Aina Aiba (相羽 あいな, Aiba Aina, born October 17, 1988) is a voice actress and singer from
Japan. She is affiliated with the talent agency Hibiki.
Early life
Aiba was born in
Hokkaido but raised in
Osaka. She went and graduated from Amusement Media Voice Actor Talent Academy in 2010.
Career
Before becoming a seiyuu, she was a professional wrestler under the name Yuuki Harima (播磨佑紀) for about two years, and also worked as a stage actress with the same name. During her pro wrestling career, she was part of the organization "Beginning" and made her debut on September 6, 2015. She fought five times before retiring from the ring, and nowadays does MC work for
New Japan Pro-Wrestling's matches.[1]
She made her professional singing debut from Bushiroad Music in November 2016 with her first st single "Yume no Hikari Kimi no Mirai", which was used as the ending theme for Future Card Buddyfight DDD. She restarted her solo singing career with the single "Lead the way", which was released on October 16, 2019. It was used as the opening theme for the anime Cardfight!! Vanguard: Shinemon.[3]
On March 3, 2018, Aiba, who was a member of the unit Doubutsu Biscuits x PPP, was one of the winners of the Singing Award during the
12th Seiyu Awards. In 2020, she and Roselia received the Singing Award at the
14th Seiyu Awards.[4]
^"【声優アワード】Roseliaが歌唱賞 相羽あいな「バンドリーマーの皆さまのお陰です」" [[Voice Actor Award] Roselia wins Singing Award; Aina Aiba: "Thanks to all BanG Dreamers"]. Oricon (in Japanese). March 7, 2020.
Archived from the original on March 24, 2020. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
^"けものフレンズプロジェクト". Kemono Friends (in Japanese).
Archived from the original on April 13, 2020. Retrieved March 31, 2020.