# Aina Kusuda

Aina Kusuda (楠田 亜衣奈, Kusuda Aina, born February 1, 1989) is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Chiba Prefecture. Kusuda is currently affiliated with Just Pro. Kusuda is best known as Nozomi Toujou in Love Live! School Idol Project series, and has worked with the other Love Live! girls in singing multiple songs that have charted on Oricon. Kusuda's other major roles include Suko in Million Doll and Rose in Rilu Rilu Fairilu. Her nickname is "Kussun".

## Career

Prior to entering the anime industry, Kusuda worked in a maid cafe in Akihabara called Cafe la vie en rose. Kusuda decided to become a voice actress after seeing a stage performance of Junko Takeuchi (the voice of Naruto Uzumaki). Kusuda made her debut as a voice actress as Nozomi Tojo in the media franchise Love Live!, and she separately formed the duo unit, Please&Secret, with co-star Pile, who voiced Maki Nishikino. In 2013, Kusuda joined the idol unit Tabikare Girls, which released its first single that November. Kusuda released a CD on November 6, 2013, together with a new JTB Music Unit called “Tabi College Girls” (タビカレガールズ), together with Yui Watanabe, Rikako Yamaguchi, Rika Nishimori, and Mami Sumi.
She is also as a member of a mini unit in Love Live! project series, Lily White, alongside Riho Iida (voice of Rin Hoshizora) and Suzuko Mimori (voice of Umi Sonoda).

## Filmography
### Television anime

| Title | Year | Role | Notes |
| Inumarudashi | 2011 | Kindergartner | |
| Penguindrum | 2011 | Adults, children | |
| Gon | 2012 | Frog | |
| Arpeggio of Blue Steel | 2013 | Student B | |
| Uta no☆Prince-sama♪ maji LOVE 2000% | 2013 | Children | |
| Karneval | 2013 | Nurse | |
| Love Live! | 2013 | Nozomi Tojo | |
| Leo Friends: The Tale of Sparkly Friends | 2013 | Female employee | |
| Ojarumaru | 2014 | Bicycle | 17th series episode 69 "The Talkative Tools" (おしゃべりな道具たち Oshaberi na Dōgu-tachi) |
| Girl Friend Beta | 2014 | Eri Minaguchi | |
| Hamatora | 2014 | | |
| GATE | 2015 | Delilah | |
| Futsū no Joshikōsei ga Locodol Yattemita | 2014 | Kana Mikoze (Yui Mikoze's younger sister, Does not appear in staff roll) | |
| PriPara | 2014 | Sadako | |
| Super Radical Gag Family | 2014 | Yūta Ōsawagi | |
| Love Live! 2nd Season | 2014 | Nozomi Tojo | |
| Re:␣Hamatora | 2014 | Female High School Student A, Female Announcer, Child A | |
| Nyuru Nyuru!! Kakusen-kun | 2015 | Nyururin | |
| Million Doll | 2015 | Sūko | |
| Rilu Rilu Fairilu | 2016 | Rose | |
| Fairy Tail | 2018 | Zeref Dragneel (young) | |

### Theatrical animation

| Title | Year | Role | Notes | Source |
| Love Live! The School Idol Movie | 2015 | Nozomi Tojo | | |

### OVA

| Title | Year | Role |
| Snow Halation | 2010 | Nozomi Tojo |
| Natsuiro Egao de 1, 2, Jump! | 2011 | Nozomi Tojo |
| Mogyutto "LOVE" de Sekkin Chuu! | 2012 | Nozomi Tojo |
| Wonderful Rush | 2012 | Nozomi Tojo |
| Mighty Lady: The Series | 2012 | Operator |

### Games

| Title | Year | Role |
| Girl Friend Beta | 2012 | Eri Minaguchi |
| The Guided Fate Paradox | 2013 | Sherieru Ayanokoji |
| Love Live! School Idol Festival | 2013 | Nozomi Tojo |

## Discography
### Singles

| Year | Title | Peak Oricon chart position |
| 2018 | Happy Thinking! (ハッピーシンキング！) | 16 |

### Albums

| Year | Title | Peak Oricon chart position |
| 2015 | First Sweet Wave | 5 |
| 2016 | Next Brilliant Wave | 3 |
| 2017 | Karenda no Koibito (カレンダーのコイビト) | 18 |
| 2018 | Ai Nanda! (アイナンダ！) | 35 |
| 2019 | The Life | 15 |

### Please&Secret

With Pile
| Year | Title | Peak Oricon chart position |
| 2013 | O.P.E.N FANTASY | 42 |
| 2014 | Kimi no kokoro ni... (きみのココロに...) | 23 |
| 2014 | Ashita e saku hana (あしたへ咲く花) | 22 |