Sumire Uesaka

Sumire Uesaka (上坂すみれ, born 1991-12-19) is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, affiliated with Voice Kit. After working as a junior model in 2000 and becoming the first Japanese performer to appear in a Vidal Sassoon commercial, she moved into voice acting in 2011. Her first voice role was Hyde in the online game Toy Wars, and she began her television anime career in 2012 as Sora Takanashi in Papa no Iukoto wo Kikinasai!, the role that first brought her wider notice. She later voiced Nonna in Girls und Panzer and Lum in the 2022 television anime Urusei Yatsura, and in 2016 she received the Best Rookie Actress award at the 10th Seiyu Awards. Uesaka launched her recording career in 2013 under King Records. Her anime songs move between electronic, synth-pop, and orchestral arrangements, with theme work including "Einsatz" for UQ Holder!, "POP TEAM EPIC" for Pop Team Epic, "Inner Urge" for Shimoneta, "EASY LOVE" and "LOVE CRAZY" for Don't Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro, and "1-Ban Kagayaku Hoshi (1番輝く星)" for Tokidoki Bosotto Russia-go de Dereru Tonari no Alya-san. A graduate of Sophia University with an academic background in Russian studies and Russian history, she is known for a public persona shaped by Russian culture, history, military hardware, fashion, and proficiency in multiple languages, and her work has combined voice acting with anime and J-pop for more than a decade.