Asami Imai

Asami Imai 今井 麻美
Born	(1977-05-16) May 16, 1977 Tokyo, Japan
Genres	J-pop
Occupation(s)	Singer, voice actress
Years active	1999 – present
Labels	5pb.
Website	5pb.jp/records/sp/asami/

Asami Imai (今井 麻美, Imai Asami, born May 16, 1977 in Tokyo) is a female Japanese singer and Voice actress who works for EARLY WING. She debuted as a Voice actress in 1999 and as singer in 2009 by releasing her first single "Day by Day / Shining Blue Rain" under the 5pb. Records label. She is also well known for giving voices to Chihaya Kisaragi in THE iDOLM@STER, Kurisu Makise in Steins;Gate and Tsubaki Yayoi in BlazBlue: Continuum Shift. She also coupled with Eri Kitamura and formed the group ARTERY VEIN which is also under 5pb. label.

Filmography

Anime

(Note: Bold Names are main characters)

2000

• Ginsokiko Ordian - Nao Kozuki

2001

• Figure 17 - Nanami Nakajima
• Offside - Fio Mastroianni
• Prétear - Eiko

2002

• Samurai Deeper Kyo - Little Kotarou
• Pita Ten - Ken

2008

• Jigoku Shōjo - Momota Masako

2009

• Fight Ippatsu! Jūden-chan!! - Bloody Celica
• Koihime Musō - Kakuka Hōkō
• Needless - Solva

2010

• Kiss×sis - Yūzuki Kiryū
• Shukufuku no Campanella - Chelsea Arcot

2011

• Steins;Gate - Kurisu Makise
• THE iDOLM@STER - Chihaya Kisaragi

2012

• Koi to Senkyo to Chocolate - Michiru Morishita

OVAs

2007

• Strait Jacket - Rachel Hammond

2008

• THE iDOLM@STER: Live For You! Original Anime DVD - Chihaya Kisaragi

2010

• Kuttsukiboshi - Kiiko Kawakami
• Megane na Kanojo - Aya Ichinohe

2011

• Shukufuku no Campanella OVA - Chelsea Arcot

Games

• Atelier Totori: Alchemist of Arland 2 - Cecelia
• Avalon Code - Silphy
• BlazBlue - Tsubaki Yayoi
  • BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger - Tsubaki Yayoi
  • BlazBlue: Continuum Shift - Tsubaki Yayoi
  • BlazBlue: Continuum Shift II - Tsubaki Yayoi
• Corpse Party - Ayumi Shinozaki
  • Corpse Party: Blood Covered - Repeated Fear - Ayumi Shinozaki
  • Corpse Party: Book of Shadows- Ayumi Shinozaki
• Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten - Emizel
• Hakuisei Renai Shokogun - Sayuri Sakai
• Hyperdimension Neptunia - Noire (Black Heart)
  • Hyperdimension Neptunia - Noire (Black Heart)
  • Hyperdimension Neptunia mk2 - Noire (Black Heart)
  • "Hyperdimension Neptunia V: Game Over" - Noire (Black Heart)
• Kurohyō: Ryū ga Gotoku Shinshō - Chiaki Hyuga
• L@ve once - Utsuri Toudou
• Luminous Arc 2 - Fatima
• Luminous Arc 3 - Fatima, Syvil
• Puyo Puyo (series) - Ringo Andou
  • Puyo Puyo 7 - Ringo Andou
  • Puyo Puyo!! 20th Anniversary - Ringo Andou
• Root Double: Before Crime*After Days- Mashiro Toba
• Senran Kagura Shōjotachi no Shinei - Ikaruga
• Shukufuku no Campanella Portable - Chelsea Arcot
• Solfeggio - Mari Amano
  • Solfeggio 〜Overture〜 - Mari Amano
  • Solfeggio 〜Sweet harmony〜 - Mari Amano
  • Solfeggio 〜La finale〜 - Mari Amano
• Steins;Gate - Makise Kurisu
  • Steins;Gate - Makise Kurisu
  • Steins;Gate: Hiyoku Renri no Darling - Makise Kurisu
• THE iDOLM@STER - Chihaya Kisaragi
  • THE iDOLM@STER - Chihaya Kisaragi
  • THE iDOLM@STER: Live for You! - Chihaya Kisaragi
  • THE iDOLM@STER SP series - Chihaya Kisaragi
  • THE iDOLM@STER Dearly Stars - Chihaya Kisaragi
  • THE iDOLM@STER 2 - Chihaya Kisaragi
• Tokyo Babel - Miyako Kurō

Discography

Asami Imai

Singles

• "Day by Day /Shining Blue Rain", released April 22, 2009
  1. "Day by Day" (Kemeko Deluxe!DS 〜 Yome to Meka to Otoko to On'na〜 opening theme)
  2. "Shining Blue Rain" (Anison Plus opening theme)
  3. "Day by Day" (instrumental)
  4. "Shining Blue Rain" (instrumental)

• "Strawberry 〜Amaku Setsunai Namida〜", released October 21, 2009
  1. "Strawberry 〜Amaku Setsunai Namida〜" (Nyan Koi! ending theme)
  2. "Kissing a dream" (PSP Taishō Yakyū Musume 〜Otome Tachi no Seishun Nikki〜 opening theme)
  3. "Strawberry 〜Amaku Setsunai Namida〜" (instrumental)
  4. "Kissing a dream" (instrumental)

• "Horizon", released April 21, 2010
  1. "Horizon" (PC Shirogane no Cal to Sōkū no Joō opening theme)
  2. "regret" (Imai Asami no Singer Song Gamer opening theme)
  3. "Horizon" (instrumental)
  4. "regret" (instrumental)

• "Shangri-La", released July 22, 2010
  1. "Shangri-La" (Corpse Party: Blood Covered - Repeated Fear opening theme)
  2. "Hon no Sukoshi no Shiawase"
  3. "Shangri-La" (instrumental)
  4. "Hon no Sukoshi no Shiawase" (instrumental)

• "Frame Goshi no Koi", released February 23, 2011
  1. "Frame Goshi no Koi" (OVA Megane na Kanojo opening theme)
  2. "Yume no MAHOROBA"
  3. "Frame Goshi no Koi" (instrumental)
  4. "Yume no MAHOROBA" (instrumental)
  5. "Shangri-La live ver." LIVE AT SHIBUYA WWW

• "Enrai", released May 25, 2011
  1. "Enrai" (Ever17 ending theme)
  2. "Omoi no Hane 〜Angelic White〜" (Hakuisei Ren'ai Shōkōgun opening theme)
  3. "Enrai" (instrumental)
  4. "Omoi no Hane 〜Angelic White〜" (instrumental)

• "Hana no Saku Basho", released August 3, 2011
  1. "Hana no Saku Basho" (Corpse Party Book of Shadows opening theme)
  2. "Promised Land" (Dunamis 15 ending theme)
  3. "Shangri-La Ballad ver."
  4. "Hana no Saku Basho" (instrumental)
  5. "Promised Land" (instrumental)
  6. "Shangri-La Ballad ver." (instrumental)

Albums

• "COLOR SANCTUARY", released November 23, 2010
  1. "COLOR SANCTUARY" (Anison Plus opening theme)
  2. "Shining Blue Rain" (Anison Plus opening theme)
  3. "Strawberry 〜Amaku Setsunai Namida〜" (Nyan Koi! ending theme)
  4. "Soukyuu no Tsuki 〜Crystal Moon〜 " (No Fate! Only the Power of Will insert theme)
  5. "Heavenly Sky"
  6. "Aqua no Kiseki -Another Color-" (No Fate! Only the Power of Will ending theme)
  7. "Day by Day -Bossa Nova-"
  8. "Mantenboshi"
  9. "Horizon" (PC Shirogane no Cal to Sōkū no Joō opening theme)
  10. "It's a fine day" (Ever 17: The Out of Infinity opening theme)
  11. "Hon no Sukoshi Shiawase"
  12. "Shangri-La"
  13. "regret -Another Color-"
  14. "The Azure 〜Ao no Kioku〜 " (Ever 17: The Out of Infinity ending theme)

• "Aroma of happiness", released November 30, 2011
  1. "Aroma of happiness"
  2. "Frame Goshi no Koi" (OVA Megane na Kanojo opening theme)
  3. "Kissing a dream" (PSP Taishō Yakyū Musume 〜Otome Tachi no Seishun Nikki〜 opening theme)
  4. "Umi to Sora to Kimi to" (Imai Asami no Singer Song Gamer image song)
  5. "Promised Land" (Dunamis 15 ending theme)
  6. "Faraway 〜Saigo no Yume〜" (Planet Frontier opening theme)
  7. "SA・YO・NA・RA"
  8. "DEPARTURE" (PSP Shirogane no Cal to Sōkū no Joō opening theme)
  9. "Hana no Saku Basho" (Corpse Party Book of Shadows opening theme)
  10. "Yume no MAHOROBA"
  11. "Omoi no Hane 〜Angelic White〜" (Hakuisei Ren'ai Shōkōgun opening theme)
  12. "Enrai" (Ever17 ending theme)
  13. "Setsugen no KARMA 〜Snow Storm〜"

ARTERY VEIN

Singles

• "Confutatis no Inori", released August 25, 2010
  1. "Confutatis no Inori" (Corpse Party: Blood Covered - Repeated Fear ending theme)
  2. "Splendid Flowers" (Hana to Otome ni Shukufuku o opening theme)
  3. "Confutatis no Inori" (instrumental)
  4. "Splendid Flowers" (instrumental)

• "Last Judgement", released April 20, 2011
  1. "Last Judgement" (Phantom Breaker opening theme)
  2. "Mayoi no Mori"
  3. "Last Judgement" (instrumental)
  4. "Mayoi no Mori" (instrumental)

• "Pandora no Yoru", released August 24, 2011
  1. "Pandora no Yoru" (Corpse Party Book of Shadows ending theme)
  2. "Tada Hitotsu no Monogatari"
  3. "Pandora no Yoru" (instrumental)
  4. "Tada Hitotsu no Monogatari" (instrumental)

Albums

• "ARTERY VEIN", released March 7, 2012
  1. "Sanctus no Kanata ni"
  2. "Splendid Flowers" (Hana to Otome ni Shukufuku o opening theme)
  3. "Tada Hitotsu no Monogatari"
  4. "Pandora no Yoru" (Corpse Party Book of Shadows ending theme)
  5. "Last Judgement" (Phantom Breaker opening theme)
  6. "Yami ni Nureta Catastrophe" (Corpse Party: Blood Covered - Repeated Fear insert song)
  7. "Mayoi no Mori"
  8. "Confutatis no Inori" (Corpse Party: Blood Covered - Repeated Fear ending theme)
  9. "Sanctus no Kanata ni (ARTERY solo)"
  10. "Pandora no Yoru (VEIN solo)"
  11. "Confutatis no Inori (ARTERY solo)"
  12. "Sanctus no Kanata ni (VEIN solo)"

External links

• Official Website
• Official Blog
• ARTERY VEIN Official Website
• Asami Imai at Anime News Network's encyclopedia