Yūko Kaida

(born January 14, 1980) is a Japanese actress and voice actress currently affiliated with Ken Production. Her most known roles include Shimei Ryomou in Ikki Tousen, Tsukuyo in Gintama, Kyō Takamimori in Potemayo, Amane Ootori in Strawberry Panic!, Minako Tsukiyama in Maria-sama ga Miteru, Maeda Matsu in Sengoku Basara, and Isabella in The Promised Neverland.
She voiced Julia Belmont in the Japanese dub of Castlevania: Nocturne.
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==Career==
Yūko Kaida graduated from Kanagawa Prefectural Kanagawa Sogo High School. When she was a junior in high school, she enrolled in the voice actor vocal department of the Tokyo Media Academy (currently Tokyo Voice Actor International Academy's voice actor training department). At the audition before graduation, she passed Ken Production. In 2000, while she was training with School Duo, she made her debut by dubbing for the foreign drama You're the Scenario Writer!, and at that time, she only had one line of dialogue. She got her first regular role in 2001 as Sophia in Geneshaft.
Around that time, while enrolled in the same production's training school, she joined the Shakespeare Theater company.
In 2002, she passed the audition for the main agency and is now affiliated with Ken Production. She played her first leading role as Mia in the dubbing of the film Pretty Princess. Her first regular role was in anime, but since then she has been mainly active in dubbing.
On March 9, 2019, she won the Foreign Film/Drama Award at the 13th Seiyū Awards.
==Gallery==
Julia Belmont.png|link=Julia Belmont|Kaida voiced Julia Belmont in Castlevania: Nocturne.
==External links==
*Official website
*Anime News Network
*Behind the Voice Actresses
*IMDb
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Category:Japanese Voice Actresses
Category:Voice Actresses (Nocturne)