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Wakana Maruoka

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Wakana Maruoka
丸岡 和佳奈
Born (1995-05-13) 13 May 1995 (age 29)
Occupations
  • Voice actress
  • singer
Years active2018–present
EmployerWith Line
Notable workRinze Morino in The Idolmaster Shiny Colors
Ireena Litz de Olhyde in The Greatest Demon Lord Is Reborn as a Typical Nobody
Sumire Kasahara in My Clueless First Friend

Wakana Maruoka (丸岡 和佳奈, Maruoka Wakana, born 13 May 1995) is a Japanese voice actress and singer affiliated with With Line.[1] She is known for voicing Rinze Morino in The Idolmaster Shiny Colors, Ireena Litz de Olhyde in The Greatest Demon Lord Is Reborn as a Typical Nobody, and Sumire Kasahara in My Clueless First Friend.

Biography

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Wakana Maruoka, a native of Tokyo, was born on 13 May 1995.[2] Maruoka initially planned to work as a civil servant, but later decided to become a voice actress instead.[3] She was educated at the Tokyo Seiyu Academy [ja].[3]

In March 2018, she was cast as Rinze Morino, one of five members of Hōkago Climax Girls, one of the few idol units within The Idolmaster Shiny Colors spin-off franchise.[4] Since then, she has performed as a singer on several Idolmaster music releases, including Hōkago Climax Girls' 2018 single Yumesaki After School (which charted at #8 in the Oricon Singles Chart) and the 2022 single Synthe-Side 02 (which charted at #25 in the aforementioned chart).[5][6] She later recalled in a 2022 interview with Da Vinci Web that while portraying Rinze, she initially "acted quietly while suppressing my emotions, but as [she] grew older, [her] emotions gradually came to the fore".[3]

In December 2021, she was cast as Ireena Litz de Olhyde in The Greatest Demon Lord Is Reborn as a Typical Nobody.[7] In January 2022, she began voicing Urara Yume, a character in the Magia Record event "Gray Revolution".[8] In May 2022, she was cast as Lujei Piche in GrimGrimoire OnceMore, the 2022 remaster of the 2007 game GrimGrimoire.[9] In February 2023, she was cast as Sumire Kasahara in My Clueless First Friend.[10] In 2024 she was cast as Yuki Suou in Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian.

Filmography

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Anime television

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2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024

Anime film

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2021

Video games

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2018
2020
2021
2022
2019

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w "丸岡和佳奈". With Line. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  2. ^ "丸岡和佳奈". Animate Times (in Japanese). Retrieved 22 July 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d Maruoka, Wakana (31 May 2022). "丸岡和佳奈「できる限りたくさんの作品に携わりながら、"声帯"として作品の一部になりたい」【声優図鑑】". Da Vinci Web (Interview). Interviewed by Aki Yoshida. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  4. ^ a b "The Idolm@ster: Shiny Colors Game Adds 'After School Climax Girls' Idol Unit". 5 March 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  5. ^ "THE IDOLM@STER SHINY COLORS BRILLI@NT WING 04「夢咲きAfter school」". Oricon. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  6. ^ "THE IDOLM@STER SHINY COLORS Synthe-Side 02". Oricon. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  7. ^ a b Mateo, Alex (16 December 2021). "The Greatest Demon Lord is Reborn as a Typical Nobody Anime's 1st Promo Video Reveals Cast, Staff, Opening Theme, April 2022 Premiere". Anime News Network. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
  8. ^ "『マギレコ』新イベントは魔法少女が抱える宿命に抗おうとしながらも、諦念に至るまでを描くストーリー". Dengeki Online (in Japanese). 27 January 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  9. ^ a b Mateo, Alex (13 May 2022). "GrimGrimoire OnceMore Remastered Game's Trailer Reveals, Previews Cast". Anime News Network. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  10. ^ a b Cayanan, Joanna (21 February 2023). "My Clueless First Friend Anime Reveals April 9 Premiere, More Cast, Visual, Ending Theme Artist". Anime News Network. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
  11. ^ Loo, Egan (7 November 2023). "Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian Anime Slated for April 2024". Anime News Network. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
  12. ^ a b "Wakana Maruoka (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 23 July 2023. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
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