Sora Tokui

Sora Tokui (徳井 青空, Tokui Sora, born December 26, 1989 in Minamibōsō, Chiba) is a Japanese voice actor affiliated with Avex Pictures. She used to be formerly associated with Hibiki. Fans and close colleagues affectionately call her Soramaru.

Although Tokui and her younger brother were raised by karate practitioners, she developed a fascination for entertainment and comedy more. Watching Yūko Miyamura's performance as Asuka in Neon Genesis Evangelion inspired Tokui to become a voice actor, especially after being encouraged by her idol to follow her dreams during a promotional event. She wanted to attend Dwango Creative School for voice over courses, but her parents were concerned about a high school student being in Tokyo on her own. As a result, Tokui had no choice but to delay her plans of attending the school until she graduated and enrolled in a local university.

Once her training was over, she became a member of the music group Milky Holmes in December 2009. Most of her roles back then involved mainly voicing lines for works produced by Bushiroad. The group eventually earned the Best Musical Performance Award together in the 9th Seiyu Awards for their roles as the idol group μ's in ''Love Live! School Idol Project''. She is particularly close with castmate Suzuko Mimori, often appearing in mutual collaboration events and celebrating birthdays together. Her climacophobia is infamously well-known among fans and the other Milky Holmes artists, leading to some rather humorous incidents and gags while performing on-stage.

As a manga artist, she publicized her story Mahou Shoujo Jitaku-chan on Otapoke, a series of magazines dedicated to idols. The work was based on Tokui's past experiences but told from a fictional perspective. She later became a picture book writer with the release of her first book Panda no Oshigoto! on December 7, 2018.

Tokui loves eating salmon, meat, and white rice. Due to her mother's influence, she tends to cook for herself. She is so well-known in her hometown that they even appointed her as their tourism ambassador in April 2012. 2020 saw Tokui upload her own official Virtual YouTube avatar. She also respects Shoko Nakagawa as her senior in the voice acting field.

When it comes to voice acting, Tokui excels in portraying characters who exhibit unusual or aggressive traits. She has lent her performances to Applejack in My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Sasami Sasasegawa in Little Busters!, and Hornet in Wanna be the Strongest in the World.

Works

 * Junna Daitoku - Robotics;Notes
 * Kei Narimiya - Blue Reflection
 * Sun Shangxiang, Zhurong - Sangokushi Hadou
 * Doub-chan, Julicaesar - Robot Girls Z ONLINE
 * Miscellaneous characters - Rick ☆ G's