Ami Koshimizu

(born February 15, 1986 in Kokubunji, Tokyo) is a Japanese actress, voice actress and singer. She is currently affiliated with Office Restart, her own talent agency founded in January 2022, and has voiced many different types of characters, from young girls to adult women, as well as boys and animals.
She also is most known for being voices for Agnès Oblidge in the Bravely series, Hokuto in Genshin Impact, Mai Shiranui in The King of Fighters series since 2010, Tsuruhime in the Sengoku BASARA series, and Miriam in the Japanese version of Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night. Her roles in anime extend as Ryūko Matoi in Kill la Kill series, Mikumo Guynemer in Macross Δ, Kallen Stadtfeld in the Code Geass series, and Yang Xiao Long in the Japanese dub of the RWBY series.
She voiced Sypha Belnades in the Japanese version of Castlevania Judgment.
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==Career==
At the age of 12, Koshimizu joined Theater Company Wakakusa. In the second year of junior high school, she was over 160 cm tall and was troubled by the fact that she could not get roles as a child actor. Influenced by her senior in the troupe, Mayumi Iizuka, she began to aspire to become a voice actress. In 2003, she passed an audition for Ashita no Nadja and made her voice acting debut as the lead Nadja Applefield. She continued her career with roles in School Rumble (as Tenma Tsukamoto), Onegai My Melody (as Miki Sakurazuka), and Eureka Seven (as Anemone).
In 2007, she won the 1st Seiyū Awards for "Best Actress in a supporting role" for her role as Kallen Stadtfeld in Code Geass, and in 2011, she starred in Suite PreCure (Hibiki Hojo/Cure Melody) for the second time since her debut in the 8:30 - 9:00 Sunday slot produced by Asahi Broadcasting Corporation. She also visited Anime Expo as a guest of honor to promote Kill la Kill as Ryūko Matoi.
On September 30, 2011, Koshimizu left Production Baobab, where she had belonged for four years, and joined Axlone on October 1, 2011. On February 28, 2018, she left Axlone and announced that she would be working as a freelancer. On January 7, 2022, she announced that she would be under her own agency, Office Restart.
==Gallery==
Official Judgment Sypha.png|link=Sypha Belnades/Judgment|Koshimizu voiced Sypha Belnades in Castlevania Judgment.
==Trivia==
*Koshimizu voiced Miriam in Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night. The Bloodstained series is a spiritual successor of the Castlevania series.
==External links==
*Official website (Japanese)
*Profile page at Office Restart (Japanese)
*Profile page at Seigura (Japanese)
*Ami Koshimizu at the Bloodstained Wiki
*Koshimizu Ami at the Fandom of Pretty Cure Wiki
*Ami Koshimizu at the Dubbing Wiki
*Ami Koshimizu at the Macross Wiki
*Ami Koshimizu at the The World God Only Knows Wiki
*Ami Koshimizu at the Tomica Wiki
*Anime News Network
*Behind the Voice Actors
*Discogs
*IMDb
*MobyGames
*X (Japanese)
Category:Japanese Voice Actresses
Category:Voice Actresses