Asami Shimoda

Asami Shimoda (下田麻美; born January 30, 1986, in Tottori Prefecture) is a Japanese voice actress and singer active since 2003. After passing Arts Vision's free newcomer training audition, she trained at the Japan Narration Acting Institute and joined Arts Vision. Her first professional work was in radio, and in 2005 she made her full-scale debut through The Idolmaster, where she played the Futami twins. Alongside her voice-acting work, Shimoda was active as a seiyuu singer. In 2007 she provided the voice data for VOCALOID2's Kagamine Rin and Len, and she later returned for recordings for additional libraries. From 2007 to 2010 she was active in the unit elements with 狩野茉莉, and through 2009 she was also part of Friends, formed by the cast of 今日の5の2. She released her first solo album, Prism, in June 2009. It was followed by her first mini album in 2010 and the maxi single "Awake" on 5pb. records in 2012. In anime music, she performed the ending themes "SUPER∞STREAM" and "BEAUTIFUL SKY" for IS: Infinite Stratos. In 2013, her home prefecture appointed her a とっとりふるさと大使.