Emi Nitta

Emi Nitta is a Japanese voice actress and singer, born 10 December 1985 in Nagano and educated at Shinonoi High School there. She entered the industry through an agency audition rather than a family connection or a child-star track, which is worth noting given where she ended up. Her defining role is Honoka Kosaka in Love Live!, with Tokoha Anjo in Cardfight!! Vanguard G as another major credit. Love Live! landed at the exact moment when Japanese voice acting stopped being purely a booth job. Nitta did not only record lines; she sang, performed live, and stood at the centre of a group that filled arenas. That is three professions running at once, and the schedule behind it is brutal in a way audiences rarely see. Honoka is relentlessly, almost exhaustingly optimistic, and my honest reaction is that sustaining that brightness across years of recordings and concerts takes more stamina than playing someone dark. She has kept singing since, which tells me the voice was never the fragile part.

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Name (English)

Emi Nitta

Name (Japanese)

新田恵海

Reading

にった えみ

Born

December 10, 1985 (age 40)

Origin

Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan

Height

153 cm

Occupation

seiyū / singer / television producer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Ox

Blood type

B

Agency

Freelance

High school

Shinonoi High School

Works summary

Appearances

363 (2010–2026)

By year (titles with a known year)

2010: 3, 2011: 5, 2012: 7, 2013: 9, 2014: 14, 2015: 15, 2016: 11, 2017: 13, 2018: 10, 2019: 9, 2020: 13, 2021: 10, 2022: 5, 2023: 8, 2024: 6, 2025: 9, 2026: 1, year unknown: 215

Debut work

ラブライブ!

Filmography / notable works

• Official sitehttp://emitsun.jp/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/tnstagram1210/
• Xhttps://x.com/Nitta_Emi
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emi%20Nitta
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%96%B0%E7%94%B0%E6%81%B5%E6%B5%B7
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4120097

Tags

• Nagano Prefecture
• seiyū
• singer
• television producer

Last updated

September 29, 2026

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Works and profile fields sourced from Wikipedia reflect content as of 2026-08-26. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.