Hikaru Tono | |
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遠野 ひかる | |
Born | Tokyo, Japan | 5 March 1996
Occupation | Voice actress |
Years active | 2018–present |
Employer | Hibiki |
Notable work | Serena in Bermuda Triangle: Colorful Pastrale Yujia Wang in Assault Lily Sura in My Isekai Life |
Height | 154.6 cm (5 ft 1 in) |
Hikaru Tono (遠野 ひかる, Tōno Hikaru, born 5 March 1996) is a Japanese voice actress affiliated with Hibiki.[1] She is known for voicing Serena in Bermuda Triangle: Colorful Pastrale, Yujia Wang in Assault Lily, Sura in My Isekai Life, and Suzuran in In the Heart of Kunoichi Tsubaki.
Hikaru Tono, a native of Tokyo, was born on 5 March 1996.[2] As a young child, her father recommended being an announcer after hearing her read out her homework, so she vaguely considered voice-based occupations.[3] As a teenager, she was part of a choir school club and was a competitor at a national chorus tournament.[3] After spending seven years of unsuccessful auditions,[3] she finally joined Hibiki, Bushiroad's talent agency, after passing their 2017 auditions for new voice actors.[2]
In September 2018, she was cast as Serena in Bermuda Triangle: Colorful Pastrale.[4] In October 2019, she was cast as Yujia Wang in Assault Lily Bouquet.[5] In December 2020, she was cast as Matikanetannhauser in Uma Musume Pretty Derby,[6] later reprising the role in the video game.[1] In May 2021, she was cast as Eno in I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level.[7] In November 2021, she was cast as Satina in Life with an Ordinary Guy Who Reincarnated into a Total Fantasy Knockout.[8] In January 2022, she was cast as Sura in My Isekai Life.[9] In March 2022, she was cast as Suzuran in In the Heart of Kunoichi Tsubaki.[10] In August 2023, she was cast as Yuki in The Kingdoms of Ruin.[11]
Tono is the actor for Yujia Wang, a character in Bushiroad's Assault Lily franchise. She portrayed the character in three of the franchise's stage plays: League of Gardens (2020), The Fateful Gift (2020), and Lost Memories (2022).[12][13][14] She also reprised the role in the 2020 anime adaptation Assault Lily Bouquet and the 2021 game Assault Lily Last Bullet.[5][1] Previously, she had starred as Mei Katarina Haneda in the 2018 stage play Assault Lily x Ludovic Girls Academy: Shiroki Resistance: Yakusoku no Yukue.[15] She also voices Shiori Yumeoji in the game Revue Starlight: Re LIVE (also part of a Bushiroad franchise),[1] and she portrayed her in the Revue Starlight stage plays The LIVE Edel Delight (2022) and Re LIVE Reading Theatre (2023).[16][17]
She voices Howan as part of Mashumairesh!!, an in-universe singing unit in Sanrio's Show by Rock!! franchise. She voiced the character in the anime adaptation Show by Rock!! Mashumairesh!! and the game Show by Rock!! Fes A Live, and she performed in Mashumairesh!!'s 2021 single Trigger Rock.[1][18]