Saori Hayami

Saori Hayami is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Tokyo, born on 29 May 1991 as 早見沙織. Active in anime, character songs, and seiyuu projects, she developed an early interest in voice acting during elementary school after becoming curious about the original voices behind dubbed films, and later trained at Nihon Narration Engi Kenkyūjo in 2004. Her professional career began in 2006, when she passed an audition for I'm Enterprise near the end of her second year of training. Since then, Hayami has developed a reputation for a clear, expressive voice and a strong presence in anime-related productions, which made her one of the most recognizable performers in the seiyuu field. Her solo music work is associated with J-pop and Warner Bros. Japan, and she has continued to balance voice acting with song performance. Alongside voice acting, Hayami built a parallel singing career centered on anime and character theme songs. A notable connection to anime music is her work as Kaede Takagaki in The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls franchise, which helped establish her visibility among fans of character song releases and broadened her profile as a seiyuu singer. She has also been recognized within the industry, winning Best Supporting Actress at the 10th Seiyu Awards, and has performed as part of the duet Blue Drops with Hitomi Yoshida.