Aya Endo

Aya Endo (遠藤綾, born February 17, 1980, in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese voice actress and narrator whose work spans anime, games, drama CDs, and dubbing. Active since 2001, she moved to Tokyo to study at Nozawa Nachi's Performing Art Center. After taking her first leading role in 2004, she had her first regular television anime role in 2005 as Kasumi Horiguchi in "Okusama wa Joshikousei", and became more widely known in 2007 as Miyuki Takara in "Lucky☆Star". Her work on that series extended to anime songs through the ending themes "Chijou no Hoshi (地上の星)" and "Doraemon no Uta (ドラえもんのうた)", and in 2008 she also performed on "Sekirei (セキレイ)" and "Dear sweet heart" for "Sekirei". She is also known for voicing Sheryl Nome in Macross Frontier. In 2009 she received the Best Supporting Actress Award at the 3rd Seiyu Awards. Endo later succeeded Yūko Mizutani in several roles, including the Japanese dubbing voice of Minnie Mouse. She announced her marriage in 2013, and on March 31, 2025, moved to Intention after Office PAC ceased operations. More recent announced anime roles include Uchi no Otouto-domo ga Sumimasen, Oni no Hanayome, Samurai Troopers, and the latest Crayon Shin-chan film.