Biography
Ai Kayano (茅野 愛衣, Kayano Ai, born September 13, 1987) is a Japanese voice actress. She was represented by the Pro-Fit talent agency until 2014. She has been represented by Office Osawa since 2015. She played leading roles in several anime series, including Meiko "Menma" Honma in Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day, Inori Yuzuriha in Guilty Crown, Alice Zuberg in Sword Art Online: Alicization, Utaha Kasumigaoka in Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend, Mashiro Shiina in The Pet Girl of Sakurasou, Saori Takebe in Girls und Panzer, Shiro in No Game No Life, Darkness in KonoSuba, and Mamako Oosuki in Do You Love Your Mom and Her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks?. She has also performed opening, ending and insert theme songs for each series. Kayano wanted to work in a job that would involve "healing people", leading to initially take up a course at a vocational school. She worked in the beauty industry and became interested in acting, after watching Aria. While attending school, Kayano continued working in the industry and paid for her tuition.Kayano began working at Pro-Fit in 2010, starring in the original video animation Princess Resurrection. She also voiced a number of background roles in the anime series A Certain Magical Index II, playing Itsuwa. She voiced Meiko "Menma" Honma in Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day. Kayano, Haruka Tomatsu and Saori Hayami performed the series' ending theme "Secret Base – Kimi ga Kureta Mono (10 years after Ver.)", a cover of a song originally sung by the band Zone. For her role as Menma, she received the Best Newcomer Award at the 6th Seiyu Awards in 2012. Kayano played the role of Inori Yuzuriha in Guilty Crown.In 2012, she played Mayaka Ibara in Hyouka; Kayano and co-star Satomi Satō performed the series' ending themes "Madoromi no Yakusoku" (まどろみの約束) and "Kimi ni Matsuwaru Mystery" (君にまつわるミステリー). She also played the roles of Mashiro Shiina in The Pet Girl of Sakurasou, and Saori Takebe in Girls und Panzer. She played several roles in 2013, including the roles of Ai Fuyuumi in Oreshura, and Chisaki Hiradaira in Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea.In 2014, Kayano played Shiro in No Game No Life. She performed the series' ending theme "Oración". Later that year, she left Pro-Fit and became a freelancer. Kayano joined Office Osawa in 2015. Later that year, she played Megumi Sakura in School-Live!, and Utaha Kasumigaoka in Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend. In 2016, she played the roles of Darkness in KonoSuba, Chizuru Hishiro in ReLIFE, and Rin Tōyama in New Game!. In 2017, she played Kirie Sakurame in UQ Holder. She also played Shuvi in No Game No Life: Zero.In 2016, Kayano hosted a show titled "Kayanomi ~Kayano Ai ga Nihonshu wo Nominagara, Taberu dake~~" (かやのみ 〜茅野愛衣が日本酒をのみながら、食べるだけ〜, lit. "Kayanomi ~Ai Kayano is Eating While Drinking Sake~") at Animate Times' YouTube channel. The show focuses on her looking through into various types of sake. The title of show is also a combination of her surname Kayano and the Japanese word for "drink", which is "nomi" (飲み).
Filmography
All 191
TV Shows 141
Voice 71
Movies 50

Reborn to Master the Blade: From Hero-King to Extraordinary Squire (2023)

Delicious Party♡Precure Movie: Dreaming♡Children's Lunch! (2022)

Delicious Party♡Pretty Cure: My Very Own Kid's Lunch (2022)

My Stepmom's Daughter Is My Ex (2022)

Isekai Quartet the Movie: Another World (2022)

Heroines Run the Show (2022)

Delicious Party Pretty Cure (2022)

The Missing 8 (2021)

Girls und Panzer das Finale OVA: Daikon War! (2021)

Platinum End (2021)

Pokémon Evolutions (2021)

The Great Jahy Will Not Be Defeated! (2021)

The Case Study of Vanitas (2021)

Girls und Panzer das Finale: Part III (2021)

Aria the Crepuscolo (2021)

Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation (2021)

Horimiya (2021)

Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki (2021)

Otherside Picnic (2021)

Suppose a Kid From the Last Dungeon Boonies Moved to a Starter Town? (2021)

How to Enjoy This World: Secret Story Film (2020)

Adachi and Shimamura (2020)

Noblesse (2020)

Warlords of Sigrdrifa (2020)

Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel III. Spring Song (2020)

SUPER HxEROS (2020)

SHIROBAKO The Movie (2020)

Cagaster of an Insect Cage (2020)

Smile Down the Runway (2020)

A Destructive God Sits Next to Me (2020)

Somali and the Forest Spirit (2020)

The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.: Reawakened (2019)

Saekano the Movie: Finale (2019)

True Cooking Master Boy (2019)

Azur Lane (2019)

ご注文はうさぎですか?? ~Sing For You~ (2019)

KonoSuba: God's Blessing on this Wonderful World! Legend of Crimson (2019)

Do You Love Your Mom and Her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks? (2019)

Girls und Panzer das Finale: Part II (2019)

Miru Tights (2019)

Isekai Quartet (2019)

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (2019)

Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?: Arrow of the Orion (2019)

Fight League: Gear Gadget Generators (2019)

The Promised Neverland (2019)

W'z (2019)

Boarding School Juliet (2018)

Bloom Into You (2018)

Girls und Panzer Compilation Movie (2018)

Lord of Vermilion: The Crimson King (2018)

Miss Caretaker of Sunohara-sou (2018)

HANEBADO! (2018)

Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin VI – Rise of the Red Comet (2018)

Last Period: the journey to the end of the despair (2018)

Lost Song (2018)

Last Hope (2018)

A.I.C.O. -Incarnation- (2018)

Symphogear Live 2018 (2018)

Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms (2018)

Infini-T Force the Movie: Farewell Gatchaman My Friend (2018)

How to Keep a Mummy (2018)

The Ryuo's Work is Never Done! (2018)

A Place Further Than the Universe (2018)

Girls und Panzer das Finale: Part I (2017)

Sorcery in the Big City (2017)

Is the Order a Rabbit?? Dear My Sister (2017)

Mazinger Z: Infinity (2017)

Land of the Lustrous (2017)

Infini-T Force (2017)

UQ Holder! (2017)

Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin V: Clash at Loum (2017)

No Game No Life: Zero (2017)

Altair: A Record of Battles (2017)

Twin Angel Break (2017)

Soul Worker: Your Destiny Awaits (2017)

Hand Shakers (2017)

Urara Meirocho (2017)

Tawawa on Monday (2016)

March Comes in Like a Lion (2016)

Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School (2016)

Mob Psycho 100 (2016)

ダンガンロンパ3 -The End of 希望ヶ峰学園 (2016)

The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. (2016)

Tales of Zestiria the X (2016)

Amanchu! (2016)

Taboo Tattoo (2016)

Sweetness & Lightning (2016)

NEW GAME! (2016)

ReLIFE (2016)

Girls und Panzer der Film Special: Arisu War! (2016)

Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin III - Dawn of Rebellion (2016)

Flying Witch (2016)

Tamayura: Graduation Photo Part 4 - Ashita (2016)

Symphogear Live 2016 (2016)

selector destructed WIXOSS (2016)

KonoSuba – God's blessing on this wonderful world!! (2016)

Rainbow Days (2016)

Garakowa -Restore the World- (2016)

Hifuu Club Activity Record ~ The Sealed Estoeric History (2015)

Your Lie in April: Finale Event (2015)

Tamayura: Graduation Photo Part 3 - Akogare (2015)

Girls und Panzer: The Movie (2015)

Aria the Scarlet Ammo AA (2015)

Aria the Avvenire (2015)

Zorori the Naughty Hero: Heroes of Space (2015)

Tamayura: Graduation Photo Part 2 - Hibiki (2015)

SCHOOL-LIVE! (2015)

Castle Town Dandelion (2015)

Ushio and Tora (2015)

My Love Story!! (2015)

Show by Rock!! (2015)

The Heroic Legend of Arslan (2015)

Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Alternative Architecture (2015)

Tamayura: Graduation Photo Part 1 - Kizashi (2015)

Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? (2015)

Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma (2015)

Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend (2015)

Tales of Zestiria: The Shepherd's Advent (2014)

Kanojo ga Flag wo Oraretara OVA (2014)

Your Lie in April (2014)

SHIROBAKO (2014)

Yona of the Dawn (2014)

Wolf Girl & Black Prince (2014)

Celestial Method (2014)

Lord Marksman and Vanadis (2014)

Terra Formars (2014)

Ghost in the Shell Arise - Border 4: Ghost Stands Alone (2014)

Blue Spring Ride (2014)

Aldnoah.Zero (2014)

Girls und Panzer: This Is the Real Anzio Battle! (2014)

Glasslip (2014)

Magi: Adventure of Sinbad (2014)

Is the Order a Rabbit? (2014)

No Game No Life (2014)

If Her Flag Breaks (2014)

Captain Earth (2014)

Selector Infected WIXOSS (2014)

Amazing Twins (2014)

Bodacious Space Pirates: Abyss of Hyperspace (2014)

声優DVD企画 宝探し 探偵学園エデン~怪盗アビルからの挑戦~ (2014)

Romantica Clock (2014)

Witch Craft Works (2014)

Symphogear Live 2013 (2013)

Unbreakable Machine-Doll (2013)

Strike the Blood (2013)

Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea (2013)

Golden Time (2013)

Code Geass: Akito the Exiled 2: The Wyvern Divided (2013)

Super Seisyun Brothers (2013)

anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day - The Movie (2013)

Servant x Service (2013)

Stella Women's Academy, High School Division Class C3 (2013)

Valvrave the Liberator (2013)

Yuyushiki (2013)

Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet (2013)

Ryo (2013)

Senyu. (2013)

Senran Kagura: Ninja Flash (2013)

Oreshura (2013)

Mangirl! (2013)

Ai-Mai-Mi (2013)

Yumekuri (2012)

The Pet Girl of Sakurasou (2012)

Girls und Panzer (2012)

Say "I Love You." (2012)

Absolute Whiteness: Magical Girl (2012)

Sword Art Online (2012)

Hyouka (2012)

Medaka Box (2012)

Waiting in the Summer (2012)

Lagrange: The Flower of Rin-ne (2012)

Superb Song of the Valkyries: Symphogear (2012)

Guilty Crown (2011)

Chihayafuru (2011)

You and Me (2011)

Ben-To (2011)

Tamayura: Hitotose (2011)

The Everyday Tales of a Cat God (2011)

Twin Angel: Twinkle Paradise (2011)

Kamisama Dolls (2011)

Heaven's Memo Pad (2011)

Ro-Kyu-Bu! (2011)

anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day (2011)

Infinite Stratos (2011)

Magic Kaito: Kid the Phantom Thief (2010)

Touhou Niji Sousaku Doujin Anime: Musou Kakyou (2008)

A Certain Magical Index (2008)

Aquarion (2005)

Last Exile (2003)

Cooking Master Boy (1997)

KonoSuba – An Explosion on This Wonderful World!
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Information
Known forActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1987-09-13 (36 years old)
Place of birthTokyo, Japan
Height153-centimetre, 153-centimeter
CitizenshipsJapan
Also known asКаяно Ай, 茅野愛衣, かやの あい, 茅野爱衣, 카야노 아이, 카야농
AwardsSeiyu Award for Best Rookie Actress
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