Ai Kayano

Ai Kayano

茅野愛衣, Kayanon, Aipon

Birth: September 13, 1987

Age: 38

Gender: Female

Blood Type: O

Hometown: Tokyo, Japan

Years Active: 2010 ~ Present

Height: 153 cm (5'0)

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Introduction:
Ai Kayano is a Japanese voice actress and vocalist currently affiliated with Office Osawa.

Biography:
Kayano wanted to work in a job that would involve "healing people", leading to initially take up a course at a vocational school. She worked in the beauty industry and became interested in acting after having seen Aria. While attending school, Kayano continued working in the industry and paid for her tuition.

Kayano began working at Pro-Fit in 2010, voicing two supporting characters in the original video animation Princess Resurrection. In 2011, she voiced Meiko "Menma" Honma in Anohana and received the Best Rookie Actress award for said role at the 6th Seiyuu Awards. Kayano, Haruka Tomatsu and Saori Hayami performed the series' ending theme "Secret Base – Kimi ga Kureta Mono (10 years after Ver.)", a cover of a song originally sung by the band Zone.

She is often praised for her vocal range, having voiced a variety of characters such as Mayaka Ibara, Mashiro Shiina, Darkness and Akari Kawamoto for example, none of which one would connect to the same voice actress.

Trivia:

  • Worked part-time at a coffee shop with Chinatsu Akasaki before becoming a voice actress.
  • She got around 100 suggestions for her nickname in the Anohana radio show, from which she herself picked out Kayanon.

Non-anime roles:

  • Atago - Azur Lane
  • Graf Zeppelin - Azur Lane
  • Kaga - Azur Lane
  • Renown - Azur Lane
  • Y'shtola Rhul - Final Fantasy XIV

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  • Darkness

    Darkness

    ( MAIN )

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  • Yuuka Tsukuba

    Yuuka Tsukuba

    ( SUPPORTING )
  • Azuki

    Azuki

    ( MAIN )
  • Ryoko Ueda

    Ryoko Ueda

    ( MAIN )
  • Marika Kurione

    Marika Kurione

    ( SUPPORTING )
  • Giant

    Giant

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  • Yuki Saotome

    Yuki Saotome

    ( SUPPORTING )

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  • Saori Takebe

    Saori Takebe

    ( MAIN )
  • Darkness

    Darkness

    ( MAIN )
  • Yuriko Okada

    Yuriko Okada

    ( MAIN )
  • Sasha

    Sasha

    ( SUPPORTING )
  • Towasa Oumaki

    Towasa Oumaki

    ( SUPPORTING )
  • Kanae Kochou

    Kanae Kochou

    ( SUPPORTING )
  • Subaru Ayase

    Subaru Ayase

    ( SUPPORTING )
  • Momoko Mochizuki

    Momoko Mochizuki

    ( SUPPORTING )
  • Claudia Ashley

    Claudia Ashley

    ( SUPPORTING )
  • Filmina

    Filmina

    ( SUPPORTING )
  • Chizuko Chuuzenji

    Chizuko Chuuzenji

    ( SUPPORTING )
  • Rose Marbleheart

    Rose Marbleheart

    ( SUPPORTING )
  • Oufu

    Oufu

    ( SUPPORTING )
  • Darkness

    Darkness

    ( MAIN )
  • Sofia Sylphid

    Sofia Sylphid

    ( SUPPORTING )

2024

  • Shida-hime

    Shida-hime

    ( SUPPORTING )
  • Frieda Delico

    Frieda Delico

    ( SUPPORTING )
  • Murasaki Shikibu

    Murasaki Shikibu

    ( SUPPORTING )

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