Azusa Tadokoro (田所 あずさ, Tadokoro Azusa; born November 10, 1993) is a Japanese voice actress and singer. She is affiliated with the talent agency Inspion Agency and signed to record label Lantis. She participated in an audition sponsored by her former agency HoriPro Enterainment. Her notable roles include Aoi Kiriya in Aikatsu!, Shizuka Mogami in The Idolmaster Million Live!, Kaoru Seta in BanG Dream!, Phino Bloodstone in Yu-Shibu, Symboli Rudolf in Umamusume: Pretty Derby, Chtholly Nota Seniorious in WorldEnd and Moroha in Yashahime. She performed theme songs for anime, such as Myriad Colors Phantom World and Trickster.
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Biography
Tadokoro was born in Mito, Ibaraki. She became interested in acting after hearing Akiko Yajima voicing Kohaku in the anime series Inuyasha. She participated in the 36th Horipro Talent Scout Caravan and was declared the winner. She joined the talent agency Horipro and decided to debut as a singer with the record label Lantis. She made her voice acting debut in 2012, voicing a character in a commercial for SSK Foods. That same year she was cast as Muneo Meshiyori in So, I Can't Play H!. Later that year, she was cast as Aoi Kiriya in Aikatsu! becoming her first main role. Since then, she has appeared in many concerts, stage events and radio programs. The following year she was cast as Phino Bloodstone in I Couldn't Become a Hero, So I Reluctantly Decided to Get a Job, and Shizuka Mogami in the mobile game The Idolmaster Million Live!. In 2014, she was cast as Kotori Takatori in Brynhildr in the Darkness. She performed the series' ending theme song "Ichiban Boshi" (いちばん星) with Risa Taneda, Aya Suzaki, and M·A·O. Late that year, she made her official debut as a singer for Lantis by releasing her first album Beyond Myself; the album peaked at number 33 on the Oricon weekly charts.
She launched her official Facebook and Twitter account on May 31, 2015. In April 2015, she released her first single "Dream Line"; the song peaked at number 40 on the Oricon weekly charts. That same year, she was cast as Kiriko Shikishima in Ultimate Otaku Teacher. The following year, she voiced the character Ruru in Myriad Colors Phantom World; she performed the series' ending theme song "Junshin Always" (純真Always). Later that year, she played the character Nao Nakamura in the anime Trickster; she performed the series' first opening theme song "1 Hope Sniper", and the second ending theme song "Unmei Dilemma" (運命ジレンマ).
In 2017, she voiced Tae Futaba in Masamune-kun's Revenge. She then played the role of Chtholly Nota Seniorious in the anime WorldEnd which she also performed the opening theme song "Dearest Drop". The following year, she was cast as Symboli Rudolf in Cygames's multimedia franchise Umamusume: Pretty Derby, and Chloe in That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime; she performed the series' second ending theme song "Little Soldier" (リトルソルジャー). Tadokoro released the song "Rivals" as the ending theme for the anime series Kandagawa Jet Girls.
Filmography
Dubbing
All of Us Are Dead, Park Mi-jin (Lee Eun-saem)
Detention, Fang Ray-shin (Gingle Wang)
The Gilded Age, Gladys Russell (Taissa Farmiga)
Old, Kara (Eliza Scanlen)
Palm Springs, Tala Anne Wilder (Camila Mendes)
RRR, Young Alluri Sitarama Raju (Varun Buddhadev)
Silent Night, Alex (Kirby Howell-Baptiste)
Vanguard, Fareeda (Xu Ruohan)
Others
There's No Way I Can Have A Lover! (*Or Maybe There Is?!), Mai Oozuka (promotional video)
Hoshimachi Suisei Tadokoro Azusa Heikousen Scramble weekly podcast with Hololive talent Hoshimachi Suisei
