is a Japanese voice actress and singer who is currently affiliated with the Sony Music Artists agency. She made her voice acting debut in 2017 and in the same year, she was cast in her first main role as Kirara, the heroine of the Japanese mobile game Kirara Fantasia. She has also been cast in main roles in Märchen Mädchen, Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club, Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online, Deca-Dence, The Misfit of Demon King Academy, Chainsaw Man, and Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead. In 2019, she won the Best New Actress Award with Manaka Iwami, Coco Hayashi, Rina Honnizumi, and Kaede Hondo.
Biography Kusunoki was born in Tokyo on December 22, 1999. She became interested in entertainment at an early age; when she was three years old, she began taking piano lessons. She was also a member of her school's brass band during her junior high school years, and a member of a light music club during her high school years. She was also the student council president of her junior high school.
During her second year of junior high school, she became interested in anime. She particularly liked the series Kobato, and the portrayal of the lead character by Kana Hanazawa. This inspired her to become a voice actress. She decided to participate in an audition held by the agency Sony Music Artists. Because she felt that it would be difficult to pass the voice acting audition unless she had more experience, she instead auditioned as a singer. She ended up receiving the special prize at the competition.
Kusunoki made her debut as a voice actress in 2017, playing a background role in the anime series Eromanga Sensei. In June 2017, she was cast in her first main role as Kirara in the mobile game Kirara Fantasia. In 2018, she was cast as Hazuki Kagimura, the protagonist of the anime series Märchen Mädchen. She played the role of Llenn in the anime series Sword Art Online Alternative Gun Gale Online, for which she also sings the ending theme "To see the future". In the same year, she also became a part of Konami's media mix project called BandMeshi♪ (バンめし♪), with her voicing the guitarist Yokaze Tsuyuri. Later that year, she was cast as Setsuna Yūki in the Love Live! multimedia franchise. In 2019, she played the role of Melida Angel in the anime television series Assassins Pride; she also performed the series' ending theme .
In 2020, Kusunoki made her debut as a solo artist under Sacra Music. Her first EP, "Hamidashimono", is the ending theme of The Misfit of Demon King Academy.
In 2021, Kusunoki was diagnosed with a congenital disorder that caused her to have a tendency to feel pain and numbness when performing dance and other strenuous activities that involve large movements. Because of this, Kusunoki had refrained from any activities that involve large movements in both her solo activities and any performances she participated in.
In 2022, it was confirmed that Kusunoki had been diagnosed with Ehlers–Danlos syndrome. Love Live! official website also announced her retirement of voicing Setsuna Yūki and Nana Nakagawa on March 31, 2023, due to the difficulty of taking part in stage performances. Coco Hayashi succeeded Kusunoki as Setsuna.
On January 1, 2026, Kusunoki announced her marriage to someone outside of the entertainment industry, who she "has been dating since [they] were students".
Filmography
TV series TitleRoleRemarks 2017Eromanga SenseiMiddle school girl Debut roleSenki Zesshou Symphogear AXZ GirlJust Because!Broadcasting club memberGirls' Last TourFemale student AChildren of the WhalesSuzu2018Märchen MädchenHazuki Kagimura First protagonist role, 2018–2019Slow StartMiki Tokura Time Bokan 24: The Villains' Strike Back Chiyotake Sword Art Online Alternative Gun Gale OnlineKaren "Llenn" Kohiruimaki Protagonist Kiratto Pri Chan Hikari Momoyama, Bugcchu (Season 3), Orange girls, Fans, tea, girls, etc. 2018–2020 The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. Maid Last Period Oracle Anima Yell!Kotetsu Tatejima Main castThe Girl in Twilight Mayuki Tsukimi Release the Spyce Ichiga Saiga 2019 Forest of Piano Emilia Actors: Songs Connection Hina Koji Assassins PrideMelida Angel Heroine Case File nº221: Kabukicho Juli 2019–20202020Yu-Gi-Oh! SevensRomin Kirishima Main cast, 2020–2022The Misfit of Demon King AcademyMisha Necron Heroine, 2020–presentDeca-DenceNatsume Main castLove Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol ClubSetsuna YukiMain cast, 2020–2022Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina Selena Episode 92021Wonder Egg PriorityNeiru Aonuma, Airu Aonuma Main castKemono JihenMomoka KagaEpisode 5–6Seirei Gensouki: Spirit ChroniclesLatifa Main cast, 2021–present Muv-Luv Alternative Sumika Kagami Main cast, 2021–2022My Senpai Is AnnoyingFutaba Igarashi Protagonist Cinderella Nine: The Story Continues (special) Yuzu Takanashi Main cast2022 Puchiseka Yoisaki Kanade Main castAharen-san Is IndecipherableHanako Satō Main castPrima DollKarasuba Main castYu-Gi-Oh! Go Rush!! Rovian Kirishima 2022–2025, also reprised Romin for a cameo in episode 62Chainsaw ManMakimaMain cast To Your Eternity 2nd SeasonHisame 2023 Spy Classroom Annette Main castNijiyon Animation Setsuna Yuki Main cast Endo and Kobayashi Live! The Latest on Tsundere Villainess Lieselotte Lieselotte Riefenstahl Heroine Reborn to Master the Blade: From Hero-King to Extraordinary Squire Leone Olfa Magical Destroyers Kyōtarō Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead Shizuka Mikazuki Heroine KamiErabi God.app Iyo Funata Main cast Rail Romanesque 2 Mumumu The Vexations of a Shut-In Vampire Princess Terakomari Gandesblood Protagonist Tearmoon Empire Anne Littstein Butareba: The Story of a Man Turned into a Pig Jess Heroine You Were Experienced, I Was Not: Our Dating Story Akari Tanikita Dark Gathering Yoko Nakiri 2024 Chained Soldier Aoba Wakura Mashle: The Divine Visionary Candidate Exam Arc Tsurara Halestone The Unwanted Undead Adventurer Laura Latour Unnamed Memory Miralis Sword Art Online Alternative Gun Gale Online IIKaren "Llenn" Kohiruimaki Protagonist 2025 Beheneko: The Elf-Girl's Cat Is Secretly an S-Ranked Monster! Vulcan Witch Watch Nemu Miyao Apocalypse Bringer MynoghraAtou HeroineSword of the Demon Hunter: Kijin GentōshōHimawari Dusk Beyond the End of the WorldHakubo My Friend's Little Sister Has It In for Me!Mashiro Tsukinomori Heroine 2026 You and I Are Polar Opposites Honda, Yeti Grow Up Show: Sunflower Circus Aoi Yura 2027 Blade & Bastard Garbage TBAKusunoki's Flunking Her High School Glow-UpShizuka Kusunoki Heroine
Films TitleRole Remarks 2019 City Hunter Young Girl2020High School Fleet: The Movie Azumi "Azu" Abe 2021 Tropical-Rouge! Precure the Movie: The Snow Princess and the Miraculous Ring! Howan 2025Colorful Stage! The Movie: A Miku Who Can't Sing Kanade YoisakiChainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc Makima
Web animation
TitleRole Remarks 2019Shoujo☆Kageki All Starlight Tamao Tomoe 2022Tiger & Bunny 2 Magical Cat / Lara Tsaikoskaya Bastard!! -Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy- Tia Noto Yoko Main cast, 2022–2023 2023 Nightcord at 25:00. -Journey to Bloom "Self" Kanade Yoisaki Main cast
Original video animation
Year Title Role Remarks 2019 Armagia Project Tia Included with Aramagia Project's 6th single's first press limited edition. 2023 Azur Lane: Queen's Orders Seattle and Glasgo
Video games Year Title Role Platform Remarks 2017 Revolve- May Shirayuki Mobile 2017–2021 Kirara Fantasia Kirara, Kotetsu Tatejima, Miki Tokura Mobile Protagonist 2018 War of Brains Imperial White Mage Rosa Mobile 2018 Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet Llenn PS4, Xbox One, Windows, Switch DLC 2018 Love Live! School Idol FestivalSetsuna Yūki Mobile 2018 Aurora Lemuria ~Hidden elements~ Masha Mobile 2018 Kuroneko project Hibiki Oji/ Enigma Sunflower Mobile 2018 Onsen MusumeRirin Otemachi Mobile 2018 White Cat Project Piana Mayhern Mobile 2018 Hanazono Gakuen Vivi Mobile 2018 Hortensia Saga -Ao no Kishidan- Plenshell Mobile 2018 Shōjo Kageki Revue Starlight -Re LIVE- Tamao Tomoe Mobile 2018 Vital Gear Flavalette Mobile 2018 REversal Othellonia Canary Mobile 2018 Destiny Child Venus Mobile 2018 Stellar Girl Polymer Mobile 2019 Non-Anthropology Academy -Extraordinary Ones- Ittan-momen Mobile 2019 Merry Garland Pilkill Mobile 2019 Seiken Manifestia Hinako Sakomizu, Ichiko Miyazawa, Celine Idemitsu Mobile 2019–2022 Monster Strike Jiutou Zhiji, Regulus, Nebanjyakujou Mobile 2019 Engage Princess ~ Sleeping Princess and Dream Wizard ~ Gloria Mobile 2019 Brown Dust Lecliss Mobile 2019–2020 Azur Lane HMS Glasgow, I-58, USS Seattle Mobile 2019 Shōmetsu Toshi 0 Ayame Mobile 2019 Cinderella Nine Yuzu Takanashi Mobile 2019 Sword and balance detectory Linette Mobile Main cast 2019 Dragon Quest Rivals Seraphy Switch, Windows, Mobile 2019 Like a lion Nohime Mobile 2019 Love Live! School Idol Festival All Stars Setsuna Yuki Mobile Main cast 2019 Touhou Cannonball Aun Koreino Mobile 2019 Youkai Shoden ~ Mononoke Sankaikei ~ Hanarin Mobile 2020 Venus Eleven Bibiddo! Mikoto Tenshi Mobile 2020 Nyangrila Lara Mobile 2020 8 beat Story ♪ Quell Mobile 2020 BATON = RELAYYakumo Tsutsumi Mobile 2020 Cytus 2 Vanessa Mobile Main antagonist 2020 Kyoutou Kotodaman Utaware, Korobishop, San Death Goemon, Tariyadari, Nshaka Mobile 2020–2021 Granblue Fantasy Chulainn Mobile 2020 Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Remaster Bell Datt PS4, Switch, Mobile DLC 2020 Dragon Quest XSeraphy Wii, Wii U, PC, Mobile, 3DS, PS4, Switch 2020 Project Sekai: Colorful Stage feat. Hatsune Miku Kanade Yoisaki Mobile Main cast 2020 RANBU Sangokushi Ranbu Xun Yu, Lu Xun Mobile 2020 Touhou LostWord Various Mobile 2021 War of the Visions: Final Fantasy Brave Exvius Creysse Mobile 2021 Seirei Gensouki: Another TaleLatifa Browser 2021 Alchemy Stars Vice Mobile 2021 Idoly Pride Satomi Hashimoto Mobile 2021 Brave Frontier Rezona Leonora Mobile 2021 That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: ISEKAI Memories Shinsha Mobile 2021Yu-Gi-Oh! Rush Duel: Dawn of the Battle Royale!!Romin KirishimaSwitch 2021 Project MIKHAIL Sumika Kagami Mobile 2022 Deemo II Echo Mobile Main cast 2022 Bravely Default: Brilliant Lights Claire Mobile Main cast 2022 Heaven Burns Red Ruka Kayamori Mobile, Windows Protagonist 2022 Isekai ni Tobasaretara Papa ni Nattan Daga: Spirit Knight Story Koi Mobile 2022 Monster Hunter Rise Sunbreak Chichae Switch, Windows Expansion DLC2023Yu-Gi-Oh! Rush Duel: Strongest Battle Royale!! Let's Go! Go Rush!!Rovian KirishimaSwitch 2023 Goddess of Victory: Nikke Viper, Makima Mobile 2023 Magia Record EbonyMobile2023Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel LinksRomin KirishimaMobile and PC2024Honkai: Star RailFireflyPC, Mobile, PS52024Ex AstrisAsteroMobile
Drama CD Title Role Remarks 2018 Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles Latifa Volumes 12, 14, 17 Special Edition with Drama CD/ 2018–2020 2020 Goblin Slayer Redhead Forest Person Volume 12 Drama CD Limited Special EditionMy Friend's Little Sister Has It In for Me! Mashiro Tsukinomori Main cast/ Volumes 4, 5, 7, 8, and 9 Special edition with drama CD 2022 Tearmoon Empire Anne Littstein Main cast for first and second drama CDs (2022–2023) Endo and Kobayashi Live! The Latest on Tsundere Villainess Lieselotte Lieselotte Riefenstahl Manga volume 5 special edition drama CD
Promotional video The Vexations of a Shut-In Vampire Princess PV (2019) Narration/Komari Spy Classroom PV (2020) Code name <Forgetter> Heat the Pig Liver PV (2020) Jess The Vexations of a Shut-In Vampire Princess Volume 2 PV (2019) Komari I tried to read Dengeki Bunko aloud Sankaku no Kyori wa Kagirinai Zero (2021) Tonari no kanojo to yofukashi gohan (2021) Guild no Uketsukejou desu ga, Zangyou wa Iya nanode Boss wo Solo Toubatsu Shiyou to Omoimasu (2021) Hello,Hello and Hello (2021) Yūsha-kei ni Shosu Chōbatsu Yūsha 9004-tai Keimu Kiroku PV (2022) Theoritta Ao no Outline PV (2022) Yuri Kashiwazaki End of Arcadia PV (2022) Philia Lordrain Blade & Bastard: warm ash Dusky dungeon (2022) Garbage
Audio drama Märchen Mädchen Volume 4 limited edition bonus audio drama (2018) Yoru ni Kakeru Audio Drama (2021) Women
Radio