Yuka Imai

Yuka Imai (今井 由香, Imai Yuka, born September 19, 1970 in Atami, Shizuoka) is a retired Japanese voice actor formerly affiliated with Gekidan Moonlight and Atomic Monkey. She first made her debut around 1994.

After more than 20 years of working in the dubbing industry, Imai announced her retirement on August 30, 2018 due to a number of issues involving her family and health. Although she briefly enjoyed a happy marriage with her husband who worked in the same profession and had even taught her much concerning it, tensions arose when their son had been diagnosed with pervasive developmental disorder.

Imai became even more devoted to caring for her son's well-being, having empathized with his health difficulties greatly. Her husband, on the other hand, began to distance himself from them and even stopped working regularly. This went on for a couple of years until their divorce, with Imai stepping up to help her child without his father's aid. She has since related the struggles of being a single mother online and hopes to make people understand the struggles parents with disabled children face.

When she was still active in the field, Imai used to take on a wide range of roles from cheerful girls to tsunderes. She also lent her voice to young male characters at times. The roles she has done include Wakaba Shinohara in Revolutionary Girl Utena, Nabuca in Now and Then, Here and There, and Anastasia Romanov in Shadow Hearts: Covenant.

Works

 * Akane Hongō - Yakusoku no Kizuna
 * Nezha - Fengshen Yanyi drama CDs, Mystic Heroes
 * U-1 - Gitaroo-Man
 * Lilith - Cross Edge