Ai Nonaka

Ai Nonaka (野中 藍, Nonaka Ai, born June 8, 1981) is a Japanese voice actress and singer. She works for Aoni Production and was formerly a member of the voice actor unit Drops, which included fellow voice actor Akemi Kanda, Tomoko Kaneda, Mariko Kōda, and Ryōko Shiraishi. In high school in Fukuoka, she was head of the drama club and her ambition was to play male roles in the famous all-female Takarazuka Revue.

Ai Nonaka
野中 藍
Ai Nonaka at Otakon 2012, on July 28, 2012
Born	(1981-06-08) June 8, 1981 (age 43)[1] Sawara-ku, Fukuoka, Japan[1]
Other names	Ai-pon (藍ぽん)
Occupations	Voice actress singer
Years active	2000–present
Agent	Aoni Production
Notable work	Stellvia as Shima Katase Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei as Kafuka Fu'ura Bottle Fairy as Hororo Negima! Magister Negi Magi as Konoka Konoe Puella Magi Madoka Magica as Kyoko Sakura Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo as Beauty Clannad as Fuko Ibuki Pani Poni Dash! as Ichijō Dead or Alive as Honoka Xenoblade Chronicles 2 as Tora
Height	156 cm (5 ft 1 in)[1]
Children	2

Personal life and career

Nonaka's initial interest in voice acting started after watching YuYu Hakusho. While self-proclaiming that she really would have preferred an acting career, but due to her height, as well as her interest in anime, she ultimately pursued voice acting after high school and graduated from the 21st batch of students from the Tokyo branch of Aoni's Seiyū Coaching School.^[2]

In December 2009, she announced both on her blog and web radio, "Radio Kouza Yoku Wakaru Gendai Mahou Dai Ichi" (ラジオ講座よくわかる現代魔法第一) episode 30,^[3] that she has passed and acquired level 2 certification in aromatherapy. This was again announced while Nonaka was featured in the January 25, 2010 broadcast of Anison Plus.^[4]

Nonaka has a regular column, "Ai-pon no O'Toriyose Hyaku Sen" (アイぽんのお取り寄せ100選), in monthly voice magazine, Seiyū Animedia (声優アニメディア). She has been featured three times in Anison Plus since the program started on July 7, 2008 (28-Jul-2008, January 26, 2009, January 25, 2010).^[5]

On August 20, 2017, she announced both on her blog and YouTube channel that she married someone outside the voice acting business on August 16, 2017.^[6]

Filmography

Anime

2002

• Platonic Chain – Kagura Rika
• Ultimate Muscle – Keiko, Terry the Kid (young)
• Kinnikuman Nisei: Muscle Ninjin Sōdatsu! Chōjin Daisensō (movie) – Keiko

2003

• Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo – Beauty
• Bottle Fairy – Hororo
• R.O.D the TV – Touko Shigno
• Stellvia of the Universe – Shima Katase
• Submarine 707R (OVA) – Rei

2004

• Gakuen Alice – Nonoko Ogasawara
• Kannazuki no Miko – Nekoko
• Tenbatsu! Angel Rabbie (OVA) – Lui
• Kinnikuman Nisei – Ultimate Muscle – Keiko
• Doki Doki School Hours – Hanako Horie

2005

• Iriya no Sora, UFO no Natsu (OVA) – Iriya Kana
• Jinki: Extend – Satsuki Kawamoto
• Kamichu! – Miko Saegusa
• Mahō Sensei Negima – Konoka Konoe
• Pani Poni Dash! – Ichijō, Ichijo's Younger Sister

2006

• Ape Escape – Sayaka
• Binchō-tan – Binchō-tan
• Kinnikuman Nisei 2 – Keiko
• Kujibiki Unbalance – Tokino Akiyama
• Negima!? – Konoka Konoe
• Negima!? OVA Haru – Konoka Konoe
• Negima!? OVA Natsu – Konoka Konoe
• Poka Poka Mori no Rascal – Riruru
• Sōkō no Strain – Lavinia Reberth and (Sara's and Ralph's) Emily

2007

• Doraemon – Noramyako
• Clannad – Fuko Ibuki^[7]
• Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight! – Mika Inamori
• Mushi-Uta – C
• Sayonara Zetsubō Sensei – Kafuka Fuura

2008

• Himitsu – Top Secret – Nanako Amachi
• Mahō Sensei Negima OAD – Shiroki Tsubasa Ala Alba – Konoka Konoe
• Real Drive – Yukino
• Zoku Sayonara Zetsubō Sensei – Kafuka Fuura
• Goku Sayonara Zetsubō Sensei (OVA) – Kafuka Fuura
• Toradora! – Kihara Maya
• Zettai Shougeki ~Platonic Heart~ (OVA) – Miko Kazuki

2009

• Clannad After Story – Fuko Ibuki
• Sora wo Kakeru Shōjo – Imoko Shishidou
• Asura Cryin' – Kanade Takatsuki
• Asura Cryin'2 – Kanade Takatsuki
• Mahō Sensei Negima OAD – Mou Hitotsu No Sekai – Konoka Konoe
• Natsu no Arashi! – Yayoi Fushimi
• Zan Sayonara Zetsubō Sensei – Kafuka Fuura
• Yoku Wakaru Gendai Mahō – Koyomi Morishita
• Tatakau Shisho – Chakoly Cocotte
• Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 – Aya

2010

• The World God Only Knows – Fujiidera
• Otome Yōkai Zakuro – Mugi

2011

• Ground Control to Psychoelectric Girl – Meme Touwa
• Puella Magi Madoka Magica – Kyouko Sakura
• Gintama – Pirako Chin

2012

• Another – Yukari Sakuragi^[8]
• Detective Conan: The Miracle of Excalibur (OVA) – Minae
• Saki Achiga-hen episode of Side-A – Kōko Fukuyo

2013

• Sasami-san@Ganbaranai – Tama Yagami^[9]
• Muromi-san – Hii-chan
• The World God Only Knows – Fujidera
• WataMote – Megumi Imae
• Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Rebellion – Kyouko Sakura

2014

• Amagi Brilliant Park – Tirami^[10]
• Gugure! Kokkuri-san – Noel
• Robot Girls Z – Archduke Gorgon
• Saki: The Nationals – Kōko Fukuyo

2015

• Gourmet Girl Graffiti – Akira Machiko^[11]
• One Piece – Mansherry
• Mr. Osomatsu – Chibimi
• Shōnen Hollywood -Holly Stage for 50- – Kotomi

2016

• Doraemon – Mari Marui^[12]
• Tsukiuta. The Animation – Chisa Togawa^[13]

2017

• Schoolgirl Strikers – Sasa Momokawa
• Kemono Friends – Reticulated Giraffe (episode 10, 12)
• Fate/Apocrypha – Berserker of Black/Frankenstein's Monster^[14] (episodes 1–10), Medea (episode 18)
• UQ Holder! – Konoka Konoe

2018

• Fate/Extra Last Encore – Nursery Rhyme/Alice^[15]
• Gintama – Pirako Chin

2020

• Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story – Kyouko Sakura
• Dropkick on My Devil! – Kraken

2021

• Chibi Maruko-chan – Reiko-chan
• Kaginado – Fuko Ibuki^[16][7]

2022

• Girls' Frontline – 416^[17]

Video games

• 12Riven – Myū Takae
• Another Eden – Myunfa
• Ape Escape 3 – Sayaka
• Arknights – Glaucus
• Atelier Annie: Alchemists of Sera Island – Annie Eilenberg
• Azur Lane - Honoka^[18]
• Blaze Union: Story to Reach the Future – Emilia and Pamela
• Clannad – Fuko Ibuki
• Code 18 – Hikari Haruna
• Cross Edge – Meu
• Dead or Alive 5 Last Round – Honoka^[19]
• Dead or Alive 6 – Honoka^[20]
• Dead or Alive Xtreme 3 – Honoka^[21]
• Dead or Alive Xtreme Venus Vacation – Honoka^[22]
• Dengeki Gakuen RPG: Cross of Venus – Kana Iriya, Kanade Takatsuki
• Dragon Ball Xenoverse – Time Patroller (Female 4)
• Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 – Time Patroller (Female 4)
• Dynasty Warriors 7 – Bao Sanniang
• Epic Seven - Alencia
• Fate/Extra – Caster (Nursery Rhyme), Alice
• Fate/Grand Order – Mary Read, Medea [Lily], Nursery Rhyme, Frankenstein's Monster
• Final Fantasy Type-0 – Aria
• Food Fantasy (2018) – Apple Pie
• Food Girls 2: Civil War – Long’er^[23]
• Girls' Frontline – HK416
• Gloria Union – Locomoco and Pamela
• Granblue Fantasy – Karteira
• Grand Chase: Dimensional Chaser - Myung Hwarin
• Magia Record – Kyouko Sakura
• Mana Khemia: Alchemists of Al-Revis – Lene Kier
• Mega Man X: Command Mission – Cinnamon
• Memories Off: Yubikiri no Kioku – Orihime Hoshitsuki
• NieR Replicant – Yonah
• Puella Magi Madoka Magica Portable – Kyouko Sakura
• Puyo Puyo Quest - Kyouko Sakura
• Riviera: The Promised Land – Serene
• Rune Factory: A Fantasy Harvest Moon – Tori or Torte
• Senran Kagura: Peach Beach Splash – Honoka
• Shining Force EXA – Catheana
• Shining Wind – Mao
• The King of Fighters All Star – Honoka^[24]
• The King of Fighters EX2: Howling Blood – Miu Kurosaki
• The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel – Towa Herschel
• The Legend of Heroes: Trails Through Daybreak II – Towa Herschel^[25]
• Tokyo Xanadu – Towa Kokonoe
• Toukiden: The Age of Demons – Hatsuho
• Venus Vacation Prism: Dead or Alive Xtreme – Honoka^[26]
• Warriors All-Stars – Honoka^[27]
• WarTech: Senko No Ronde – Baek Changpo
• Wrestle Angels: Survivor – Cutie Kanai, Noel Shiraishi
• Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Tora
• Xenosaga Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und Böse – 100-Series Realian
• Yakuza 5 – Azusa Osawa
• Yggdra Union: We'll Never Fight Alone – Pamela and Emilia
• Ys: The Oath in Felghana – Elena Stoddart

Drama CD

2009

• Koroshiya San – Kyuu Onna san
• Toradora! Drama CD Vol. 2 – Kihara Maya
• Drama CD Himawari – Ariesu
• Drama CD Persona – Ayase Yuka
• Bouso Rettou Seishun Hen – Chihou no Jidai ga Yatte Kita! – Higuchi Kyouko
• Transistor Teaset – Denki Gairozu – Ooshiro Kagami
• Yggdra Unison – Pamela, Emilia

2010

• MM! – Shizuka Sado

2011

• Puella Magi Madoka Magica – Kyoko Sakura

Dubbing

Live-action

• The Spy Next Door – Nora^[28]

Animation

• Chuggington – Koko^[29]
• High Guardian Spice – Sage

Discography

Singles

Release date	Title
December 28, 2005	Yume no Drive
October 4, 2006	Tokimeki no Kotoba (トキメキの言葉)
October 4, 2006	Love Messenger
August 8, 2007	Cheer Ruuga! (チアルーガ!)
September 9, 2007	Koi no Museum (恋のミュージアム)
October 10, 2007	Ureshinaki (ウレシ泣キ)
January 14, 2009	Datte Anata Wa Anata Da Kara

Albums

Release date	Title
February 1, 2006	Ai no Uta
December 6, 2006	Shiawase no Iro
March 12, 2008	Namida no Kiseki
April 22, 2009	Supplement

Compilation albums

Release date	Title
January 27, 2010	Airenjā

DVDs

• Ai Pon the Films (Released March 3, 2007)
• Ai Nonaka's "No Tear x No Live 2008" (Released August 6, 2008)