Yui Horie

Yui Horie is a Japanese voice actor and singer. She used to be associated with Arts Vision, but left the agency in 2007 and became freelance for a time.

In her younger years, Horie was a latchkey kid who mostly stayed home alone due to both of her parents working full-time. Despite joining a volleyball club in junior high, she was unable to enjoy it much. She did however keep herself preoccupied by watching anime and acting out her favorite scenes using a cassette player.

During Horie's first year of college in 1995, she learned from an ad that Arts Vision was offering voice-over scholarships for attendees who passed their auditions. She decided to join and became one of 5 participants who were chosen out of 3,000. While going through 4 years of training, Horie gained several roles that helped solidify her popularity with fans whom she cultivated a strong relationship with. By the time she graduated, her name was attached to many well-known works in the 2000s, even winning Best Supporting Actress during the 4th Seiyu Awards.

For her music career, Horie published several albums independently and even performed solo in large venues like the Nippon Budokan in 2009. Even before doing live concerts, she often sang the opening and ending theme songs for some of the anime shows she starred in.

Another one of her singing activities involved establishing a music group called Aice⁵ which comprised of her, Akemi Kanda, Chiaki Takahashi, Madoka Kimura, and Masumi Asano. Although the group disbanded on Horie's 31st birthday, they ended up reuniting in 2015. As of right now, she and the group are currently signed under the Evil Line Records label. Horie also hosted a weekly radio show called Horie Yui no Tenshi no Tamago which ran for a total of 740 episodes.

Horie's voice is often described as beautiful and clear, though she herself deems it nothing out of the ordinary. Admired by fans for her cute heroine performances, she has recently taken more supporting roles that are less cheerful and soft. She is credited for voicing Hanyū Furude in the Higurashi no Naku Koro ni series, Pucci Lavmin in Master Detective Archives: Rain Code, and Anne in Shokugeki no Soma.

Works

The following roles listed below come from titles associated with Koei Tecmo and third party works distributed as part of a deal with other companies.

Title	Roles	Year
Dead or Alive Ultimate	Hitomi	2004
Dead or Alive 3	Hitomi	2001
Dead or Alive 4	Hitomi	2005
Dead or Alive: Dimensions	Hitomi	2011
Dead or Alive 5	Hitomi	2012
Dead or Alive 5+	Hitomi	2013
Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate	Hitomi	2013
Dead or Alive 5 Last Round	Hitomi	2015
Dead or Alive 6	Hitomi	2019
Fairy Tail	Carla	2020
Fengshen Yanyi 2	Chun Lei, Baihe Tongzi	2002
Hyperdimension Neptunia	Nepgear	2010
The Legend of Heroes: Akatsuki no Kiseki	Alisa Reinford	2016
Saiyuki: Journey West	Female Sanzang	1999

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