Apphia Yu

Apphia Yu, also known as Ayu Sakata, is an American voice actress and voice director.^[2] She has worked on games such as Loren The Amazon Princess and Tales of Aravorn: Seasons of the Wolf, and on anime like Assassination Classroom. She is the founder of sakevisual, a company based in Dallas, Texas that makes original visual novel games.^[3] She is married to voice actor Micah Solusod.^[4]

Apphia Yu
Born	October 9[1]
Nationality	American
Other names	Ayu Sakata
Occupation	Voice actress
Years active	2009–present
Spouse	Micah Solusod ​ (m. 2016)​
Website	apphiayu.com

Filmography

Anime series

List of voice performances in anime series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
2011	Fairy Tail	Laki Olietta		[5]
2012	Shangri-la	Mikuni		[6]
	Level E	Mayuzumi (Black Ranger)		[7]
	Shakugan no Shana Second	Tiriel		[8]
2013	Last Exile: Fam, the Silver Wing	Félicité		[9]
	Guilty Crown	Kanon Kusama		[10]
	Robotics;Notes	Airi		[11]
2014	Kamisama Kiss	Chie		[12]
	A Certain Scientific Railgun S	Saiai Kinuhata		[13]
2015	Assassination Classroom	Rio Nakamura		[14]
	Mikagura School Suite	Katai		[15][16]
2016	Rage of Bahamut: Genesis	Rita		[17]
	Shōnen Maid	Chihiro		[18]
	Love Live! Sunshine!!	You Watanabe		[5]
	Barakamon	Tama		[19]
	Show By Rock!! 2	Holmy	Also Short!!	[20]
	Drifters	Mark		[21]
	Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru	Monoyoshi Sadamune		[5]
2017	Dragon Ball Z Kai: The Final Chapters	Imamu		[22]
	ēlDLIVE	Tonto		[23]
	Chain Chronicle: The Light of Haecceitas	Marina		[24]
	Koro Sensei Quest!	Nakamura		[25]
	Fuuka	Haruka Akitsuki		[26]
	Kenka Bancho Otome -Girl Beats Boys-	Hinako	Lead role	[27]
	The Silver Guardian	Koshiriko		[27]
	Alice & Zoroku	Ayumu Miho		[5]
	Tsukigakirei	Akane	Lead role	[28]
	Tsugumomo	Kukuri		[28]
	Gosick	Victorique de Blois	Lead role	[29]
	Recovery of an MMO Junkie	Harth		[30]
	Myriad Colors Phantom World	Haruhiko (child)		[31]
	Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2199	Jiro Shima		[5]
	Garo: Vanishing Line	Meifang		[32]
	Blood Blockade Battlefront & Beyond	Kane		[32]
2018	Pop Team Epic	Shouta Aoi
	Ace Attorney (TV series)	Miles Edgeworth (young)		[33]
	Katana Maidens: Toji No Miko	Sayaka		[34]
	Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card	Spinny		[35]
	Dragon Ball Super	Maki		[5]
	Black Clover	Marie		[36]
	Golden Kamuy	Osoma		[37]
	Free! -Dive to the Future-	Ayumu		[36]
	Tokyo Ghoul:re (season 2)	Shio		[5]
	Code: Realize − Guardian of Rebirth	Sisi		[38]
	SSSS.Gridman	Borr		[37]
	A Certain Magical Index III	Kinuhata		[37]
2019	Fruits Basket (2019 TV series)	Shigure Soma (young)		[5]
	Dr. Stone	Tsukasa Shishio (young)		[5]
	Nichijou - My Ordinary Life	Sekiguchi		[39]
	Kemono Friends	Ezo Red Fox		[40]
	Kase-san and Morning Glories	Mikawa		[5]
2020	Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma	Berta, Cilla		[5]
	Higurashi: When They Cry – GOU	Rika Furude	Main role; Also SOTSU	[41][42]
2021	Mieruko-chan	Yamazaki		[43]
2022	PuraOre! Pride of Orange	Junko Yaginuma		[44]
2024	Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest	Laki Olietta		[45]

Animated series

• RWBY (2016-2017), Young Lie Ren
• Heaven Official's Blessing (2021), Xiao Ying^[46]

Film

List of voice performances in film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
2018	Assassination Classroom the Movie: 365 Days' Time	Nakamura		[47]
2022	Sing a Bit of Harmony	Inoue		[48]

Video games

List of voice performances in video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
2016	Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2	Time Patroller		[5]
2017	Regalia: Of Men and Monarchs	Lilka		[5]
2017	A Hat in Time	Hat Kid/Bow Kid		[5]

Production credits

ADR directing

List of ADR directing credits

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
2015	Assassination Classroom	S1: Assistant ADR director; S2: ADR director		[14][49]
2016	The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.	ADR director	Funimation dub, Season 1	[16]
2017	Koro Sensei Quest!	ADR director		[26]
	Classroom of the Elite	ADR director		[50]
	Code: Realize − Guardian of Rebirth	Assistant ADR director		[32]
2018	Lord of Vermilion: The Crimson King	Assistant ADR director		[36]
	Harukana Receive	ADR director	Shared with Jerry Jewell	[36]
	Assassination Classroom the Movie: 365 Days' Time	ADR director		[47]
	RErideD – Derrida, who leaps through time –	Assistant ADR director		[37]
2019	The Quintessential Quintuplets	ADR director		[51]
2020	Higurashi: When They Cry – GOU	Assistant ADR director		[41]
2021	SSSS.Dynazenon	ADR director		[52]
	Ikebukuro West Gate Park	Additional ADR direction		[53]

References

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External links

• Apphia Yu official website
• Ayu Sakata official website
• Apphia Yu at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Apphia Yu at IMDb
• Apphia Yu at The Visual Novel Database