Rumi Hiiragi is a Japanese voice actress. In Japan, voice actors are voice actors in anime, games, theater, and radio dramas. Seiyuu voices are heard in advertisements and voice announcements, in audiobooks and audio dramas. There is even a separate industry for vocational training and employment of voice actors.
Biography and personal life
She was born on August 1, 1987 in Tokyo. Rumi's first appearance on the screens took place when she was only 6 years old. The girl took part in the filming of TV commercials.
By the age of 12, she was already playing the main characters in the morning television series "Asadora" and "Suzuran" (the role of the main character Mo Taqui). The girl later played the same hero in the theater.
At the age of 14, she starred in the full-length anime Spirited Away. At the age of 15, she won the Tokyo Anime Awards for Best Voice Actress.
Since 2005, she took a break from creativity and devoted herself to her studies. Thanks to this, Rumi has been educated at the Japan University College of Art since 2009.
From 2009 to 2013 she served as a radio host for the worldwide radio station Nyanchu.
Since 2010, he has been an employee of the Beside talent agency, the name Hiiragi as the author's logo belongs to the same agency.
Knows Niman (Hanayangi style) and Chinese Mandarin languages.
Anime career
Spirited Away is a 2001 full-length anime directed by Hayao Miyazaki. In the same year, the film premiered in Japan. The film was a huge hit with audiences and was listed as the greatest animated film ever. In Japan, the film set a record for the box office, surpassing even Titanic.
Received an Oscar in 2003 for Best Animated Feature and a Golden Bear at the 2002 Berlin Film Festival. According to IMDb, it took 1st place in the list of the best cartoons of all times and peoples.
Rumi Hiragi voiced a character named Chihiro Kanno in this film.
Ponyo Fish on the Cliff is a full-length Japanese animated fantasy film released by Ghibli in 2008. Written and directed by Hayao Mizaki. The plot is based on the famous English fairy tale about the Little Mermaid, but instead of a mermaid, a goldfish named Ponyo appears as a character, and a five-year-old boy Sosuke instead of a prince. The film has been shown in Japan, Southeast Asia, USA, Canada, UK and Ireland. The film has grossed over $ 201 million worldwide and has won numerous awards, including the Japan Film Academy Award for Best Animation of the Year.
Detroit Metal City is a 2008 young animal series based on the vulgar manga comedies of Kiminori Wakasugi. The anime consists of 12 episodes of 13 minutes each.
"From the Top to Pauley Hill" is a 2011 Japanese drama animated film directed by Hayao Miyazaki and released at Studio Ghibli. Based on the 1980 Japanese comic strip of the same name. It premiered in Japan in 2011 and in North America in 2013. The film has grossed over $ 91 million worldwide and has received positive reviews from most film critics.
Advertising creativity
Rumi took part in the filming of several commercials:
- Aflac (1994) is an American insurance company.
- SKY PerfecTV! Anime (1999) is a direct broadcast satellite service.
- Lawson`s Natsu Matsuri ad (2003) is a network of Lawson franchise stores in Japan, a manufacturer of professional and consumer electronics and Yokohama.
- Toyota`s Will Cypha car ad (2003) - advertising of Toyota cars.
- Victor`s Baby Movie ad (2003) - advertising for JVC or Japan Victor Company.
- Meiji Seika`s Almond ad (2004).
- Hakusensha ad for LaLa magazine ad (2006).
Scoring in games
Rumi Hiragi has voiced the games Tengai Makyou III "Namida" (character named Miya) and One Piece: Unlimited World RED (character named after Yadoya).
Creativity on television
In 2002, Rumi starred in the Japanese baseball school television program Netto Koshien as a field reporter. This program is a digest of the games of the Summer National High School Baseball Championship.
In 2005, she took part in the filming of the NTV program Nobuta o Produce as the character of Kasumi Aoi.
Rumi Hiiragi has starred in several television dramas:
- Mito Komon (Season 32, character Nashonaru Gekijo) is a Japanese jidaigeki (historical drama) drama that aired between 1969 and 2011. It is considered the longest running jidaigeki in the history of Japanese television.
- "Sky High" is a supernatural action film directed by Ryuhei Kitamura based on the manga of the same name by Tsutomu Takahashi and serving as a prequel to the Japanese television drama of the same name. Rumi plays the role of Yumiko Shaku. Although the film is a prequel to the series, it was filmed in between the first and second seasons of the series and had a strong influence on the direction of the second season.
- Ultra Q: Dark Fantasy is a 2004 production, the 17th issue of the Ultra series and a remake of the first issue of the Ultra series.
- "Nobuta o Produce" is a Japanese television drama that aired on NTV in 2005. Based on the book of the same name by General Shiraiva.
- Momotaro-zamurai (Momotaro Samurai) is a Japanese novel by Kiichiro Yamate, published in 1946 and dedicated to the Edo period. The novel was filmed several times. The last time - in 2005 on TV "Asahi" as a television series. A version with English subtitles titled "Momotaro Samurai" was released for English-speaking viewers. The premiere took place in 2006. Rumi Hiragi starred in a supporting role.
- Kamen Rider Decade (2009) is the first installment of the long-running Kamen Rider series in the Tokusatz drama genre. The series "Kamen Rider" itself started back in 2000 and was associated with the arcade game "Kamen Rider Battle Ganbaride". In 2018-2019, the next batch of the series called "Kamen Rider Zu-O" is still on.
Other
Rumi Hiragi has worked as a presenter for Nippon Cultural Broadcasting Inc and Tokyo FM Broadcasting Co Ltd.
