Seiyuu: Yuki Kaida

甲斐田 ゆき (Kaida Yuki)
Birth name: 甲斐田 ゆき (Kaida Yuki)
Gender: Female
Birth date: November 30
Birth place: Tokyo, Japan
Other occupation/s: radio personality, actress
Years active: 1998 - present
Other Traits: Multilingual (Japanese, English, French, Chinese)
Height of 154 cm
Weight of 47 kg


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BACKGROUND:
Yuki Kaida was born and currently working in Tokyo, Japan. She was raise in the Shinjuku ward of the city and finished her high school education in Shinjuku High School. She is distinct for being one of only a number of Japanese voice actors and actresses that completed formal education in the United States. She enrolled in the International University of Art and Music in San Diego, California majoring in musical theater. She returned to Japan to focus one her career as a seiyuu. She made her debut in 1998 in the OVA Southern Wind. Formerly, Yuki Kaida was affiliated with Toritori Office but is currently freelance.

She is known for having extensive vocal range. This enables her to voice a large variety of characters such as adult women, young teenage girls, gag characters, and even male characters. Her most famous roles thus far have been of teenage boys like Fuji Syusuke from Prince of Tennis and Kurapika from Hunter x Hunter. She is affectionately nicknamed Yukki by her fans.

In addition to voice acting, she is also a prominent radio personality, and is the current announcer for Sadao Watanabe's radio show, Nightly Yours. She is also a member of the seiyū unit AZU and Takada Hiroyuki. She is notably multilingual, competent in French and Chinese, as well as being a fluent English speaker; the latter being evident in her Western education, her interest in Queen and the Chronicles of Narnia. Her other hobbies include watching rakugo and she has a pet dog named Vivian.


VOICE ACTING ROLES:
(includes anime roles only)

1999
Yuri Arisato (Case Closed)
Yuriko Tomosato (Case Closed)
Yong (Hoshin Engi)
Kurapika (Hunter × Hunter)
Kagawa Yuki (Karakurizōshi Ayatsuri Sakon)
Lulu Sanjo (Seraphim Call)

2001
Cynthia (Ask Dr. Rin!)
Feena (Corrector Yui)
Karon (Dennō Bōkenki Webdiver)
Shō Kurachi (Dennō Bōkenki Webdiver)
Midori Asaba (Dennō Bōkenki Webdiver)
Hanaukyo Taro (Hanaukyo Maid Team)
Fuji Syusuke (The Prince of Tennis)
Fuji Yumiko (The Prince of Tennis)
Young Fuji Yuuta (The Prince of Tennis)

2002
Ozma (Beyblade)
Ryugu (Daigunder)
Gomamon (Digimon Frontier)

2003
Cream (Ashita no Nadja)
Mireille Morrow (Ashita no Nadja)
T.J. Livingston (Ashita no Nadja)
Ouka (.hack//Legend of the Twilight)
Chris (Popotan)
Young Daichi (Popotan)
Suzuki Shu (Twin Spica)
Eshros (Zatch Bell)

2004
Gherta Hawksbee (Fantastic Children)
Taro Hanaukyo (Hanaukyo Maid Team: La Verite)
Ukeru Nishimura (Kamichu!)
Yuki-hime (Shura no Toki: Age of Chaos)
Tokiko Okuda (Soreike! Zukkoke Sanningumi)
Mariko (Yugo the Negotiator)

2005
Masaki Makabe (Absolute Boy)
Ukeru Nishimura (Kamichu!)
Dark Kirisaki (MegaMan NT Warrior)
Son Goku/Patalliro (Patalliro Saiyuki!)
Ayano Fujikawa (Suzuka)

2006
Billy (009-1)
Mitsuki Asano (Ballad of a Shinigami)
Marie (Le Chevalier d'Eon)
Shizue Hoshino (Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star)
Kaoru Kawahira (Inukami!)
Tsukasa Futaba (Mega Man Star Force)
Abe no Masahiro (Shōnen Onmyōji)

2007
Angela Burton (Genshiken)
Kirika Karasuma (Kamichama Karin)
Michael Schmidt (Kishin Taisen Gigantic Formula)
Cassandra (Saint Beast: Kōin Jojishi Tenshi Tan)
Jamille Kaela (Sisters of Wellber)
Riō Jr. (The Story of Saiunkoku)

2008
Drinda (Kyōran Kazoku Nikki)
Porphyras Patagos (Porphy no Nagai Tabi)
Homura/Kagari (Sekirei)
Jamille Kaela (Sisters of Wellber Zwei)

2009
China (Hetalia: Axis Powers)
Zashiki-Warashi (Hetalia: Axis Powers)
Narrator (Hetalia: Axis Powers)
Akira Nanase (Jewelpet)
Sayuri Kōgyoku (Jewelpet)
Ai Majō (Jewelpet)
Peridot (Jewelpet)
Yuan (Kemono no Souja)
Echidna (Queen's Blade -Rurō no Senshi-)
Echidna (Queen's Blade -Gyokuza no Tsugumono-)
Gaap (Umineko no Naku Koro ni)
Theresia (Viper's Creed)

2010
Peridot (Jewelpet Tinkle)
Aoi Hyodo (Maid Sama!)
Homura/Kagari (Sekirei ~Pure Engagement~)


OTHER:
Seiyuu Unit/s: AZU (Together with Junko Takeuchi and Junko Minagawa)
Takada Hiroyuki (Together with Hiroki Takahashi)
Singing: She has also sung, most notably as Fuji Syusuke in the Prince of Tennis theme song performances.