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Sae Ōtsuka (大塚 紗英, Ōtsuka Sae, born October 10, 1995) is a Japanese voice actress. She plays the guitar for the band Poppin'Party of the BanG Dream! franchise, which includes portraying the character Tae Hanazono.
Sae Ōtsuka | |
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大塚 紗英 | |
Born | October 10, 1995 |
Nationality | Japanese |
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Agent | Ace Crew Entertainment (2015–2022)[1] |
Musical career | |
Instruments |
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Years active | 2015–present |
Member of | Poppin'Party |
Website | saeotsuka |
Ōtsuka grew up playing with a toy piano that her mother purchased for her, while she wrote her first song when she was five years old after listening to a nursery rhyme. She was part of her elementary school's music committee, which involved playing music during the morning assemblies, and was in her middle school's band club as a trombonist.[2] At the age of 15, Ōtsuka began street performing with an acoustic guitar, which she did for four years.[3]
In December 2014, Ōtsuka was recruited to join the Bushiroad music franchise BanG Dream! as the guitarist Tae Hanazono; at the time, she had no voice acting or electric guitar experience.[3] She was formally introduced to the franchise band Poppin'Party during its second live concert on June 14, 2015.[4] Various aspects of Tae's character were inspired by Ōtsuka, such as Tae conducting street performances during the second season of the anime.[5] Tae's friendship with Raise A Suilen's Rei Wakana is also based on Ōtsuka's connections with Rei's voice actress and Ace Crew colleague Raychell.[6] Ōtsuka would perform with RAS during its role as a backup band in 2018 and as a guest at its debut live;[7][8] she also made guest appearances at the band's Heaven and Earth show in 2019 and its stage play in 2020.[9][10] In late 2021, Ōtsuka and Poppin'Party bandmate Aimi conducted a series of acoustic guitar shows, called Kasumi and Tae's Stay After School Tour, with performances at Zepp's Namba, Nagoya, and Yokohama venues.[11]
In 2020, she joined Bushiroad's D4DJ franchise as Nagisa Tsukimiyama, guitarist of the group Rondo.[12] Her graduation from the project was announced on September 30, 2024.[13]
As a solo performer, Ōtsuka's first song "What's your Identity?" was used as the Japanese opening to the Chinese-animated show Egg Car in 2019.[14] Avant-title, her debut mini-album, was released on February 26, 2020.[15]
Ōtsuka owns numerous pets like rabbits and birds, the former of which was adopted as a character trait for Tae.[2]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2017 | BanG Dream! | Tae Hanazono | [16] |
2018 | BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! Pico | [17] | |
2019 | BanG Dream! 2nd Season | [18] | |
BanG Dream! Film Live | Movie[19] | ||
Future Card Buddyfight Ace | Maria Itake | [20] | |
2020 | BanG Dream! 3rd Season | Tae Hanazono | [21] |
BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! Pico: Ohmori | [22] | ||
ReBirth for You | Juri Torigoe | [20] | |
D4DJ First Mix | Nagisa Tsukimiyama | ||
2021 | BanG Dream! Episode of Roselia I: Promise | Tae Hanazono | Movie |
BanG Dream! Film Live 2nd Stage | Movie[23] | ||
BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! Pico Fever! | [24] | ||
Remake Our Life! | Yurika Hiyama | [25] | |
2022 | BanG Dream! Poppin'Dream! | Tae Hanazono | Movie[26] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2017–present | BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! | Tae Hanazono | |
2017 | Megami Meguri | Sotoorihime | [20] |
2020–2024 | D4DJ Groovy Mix | Nagisa Tsukimiyama |
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