Katou Emiri

was born on November 26, 1983 in Fussa, Tokyo. She is the voice actress of Uehara Himari in BanG Dream! She is affiliated with 81 Produce.

Background
In her third year of high school, her good friend and fellow voice actress Kano Yui invited her to a school tour at the Amusement Media School, which the two then decided to attend. Emiri then debuted as a voice actress in 2004. Originally Emiri wanted to work at a game company, but decided to walk the path of a seiyuu instead.

Emiri won the award for the "Best New Actress" at the 2nd Seiyuu Awards in 2008 for her role as Akatsutsumi Momoko in Powerpuff Girls Z. She also won the award for the "Best Supporting Actress" at the 6th Seiyuu Awards in 2012.

She is also known for voicing:
 * Kagami Hiiragi in Lucky Star
 * Mayoi Hachikuji in the Monogatari series
 * Kyubey in Puella Magi Madoka Magica
 * Akatsuki in Log Horizon
 * Hideyoshi and Yuuko Kinoshita in Baka and Test
 * Mey-Rin in Black Butler
 * Kiko Kayanuma in Darker Than Black
 * Ryuuko Mifune in Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko
 * Sakurako Oomuro in YuruYuri
 * Tatsuko Gakumazawa in Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya
 * Riko Saikawa in Kobayashi's Dragon Maid
 * Aura Bella Fiora in Overlord
 * Tsukasa Ebisu in Revue Starlight Re LIVE
 * Sierokarte in Granblue Fantasy

She debuted as a singer in 2008 with her first album "vivd". Emiri also used to be part of the music duo Kato*Fuku together with Fukuhara Kaori. The duo released three albums from 2012 to 2015, before disbanding in 2016.

Personality & Hobbies
Emiri's hobbies include photographing, gaming (especially Granblue Fantasy), and drawing.

Trivia

 * Her nickname is Emirin (えみりん).
 * She used to play drums in a high school band.