7]

She loves Russia. She finally visited the country in November 2013, giving a concert at the Moscow Japanese pop culture festival J-Fest.^[8]

Filmography

Television animation

2011

• Pretty Rhythm: Aurora Dream

2012

• Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions as Sanae Dekomori^[9]
• Girls und Panzer as Nonna, Piyotan^[10]
• Kokoro Connect as Kaoru Setouchi
• Listen to Me, Girls. I Am Your Father! as Sora Takanashi^[11]
• Sengoku Collection as Annihilate Princess Mogami Yoshiaki

2013

• Namiuchigiwa no Muromi-san as Sumida-san
• Genshiken Nidaime as Rika Yoshitake
• GJ-bu as Tamaki Kannazuki
• Fantasista Doll as Manai Hatsuki
• Outbreak Company as Elvia Hanaiman

2014

• Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions -Heart Throb- as Sanae Dekomori
• Cross Ange as Momoka Oginome
• Hōzuki no Reitetsu as Peach Maki
• Inugami-san to Nekoyama-san as Yachiyo Inugami^[12]
• Nobunagun as Gariko
• Z/X Ignition as Reia Sento
• Ore, Twintail ni Narimasu. as Sōji Mitsuka (Tail Red)
• Madan no ÅŒ to Vanadis as Titta

2015

• Concrete Revolutio as Kikko Hoshino^[13]
• Dog Days", Sharu
• Kantai Collection as Fubuki, SōryÅ«, HiryÅ«
• Lovely Muco as Rena-chan
• Overlord as Shalltear Bloodfallen
• Plastic Memories as Eru Miru
• Q Transformer: Saranaru Ninkimono e no Michi as Arcee
• Shimoneta: A Boring World Where the Concept of Dirty Jokes Doesn’t Exist as Oboro Tsukimigusa
• Show by Rock!! as ChuChu
• Tesagure! Bukatsumono Spin-off Purupurun Sharumu to Asobou as Okonogi Tomomi
• THE iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls as Anastasia
• THE iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls 2nd Season as Anastasia

2016

• Concrete Revolutio 2nd Season as Kikko Hoshino
• Kono Bijutsubu ni wa Mondai ga Aru! as Colette
• Luck & Logic as Athena
• Myriad Colors Phantom World as Mai Kawakami
• Show by Rock!! 2nd Season as ChuChu

Video games

2012

• Game Demo Papa no Iu Koto wo Kikinasai! as Sora Takanashi
• Corpse Party Anthology: Sachiko's Game of Love Hysteric Birthday 2U as Ran Kobayashi
• Kokoro Connect Yochi Random as Kaoru Setouchi
• The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls as Anastasia

2013

• Kantai Collection as 8 different ships (see list)

2014

• Hyperdevotion Noire: Goddess Black Heart as Riddo
• Zettai Zetsubō Shōjo: Danganronpa AnotherEpisode as Jataro Kemuri
• Atelier Shallie: Alchemists of the Dusk Sea as Shallotte Elminus

2015

• League of Legends as Jinx
• Xenoblade Chronicles as Avatar voice (Japanese only)

Overseas dubbing

2016

• The Powerpuff Girls as Bubbles (Kristen Li)

Other works

Web radio

• Web radio @ Dengeki-Bunko (うぇぶらじ@電撃文庫) (from September 2009 to December 2011)^[14]
• A&G NEXT GENERATION Lady Go!! (Nippon Cultural Broadcasting's Anime and Game Zone (超A&G+ Chō Ä“ ando gÄ« purasu), from October 2011) ^[6]
• Uesaka Sumire's Armored Guards Infantry Regiment Broadcast (上坂すみれの装甲親衛歩兵連隊放送) (Nico Nico Live (ニコニコ生放送), from April 2012) ^[15]

Discography

Date Released	CD Name	Character (Voiced by)	Song Title	Used in
2011
November 9	Sora Takanashi Character Song CD (パパのいうことを聞きなさい! キャラクターソング 小鳥遊空) (KIZM-121/22) [16]	Sora Takanashi (Sumire Uesaka)	SORAIRO (Colors of the Sky) (ソライロ Sorairo)	A character song of Listen to Me, Girls. I Am Your Father!
2012
November 21	INSIDE IDENTITY (LACM-14026) [17]	Black Raison d'être: Rikka Takanashi, Shinka Nibutani, Kumin Tsuyuri and Sanae Dekomori (Maaya Uchida, Chinatsu Akasaki, Azumi Asakura and Sumire Uesaka respectively)	INSIDE IDENTITY, OUTSIDER	The ending theme song of Chūnibyō Demo Koi ga Shitai!
December 26	GIRLS und PANZER ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK (ガールズ&パンツァー オリジナルサウンドトラック) (LACA-9256) [18]	Katyusha (Hisako Kanemoto) and Nonna (Sumire Uesaka)	Katyusha	A song used in Girls und Panzer
	Dark Iris Musical Grammar (中二病でも恋がしたい! ボーカルミニアルバム 暗黒虹彩楽典) (LACA-15262) [19]	Sanae Dekomori (Sumire Uesaka)	remmuS iroM em llac t'noD (でいなばよって☆マサリモ Deinabayotte Masarimo), Dark Death Decoration	A character song of Chūnibyō Demo Koi ga Shitai!

Miscellaneous

• Talk Show in Visit JAPAN at the 23rd Doha International Book Fair^[20]

References

1. うぇぶらじ＠電撃文庫 第1回 [Web radio @ Dengeki-Bunko #1] (in Japanese). ASCII MEDIA WORKS. Retrieved December 17, 2012.
2. 上坂すみれ [Sumire Uesaka] (in Japanese). Space Craft. Retrieved December 17, 2012.
3. 豊かな心と確かな学力を育ててくれる（鎌倉女子大学中等部） [The school makes smarter and more emotional students. (Kamakura Women's University Junior High School)] (in Japanese). The Asahi Shinbun Company. Retrieved December 17, 2012.
4. 声優未来予想図 第14回 [Actors' painting of the future #14] (in Japanese). SHUFUNOTOMO infos Johosha Co.Ltd. Retrieved December 27, 2012.
5. うぇぶらじ＠電撃文庫 第20回 [Web radio @ Dengeki-Bunko #20] (in Japanese). ASCII MEDIA WORKS. Retrieved December 27, 2012.
6. Ｌａｄｙ Ｇｏ！！新メンバーは・・・、上坂すみれ さん [A newcomer to Lady Go!! is ... Sumire Uesaka!] (in Japanese). Nippon Cultural Broadcasting Inc. Retrieved December 17, 2012.
7. 自己紹介をします！ [I'd like to introduce myself!] (in Japanese). Sumire's official blog. Retrieved December 27, 2012.
8. "Студентка и актриса Сумирэ Уэсака стремится наладить российско-японские отношения (перевод из "Asahi Shimbun", Япония)". 2014-01-02.
   "（ひと）上坂すみれさん　日ロ友好を目指す現役女子大生の声優". Asahi Shimbun Digital. 2014-12-28. Archived from the original on 2013-12-28. Retrieved 2014-11-17.
9. "7th Chūnibyō Demo Koi ga Shitai! BD/DVD Adds Unaired Anime". Anime News Network. November 1, 2012. Retrieved January 2, 2013.
10. キャスト [Cast] (in Japanese). Girls und Panzer Projekt. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
11. スタッフ＆キャスト [Staff and Cast] (in Japanese). King Record.Co.,Ltd. Retrieved December 17, 2012.
12. "Inugami-san to Nekoyama-san Yuri Manga Gets Anime". Anime News Network. January 17, 2014. Retrieved February 15, 2014.
13. "Concrete Revolutio Anime's 1st English-subtitled Promo Video Introduces Cast". Anime News Network. 3 July 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
14. うぇぶらじ＠電撃文庫 [Web radio @ Dengeki-Bunko] (in Japanese). ASCII MEDIA WORKS. Retrieved December 27, 2012.
15. 上坂すみれの装甲親衛歩兵連隊放送 [Uesaka Sumire's Armored Guards Infantry Regiment Broadcast] (in Japanese). Osaka Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved December 17, 2012.
16. "Character Albums". King Record.Co.,Ltd. Retrieved December 17, 2012.
17. "音楽CD > OP,ED主題歌 -『中二病でも恋がしたい！』TVアニメ公式サイト" [Opening/Ending theme CD] (in Japanese). Kyoto Animation. Retrieved December 17, 2012.
18. "GIRLS und PANZER: CD" (in Japanese). Girls und Panzer Projekt. Retrieved December 17, 2012.
19. "音楽CD > ボーカルミニアルバム -『中二病でも恋がしたい！』TVアニメ公式サイト" [Vocal Album] (in Japanese). Kyoto Animation. Retrieved December 17, 2012.
20. "Visit JAPAN at the 23rd Doha International Book Fair". Embassy of Japan in the State of Qatar. Retrieved December 17, 2012.

External links

• Sumire Uesaka at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• (Japanese) Profiles and information of Sumire Uesaka (Official profile)
• (Japanese) Sumire Uesaka's Official Blog
• (Japanese) @Uesakasumire (Official Twitter account)