Shizuka Itou

Shizuka Itou (伊藤静, born December 5, 1980) is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Tokyo, Japan. She studied at Tokyo Announcement Academy, then joined School Duo's third class in 2001. After debuting in 2003, she built a career in anime, games, and character songs. She is represented by Ken Production and has released music through Lantis. Her voice-acting work spans action, comedy, romance, and supernatural series. Among her roles are Akeno Himejima in High School DxD, Minako Aino / Sailor Venus in Sailor Moon Crystal, Kaori Kanzaki in A Certain Magical Index, Lenalee Lee in D.Gray-man, Irina Jelevic in Assassination Classroom, Meiko Shiraki in Prison School, Koko Hekmatyar in Jormungand, Ryoko Okami in Okami-san and Her Seven Companions, Hilda in Beelzebub, and Hinagiku Katsura in Hayate the Combat Butler. She won Best Actress in Supporting Roles at the 10th Seiyu Awards for her work in Prison School and Sailor Moon Crystal. As a singer, Itou is associated with anison and character songs rather than mainstream pop alone. Her anime music work includes "Houteishiki wa Kotaenai (方程式は答えない)" for High School DxD, as well as "I'm Sorry EXODUS (あいむそーりーEXODUS)", "ミンナノナマエヲイレテクダサイ!", and "Reason of Life". More recent work mentioned in her current profile includes Kaneko Hanae in Golden Kamuy, Japanese dubbing for Return to Silent Hill, and an interview connected to the theatrical anime Kono Hon o Nusumu Mono wa.