Ai Maeda (voice actress)

Ai Maeda
Ai Maeda
	前田愛
Born	April 19, 1975; Kobe, Japan[1]
Other names	AiM
Occupation	Voice actress, singer
Years active	1996–present
Agent	Aoni Production
Notable credit(s)	Digimon Adventure as Mimi Tachikawa; Sailor Moon Crystal as Setsuna Meioh/Sailor Pluto; Yes! PreCure 5 as Karen Minazuki/Cure Aqua
Spouse(s)	Ryōtarō Okiayu (m. 2013)[2]

Ai Maeda (前田愛, Maeda Ai) is a Japanese voice actress born in Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan, employed by the talent management firm Aoni Production.[1] She is also a singer under the name AiM and a songwriter under the name ai. She is best known in the English-speaking world for her work as both a voice actress and a singer in the original Japanese version of the Digimon anime series.

Discography

Singles

Release Date	Title	c/w	Notes	Catalogue No.:	Peak Chart Position
April 23, 1999	I Wish	Itsudemo Aeru Kara	Digimon Adventure - First Ending	NEDA-10002	---
June 25, 1999	Ashita e no Jumon	Aozora no Yuku Kumo no you ni THE ETERNAL MIRACLE: Eien naru Kiseki	Muhou - Ending Theme and Spectral Wars Aishiki Jaaku - Theme	NEDA-10003	---
August 6, 1999	BREAK OUT!	---	---	NEDA-10007	---
October 8, 1999	Keep On	On the Hill: Kaze wo Kanjite	Digimon Adventure - Second Ending	---	---
October 8, 1999	LIKE A CANDLE	Fallin' Angel	Junjou de Karen Meimai Kishidan Spectral Wars Seishojo Gaiden - Theme	NEDA-10010	---
April 26, 2000	Sakuhin No. 2 "Haru" Ichocho: Bokura no WarGame	Akiramenaide (lit. Don't Give Up)	Digimon Adventure: Bokura no WarGame - Ending	NEDA-10020	85
April 26, 2000	Ashita wa Atashi no Kaze ga Fuku	Now is the Time!	Digimon Adventure 02 - First Ending	NEDA-10022	50
July 5, 2000	Stand by Me: Hito Natsu no Bouken	Fired Out / Sun Goes Down	Digimon Adventure 02: Hurrican Jouriku!! Chouzetsu Shinka!! Ougon no Digimental - Ending	NEDA-10024	90
October 25, 2000	Itsumo Itsudemo	Eien no Kagayaki	Digimon Adventure 02 - Second Ending	NECM-12001	93
February 21, 2001	Friend: Itsumademo Wasurenai	Party	Digimon Adventure 02: Diablomon no Gyakushu - Ending	NECM-12003	94
April 25, 2001	My Tomorrow	Himawari (lit. Sunflower)	Digimon Tamers - First Ending	NEDA-10028	70
May 23, 2001	Go!Go!Ready?Go?!	Go!Go!Ready?Go?! (ParaPara Version) Go!Go!Ready?Go?! (Trance Version)	Ask Dr. Rin! - Opening Theme	NECM-12008	---
May 23, 2001	Dareyori	Kitto	Ask Dr. Rin! - First Ending	NECM-12009	---
July 4, 2001	Moving On!	Fragile Heart	Digimon Tamers: Boukensha Tachi no Tatakai - Ending	NECM-12010	95
October 10, 2001	Days: Aijou to Nichijou	Let's Get Dream!	Digimon Tamers - Second Ending	NECM-12015	68
November 29, 2001	Kimi no Mirai	Never Be The Same	Ask Dr. Rin! - Second Ending	NECM-12020	---
March 6, 2002	Yuhi no Yakusoku	My Place	Digimon Tamers: Bousou Digimon Tokkyu	NEDA-10024	---
November 22, 2002	an Endless Tale	Harukana Okurimono	Digimon Frontier - Second Ending Duet with Kōji Wada	NECM-12038	---
March 5, 2003	my Light	Friend: Itsumademo Wasurenai	Theme of AiM no Igai to Iyashimasu!	NECM-10001	169
December 3, 2003	Resolution	Forever	F-Zero Falcon Densetsu - Insert & Ending Theme	NECM-12064	---
November 25, 2015	I Wish: Tri. Version	---	Digimon Adventure tri. - First Ending	NECM-10233	71
February 22, 2017	Keep On: Tri. Version	Kimi no Hikari	Digimon Adventure tri. - Fourth Ending	NECM-13027	61
September 27, 2017	Ai kotoba	P T G	Digimon Adventure tri. - Fifth Ending Duet with Ayumi Miyazaki	NECM-90015	16
November 15, 2018	Lifelight		Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - Opening Theme	NECM-21004	12

Best Album

Release Date	Title	Catalogue No.:	Peak Chart Position
April 23, 2014	Ichigo	Limited Ed.: NEZA-90010 Regular Ed. NECA-30307	284
April 23, 2014	15	Limited Ed.: NEZA-90012 Regular Ed. NECA-30308	254

Filmography

Anime

Year	Title	Role	Source[3]
1996	Ge Ge Ge no Kitarou (4th Series)	Child / Student B / Boy B	[4]
1997	Detatoko Princess	Wife	[4]
1998	Sentimental Graffiti	Emiru Nagakura
1999	Digimon Adventure	Mimi Tachikawa
2000	Digimon Adventure 02	Mimi Tachikawa
2000	Baby Felix	Marin
2000	Mushrambo	Sanju
2001	Angelic Layer: Battle Doll	Torimaki B
2001	Super Gals! Kotobukiran	Yukie Mochida
2001	Najica Blitz Tactics (episode 4)	Haruka
2003	F-Zero Falcon Densetsu	Kate Allen
2003	Zatch Bell!	Megumi Oumi
2004	Samurai Champloo	Koza
2004	Beet the Vandel Buster	Poala
2005	Xenosaga The Animation	Shion Uzuki
2005	Beet the Vandel Buster Exerion	Poala
2006	Gaiking: Legend of Daiku-Maryu	Abeya Kyoko
2006	Kamisama Kazoku	Kumiko Komori
2006	La Corda d'Oro: Primo Passo	Mai Tsugawa
2007	Strait Jacket	Nerin Simmons	[5]
2007	Yes! PreCure 5	Karenina Minazuki/Cure Aqua
2007	Ge Ge Ge no Kitarou (5th Series)	Chigusa Kataoka
2007	Hatara Kizzu Maihamu Gumi	Mizuki Kotobuki
2007	Artificial insect KABUTO BORG Victory by Victory	Amelia
2008	Yes! PreCure 5 GoGo!	Karen Minazuki/Cure Aqua
2008	Ge Ge Ge no Kitarou (5th Series)	Midori
2009	Kaidan Restaurant	Kazuyo Ohzora / Ako's Mother
2009	Sasameki Koto	Noe Hayasumi
2009	One Piece	Elizabeth (Fantasy)
2010	Kaidan Restaurant	Sylvia's Mother
2010	Nurarihyon no Mago	Yura Keikain
2014	M3 the dark metal	Kasane Agura
2015	Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal	Sailor Pluto	ONA, Season 2
2016	Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal Season III	Setsuna Meioh/Sailor Pluto	TV Anime, Season 3
2016	Tiger Mask W	Queen Elizabeth
2017	One Piece	Charlotte Galette

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Digimon Adventure: Our War Game	Mimi Tachikawa
2000	Digimon Adventure 02: Digimon Hurricane Landing!! / Transcendent Evolution!! The Golden Digimentals	Mimi Tachikawa
2001	Digimon Adventure 02: Revenge of Diaboromon	Mimi Tachikawa
2003	Kill Bill: Volume 1	O-Ren Ishii	animated sequences
2005	Zatch Bell: Attack of Mechavulcan	Megumi Ooumi
2007	Yes! PreCure 5 The Movie: Great Miraculous Adventure in the Mirror Kingdom!	Karen Minazuki/Cure Aqua
2008	Yes! PreCure 5 GoGo! The Movie: Happy Birthday in the Sweet Kingdom!	Karen Minazuki/Cure Aqua
2009	PreCure All Stars DX: Everyone’s Friends! The Collection of Miracles!	Karen Minazuki/Cure Aqua
2010	PreCure All Stars DX2: Light of Hope! Protect the Rainbow Jewel!	Karen Minazuki/Cure Aqua
2011	PreCure All Stars DX3: Deliver the Future! The Rainbow-Colored Flower That Connects the World!	Karen Minazuki/Cure Aqua
2014	PreCure All Stars New Stage 3: Eternal Friends	Karen Minazuki/Cure Aqua
2015	Persona 3 The Movie: No. 3, Falling Down	Chihiro Fushimi
2016	Persona 3 The Movie: No. 4, Winter of Rebirth	Chihiro Fushimi
2018	Hugtto! PreCure Futari wa Pretty Cure: All Stars Memories	Karen Minazuki/Cure Aqua
2021	Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal: The Movie	Setsuna Meioh/Sailor Pluto	2-Part Film, Season 4 of Sailor Moon Crystal[6]
2021	Healin' Good PreCure the Movie: Transform and Enthusiastically! GoGo! Into the City of Dreams!!	Karen Minazuki/Cure Aqua	[7]

OVA

Spectral Force 2 ~Eien naru Kiseki~ Range (2001)
Halo Legends (Odd One Out) Cortana (2010)

Video Games

Dark Escape 3D, Female Protagonist
Kemono Friends, Tamama (Girl Type)[8][9]
Real Sound: Kaze no Regret, Girls (1997)
Xenosaga Episode I, Shion Uzuki (2002)
Zatch Bell video games, Megumi Oumi (2003)
Xenosaga Episode II, Shion Uzuki (2004)
Samurai Warriors series, Oichi and Samurai Woman (2004)
Namco × Capcom, Shion Uzuki (2005)
Azumi2 Death Or Love (2005)
Xenosaga Episode III, Shion Uzuki (2006)
Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side 2nd Kiss, Haruhi Nishimoto (2006)
Warriors Orochi series, Oichi (2007)
Yggdra Union: We'll Never Fight Alone (PSP version), Nietzsche and Eudy (2008)
Rune Factory 2, Yue/Aria (2008)
Persona 4, Chihiro Fushimi (2011)
Digimon Adventure PSP, Mimi Tachikawa (2013)
Deception IV: Another Princess, Valgyrie (2014)
Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth, Sayo (2015)

References

Doi, Hitoshi. "Maeda Ai". Seiyuu Database. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
"Voice Actor Ryotaro Okiayu, Actress Ai Maeda Get Married". AnimeNewsNetwork. January 28, 2013. Retrieved October 30, 2015.
青二プロダクション置鮎龍太郎 [Aoni Production – Ryotaro Okiayu]. Aoni Production (in Japanese). Japan. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
Doi, Hitoshi. "Maeda Ai roles (anime)". Seiyuu Database. Retrieved March 4, 2016.
Strait Jacket (DVD). Manga Video. October 7, 2008. OCLC 244206876.
劇場版「美少女戦士セーラームーンEternal」《前編》予告映像60秒／/Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal The Movie Trailer (in Japanese). 2020-10-15. Retrieved 2020-10-15 – via Youtube.
Sherman, Jennifer (2020-10-30). "Healin' Good Precure Anime Film Reveals Title, March 20 Premiere". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2020-10-30.
4Gamer.net . Retrieved 2015-03-29.
PR Times . Retrieved 2015-03-29.

Nakagami, Yoshikatsu et al. "Voice Actress Spotlight". (June 2007) Newtype USA. pp. 112–113.

External links

Ai Maeda at IMDb
Ai Maeda at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
Ai Maeda at Aoni Production.

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[Doi_Hitoshi-1] Doi, Hitoshi. "Maeda Ai". Seiyuu Database. Retrieved December 15, 2015.

[married-2] "Voice Actor Ryotaro Okiayu, Actress Ai Maeda Get Married". AnimeNewsNetwork. January 28, 2013. Retrieved October 30, 2015.

[resume-3] 青二プロダクション置鮎龍太郎 [Aoni Production – Ryotaro Okiayu]. Aoni Production (in Japanese). Japan. Retrieved October 28, 2015.

[Doi_roles-anime-4] Doi, Hitoshi. "Maeda Ai roles (anime)". Seiyuu Database. Retrieved March 4, 2016.

[5] Strait Jacket (DVD). Manga Video. October 7, 2008. OCLC 244206876.

[6] 劇場版「美少女戦士セーラームーンEternal」《前編》予告映像60秒／/Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal The Movie Trailer (in Japanese). 2020-10-15. Retrieved 2020-10-15 – via Youtube.

[7] Sherman, Jennifer (2020-10-30). "Healin' Good Precure Anime Film Reveals Title, March 20 Premiere". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2020-10-30.

[Tamama1-8] 4Gamer.net . Retrieved 2015-03-29.

[Tamama2-9] PR Times . Retrieved 2015-03-29.