Minami Shinoda

Minami Shinoda (Japanese: 篠田 みなみ, Hepburn: Shinoda Minami, born 3 June 1994) is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Chiba Prefecture. She is known for voicing Haru Kasukabe in Tokyo 7th Sisters, Makoto Kobata in Flying Witch, Kyōko Machi in Interviews with Monster Girls, and Rika Matsudo in Rinkai!

Minami Shinoda
篠田 みなみ
Born (1994-06-03) 3 June 1994 (age 30)
Occupations
  • Voice actress
  • singer
Years active2014–present
Notable work

Biography

Minami Shinoda, a native of Chiba Prefecture, was born on 3 June 1994.[1][2] During her youth, she spent some time living in Singapore and started learning Sōran Bushi and jazz dance.[3] She joined the Japan Narration Actor Institute [ja] during her first year of high school to study acting and later knew that she wanted to pursue voice acting as a career.[3]

In 2014, she starred as Haru Kasukabe in Tokyo 7th Sisters, her first role she won by passuing a voice acting audition.[3] In April 2014, she started working as the Tuesday host of Maji! Anirabu  [ja] team.[4] In April 2016, she was cast in her first anime starring role as Makoto Kobata in Flying Witch;[5] she and her-co-star Eri Suzuki also sang the anime's ending song "Nichijō no Mahō".[6] She later starred as Kyōko Machi in Interviews with Monster Girls (2017).[7] In September 2018, she was appointed as a Dōgo Onsen Tourism Goodwill Ambassador along her Onsen Musume character Izumi Dōgo.[8] In 2020, she stepped down from Gekidan Tokyo Suzuki-ku [ja]'s production of Heroine A Go Go! Ano Hi no Mahō Shōjo due to complications from nasopharyngitis.[9] She left VIMS and become a freelancer on 31 August 2021.[10] In 2024, she was cast as Rika Matsudo in Rinkai!.[11]

She is a certified Korean Language Proficiency Test Beginner Level.[1]

Filmography

Animated television

YearTitleRole(s)Ref
2014One Week Friends[1]
2015Aikatsu![1]
2015God EaterRefugee[1]
2015Uta no Prince-sama: Maji Love Revolutions[1]
2016Beyblade BurstAkio[1]
2016ClassicaLoidFriend A[1]
2016Flying WitchMakoto Kowata[12]
2016Haven't You Heard? I'm SakamotoFemale student[1]
2016JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is UnbreakableFemale student B, Reiko[1]
2016Lostorage incited WIXOSSPiruluk[1]
2016Magical Girl Raising ProjectBoy B[1]
2016Re:ZeroCain [1]
2017FuukaFemale customer[1]
2017Interviews with Monster GirlsKyōko Machi[7]
2018Chio's School RoadTakkun[13]
2018High School DxD HeroLufey Pendragon[1]
2018Layton Mystery Tanteisha: Katori no Nazotoki FileBengali[1]
2018Slow StartMomoka Sekine[1]
2018The Ryuo's Work Is Never Done!Asuka Iwaishi[1]
2019Fruits BasketSenior, boy[1]
2024Rinkai!Rika Matsudo[11]

Original video animation

YearTitleRole(s)Ref
2014Miss Monochrome[1]

Original net animation

YearTitleRole(s)Ref
2016Momokuri[1]
2016Tawawa on MondayDental assistant[1]
2018Monster StrikeEriya[1]

Video games

YearTitleRole(s)Ref
2017Azur Lane CrosswaveLexington[1]
2017Hiragana DanshiI[14]
2017Tenka Hyakken: ZanSōza Samonji[15]
2018Kirara FantasiaAgiri Goshiki[1]
2019Kemono Friends 3Kujaku[1]
2020Last PeriodAruru[1]

References