... Oh! Right, the description! Aki Toyosaki (豊崎愛生, born October 28, 1986 in Tokushima, Japan) is a Japanese actress, voice actress and singer, best-known for her role as the ditzy guitarist Yui Hirasawa in the anime K-On!. Her actual voice seems to be rather similar to Yui's on that show, judging by interviews (however, she used to hate her high-pitched voice when younger). Toyosaki typically lends her voice to characters that are silly but kind-hearted.
She's also been expanding as a music idol: she joined the J-pop group Sphere in 2009, along with fellow seiyuu Haruka Tomatsu, Ayahi Takagaki, and Minako Kotobuki, releasing a solo single that same year. As a result of her roles, she is in relationships with Minako Kotobuki and Yōko Hikasa, both costars on K-On!, as well as Kanae Itō.
Then she got married somewhere in October 2017 with someone outside the voice acting business.
Notable roles:
- Ai Astin in Sunday Without God
- Akane Minagawa in Scum's Wish
- Alicia Edelcia in Uncle from Another World
- Amuro Ninagawa in Umisho
- Ana Schariac in Honkai Impact 3rd
- Angela in Jewelpet (starting with Jewelpet Twinkle☆)
- In addition to Angela, she also voices Hinata Asaka in Jewelpet Sunshine, main protagonist Pink Oomiya from Jewelpet Kira☆Deco!, and Jewelpet Happiness's version of the goddess Jewlina.
- Angel White in Demon Lord, Retry!
- Aoi Inuyama in Laid-Back Camp
- Aoi Kunieda in Beelzebub (Playing Against Type)
- Apli April in Agarest Senki Zero (Playing Against Type big time)
- Asmodeus in Umineko: When They Cry (as well as Asune in the PS3 port)
- Bagpipe in Arknights
- Blondie (Vanessa Hudgens) in the Japanese dub of Sucker Punch (definitely Playing Against Type)
- Blossom in the Japanese dub of The Powerpuff Girls (2016)
- Caroline and Justine in Persona 5
- Chaos in Heaven's Lost Property (Playing Against Type)
- Princess Charlotte in Berserk: The Golden Age Arc, Berserk (2016), and Berserk and the Band of the Hawk (succeeding Yuri Shiratori)
- Chitose Ikeda in YuruYuri
- Chiyuri Kurashima/Lime Bell in Accel World
- Cinque in Final Fantasy Type-0
- Crown in Goddess of Victory: NIKKE
- Dawn and Tessa in Alchemy Stars
- Elel in Ange Vierge
- Emi Kino in Concrete Revolutio: Choujin Gensou
- Emily Himesaka in WATATEN!: an Angel Flew Down to Me
- Fam in Last Exile: Fam, the Silver Wing (Playing Against Type again that her voice is almost unrecognizable!)
- Fig Cookie in Cookie Run: Kingdom
- Floretta in World Flipper
- Funabori in D-Frag!
- Fuuka in Rune Factory 5
- Hand Demon (child ver.) in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
- Homura Mimiji in Dr. STONE
- Honoka Hara in The Dangers in My Heart
- Houzuki in Otome Youkai Zakuro
- Inga in Un-Go (Playing Against Type so much, she barely sounds like herself!)
- Iori Nagase in Kokoro Connect
- Isuzu "Rin" Sohma in the 2019 reboot of Fruits Basket
- Izabella Voldigoad in The Misfit of Demon King Academy
- Izana Shinatose in Knights of Sidonia
- Janis in PriPara
- Jun "Junichi" Ishihara in GAMERA -Rebirth-
- Jun Nagase in The World God Only Knows
- Kaede in Manyu Hikencho
- Koufuku Ebisu in Noragami
- Kana Nakamachi in Kanamemo
- Kanetsugu Naoe in Samurai Girls
- Kazari Uiharu in A Certain Scientific Railgun & A Certain Magical Index II
- Keina Soga in Demon King Daimao
- Kon in Tokyo Ravens
- Koyoi Bessho in Hatsukoi Limited
- Lieselotte in Valvrave the Liberator
- Lisa in The Sacred Blacksmith
- Manaka Sajyou in Fate/Prototype
- Marulk in Made in Abyss
- Marurin Sasaki in Shima Shima Tora no Shimajirō (Shimajirō Hesoka and Wao! only)
- Megumi Chihaya in Servant × Service
- Medaka Kurokami in Medaka Box and J-Stars Victory VS (Playing Against Type bigtime)
- Mei (Rosa) in the Pokémon Black and White 2 Animated Trailer and Pokémon Masters
- Melleau in Granblue Fantasy
- Melory in Kamisama Minarai: Himitsu no Cocotama
- Melwin in Cat Planet Cuties
- Mew in Mewkledreamy
- Mika Takekawa in Killer is Dead
- Military Uniform Princess/Altair and Sirius in Re:CREATORS
- Mirim in Queen's Blade Rebellion
- Miwa "Mogii" Motegi in Sweet Blue Flowers
- Momo Belia Deviluke in To Love Ru
- Momoka in Penguindrum
- Momoko Shirai in Wandering Son
- Momo Uraraka, as well as The Queen of the Nature Civilization note and some additional voices here and there in Duel Masters
- Muetta & Yukihime in Kuromukuro
- Najimi Tenkuuji in Akikan!
- Nako Oshimizu in Hanasaku Iroha
- Nau in Sengoku Youko
- Navia in Genshin Impact
- Ning Yingying in the Japanese dub of The Scum Villain's Self Saving System
- Níðhöggr in Fire Emblem Heroes
- Oshima in Umi Monogatari
- Otohime Ryūgū in Ōkami-san
- Popuko in Pop Team Epic (Season 2 Episode 12A)
- Q/Sean in Zero Time Dilemma
- Ramona in Dragalia Lost
- Renesmee Cullen in the Japanese dub of Twilight: Breaking Dawn
- Rino Kurayoshi in Kengan Ashura
- Ristarte in The Hero is Overpowered but Overly Cautious
- Satsuki Hyoudou in Maid-Sama!
- Seilah in Fairy Tail
- Seilyn in Reborn to Master the Blade
- Seitenshi Black Bullet
- Shamo in Cat God
- Shiori "Robo" Saginomiya in Wasteful Days of High School Girls
- Su in Shugo Chara!
- Suomi in Girls' Frontline
- Tiaraloid in Tokumei Sentai Go Busters
- Tsumugi Ryuukishibara in If Her Flag Breaks
- Yamausagi in Onmyōji (2016)
- Yaeko Yanasegawa in TerraforMARS
- Yoshino in Minami-ke
- Yui Hirasawa in K-On!
- Yuki Yoshioka in Mitsudomoe
- Yunyun in KonoSuba
- Yura Hiratsuka in Softenni
- Yuu Hiyama in Ushio and Tora
- Yuzuki Mizusaka in Celestial Method
Tropes associated with her roles:
- Pigeonholed Voice Actor: During the early years after her debut, common roles for Toyosaki were either characters similar to Yui or completely different from Yui (e.g. Medaka, Momo), with the notable high pitched-voice being commonplace in her roles. Down the road, however, this trope is being averted drastically, if her roles in Re:CREATORS, Fruits Basket (2019) and The Hero is Overpowered but Overly Cautious will attest.
- Wise Beyond Their Years: Has a habit of playing young women who pretend to be/act like grandmas (Yui Hirasawa, Chitose Ikeda, Aoi Inuyama, Tsumugi Ryuukishibara, Popuko), with a creaky old person voice to match.
- You can't go just yet! Troper, I challenge you to a duel!
