Eriko Nakamura will Appear at Anime Central
We’re thrilled to announce that the incredibly talented Eriko Nakamura will be joining us at Anime Central this year! Don’t miss your chance to meet her, attend her panels, and celebrate her amazing career at Anime Central.
About Eriko Nakamura
Eriko Nakamura is a Japanese voice actress, singer, narrator, and radio personality originally from the Kanagawa Prefecture. She is a veteran in the industry, with over 25 years of experience.
She is most well known as Haruka Amami in the long running game and anime series THE IDOLM@STER since 2005. As part of her work in the series, she has recorded on almost 400 CD albums, singles, radio recordings, Drama CDs, and more. She has also reprised her role as Haruka in the Fall 2023 anime, THE iDOLM@STER Million Live! In addition to voice acting, she has performed on stage at several live concerts for the franchise at prestigious venues, with appearances scheduled for 2025 as well.
Some of her other roles include Mikage Kiryuu in the Space Battleship Yamato 2199 series and subsequent sequels, including the latest movie installments Yamato Forever: REBEL3199, Chisato Sumiyoshi in Love, Elections, and Chocolate, Beatrice “Lilium” Anastasi in the game Freedom Wars and Freedom Wars Remastered, Belgium from Hetalia: Axis Powers and more. She also co-starred in an episode of viral anime Pop Team Epic with fellow Anime Central guest Asami Imai, playing the role of Popuko, while the latter played the role of Pipimi.
Eriko Nakamura currently co-hosts a web radio show entitled “Bread BanqueT”, together with Asami Imai. The program is available on YouTube and Japanese video sharing service NicoNico Douga.
Recently, Eriko has even been getting into DJing!
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Asami Imai will Appear at Anime Central
We’re thrilled to announce that the incredibly talented Asami Imai will be joining us at Anime Central this year! Don’t miss your chance to meet her, attend her panels, and celebrate her amazing career at Anime Central.
About Asami Imai
Asami Imai is a Japanese voice actress, narrator, and singer originally from the Yamaguchi Prefecture. Affectionately known by her nickname “Asamingosu” or “Mingosu” for short, she is a veteran that has over 25 years of experience in the industry.
She is most well known for her role as Chihaya Kisaragi in the long running game and anime series THE IDOLM@STER, a role she has played for almost 20 years. As part of her work in the series, she has performed on stage at live concerts for the franchise, including at prestigious venues such as Yokohama Arena, Nippon Budokan, Belluna Dome, Saitama Super Arena, Tokyo Dome and many more.
She is also beloved by fans for her other popular roles that also cross the lines between game and anime, such as Kurisu Makise from Steins;Gate, Noire / Black Heart in Hyperdimension Neptunia, Vira Lillie from Granblue Fantasy, Tsubaki=Yayoi / Izayoi from Blazblue, Ikaruga from Senran Kagura, Ayumi Shinozaki from Corpse Party, Drake from Azur Lane and more.
Asami Imai is also an accomplished singer and solo artist. As part of her anime and game tie-up roles, she has recorded on over 500 character CD singles, albums, radio recordings, voice drama CDs, and more. In addition to character-related to her roles, she has released 20 solo singles, 7 full-length studio albums, 4 mini-albums, streaming singles, and others. Her solo work has been featured in tie-ups with games and anime, such as Plastic Memories (Ending), Steins;Gate 0 (Ending), Corpse Party: Tortured Souls (Opening), Nyan Koi! (Ending), and several others.
She is also an avid gamer, having hosted the program “Asami Imai’s Singer Song Gamer” on gaming magazine website Famitsu, that ran from 2009 to 2015. After the broadcast ended, she continued to post on Japanese video hosting site Nico Nico Douga, and has also been uploading to her YouTube channel. She also recently made her VTuber debut under the name 詩趣ミンゴス (Poetic Mingosu), and she regularly streams on YouTube solo, as well as collaborations with other VTubers. She will release her first CD as her VTuber in April.
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毎年アメリカ・シカゴで行われる巨大アニメイベント
「アニメセントラル」に出演決定!
日程: 2025年5月16日(金) – 18日(日)
トークショー、サイン会などに出演されます!