Soramimi Project #16: Asano Masumi 浅野真澄

First heard: Yuizaki Hiyono (Spiral ~Suiri no Kizuna~)

First noticed: Yuizaki Hiyono (Spiral ~Suiri no Kizuna~)

Memorable characters: Harada Risa (D.N.Angel), Suzuno Aya (Monochrome Factor), Osana Najimi (Doujin Work), Tsukinomori Sayoko (Boukyaku no Senritsu), Akisato Miyuri (Starship Operators), Yuizaki Hiyono (Spiral ~Suiri no Kizuna)

Image character: N/A

Discernment rate: high

Number of works heard: 18

One of the earlier seiyuus I learned to recognize. I first noticed her when I heard her in Spiral, though I was also getting her mixed up with Horie Yui at that time. I got her voice down by the time I heard Risa from D.N.Angel. Asano Masumi has a very distinct voice with a hint of innocence and sunshine. Even though I haven't heard very much of her, I think I've recognized her 90% of the time. The only role I'm unsure of is the nameless girl B she played in Full Metal Panic Fumoffu. Seriously can't remember if I heard her or not...

Not only is her voice easy to discern, her tone doesn't change very much from character to character. This may be due to the type of characters I've heard her so far, but I won't know until I hear more of her. As a result, I can't pin down an image character for her. When I see her name, the image of Sayoko pops up in my head, but I actually don't have much recollection of the character because my focus was mainly on Kuwashima Houko and a few other people. I could say Harada Risa since six out of the 18 works are D.N.Angel, but when I hear Risa, I don't think of Asano-san. Many of her major roles are memorable, but none really stands out to be her image character.

When I was looking up her roles on ja.wikipedia, I noticed that she's also been writing children stories and provides lyrics for a few people, including Atari Kousuke! Definitely would like to read her books given the chance. Her voice borders on denpa for me, but I'd like to hear more of her for sure, as long as it's not a moe character...