Sakura Ayane

was born on January 29, 1994 in Tokyo, Japan. She is the voice actress of Mitake Ran. She is affiliated with I'm Enterprise.

Background
Sakura had a desire in becoming an actress from an early age and enrolled in an acting school during junior high school, where she studied Japanese dancing, sword fighting, voice training and acting. However, she had eventually decided that acting was no longer suitable career for her, and went on to pursue her desire to become a voice actress instead. . She became affiliated with I'm Enterprise on April 1, 2009.

Sakura made her debut in 2010 voicing side characters, and landed her first major role in January 7, 2011, by voicing Merry Nightmare from Dream Eater Merry.

Sakura is also known for voicing: On March 3, 2018, she won the "Best Supporting Actress" award at the 12th Seiyuu Awards for her role of Urakaka.
 * Ochako Uraraka in My Hero Academia
 * Cocoa Hoto in Is the Order a Rabbit?
 * Natsumi Koshigaya in Non Non Biyori
 * Tsubaki Sawabe in Your Lie in April
 * Yotsuba Nakano from Gotoubun no Hanayome
 * Alisa Ayase in Love Live!
 * Mika Shimotsuki in PSYCHO-PASS
 * Yuzuki Kurebayashi in Selector Infected WIXOSS
 * Haru Onodera in Nisekoi
 * Nao Tomori in Charlotte
 * Sendai-class and Nagato-class in Kantai Collection
 * Tomoka Kase in Asagao to Kase-san.
 * Chieru Kazama from Princess Connect! Re:Dive
 * Aina Ardebit in Promare
 * Nearl in ArKnights
 * Sakura Yae in Honkai Impact 3rd

Personality & Hobbies
Her hobbies includes listening to sports radio programs, drawing, reading and singing. During her days off she tends to do nothing but watch TV and record different programs (including the anime she has starred in). Among her special skills are messing with computers and being able to whistle through her teeth. Her favorite food is her mother's cooking, while her least favorite foods are anything that tastes bitter, spicy, or plain.

Sakura is a fan of Nogizaka46 and has collected their photo albums and Blu-rays of their concerts. She also admires fellow voice actresses Hanazawa Kana, Asano Masumi and Sawashiro Miyuki. Her favorite anime are Mobile Suit Gundam 00 and Yondemasu yo, Azazel-san.

According to herself Sakura is a logical and reasonable person, as well as a bit of tomboy.

Trivia

 * Her nickname is Ayaneru (あやねる), which comes from the fact how she loves to sleep a lot.
 * She has certifications for Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access as well as an IT passport.