# Kotomi Aihara

Kotomi Aihara (藍原 ことみ, Aihara Kotomi, born 2 May 1990) is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Aomori Prefecture, affiliated with Atomic Monkey. She is known for voicing Shiki Ichinose in The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls, Bamboo Memory in Uma Musume Pretty Derby, and Bōrinmaru Gokokuhōtenji in Tasūketsu: Fate of the Majority.

## Biography

Kotomi Aihara, a native of Aomori Prefecture, was born on 2 May 1990. As a preteen, she watched Cardcaptor Sakura and Hunter x Hunter and wanted to be a "2D boy", so she gradually became interested in voice acting. This tendency had already existed in the previous few years, with her parents buying her a lot of goods associated with Sailor Uranus, a character she liked because of her voice (which was provided by Megumi Ogata). She was educated at the Atomic Monkey Voice Acting and Acting Institute, where she was taught by instructor Miki Nagasawa, and she also took part in the finals of the Seiyu Awards New Voice Actor Discovery Auditions and in the Koebu [ja] audition, winning the special prize at the latter.
Aihara voices Shiki Ichinose in The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls, a sub-franchise in The Idolmaster franchise. Since then, she has performed as a singer on several Idolmaster music releases, including "The Idolmaster Cinderella Master 038: Ichinose Shiki" (2015), which charted at #11 in the Oricon Singles Chart and the 2016 album The Idolmaster Cinderella Master Cute Jewelries! 003 (the series' first album to top the Oricon Albums Chart). She reprised her role in the anime adaptation The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls Theater.
She voices Bamboo Memory in Uma Musume Pretty Derby. In May 2024, it was announced that she would voice Bōrinmaru Gokokuhōtenji in Tasūketsu: Fate of the Majority.
She cites Shiho Niiyama as an influence.
She likes anison and is often interested in music by Megumi Hayashibara and Nana Mizuki, whose song "Scarlet Knight" she performed in her Seiyu Awards self-introduction. She likes horror and mystery games, having played Mystereet  [ja] repeatedly, and she also plays the puzzle games Disney Tsum Tsum and Tetris. She is a fan of 1990s anime, with her favorites being Cardcaptor Sakura and Sailor Moon Sailor Stars.

## Filmography
### Animated television

| Year | Work | Role |
| 2016 | Beyblade Burst | Haruto Aota |
| 2017 | Duel Masters | Planetta, Nagnagutulis, others |
| 2017 | The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls Theater | Shiki Ichinose |
| 2018 | Cardfight!! Vanguard | Maron |
| 2018 | Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These | Kircheis (childhood) |
| 2019 | Fairy Gone | Child |
| 2019 | Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? | Boy |
| 2020 | A Certain Scientific Railgun | Boy |
| 2020 | A3! | Audience |
| 2020 | Ahiru no Sora | Momoharu Hanazono (childhood) |
| 2020 | Mewkledreamy | Kanta Anzai |
| 2020 | The Day I Became a God | Toshinori's child |
| 2021 | 2.43: Seiin High School Boys Volleyball Team | Kimichika Haijima (childhood) |
| 2021 | Amaim Warrior at the Borderline | Takuma Fudo |
| 2021 | Takt Op. Destiny | Takuto Asahina (childhood) |
| 2022 | Requiem of the Rose King | Young Gatesby |
| 2022 | Smile of the Arsnotoria | Vellum |
| 2023 | Ayakashi Triangle | Riita Kanade |
| 2024 | Solo Leveling | Lina |
| 2024 | Tasūketsu: Fate of the Majority | Bōrinmaru Gokokuhōtenji |

### Original net animation

| Year | Work | Role |
| 2019 | Gundam Build Divers Re:Rise | Stola |
| 2019 | The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls 8th Anniversary Special Project: Spin-off! | Shiki Ichinose |
| 2019 | The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. | Female student |

### Video games

| Year | Work | Role |
| 2015 | The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls | Shiki Ichinose |
| 2017 | Onigiri | Amanojaku |
| 2017 | Quiz RPG: The World of Mystic Wiz | Lila G |
| 2019 | Girls' Frontline | USAS-12, wz.29 |
| 2019 | Monster Strike | Mei, Sango |
| 2020 | Sakura Kakumei | Rin Shiranui |
| 2021 | Kirara Fantasia | Yuki Takahashi |
| 2021 | Smile of the Arsnotoria | Vellum |
| ? | Uma Musume Pretty Derby | Bamboo Memory |

## Discography

| Title | Year | Single details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Sales |
| Title | Year | Single details | JPN | JPN Hot | Sales |
| "The Idolmaster Cinderella Master 038: Ichinose Shiki" | 2015 | Released: 18 November 2015 Label: Nippon Columbia | 11 | — | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. ||||||