Mayu Yoshioka

Mayu Yoshioka (吉岡茉祐, born November 7, 1995, in Osaka Prefecture) is a Japanese voice actress and singer affiliated with 81 Produce. She began as a child actor. In 2012, she was selected from about 2,000 applicants in the avex×81produce Wake Up, Girls! AUDITION 第2回アニソン・ヴォーカルオーディション to play Mayu Shimada, the central heroine of Wake Up, Girls!. She also performed as a central member of the voice-actress unit Wake Up, Girls!, which received the Special Award at the 9th Seiyu Awards in 2015. Alongside her voice-acting work, Yoshioka has recorded anime songs, including "EYES ON ME", the ending theme of Hundred. In March 2018, she graduated from the Faculty of Law at Chuo University. Later that year, she succeeded Ayaka Imamura in the role of Mahiro Iizaka in Onsen Musume. In September 2019, Fukushima City and the Iizaka Onsen Tourism Association appointed her, together with the character, as a special tourism ambassador for Iizaka Onsen.