Yui Horie is a Japanese voice actress and singer affiliated with VIMS and Starchild.
16 Facts About Yui Horie
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Yui Horie has been affectionately nicknamed "Hocchan" by her Japanese fans.
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Yui Horie debuted as a voice actress in 1997, releasing her debut single "My best friend" on.
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Yui Horie won the award for Best Supporting Voice Actress in the 4th Seiyu Awards.
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Yui Horie is one of a handful of Japanese idol voice actors that rose to prominence in the 2000s, whose popularity today has been attributed to their solid experience and long-term interaction with their fan base, as opposed to the contemporary norms of youth and beauty in the entertainment industry.
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Yui Horie refers to her time at junior high and high school as her 'dark era'.
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Yui Horie was fascinated by the main premise as a detective.
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Yui Horie would act out scenes from memory with a school friend and record herself with a cassette player.
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In 1995, during the first year of college, Yui Horie auditioned at the Japan Voice Acting Institute for a scholarship, the voice training school for Arts Vision.
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Whilst still training and under the representation of Arts Vision, Yui Horie made her voice acting debut in the 1997 Sega Saturn game, Voice Fantasia: Ushinawareta Voice Power.
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Yui Horie's first leading role was in the 1998 anime Kurogane Communication, of which she sang the theme songs, "My best friend" and "Dear Mama".
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In 1999, with the increasing number of eroge and visual novels being adapted to anime, Yui Horie was able to win a major role as Multi, a robotic girl, in the romantic anime To Heart.
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The ascending popularity of Love Hina spawned a lucrative franchise of OVAs, Drama CDs and games, of which Yui Horie reprised the star role.
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In regard to their rising fame, Yui Horie worked with Yukari Tamura and form the group Yamato Nadeshiko.
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In 2003, Yui Horie established herself as a popular singer when her third album "Sky" peaked at 10th in the Oricon charts.
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In late 2012, Yui Horie created and voiced the 3D animated character Miss Monochrome.