is a Japanese voice actress and former singer. She is affiliated with Arts Vision. Her best-known role is in The Idolmaster video game franchise where she voices Hibiki Ganaha from the rival group known as Project Fairy. Other major roles include Hinata Sakaguchi in That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, Pieck Finger in Attack on Titan, Kohaku in Dr. Stone, Mary in No Guns Life, Riko in Love Lab, Takao in Arpeggio of Blue Steel, Machi Tokiwa in Hanayamata and Saya Endō in Dagashi Kashi. She made her solo music debut in 2016, performing the opening theme to the anime series Magical Girl Raising Project. From 2013 to 2016, she was a member of the voice acting unit Trident.
Career Numakura decided to become a voice actress while in high school after listening to a drama CD lent to her by a friend who liked anime; she also became a fan of the Gundam franchise during this time and she cited this as another reason for her deciding to become a voice actress.
Numakura made her voice acting debut in 2008 after auditioning for a role in the franchise The Idolmaster; she was cast as the character Hibiki Ganaha. She made her anime voice acting debut in 2009, playing the role of a student in an episode of the anime series Gintama. She would primarily voice background and supporting roles until 2011, when she played Hibiki in the anime adaptation of The Idolmaster.
In 2012, Numakura was cast as the role of Arata Obata in the anime series Black Rock Shooter and as the role of Yurika Tōdō in the franchise Aikatsu!. In 2013 she played the role of Riko Kurahashi in the anime series Love Lab and the role of Takao in the anime series Arpeggio of Blue Steel. Numakura, together with Mai Fuchigami and Hibiku Yamamura, formed the singing unit Trident, which performed songs for Arpeggio of Blue Steel. In 2014 she played Nanami Tokou in the anime series Brynhildr in the Darkness and Aoi Sakurai in the anime series Rail Wars! and Machi Tokiwa in the anime series Hanayamata. In 2015, she was cast as the character Paula McCoy in the anime series Nisekoi. In 2016, she was cast as the character Saya Endō in the anime series Dagashi Kashi and as Kano Sazanami in the anime series Magical Girl Raising Project. Trident disbanded in 2016 following the release of its last album Blue and a final concert at the Makuhari Messe Hall. In 2017, she was cast as Akane Hiyama in the anime series Love Tyrant.
Numakura made her debut as a solo music artist under the Flying Dog label in 2016. Her first single was released on November 2, 2016; the title song is used as the opening theme to the anime television series Magical Girl Raising Project. Her second single "Climber's High!" was released on February 8, 2017; the title song is used as the opening theme to the anime series Fuuka, where Numakura plays the role of Tama. Numakura opened her official fanclub Area Nu in April 2017, and she released her first album My Live on June 14, 2017. She made an appearance at Animelo Summer Live in 2016 and she made an appearance at Animax Musix 2018. She released her second album on February 20, 2019.
On November 25, 2019, Numakura announced that she would be ending her solo singing career after the release of a compilation album titled on February 12, 2020 and her final concert at Toyosu Pit on February 16, 2020, although she will continue her activities as a voice actress. Her fanclub is set to close in March of the same year.
Personal life Numakura announced her marriage to fellow voice actor Ryōta Ōsaka on October 23, 2019. She announced that she gave birth to her first son on December 19, 2021.
Filmography Anime + List of voice performances in anime Year Series Role Notes Source Gin Tama Student A Ep. 188 Hanamaru Kindergarten Kenji Nichijou Mihoshi Tachibana Sket Dance Ayano Sugisaki Yondemasuyo, Azazel-san Hoshizora e Kakaru Hashi Keita Yamakawa Zoobles! Panky Bunny Drop The Idolmaster Hibiki Ganaha Also OVAs and specials Tamayura: Hitotose Shōko Hirono High School DxD Marion Black Rock Shooter Arata Kohata Sengoku Collection Yumi Shirokuma Cafe Mizuki Natsuiro Kiseki Asano-senpai, others Moyasimon Returns A. Soe, Kobo –16 Aikatsu! Yurika Tōdō –14 Puchimas! Petit Idolmaster Hibiki Ganaha, Chibiki web series, also sequels and OVAs Sasami-san@Ganbaranai Jō Edogawa A Certain Scientific Railgun S Yumi Kusakabe Ep. 4 Love Lab Riko Kurahashi Arpeggio of Blue Steel Takao Harmonie Mayumi Anime Mirai 2014 short film Riddle Story of Devil Otoya Takechi Brynhildr in the Darkness Nanami Tokou Rail Wars! Aoi Sakurai Hanayamata Machi Tokiwa –15 Shirobako Yumi Iguchi, Poppy, Noa, others Unlimited Fafnir Mitsuki Mononobe –16 Assassination Classroom Rio Nakamura –21 Show by Rock!! Retoree –16 The Heroic Legend of Arslan Alfreed Sound! Euphonium Mamiko Oumae Nisekoi: Paula McCoy –18 Overlord Narberal Gamma Lance N' Masques Yoriko Sudo –18 Dagashi Kashi Saya Endō Pandora in the Crimson Shell: Ghost Urn Clarion Schwarzesmarken Circe Steinhoff Magical Girl Raising Project Ripple / Kano Sazanami eps. 1- (Ripple), 1, 3, 7, 9 (Kano Sazanami) Seisen Cerberus: Ryūkoku no Fatalite Mumuu Seiren Tomoe Kamita Fuuka Tama Reika Love Tyrant Akane Hiyama Made in Abyss Shiggy Konohana Kitan Kiri A Sister's All You Need Ashley Ōno Slow Start Kiyose Enami Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion Akita Oga Gundam Build Divers Aya Fujisawa / Ayame Uchi no Maid ga Uzasugiru! Tsubame Kamoi Release the Spyce Yuki Hanzōmon Ulysses: Jeanne d'Arc and the Alchemist Knight Arthur de Richemont Fairy Tail Brandish μ Mini Toji Miruya Kitora –23 Attack on Titan Cart Titan / Pieck Finger If It's for My Daughter, I'd Even Defeat a Demon Lord Rita –present Dr. Stone Kohaku Kochoki: Wakaki Nobunaga Ohana –20 No Guns Life Mary Steinberg –22 Princess Connect! Re:Dive Tamaki / Tamaki Miyasaka Plunderer Erin Eps. 20–21 Adachi and Shimamura Akira Hino 2021Yo-kai Watch Jam – Yo-kai Academy Y: Close Encounters of the N KindChiyo Fukuda, Lana Amate That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Hinata Sakaguchi Seven Knights Revolution: Hero Successor Shirley I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level Beelzebub She Professed Herself Pupil of the Wise Man Hinata Shin Ikki Tousen Indara Mamekichi Mameko NEET no Nichijō Tabi, A-chan Legend of Mana: The Teardrop Crystal Diana By the Grace of the Gods Season 2 Robelia Alice Gear Aegis Expansion Yotsuyu Hirasaka Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Swordsmith Village Arc Tokitō siblings' mother A Salad Bowl of Eccentrics Brenda Aisaki 2025Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen RiderEmilyEps. 1 A Misanthrope Teaches a Class for Demi-Humans Karin Ryuzaki
Film + List of voice performances in anime Year Series Role Notes Source Arpeggio of Blue Steel: Ars Nova DC Takao feature film Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie Tsumugi (young) Pandora in the Crimson Shell: Ghost Urn Clarion Fairy Tail: Dragon Cry Brandish μ
Video games + List of voice performances in video games Year Series Role Notes Source – The Idolmaster series Hibiki Ganaha Starting with The Idolmaster SP Puzzle: Boku ra no 48-jiken sensoパズル－ぼくらの48時間戦争 Keiko Takigawa Touch, Shot! Love Application:ja:たっち、しよっ! 〜Love Application〜 Natsu WonderKing Online Mugen Souls Alys Levantine Atelier Elkrone: Dear for Otomate Kaya Kidō Senshi Gundam SEED Battle Destiny Agarest Senki Mariage:ja:アガレスト戦記 Mariage Ka Kaoru Demon Gaze Pine Mugen Souls Z Alys Levantine Killer Is Dead Scarlett Lord of Vermillion III Freya Dai ransō dasshu or dasshu! !:ja:大乱走ダッシュor奪取!! Ai Tensakamari :ja:RE:VICE【D】 Violet Hanayamata: Yosakoi Live! Machi Tokiwa PS Vita Tokyo Xanadu Rion Kugayama Tokyo Xanadu: eX+ Rion Kugayama Girls' Frontline AN-94, FP6 Mobile Games Azur Lane Benson, Dorsetshire, Sovetskaya Rossiya, Surcouf - Princess Connect Re:Dive Tamaki / Tamaki Miyasaka Another Eden Rosetta 2019Sakura WarsLancelot2021Blue ArchiveKarin Kakudate2021Counter:SideEstarossa de Chevalier Atelier Sophie 2: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Dream Katrina Balbastre 2025Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive EditionLiesel2026Street Fighter 6Ingrid
Audio dramas + List of voice dub performances in audio drama productions Series Role Notes Source Puchimasu! Petit Idolmaster Drama CD Hibiki Ganaha Star Mine Kazami Hoshino Super Star: Me to Me Mika Tachibana
Overseas dubbing + List of voice dub performances in overseas productions Series Role Notes Source August iCarly The Pacific
Discography Studio albums Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales JPN My Live Released: Label: FlyingDog Formats: CD+Blu-ray disc, CD, digital download, streaming 7 JPN: 7,000 Ai Released: Label: FlyingDog Formats: CD+Blu-ray disc, CD, digital download, streaming 31
Compilation albums Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales JPN Minna de! Released: Label: FlyingDog Formats: 2CD+Blu-ray disc, digital download, streaming 30
Singles + Title Year Peak chart positions Sales AlbumJPNJPN Hot 100 "Sakebe" 2016 19 45 JPN: 9,000 My Live "Climber's High!" 2017 20 37 JPN: 8,500 "Color" 2018 25 — JPN: 3,600 Ai "Desires" 23 — JPN: 2,300 "Anna ni Issho Datta no ni" 2024 — —
Character song recordings + List of character albums, extended plays and singles, with selected chart positions Title Album details Peak positionsJPN The Idolmaster Master Artist 2 -First Season- 02 Ganaha Hibiki(as Hibiki Ganaha) Released: November 3, 2010 Label: Nippon Columbia Cat. No.: COCX-36511 Formats: CD, digital download 24 The Idolmaster Master Artist 3 02 Ganaha Hibiki(as Hibiki Ganaha) Released: April 22, 2015 Label: Nippon Columbia Cat. No.: COCX-39142 Formats: CD, digital download 4 Petit Idolmaster Twelve Seasons! Vol. 10: Ganaha Hibiki & Chibiki(as Hikibi Ganaha) Released: March 6, 2013 Label: Frontier Works Cat. No.: MFCZ-1037 Formats: CD, digital download 18 Ongaku Shoujo「Rock the Hero」(as Haru Chitose) Released: March 29, 2013 Label: Cosmic Record Cat. No.: CORE-00012 Formats: CD, digital download – Yosakoi Song Series Go MachiYui Hama gakuen chūgaku yo-sa koi bu Tokiwa Machi Released: November 19, 2014 Label: Diveii Entertainment Cat. No.: AVCA-74544 Formats: CD, digital download 57
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