About : Chihaya Minori

Chihaya Minori

Real name : Chihara Minori ( 茅原実里 )

Gender : female

Birthday : 18 November, 1980

Debut : 2003 (active)

Main occupation : singer/actress (active)

Official website : http://chiharaminori.jp/

Official Twitter : minorin_staff

Official Facebook : Chihaya Minori

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Language : Japanese

Bloodtype : B

Marital-status : Single

Debut : April, 2004 (general)

Birthplace : Utsunomiya, Tochigi

Family : father, mother, older sister and younger brother

Height : 157 cm

Eye-color : Brown

Most-loved-things : Family

Hobbies : Watching movies and playing guitar

Favorite-food : Salmon, squash, avocados, shrimp, boiled chocolate, strawberry cake

Favorite-music : Yutaka Ozaki, B'z, Crustacea, Hiroshi Inaba, Miyuki Nakajima

Personality : Shy

Weak-point : Cooking

Carer :

2003 :

- From April to September, served as the assistant to Mariko Kōda's radio program "Kōda Mariko no GM" through an audition. Coupled with her winning first place at the "Seiyū Grand Prix Club," acquired the right to work in the avex artist academy.

- In October, was chosen as one of the top 4 finalists for Pony Canyon, Inc.'s "VOICE ARTIST&SINGER AUDITION「VSオーディション2003」" sponsorship contest, but did not win the grand prize. She expressed regret for not winning, but commented about further disciplining herself to reach her dream.

2004

- From April to September, debuted her seiyū career as Aya Natsume in Tenjho Tenge.

- In December, begins her blog "minorhythm" and at the same time, releases her album HEROINE under King Records.

2005 :

- In April, begins work as a host personality for the internet radio program "Oshiyaberi Yattemasu" along with Masaya Onosaka and Miyu Matsuki as the "Thursday" group.

- In May, begins both radio programs "avex presents Chihara Minori no Makenai Radio" and "avex presents Chihara Minori no Ikenai Radio."

2006 :

- Her blog book "minorhythm" is published in March.

- From April to September, plays the role of Yuki Nagato in The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. This proves to be a breakout role for her, and raises her popularity substantially.

- In July, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya's ending theme single "Hare Hare Yukai" sung with Aya Hirano and Yūko Gotō reaches gold status.

- In November, receives the Radio Kansai Award along with Yūko Gotō (Aya Hirano was not present during the ceremony due to illness) for the Animation Kobe Theme Song Award during the 11th annual Animation Kobe for their single "Hare Hare Yukai."

2007 :

- On January 24, releases the single Junpaku Sanctuary, ending a two-year hiatus from her personal singing career.

- On March 18, performs in the Suzumiya Haruhi no Gekisou concert.

- In May, begins the radio program in conjunction to her blog called "radio minorhythm" on Wednesdays as part of the Lantis web radio lineup.

- On June 6, releases the single Kimi ga Kureta Anohi, placing 20th on the Oricon charts.

- From June 29 to July 2, appears at Anime Expo 2007 along with Aya Hirano and Yūko Gotō at Long Beach, California as a guest of honor.

- On July 7, performs in the "Animelo Summer Live 2007「Generation-A」" concert.

- On August 16, holds a press conference that is broadcast to 115 storefronts across Japan to announce three important news items: the release of her new album Contact on October 24, her tour Live starting its opening on November 18 as part of her birthday concert, and the release of her PV collection DVD slated for December 2007.

- In December, releases the PV DVD Message 01. With it, a follow-up track to the album Contact titled "Contact 13th" is bundled with the DVD as an extra CD.

2008 :

- On March 26, releases the single Melty tale storage.

- On April 1, her official fanclub "m.s.s. (minori smile seasons)" is opened.

- On August 6, releases the single Ameagari no Hana yo Sake, placing 14th on the Oricon charts.

2009 :

-          On March 29, performs in the Lucky Star Concert Called Lucky Star in Budokan -Anata no Tame Dakara- / らき☆すた in 武道館 あなたのためだから.

-          On June 3, releases the single Tomorrow's Chance.

-          On July 12, performs in her first ever South East Asian concert in DaiCon 「DaiCon-大コン」, Multimedia University, Cyberjaya in Malaysia.

-          On December 23, releases the single Precious One.

2010 :

-          On February 17, releases the album Sing All Love.

-          On October 9, performs her first ever American solo concert at New York Anime Festival in New York City. 

Source : jpopasia

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