Describe Yui Horie here, nya!
Yui Horie (born September 20, 1976) is a veteran Japanese voice actress and singer. As a versatile seiyuu, she can play varied roles, from cutesy Hanyuu to Tsundere Naru.
She is also a popular singer and has released several albums from 2000 onwards. She is oftentimes chosen to sing the opening theme, ending theme, and/or an insert song in an anime she stars in.
Between the late 2000's and the early New-10's, her roles temporarily "cooled down", and during that time she has been taking supporting roles with substantially deeper and less genki voices as opposed to playing the spotlight as the heroine. In the mid 2010's, however, her resume sudden floods with sweet and caring Princess' (Milfune of Dog Days), Kind and Loving Big Sisters (Raika of Listen to me, girls. I am your father! and Wiz of Konosuba) as well as Beautiful Childhood Friend Cuties (Saren of Princess Connect! Re:Dive), returning to the Moe genre with role after adorable role with gutso, with no signs of slowing down to playing mothers and supporting older-roles as is usual for voice-actresses in their 40s.
She has also created the virtual idol Miss Monochrome, who got popular enough to have her own anime.
Many of her most popular voice roles tend to be very notable for spamming Verbal Tics non-stop.
Some of her roles include:
- Ai-chan in Honkai Impact 3rd
- Aina Kuronuma in Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto
- Akane Akaza in YuruYuri
- Akane Mishima in Kämpfer
- Akane Nishino in The Eminence in Shadow
- Alice Kiriki in Ōkami-san
- Alisa Reinford in the Trails Series
- Amagi, Asagumo, Yamagumo, and the NPC supply ships Mamiya and Irako in KanColle
- Anna Kushina in K
- Anna Suehiro in Wandering Son
- Arashi Spring in Scarlet Nexus
- Aya-chan Fujimiya in Weiß Kreuz
- Ayu Tateishi in Ultra Maniac
- Ayu Tsukimiya in Kanon
- Azrael in No Game No Life Zero
- HMS Belfast, Belchan, and USS North Carolina in Azur Lane
- Cecilia and Fallen Cecilia in Epic Seven
- Charle in Fairy Tail
- Charlotte Dimandias in Hundred
- Chie Satonaka in Persona 4, Persona 4: The Animation, Persona 4: The Golden Animation, and Persona 4: Arena
- Corina Solgente in Tales of Eternia Anime
- Cotton Cookie in Cookie Run Kingdom
- Dahlia/Daria in Rune Factory 3
- Dokuro-chan in Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-chan (Audio Dramas only)
- Eilene in Shadows House
- Ekoro in Gal*Gun: Double Peace
- Elisa in Granado Espada
- Emika Takatsuki in Waiting in the Summer
- Eri Sawachika in School Rumblenote
- Ess in Puyo Puyo Tetris
- Excel Walter in How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom
- Fairy Godmother in Grimms Notes
- Fatina in The Tower of Druaga
- Faruzan in Genshin Impact
- Felix Argyle in Re:Zero
- Freesia in MementoMori: AFKRPG
- Galatea in Bubblegum Crisis 2040 (Debut role back in 1998)
- Gauche (an adorable little boy) in 100 Sleeping Princes and the Kingdom of Dreams
- Hanyuu in Higurashi: When They Cry
- Herself in Seiyu's Life!
- Hitomi in the Dead or Alive games
- Hiromi Fujimori in Angelic Layer
- Hiyori Kirishima in Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi
- Honey Kisaragi (Cutey Honey) in the Re: Cutie Honey OVA
- Natsuko "Nacchan" Aki in Cutie Honey Universe
- Ikumi Kyouko in Sweet Blue Flowers
- Irene White in Girl Café Gun
- Izumi Kagurazaka in Digimon Universe: App Monsters
- Jens in Cat Planet Cuties
- Kaho Nikaidou in First Love Monster
- Kaoruko Ichijou in Futakoi (and Futakoi Alternative)
- Kasen Ibaraki in Touhou Danmaku Kagura
- Kisara Tendo in Black Bullet
- Kotori Shirakawa in Da Capo
- Kouko Kaga in Golden Time
- Kumbhira and Teena in Granblue Fantasy
- Liko/Cure Magical in Maho Girls Pretty Cure! (and all media featuring her)
- Lillith Zaberisk in Animamundi Dark Alchemist
- Maiden and Miranda in Goddess of Victory: NIKKE
- Makie Sasaki in Negima! Magister Negi Magi
- Mama (Arc 2) in NieR Re[in]carnation
- Manami Aiba a.k.a La Brava in My Hero Academia
- Manami Amamiya in Manabi Straight!
- Marga in Dragon Crisis!
- Maria Ushiromiya in Umineko: When They Cry (Kihihihihihi…)
- Marie in Stella Glow
- Mary in The Faraway Paladin
- Masako Natsume in Penguindrum
- Matsumoto-sensei in Yuyushiki
- Mayura Daidouji in Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok
- Mei Ling in D.Gray-Man
- Michiru Mayumura in Major 2nd
- Miharu Takeshita in B Gata H Kei
- Mihoko Fukuji in Saki
- Princess Millhiore Filianno Biscotti in Dog Days
- Mine Aomori in Blue Archive
- Minori Kushieda in Toradora!note
- Misato Aoi in the Tokyo Majin anime and games
- Miss Monochrome in Miss Monochrome
- Mitama Yakumo in Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story
- Miya in Guardian Tales
- Miyako Uehara in Pani Poni Dash!
- Mizuho Miyanokouji in Otoboku - Maidens Are Falling For Me
- Multi in To Heart
- Namiko Nozaki in GA: Geijutsuka Art Design Class
- Naomi Munakata in Tokimeki Memorial Pocket: Sports Hen
- Naru Narusegawa in Love Hina (Star-Making Role)
- Natsuko Honda in King's Game
- Nekomata in Onmyōji
- Nepgear in Neptunia
- Numa no Himemiko in Kamisama Kiss
- Olivia Servant in The Hidden Dungeon Only I Can Enter
- Oryou (Sakamoto Ryoma's dragon-wife) and Charlotte Corday in Fate/Grand Order
- Plumeria in Fire Emblem Heroes
- Pucci Lavmin in Master Detective Archives: Rain Code
- Raika Oda in Listen to me, girls. I am your father!
- Ran Kuzuryu in Moe! Ninja Girls RPG
- Rena in Elsword
- Riki Naoe in Little Busters!
- Rio Takeuchi in Spiral
- Rokuna Hiiragi in Mon Colle Knights
- Ryuunosuke Akasaka and "Maid" in The Pet Girl of Sakurasou
- Salamandinay in Cross Ange
- Sakuya in Sister Princess
- Sarara in Bottle Fairy
- Saren Sasaki in Princess Connect! Re:Dive
- Satomi Tachibana in How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift?
- Sayo Yuuki in Castle of Shikigami
- Serena in Symphogear
- Sherry in Love Nikki - Dress Up Queen
- Shirousa in Sanrio's Sugarbunnies
- Siesta in The Familiar of Zero
- Siskier in Blaze Union
- Sonia Shaflnaz in Hayate the Combat Butler
- Sonken Chuubou (Sun Quan)/Shoukyou (Xiao Qiao) in Ikki Tousen Great Guardians
- Springfield and Kolibri in Girls' Frontline
- Sue Haris in Argento Soma
- Surtr in Arknights
- Suzu (and Momo) in Nagasarete Airantou
- Takako in Prétear. She's actually Playing Against Type since Takako is the Princess of Disaster and Big Bad
- Tamami Chanohata in Mahoraba
- Teresa Linares in Tales of Berseria
- Tesla Violet/Twin Phantom in Kaitou Tenshi Twin Angel
- Tohru Honda in Fruits Basket (2001)
- Tsubasa Hanekawa in Bakemonogatari
- Tsurara and Setsura in Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan
- Wagon in Ressha Sentai ToQger
- Urara in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
- Wiz in KonoSuba
- Yamada-san in Katteni Kaizo
- Yamraiha in Magi: Labyrinth of Magic
- Yasuna Kamiizumi in Kashimashi: Girl Meets Girl
- Yoko in Inukami!
- Yuki Cross in Vampire Knight
- Yukiho Hagiwara in Idolmaster: Xenoglossia
- Yume Asakura in Da Capo II
- Yuno Wakatsuki in Song of Memories
- Yuri in Lovely Angel: Kei & Yuri
- Yuriko Amemiya in Nanaka 6/17
- Yuuto Higatani in Miss Kuroitsu from the Monster Development Department
- Yuuto Sakurai in My Senpai Is Annoying
- Yuzu Komiya in Cat God
- Zoya in Alchemy Stars
Tropes associated with her include:
- Ms. Fanservice:
- She plays a lot of fanservice providers and remained one of the most popular ones to do so because her fanservicey characters are rarely-to-never above the Japanese vague threshold. From Naru Narusegawa to Hanekawa, Yamraiha to Kaga Kouko, Salamandinay to Wiz, there is no shortage apart from instances where she Playing Against Type.
- And then in video games, there's Hitomi, Makoto Aihara/Black Belt Demon, Springfield, Amagi, Mamiya, and Belfast. Invoked with Plumeria, who not only fits Horie's age of 'fanservice character', she's also the type of character that sends those fanservicey thoughts to the minds of others (and the player, maybe).
