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Rei Matsuzaki

Rei Matsuzaki (松嵜 麗, Matsuzaki Rei, born 31 May 1985) is a Japanese voice actress affiliated with Mausu Promotion.[1] She is best known for voicing Kanon Mizushiro in Jewelpet Sunshine, Kirari Moroboshi in The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls, Nagahide Niwa in The Ambition of Oda Nobuna, and Yoriko Fujiwara in Tachibanakan To Lie Angle.

Rei Matsuzaki
松嵜 麗
Born (1985-05-31) 31 May 1985 (age 38)
Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
Alma materTokyo University of Science
OccupationVoice actress
Years active2007–present
AgentMausu Promotion
Notable work
Height155 cm (5 ft 1 in)

Biography edit

Rei Matsuzaki was born on 31 May[1] 1985[2] in the city of Fukuoka[3] and was educated at Fukuoka Jogakuin Junior & Senior High School [ja][4] and later at the Tokyo University of Science.[5]

After being separated from her childhood friends during the transition to junior high school, she decided to make new friends and later met them at the school's anime and manga club.[6] She regained her interest in anime and manga during that time, and later visited an Animate shop.[6] After listening to the radio shows hosted by Manami Komori [ja] and Megumi Hayashibara, she thought of the idea of being a radio show host, and became aware of the voice acting industry.[6] She later entered the broadcasting department, performed readings and announcements, and participated in the NHK Cup's creative radio drama section.[6] After several auditions, Matsuzaki passed the Aniplex presents Super Voice Audition in August 2006 and debuted with Gurren Lagann.[6] Two years later, she joined Mausu Promotion.[1]

In 2015, she was cast as Kirari Moroboshi in The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls, and her character single, which features the song Marshmallow☆Kiss, was released on 8 August 2012. It charted on the Oricon Singles Chart for seven weeks and topped at #10 on 20 August.[7] She subsequently reprised the role in both seasons of the anime adaptation and the Theater spinoff.[8] In other video games, she has voiced Jam Kuradoberi in Guilty Gear Xrd,[9] Mani in The Witch and the Hundred Knight, and Rosa Thunberg in Arcana Heart.[8]

After voicing Catherine in Jewelpet Twinkle, she was later cast as Kanon Mizushiro in Jewelpet Sunshine, and she later voiced a schoolgirl in Jewelpet Happiness[8] and a fairy in Jewelpet: Attack Travel.[10] She has also voiced Niina in Haitai Nanafa,[11] Nagahide Niwa in The Ambition of Oda Nobuna, Ayame Reikadō in Noucome, Botan Ichige in Tenshi no Drop [ja],[8] Nina Tachibana in Citrus,[12] Yoriko Fujiwara in Tachibanakan To Lie Angle,[13] and Eldry in Interspecies Reviewers.[14] She has had minor roles in Fate/Zero, Naruto, Nichijou, Okami-san and Her Seven Companions, and Puella Magi Madoka Magica.[8] She also voiced Nao Komatsu in all three episodes of the 2014 OVA adaptation of Futari Ecchi.[8]

Personal life edit

Matsuzaki is a fan of the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, a professional baseball team in the Central League.[15] She was a columnist for Sankei Sports' edition on the team.[15] She and kabuki actor Bandō Hikosaburō [ja] IX made an appearance at a Swallows fan meeting in Kabuki-za on 19 February 2019.[16] She hosts Rei & Yui no Bunkahōsō Home Run Radio! (a radio show on Nippon Cultural Broadcasting's Chō! A&G+ [ja] internet radio service) with fellow voice actress Yui Watanabe, who is a fan of the Hanshin Tigers.[17][18]

On 24 December 2019, Matsuzaki announced her marriage to a male Swallows fan.[19] Matsuzaki said that she and her husband bonded over baseball.[15][19]

Filmography edit

Television edit

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2007 Gurren Lagann Bunny Beast-Woman Ep. 6 [20]

Video games edit

Year Title Roles Notes Ref.
2012 Fire Emblem: Awakening Olivie, Nn [20]
2015 Guilty Gear Xrd: -REVELATOR- Jam Kuradoberi [20]
2016 Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse Napaea [20]
2016 Street Fighter V Li-Fen [20]
2017 Fire Emblem Heroes Olivie, Nn [20]
2018 Princess Connect! Re:Dive Akino [20]
2018 Fire Emblem Heroes Olivie DLC character [20]
2020 Shadowverse: Champion's Battle Miyabi Zaizenji [20]
2023 Street Fighter 6 Li-Fen [20]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "松嵜 麗 | 所属タレント". マウスプロモーション.
  2. ^ 『タレントデータバンク2010』、795項、株式会社タレントデータバンク、2010年、ISBN 978-4990457112
  3. ^ "声優・松嵜麗、小学６年生で芽生えた"燕愛" 外野席で試験勉強しながら観戦". イザ！. 15 April 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  4. ^ Rei Matsuzaki [@reimatsuzaki] (3 May 2012). "...ちなみに私は、奈良屋小学校で中高が福岡女学院でした(笑)" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  5. ^ Rei Matsuzaki [@reimatsuzaki] (8 June 2011). "@knockout29jp 絶対そこですっ！(笑)私理科大だったのです～(笑)まさかお近くに会社があったとは（；゜０゜）びっくりです！" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  6. ^ a b c d e "二人二色の声優人生。「アイドルマスター シンデレラガールズ」の双葉 杏，諸星きらりなどで活躍する声優，五十嵐裕美さんと松嵜 麗さんにインタビュー". 4Gamer.net. 1 November 2012. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
  7. ^ "THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA MASTER 008 諸星きらり | 松嵜麗". ORICON NEWS.
  8. ^ a b c d e f "GamePlaza-HARUKA- 声優さん出演リスト 個別表示：松嵜麗". gph.sakura.ne.jp. Archived from the original on 9 August 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  9. ^ "Guilty Gear Xrd -Revelator- Game's Opening Video Reveals Jam Kuradoberi as Update Character". Anime News Network. 31 May 2023.
  10. ^ "Sanrio's New Jewelpet Anime Film & Kukuriraige Film to Open in February". Anime News Network. 31 May 2023.
  11. ^ "Haitai Nanafa TV Anime to Premiere in October". Anime News Network. 31 May 2023.
  12. ^ "Citrus Anime Casts Hisako Kanemoto, Rei Matsuzaki". Anime News Network. 31 May 2023.
  13. ^ "Tachibanakan To Lie Angle Anime Reveals Staff, Spring Debut, Key Visual". Anime News Network. 31 May 2023.
  14. ^ "Interspecies Reviewers Anime Reveals Cast, More Staff, Visual, January Premiere". Anime News Network. 31 May 2023.
  15. ^ a b c "松嵜麗が"スワローズ婚"！燕党の一般男性と"ご燕"". SANSPO.COM（サンスポ）. 1 January 2020.
  16. ^ "歌舞伎座×ヤクルト、ファンミーティングでまさかの合体！坂東彦三郎「これで優勝」". SANSPO.COM（サンスポ）. 20 February 2019.
  17. ^ "人気声優、松嵜麗・渡部優衣の野球コラムがコピー機で発売！ 燕愛と虎愛について語る。 (2019年9月16日)". エキサイトニュース. 16 September 2019.
  18. ^ "人気声優、松嵜麗・渡部優衣の連載コラム マルチコピー機で9月13日発売 第1弾は4回分セット". 13 September 2019.
  19. ^ a b "The IDOLM@STER Voice Actress Rei Matsuzaki Announces Marriage". Anime News Network.
  20. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Rei Matsuzaki (visual voices guide)". behindthevoiceactors.com. Retrieved 14 June 2023. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
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