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Kaede Hondo (本渡 楓, Hondo Kaede, born March 6, 1996) is a Japanese voice actress affiliated with I'm Enterprise. She took leading roles for each series, including Kamisama Minarai: Himitsu no Cocotama as Kokoro Yotsuba, Interviews with Monster Girls as Hikari Takanashi, Girlish Number as Yae Kugayama, Anime-Gatari as Minoa Asagaya, Katana Maidens ~ Toji No Miko as Kanami Eto, Comic Girls as Koyume Koizuka, Hinamatsuri as Hitomi Mishima, Zombie Land Saga as Sakura Minamoto, Bofuri as Maple/Kaede Honjō, and Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina as Elaina. She won the Best New Actress Award at the 13th Seiyu Awards.[1]
Kaede Hondo | |
|---|---|
本渡 楓 | |
| Born | March 6, 1996 Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan |
| Occupation | Voice actress |
| Years active | 2015–present |
| Agent | I'm Enterprise |
Hondo was born in Aichi Prefecture.[2][3] She became interested in anime while watching Naruto.[4] She became interested in acting and modelling, after an incident during her fifth year of elementary, and when a woman came near and saying she has "a face that goes well with makeup".[3][4] Hondo made some research on her own job, and came to believe she was told she has a face suitable for an actress or a model.[3][4] She would then start auditioning for various acting and modelling jobs, but she did not initially consider voice acting as an option.[4] As she had a desire to perform in front of people, she joined the theatre club.[3] Hondo acted in school plays and also participated in activities, such as swimming, basketball, soft tennis and softball.[2] While in her third year of school, one of her instructors was a radio personality, and her experiences with them and the club influenced her to become a voice actress.[4] In pursuit of this career, she enrolled at the Japan Narration Actor Institute.[2][3] After completing her training, she became affiliated with the voice acting agency I'm Enterprise.[5] She made her voice acting debut in 2015, playing minor roles in series such as Aoharu × Machinegun.[2][6] Later that year, she was cast in her first main role as Kokoro Yotsuba, the protagonist of the anime series Kamisama Minarai: Himitsu no Cocotama.[2][7]
In 2016, Hondo played the roles for Keijo and Girlish Number.[8] She and the other main cast members of Girlish Number also performed the series' opening theme "Bloom" and ending theme "Ima wa Mijikashi Yumemiyo Otome" (今は短し夢見よ乙女).[9] The following year, she played the roles of Hikari Takanashi in Interviews with Monster Girls,[10] Kon Tatsumi in Urara Meirocho,[11] and Minoa Asagaya in Anime-Gataris.[12] In 2018, she played the roles of Kanami Etō in Katana Maidens ~ Toji No Miko,[13] Koyume Koizuka in Comic Girls,[14] Hitomi Mishima in Hinamatsuri,[15] Kohaku Tsukishiro in Iroduku: The World in Colors[16] and Sakura Minamoto in Zombie Land Saga.[17]
At the 13th Seiyu Awards, Hondo was one of the winners for the Best New Actresses award. Other notable roles including Magical Sempai,[18] Val × Love,[19] Bofuri,[20] Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina,[21] I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level,[22] Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles,[23] Mieruko-chan,[24] Takt Op. Destiny,[25] and Deep Insanity: The Lost Child.[26]
Anime
Films
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Pop in Q | Daren[6][79] |
| 2017 | Kamisama Minarai: Himitsu no Cocotama Movie – Kiseki wo Okose♪ | Kokoro Yotsuba[6] |
| 2018 | Mirai | Mirai Ota (Baby) |
| 2020 | Date A Live Fragment: Date A Bullet | Hibiki Higoromo[80] |
| 2022 | Sword Art Online Progressive: Scherzo of Deep Night | Liten[81] |
| 2023 | Gekijōban Collar × Malice Deep Cover | Ichika Hoshino[82] |
Video games
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