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My Take
I have a soft spot for performers who can do both faces and voices, and Coco Hayashi is exactly that breed. Born in 2002 out in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, she snagged a Seiyu Award for Best New Actress back in 2019, which is no small thing when you're barely out of your teens and surrounded by veterans. What gets me is the dual-track thing: acting where your face carries the scene, and voice work where everything rides on a single line read. Those are genuinely different muscles, and pulling off both means she's got range most people never develop. I won't pretend to know her offscreen, but the trajectory reads like someone quietly building a real toolkit rather than chasing a quick spotlight. Honestly, she feels like one of those young talents you keep an eye on, betting she only gets sharper from here.
Overview
Coco Hayashi is a Japanese actress and voice actress born on May 15, 2002, in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka. She works across both live-action performance and voice acting. In 2019 she received the Voice Actor Award for Best New Actress, marking an early recognition of her talent. Further details about her agency, education, and body of works are not publicly disclosed.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Coco Hayashi
- Name (Japanese)
- 林鼓子
- Reading
- はやし ここ
- Born
- May 15, 2002 (age 24)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Taurus / Horse
- Origin
- Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan
- Occupation
- Actress / Voice Actress
2. Background
Awards & achievements
- 2019 — Voice Actor Award, Best New Actress
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Coco Hayashi born?
Born May 15, 2002 (age 24).
Where is Coco Hayashi from?
Coco Hayashi is from Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan.
What does Coco Hayashi do?
Coco Hayashi works as Actress, Voice Actress.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.