Who is Watanabe Akeno?


Watanabe Akeno ( 渡辺 明乃 - わたなべ あけの) is a japanese voice actress, born on November 18th, 1982 in Funabashi, in the prefecture of Chiba. She started working as voice actress in the 2001, and she debuted playing a main character of the series "I my me! Strawberry Eggs", Kuzuha Fuko. She works for the Office Osawa Co., Ltd. talent agency.

Her bloodtype is A, and she is known also by her nicknames: Akenon, Jotei (meaning "empress") and Bea-sama. She doesn't use an alias name, so Watanabe Akeno is her complete true name and she use it also for artistic purpose. Her family is composed by her parents and an older sister.

Her hobbies are games, reading and writing screenplays, and she like robot anime very much. Her favourite music genres are hard rock and heavy metal.

A curiosity: she usualyl referes to herself as "boku", a boyish way to say "I" in japanese.


Non-anime roles:

Akari Harada in "Kita e. ~Diamond Dust~" (VG)
Arlene (voiceover for Vanessa Ferlito) in "Grindhouse: Death Proof" (live-action movie) (Japanese)
Dori in "Utawareru Mono Original Drama: Tuskuru no Kougou" (Drama CD) (Japanese)
Dori in "Utawareru Mono Original Drama: Tuskuru no Nairan" (Drama CD) (Japanese)
Dori in "Utawareru Mono Original Drama: Tuskuru no Zaihou" (Drama CD) (Japanese)
Dori in "Utawareru Mono" (VG) (Japanese)
Edge Colthearts in "Summon Night Craft Sword Story 2" (VG) (Japanese)
Gura in "Utawareru Mono Original Drama: Tuskuru no Kougou" (Drama CD) (Japanese)
Gura in "Utawareru Mono Original Drama: Tuskuru no Nairan" (Drama CD) (Japanese)
Gura in "Utawareru Mono Original Drama: Tuskuru no Zaihou" (Drama CD) (Japanese)
Gura in "Utawareru Mono" (VG) (Japanese)
Hajime Yagi in "Narue no Sekai" (Drama CD) (Japanese)
Mao in "Tales of Rebirth" (VG)
Monique in "Kim Possible" (Japanese)
Mysterious Black Mage in "Chokobo no Fushigina Danjon Toki Wasure no Meikyuu" (VG) (Japanese)
Rito Yūki in "To Love-Ru -Trouble-" (Drama CD) (Japanese)

Staff in:

Burst Angel (TV) : Theme Song Performance (Seiyuu Quartet: 2 Insert Songs)
Cosplay Complex (OAV) : Theme Song Performance
Diamond Daydreams (TV) : Theme Song Performance (Five Spirits - OP)
Kaleido Star: Good dayo! Goood!! (OAV) : Theme Song Performance (OP)
Negima! (TV) : Theme Song Performance (OP2, OP8, ED2, ED4)
Negima!? (TV) : Theme Song Performance (OP4/ED8)

Cast in:

009-1 (TV) as Berta "009-4" Kastner
Amaenaideyo!! (TV) as Haruka Amanogawa
Amaenaideyo!! Katsu!! (TV) as Haruka Amanogawa
Aqua Kids (TV) as Ami
Aria the Animation (TV) as Albert Pitt; Maa-shachou
Aria the Natural (TV) as Al; Maa-shachou
Aria the Origination (TV) as Al; President Maa
Aria the OVA ~Arietta~ as Al
Asatte no Houkou (TV) as Tōko Amino
Banjō no Carmel-san (special) as Tiamat
Best Student Council (TV) as Mayumi Minegishi (ep 16)
Blue Drop: Tenshi-tachi no Gikyoku (TV) as Akane Kawashima
Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan (TV) as Zakuro-chan (eps 7-8)
Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan Second (OAV) as Zakuro-chan
Burst Angel (TV) as Jo
Burst Angel: Infinity (OAV) as Jo
Case Closed (TV) as Kusano (ep 249-250)
Claymore (TV) as Veronica
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion (TV) as Viletta Nu; Girl (ep 6); Suzaku (young)
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 (TV) as Villetta Nu; Ms. Lohmeyer; Suzaku (child) (ep 17)
Cosplay Complex (OAV) as Jenny Matel
Crayon Shin-chan: Densetsu wo Yobu Odore! Amigo! (movie) as Jakuriin Finii
D.I.C.E. (TV) as Puffy Angel
Death Note (TV) as Halle Lidner (SPK)
Diamond Daydreams (TV) as Akari Harada (eps 10-12)
Divergence Eve (TV) as Lieutenant Yun
E's Otherwise (TV) as Shin-Lu Belvedere; Sara
Eiken (OAV) as Densuke Mifune
Engage Planet Kiss Dum (TV) as Iera Hamon
Eyeshield 21 (movie) as Girl 1
Futari wa Pretty Cure (TV) as Mayu (Ep. 4)
Getsumen To Heiki Mina (TV) as Harmony Goldberg / Mina Shimotsuki
Gintama (TV) as Mutsu
Godannar (TV) as Konami Sasagure
Gunparade Orchestra (TV) as Kaen Yuuki
Hanaukyo Maid Team: La Verite (TV) as Sanae Yashima
Happy Happy Clover (TV) as Haru
Hayate the Combat Butler (TV) as Itsuki (ep 31)
Heat Guy J (TV) as Janis; Claire Leonelli (young - Ep 5)
Hell Girl (TV) as Koukichi (ep 25)
Hellsing (TV) as Jessica
Hikaru no Go (TV) as Kawahagi 2nd Board; Kumiko Tsuda; Match recorder (ep 70); secretary (ep 66)
Hikaru No Go: New Year Special as Kumiko Tsuda
Hime-sama Goyojin (TV) as Reporter (ep 3)
Idaten Jump (TV) as Sho Yamato
iDOLM@STER: XENOGLOSSIA (TV) as Hakobe
Ikki Tousen (TV) as Ryofu Housen
Ikkitousen: Great Guardians (TV) as Ryofu Housen
Immortal Grand Prix (TV 2) as Liz Ricarro
Itadaki no Hecatetan (special) as Tiamat
Jigoku Shoujo Futakomori (TV) as Kumiko Yukimura (ep 10)
Kagihime Monogatari - Eikyuu Alice Rondo (TV) as Asuka Suwa (Ep. 8-10)
Kaleido Star (TV) as Anna Heart
Kaleido Star: Good dayo! Goood!! (OAV) as Anna Heart
Kaleido Star: Legend of Phoenix ~Layla Hamilton Story~ (OAV) as Anna Heart
Kaleido Star: New Wings Extra Stage (OAV) as Anna Heart
Kamichu! (TV) as Benten-sama (ep 10)
Kaze no Stigma (TV) as Izumi Kurahashi; Kazuma (young, ep 7)
Keroro Gunso (TV) as Taruru
Kishin Taisen Gigantic Formula (TV) as Amal Arubanna
Knight Hunters Eternity (TV) (ep 1)
Kurau: Phantom Memory (TV) as Mika (Ep. 2)
Maburaho (TV) as Sayumi Morisaki; Young Kazuki
Mahō Sensei Negima! ~Shiroki Tsubasa Ala Alba~ (OAV) as Chachamaru Karakuri
Mahoraba ~Heartful days~ (TV) as Sacchan
Mahou Sensei Negima! (special) as Chachamaru Karakuri
Mahou Sensei Negima! OVA Haru as Chachamaru Karakuri
Mahou Sensei Negima! OVA Natsu as Chachamaru Karakuri
MÄR (TV) as Pause
Maria Watches Over Us (TV) as Miyuki Oyamada (ep 4)
Maria-sama ga Miteru ~Haru~ (TV) as Nojima (ep 10)
My-Otome 0~S.ifr~ (OAV) as Iruma Vandebelt
Nabari no Ō (TV) as Saraba; Student (ep 13-14)
Nagasarete Airantou (TV) as Mikoto; Monjirou; Tonkatsu
Naruto (TV) as Tayuya
Negima! (TV) as Chachamaru Karakuri
Negima!? (TV) as Chachamaru Karakuri
Night Head Genesis (TV) as Shouko Futami
Night Wizard The Animation (TV) as Kirihito
Okusama wa Maho Shojo (TV) as Burga
Onmyou Taisenki (TV) as Ikazuchi no Fusanoshin
Paradise Kiss (TV) as Higasa (ep 6)
Paranoia Agent (TV) (eps 1,12)
Pénélope tête en l'air (TV) as Aladdin/Kindergarten worker
Pocket Monsters: Diamond & Pearl (TV) as Yumomi (ep 63)
Pokemon Advance (TV) as Janpu (ep 126)
Princess Princess (TV) as Fuyuki Sakamoto (Ep. 6)
Project Blue Earth SOS (TV) as Billy Kimura
Pumpkin Scissors (TV) as Elis
Real Drive (TV) as Sayaka
Rockman.EXE Stream (TV) as Slur
Shakugan no Shana (TV) as Tiamat ("Mugen no Kantai")
Shakugan no Shana Second (TV) as Tiamat ("Mugen no Kantai")
Shakugan no Shanatan Returns (special) as Tiamat
Shinkyoku Sōkai Polyphonica (TV) as Maura (ep 2)
Shugo Chara! (TV) as Takuya Nakagura / Zero (ep 16)
Sisters of Wellber (TV) as Misty (eps 9,10)
Someday's Dreamers (TV) as Angela Charon Brooks
Soul Eater (TV) as Liz Thompson
Starship Operators (TV) as Arei Hisaka
Stratos 4 (TV) as ST operator C
Stratos 4 Advance (OAV) as Mirei Tachibana
Strawberry Eggs (TV) as Fuko Kuzuha
Super Robot Wars OG Divine Wars (TV) as Ibis Douglas
Tactical Roar (TV) as Float
The Skull Man (TV) as Nurse (ep 5)
The Third: The Girl with the Blue Eye (TV) as Boy (ep 11)
The Wings of Rean (ONA) as Kiki
To Love-Ru (TV) as Rito Yūki
Touka Gettan (TV) as Tsubame
Utawarerumono (TV) as Dori; Gura; Hauenkua
Wan Wan Serebu Soreyuke! Tetsunoshin (TV) as Candy (ep 22)
Witch Hunter Robin (TV) as Robin Sena
Witchblade (TV) as Asagi
World Destruction: Sekai Bokumetsu no Rokunin (TV) as Cain (ep 1)
Yami to Bōshi to Hon no Tabibito (TV) as Kunoichi Suzaku (eps 8-9)
Zegapain (TV) as May-Yen; Tomigai



CREDITS: All the informations have been taken from Anime News Network and japanese Wikipedia.


Why "Soft & Rough"?

I've chosen this title because when she dubs, she's able to give her characters a particular rough and deep voice, but she's also able to use soft tones in the moments in which they speaks with sweetness. *-*