Ayahi Takagaki, born on October 25, 1985 in Tokyo, is a Japanese voice actress as well as a singer. Some of her most notable anime roles include Chris Yukine in Symphogear, Lisbeth in Sword Art Online, and Erika Karisawa in Durarara!!.
She majored in singing in college, specializing in opera, and joined a seiyuu supergroup Sphere in 2009 (along with Haruka Tomatsu, Aki Toyosaki, and Minako Kotobuki), so we may expect some Awesome Music from her in years to come. Also, she speaks/sings English pretty well.
On August 23, 2019, she got married to a theatre staff member who worked with her in her stage performance. In October 2022, she gave birth to their first child
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Notable roles:
- Aloy in the Japanese dub of Horizon Zero Dawn and reprises the role in its sequel Horizon Forbidden West, and Genshin Impact
- Ami Kuroki in Occult Academy
- Aresta in Charger Girl
- Arpeggio El Lalena in Gate
- Ayana Minase in The Qwaser of Stigmata
- Princess Cadance in the Japanese dub of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
- Aria Blaze in the Japanese dub of My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Rainbow Rocks
- Chris Yukine in Symphogear and gets to show off her singing skills to HARD ROCK!
- Clara Kirishima in World Embryo
- Clare in the Japanese dub of Power Rangers Mystic Force
- Dagr in Fire Emblem Heroes
- Daigo Kurogami in Beyblade Burst
- Dan Roana in Blade & Soul
- Desil Galette (child form) in Mobile Suit Gundam AGE
- Derrierie in The Seven Deadly Sins
- Ein in Phantom ~Requiem of the Phantom~
- Elda in Tropical-Rouge! Pretty Cure
- Erika Karisawa in Durarara!!
- Feldt Grace in Mobile Suit Gundam 00
- Felicia Hardy/Black Cat in the Japanese dub of Spider-Man (PS4)
- Ferris Eris in The Legend of the Legendary Heroes
- Floortje in El Galleon
- FrostNova in Arknights: Prelude to Dawn
- Hamaji in Hakkenden: Eight Dogs of the East
- Henrietta in Log Horizon
- Hiiragi in Hanamaru Kindergarten
- Hotaru in Gintama
- Ichika and the Narrator in Cat Planet Cuties
- Imina in Overlord
- Itori in Tokyo Ghoul
- Jade in Land of the Lustrous
- Jasmine in Deltora Quest
- Jun Moritsuna in Ushio and Tora
- Kaede Amamiya in Star★Twinkle Pretty Cure
- Kanako Oora in Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei
- Kotoha in Arata: The Legend
- Kuro in Blue Exorcist
- Kyouka Manyuu in Manyu Hikencho
- Larimar in Jewelpet
- Lisbeth in Sword Art Online
- Lucia Nahashi in Venus Versus Virus
- Luminella Hotaru in Gaist Crusher
- Mariah in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
- Megumi Yamamoto in Special A
- Mei Fan in GARO: Vanishing Line
- Mikako Satsukitane in Heaven's Lost Property
- Mikoto Kuga in Norn9
- Misaki Nakajima in Mars Red
- Mitsuba Marui in Mitsudomoe
- The Mountain Goddess in Sengoku Youko
- Muron Alexius in Magi: Labyrinth of Magic
- Nemone in Granblue Fantasy
- Nene in Canaan
- Nene Omori in Beelzebub
- Nina Antalk in Chrome Shelled Regios
- Noe Isurugi in True Tears
- Otome Asakura in Da Capo II
- Past in Guilty Crown: Lost Christmas
- Ria Karasuma in Healer Girl
- Ryuunosuke Fujinami in Urusei Yatsura All-Stars
- Saki Mizukoshi in Natsuiro Kiseki
- Senhime in Onmyōji (2016)
- Shirley in Fate/Zero
- Suiren/My Sunshine in Battle Spirits Shonen Toppa Bashin
- Sumika Murasame in Whispered Words
- Sumika Warakubami in Kakegurui
- Sylvie Lumiere in Baccano!
- Tadakuni's sister in Daily Lives of High School Boys
- Takuto Tatsunagi in Cardfight!! Vanguard
- Tamako Inada in Silver Spoon
- Tim Berners-Lynn in Ultimate Otaku Teacher
- Tina in Pokémon Masters
- Touko Zaizen, Norihito Kurama and Shunsuke Aoyama in Inazuma Eleven
- Wakana Sakai in Tari Tari
- Yasuko Yaegashi in Akiba Maid War
- Yayoi Amane in Matoi the Sacred Slayer
- Yui Goidou (and by extension, Mars) in The World God Only Knows: Goddesses Arc
- Zhang Ming-Ming in TerraforMARS
As she majored in opera singing in college, she also has several songs worth of a mention:
- Symphogear uses four of her songs as endings, a substantial fraction of her 11 singles (up to Sept.2017):
- Meteor Light, 4th single, the first season ending also the first one that break out from her typical ballad songs into faster paced pop
- Next Destination, 6th single. More pumped up than Meteor Light
- Re-birth Day, 9th single.
- Futurism, 11th single. Simply majestic fast-paced pop
- Meteor Light, 4th single
- Still in Symphogear, she also has eight Image Songs from four seasons and a confirmed ninth from the game:
- Symphogear: "Makyuu - Ichaival" and "Tsunaida Te Dake ga Tsumugu Mono".
- G: "Bye-Bye Lullaby" On the softer side of things, she also sings "Kyoushitsu Monochrome".
- GX: "TRUST HEART", her battle song (plus its Ignite variant) and much softer "After school Key holder".
- AXZ: GUN BULLET XXX and Todoke Happy Uta Zukin
- XDU: SAKURA BLIZZARD
- Symphogear: "Makyuu - Ichaival"
- Ai no Hi, 8th single
Associated tropes:
- Pintsized Powerhouse: Being only 150.8 cm (4'11.4") tall, while the Japan's national average is 158 cm, but having an opera-grade singing voice.
- Pungeon Master: She loves Japanese puns (often known as "Dajare" or ”ダジャレ”) and frequently peppers her events with those puns.
- Woman of a Thousand Voices: She has voiced everyone from a tomboyish cool girl, to a quirky girl up to a violent tsundere.
