Saori Hayami

Saori Hayami(早見 沙織, Hayami Saori; born May 29, 1991) is a Japanese voice actress and singer affiliated with I'm Enterprise. As a singer, she is signed to Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. Hayami won the 10th Seiyu Awards for Best Supporting Actress.

Some of Hayami's most notable roles as a voice actress include Yor Forger in Spy × Family, Yumeko Jabami in the Kakeguri anime series, Yukino Yukinoshita in My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU, Shōko Nishimiya in A Silent Voice, Shinobu Kocho in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Yuzuki Shiraishi in A Place Further than the Universe, and Chizuru "Chuu-tan" Nakamura in Heroines Run the Show.

Early life and career

Hayami was born on May 29, 1991 in Tokyo, Japan as an only child. Hayami became interested in voice acting while attending elementary school. In 2004, she attended junior class of Nihon Narration Engi Kenkyūjo, a voice acting training school. Her career began when she passed an audition for I'm Enterprise in 2006, at the end of her second year in training school. Her voice acting debut was in the Indian Summer drama CD. In 2007, she made her anime debut and landed her first major role as Momoka Kawakabe, the main heroine in Touka Gettan. Since then, she has been active in voicing many other characters in anime-related media and other voice acting works. She placed #2 in 2015 Newtype x Machi Asobi Anime Awards for Best Voice Actress, while her character Yukino Yukinoshita won Best Female Character Award. Since 2011, she has hosted her own radio show, Hayami Saori no Free Style, which won Best Comfort Radio in general category at 3rd Aniradi Awards in 2017. Hayami attended the School of Human Sciences at Waseda University.

Hayami is known for her singing mainly through her work performing anime and character theme songs, such as Kaede Takagaki in The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls franchise. Her debut single, "Yasashii Kibou"(やさしい希望; lit. "Gentle Hopes"), was released on August 12, 2015, with her writing the lyrics for all the songs in the single. The title song was used as the opening theme for the anime television series Snow White with the Red Hair, in which she voiced Shirayuki. Her second single, the double A-side single "Installation/Sono Koe ga Chizu ni Naru"(その声が地図になる; lit. "The Voice Will Become A Map"), was released on February 3, 2015, with her taking part in writing and composing both songs. The song "Sono Koe ga Chizu ni Naru" was used as the opening theme for the second season of Snow White with the Red Hair. Her first album, Live Love Laugh, was released on May 25, 2016. She then released a mini album live for LIVE bundled Limited Edition Live Blu-ray/DVD and CD from her first Japanese concert tour, Live Love Laugh, on December 21, 2016.

Filmography

Television animation

Original net animation (ONA)

Original video animation (OVA)

Tokusatsu

Theatrical animation

Drama CDs

Digital comics

• Fly High!, Meru Tachibana
• Demon Love Spell, Miiko
• Super Heroine Gakuen, Haruka Gōriki

Video games

Dubbing

Live-action

• 100 Days My Prince (Yeon Hong-shim / Yoon Yi-seo (Nam Ji-hyun))
• 1987: When the Day Comes (Yeon-hee (Kim Tae-ri))
• Around the World in 80 Days (Abigail Fix Fortescue (Leonie Benesch))
• Avatar: The Way of Water (Kiri (Sigourney Weaver))
• Barbie (Sasha (Ariana Greenblatt))
• The Beguiled (Alicia (Elle Fanning))
• Bet (Yumeko (Miku Martineau))
• Black Beauty (Jo Green (Mackenzie Foy))
• Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Riri Williams / Ironheart (Dominique Thorne))
• Carrie (Sue Snell (Gabriella Wilde))
• The Conjuring (Judy Warren (Sterling Jerins))
• Death on the Nile (Rosalie Otterbourne (Letitia Wright))
• Debris (Isla Vandeberg (Alisha Newton))
• Dune: Part Two (Princess Irulan (Florence Pugh))
• The End of Oak Street (Audrey Platt (Maisy Stella))
• Free Guy (Millie / Molotov Girl (Jodie Comer))
• Fright Night 2: New Blood (Amy Peterson (Sacha Parkinson))
• Galveston (Rocky (Elle Fanning))
• Geek Charming (Dylan Schoenfield (Sarah Hyland))
• Genius (Marie Winteler (Shannon Tarbet))
• Gossip Girl (Kate Keller (Tavi Gevinson))
• The Great (Catherine the Great (Elle Fanning))
• Halo (Makee (Charlie Murphy))
• Heidi (Klara (Isabelle Ottmann))
• Home Alone: The Holiday Heist (Alexis Baxter (Jodelle Ferland))
• Hot Summer Nights (McKayla Strawberry (Maika Monroe))
• House of the Dragon (Princess Ryaenyra Targaryen (Emma D'Arcy))
• IF (Gummy Bear (Amy Schumer))
• Into the Storm (Kaitlyn (Alycia Debnam-Carey))
• Ironheart (Riri Williams / Ironheart (Dominique Thorne))
• Jurassic World Dominion (Gemma Zhao (Jasmine Chiu))
• The Knight of Shadows: Between Yin and Yang (Nie Xiaoqian (Zhong Chuxi))
• Legend of the Demon Cat ()
• Longlegs (Lee Harker (Maika Monroe))
• The Lovely Bones (Susie Salmon (Saoirse Ronan))
• Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (Savannah Nix (Helen Buday))
• Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (Rachel Kushner (Olivia Cooke))
• The Nevers (Penance Adair (Ann Skelly))
• The Nice Guys (Holly March (Angourie Rice))
• Outlander (Brianna "Bree" Randall (Sophie Skelton))
• Pacific Rim Uprising (Amara Namani (Cailee Spaeny))
• Parasite (2021 NTV edition) (Park Da-hye (Jung Ji-so))
• Parental Guidance (Harper Simmons (Bailee Madison))
• Pinocchio (Fabiana (Kyanne Lamaya))
• Predator: Badlands (Thia/Tessa (Elle Fanning))
• Rebecca (New Era Movies Edition) (Mrs. de Winter (Joan Fontaine))
• Roman Holiday (2022 NTV edition) (Princess Ann (Audrey Hepburn))
• The Running Man (Amelia Williams (Emilia Jones))
• Sisters in Arms (Zara (Dilan Gwyn))
• Spider-Man: Far From Home (E.D.I.T.H. (Dawn Michelle King))
• St. Elmo's Fire (2022 The Cinema edition) (Leslie Hunter (Ally Sheedy))
• Station Eleven (Kirsten Raymonde (Mackenzie Davis))
• They Found Hell (Trish (Katy Reece))
• The Untamed (Jiang Yanli (Xuan Lu))
• Vampire Dog (Skylar (Julia Sarah Stone))
• Venom: Let There Be Carnage (Frances Barrison / Shriek (Naomie Harris))
• Winter's Tale (Beverly Penn (Jessica Brown Findlay))
• Wonka (Lottie Bell (Rakhee Thakrar))

Animation

• The Boss Baby: Family Business (Staci)
• Comfyland (Feely)
• Lookism (Park Ha Neul/Mirei Kagawa)
• Marvel Zombies (Riri Williams)
• My Adventures with Superman (Kara Zor-El / Supergirl)
• RWBY (Ruby Rose)
• Smallfoot (Meechee)
• Smurfs (Smurfette)
• Wish Dragon (Li Na)

Anime-related songs

• Touka Gettan (TV series), theme song performance (OP/ED)
• Wagaya no Oinarisama. (TV series), theme song performance (ED)
• Sekirei (TV series), theme song Performance (OP/ED)
• Sekirei ~Pure Engagement~ (TV series), theme song performance (OP/ED)
• Sora no Otoshimono (TV series), theme song performance (OP/ED)
• Basquash! (TV series), theme song performance (OP - Eclipse)
• Towa no Quon (Movie Series), insert song performance
• MM! (TV series), theme song performance (OP/Shared)
• The World God Only Knows (TV series), theme song performance (ED/Shared)
• The World God Only Knows: Megami-Hen (TV series), theme song performance (OP)
• Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Come wa Machigatteiru (TV series), theme song performance (ED)
• Sword Art Online (TV series), character song performance
• The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls (video game), song performances
• E.X. Troopers (video game), theme song performance (insert song/ED)
• Phantasy Star (video game), theme song performance (ED)
• The Irregular at Magic High School (TV series), character song performances
• Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Come wa Machigatteiru. Zoku (TV series), theme song performance (ED)
• Show by Rock!! (video game, TV series), song performances
• Akagami no Shirayuki-hime (TV series), theme song performance (OP)
• Akagami no Shirayuki-hime 2nd Season (TV series), theme song performance (OP)
• Fukumenkei Noise, theme song performance (ED/insert/OP)
• Tsukimonogatari (TV series), theme song performance (OP)
• Fuuka (TV series), theme song performance (ED), character songs
• Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Come wa Machigatteiru. Kan (TV series), theme song performance (ED)
• RWBY: Ice Queendom (TV series), theme song performance (ED)
• Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? IV (TV series), theme song performance (ED/OP)
• I'm Giving the Disgraced Noble Lady I Rescued a Crash Course in Naughtiness (TV series), theme song performance (ED)
• Monogatari Series Off & Monster Season (ONA), theme song performance (OP)
• Pseudo Harem (TV series), theme song performance (ED)

Discography

Singles

Albums

Studio albums

Mini albums

Stage

Awards and nominations

Notes

External links

• (in Japanese)
• (in Japanese)
• atAnime News Network's encyclopedia
• atIMDb
• at Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (in Japanese)