Saori Hayami (早見 沙織, Hayami Saori; born May 29, 1991) is a Japanese voice actress and singer affiliated with I'm Enterprise. As a singer, she is signed to Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. Hayami won the 10th Seiyu Awards for Best Supporting Actress.
Some of Hayami's most notable roles as a voice actress include Yor Forger in Spy × Family, Yumeko Jabami in the Kakeguri anime series, Yukino Yukinoshita in My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU, Shōko Nishimiya in A Silent Voice, Shinobu Kocho in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Yuzuki Shiraishi in A Place Further than the Universe, and Chizuru "Chuu-tan" Nakamura in Heroines Run the Show.
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Early life and career
Hayami was born on May 29, 1991 in Tokyo, Japan as an only child. Hayami became interested in voice acting while attending elementary school. In 2004, she attended junior class of Nihon Narration Engi Kenkyūjo, a voice acting training school. Her career began when she passed an audition for I'm Enterprise in 2006, at the end of her second year in training school. Her voice acting debut was in the Indian Summer drama CD. In 2007, she made her anime debut and landed her first major role as Momoka Kawakabe, the main heroine in Touka Gettan. Since then, she has been active in voicing many other characters in anime-related media and other voice acting works. She placed #2 in 2015 Newtype x Machi Asobi Anime Awards for Best Voice Actress, while her character Yukino Yukinoshita won Best Female Character Award. Since 2011, she has hosted her own radio show, Hayami Saori no Free Style, which won Best Comfort Radio in general category at 3rd Aniradi Awards in 2017. Hayami attended the School of Human Sciences at Waseda University.
Hayami is known for her singing mainly through her work performing anime and character theme songs, such as Kaede Takagaki in The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls franchise. Her debut single, "Yasashii Kibou" (やさしい希望; lit. 'Gentle Hopes'), was released on August 12, 2015, with her writing the lyrics for all the songs in the single. The title song was used as the opening theme for the anime television series Snow White with the Red Hair, in which she voiced Shirayuki. Her second single, the double A-side single "Installation/Sono Koe ga Chizu ni Naru" (その声が地図になる; lit. 'The Voice Will Become A Map'), was released on February 3, 2015, with her taking part in writing and composing both songs. The song "Sono Koe ga Chizu ni Naru" was used as the opening theme for the second season of Snow White with the Red Hair. Her first album, Live Love Laugh, was released on May 25, 2016. She then released a mini album live for LIVE bundled Limited Edition Live Blu-ray/DVD and CD from her first Japanese concert tour, Live Love Laugh, on December 21, 2016.
Filmography
Digital comics
Fly High!, Meru Tachibana
Demon Love Spell, Miiko
Super Heroine Gakuen, Haruka Gōriki
Dubbing
100 Days My Prince (Yeon Hong-shim / Yoon Yi-seo (Nam Ji-hyun))
1987: When the Day Comes (Yeon-hee (Kim Tae-ri))
Around the World in 80 Days (Abigail Fix Fortescue (Leonie Benesch))
Avatar: Fire and Ash (Kiri (Sigourney Weaver))
Avatar: The Way of Water (Kiri (Sigourney Weaver))
Barbie (Sasha (Ariana Greenblatt))
The Beguiled (Alicia (Elle Fanning))
Bet (Yumeko (Miku Martineau))
Black Beauty (Jo Green (Mackenzie Foy))
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Riri Williams / Ironheart (Dominique Thorne))
Carrie (Sue Snell (Gabriella Wilde))
The Conjuring (Judy Warren (Sterling Jerins))
Death on the Nile (Rosalie Otterbourne (Letitia Wright))
Debris (Isla Vandeberg (Alisha Newton))
Dune: Part Two (Princess Irulan (Florence Pugh))
The End of Oak Street (Audrey Platt (Maisy Stella))
Free Guy (Millie / Molotov Girl (Jodie Comer))
Fright Night 2: New Blood (Amy Peterson (Sacha Parkinson))
Anime-related songs
Touka Gettan (TV series), theme song performance (OP/ED)
Wagaya no Oinarisama. (TV series), theme song performance (ED)
Sekirei (TV series), theme song Performance (OP/ED)
Sekirei ~Pure Engagement~ (TV series), theme song performance (OP/ED)
Sora no Otoshimono (TV series), theme song performance (OP/ED)
Basquash! (TV series), theme song performance (OP – Eclipse)
Towa no Quon (Movie Series), insert song performance
MM! (TV series), theme song performance (OP/Shared)
The World God Only Knows (TV series), theme song performance (ED/Shared)
The World God Only Knows: Megami-Hen (TV series), theme song performance (OP)
Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Come wa Machigatteiru (TV series), theme song performance (ED)
Sword Art Online (TV series), character song performance
The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls (video game), song performances
E.X. Troopers (video game), theme song performance (insert song/ED)
Phantasy Star (video game), theme song performance (ED)
The Irregular at Magic High School (TV series), character song performances
