Asami Imai

I have a soft spot for performers who refuse to be one thing, and Asami Imai is exactly that kind of stubborn talent. Most people know her as a voice actress, but what gets me is her singing: instead of leaning on the cutesy register you might expect from anime tie-ins, she goes lower, calmer, almost melancholy, and it lands with this quiet ache that sticks with you. Born in Tokyo and raised in Yamaguchi, she came up through Meiji University, and you can sort of feel that grounded, unhurried discipline in how she works. Acting, singing, voice work, even stepping behind the scenes to produce, she just keeps quietly widening her range without making a big show of it. To me she's the craftsman type, never loud about it, but the kind of artist whose voice you don't forget once it gets under your skin.

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Asami Imai is a Japanese singer, voice actress, actress, and television producer born on May 16, 1977, in Tokyo and raised in Tokuyama, Yamaguchi Prefecture, known for voicing Chihaya Kisaragi in The Idolmaster and Kurisu Makise in Steins;Gate. She attended Meiji University and is affiliated with 5pb. Records, a label known for music tied to visual novel and game media. Active across multiple entertainment fields, she is recognized for her work as both a recording artist and a voice performer. Her official artist page is hosted at 5pb.jp/records/sp/asami/.

Name (English)

Asami Imai

Name (Japanese)

今井麻美

Reading

いまい あさみ

Born

May 16, 1977 (age 49)

Origin

Tokyo, Japan

Height

158 cm

Occupation

Singer / Voice Actress / Actress / Television Producer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Snake

Blood type

O

Agency

EARLY WING

University

Meiji University

Works summary

Appearances

1159

By year (titles with a known year)

1999: 1, 2001: 2, 2002: 5, 2003: 9, 2004: 7, 2005: 12, 2006: 13, 2007: 16, 2008: 27, 2009: 29, 2010: 41, 2011: 40, 2012: 46, 2013: 39, 2014: 41, 2015: 33, 2016: 25, 2017: 23, 2018: 22, 2019: 17, 2020: 6, 2021: 20, 2022: 21, 2023: 5, 2024: 9, 2025: 3, 2026: 1, year unknown: 646

Filmography / notable works

• Official sitehttp://5pb.jp/records/sp/asami/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/asamingosu516/
• Xhttps://x.com/asamingosu
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BB%8A%E4%BA%95%E9%BA%BB%E7%BE%8E
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1042804

Tags

• From Tokyo
• Singer
• Voice Actress
• Actress

Last updated

November 2, 2026

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