Azumi Asakura

Azumi Asakura (born 山本杏美 on February 15, 1987, in Kanagawa Prefecture) is a Japanese voice actress and singer affiliated with Arts Vision. A graduate of the Japan Narration Actor Institute, she began her career in 2003 after receiving the Columbia Award at the VOICE Newtype newcomer audition. She made her voice-acting debut the following year in Mahou Sensei Negima!, and on September 1, 2006, she changed her professional name from 山本杏美 to 浅倉杏美. In 2010, at "THE IDOLM@STER 5th ANNIVERSARY The World is all one !!", she was announced as the new voice of 萩原雪歩 in THE IDOLM@STER, succeeding 長谷優里奈. Alongside her voice-acting work, Asakura has performed anime themes and character songs. She sang the Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai! endings "INSIDE IDENTITY" and "Van!shment Th!s World". Her anime song credits also include "Houteishiki wa Kotaenai (方程式は答えない)" for High School DxD and "Dokuro Ninja Konoha (ドクロニンジャコノハ)" for Horimiya.