Uta Kawase

## Kawase Uta

### Comment

Hi, I'm Uta Kawase. I'll do my best to grow day-by-day and become a person who can shine, so I'd be really happy if you could support me!

## Links

### Official Profile

http://www.nanabunnonijyuuni.com/artist/kawase/

### Blog

http://blog.nanabunnonijyuuni.com/s/n227/diary/blog/list?ima=0650&ct=12

### Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/kawase\_uta/?igshid=lojo7hzrvkf7

> “I'm still inexperienced as a voice actor and idol, but I'll do my best to grow every day and work hard to show you many good things, so I'm glad if you'll watch over me!
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**Uta Kawase** was born on February 27, in Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. Her nickname is "Uta-chan". As a digital seiyuu idol in 22/7, Uta portrays Nicole Saito via both voice acting and motion-capture physical acting.

Uta officially joined 22/7 on December 24, 2019. Her role was preceded by Mei Hanakawa.

Uta's image color is sky blue. Her penlight color is blue.

In late June 2023, she went on a brief hiatus due to a stalking incident.

## Biography

Uta was born in the countryside of Hokkaido but raised in Sapporo city. She has an older brother and a younger brother that's three years younger than her.

Uta used to live with her older brother.

Uta was officially introduced on December 24, 2019, during 22/7's third birthday anniversary event.

## Goals

Uta's current goal is for the day when people say, "I'm glad that Uta was chosen to play Nicole."

## Interests

Uta has been playing drums since around 2015. She also learned the piano in elementary school.

She likes Seiyuu radio shows and Anisong. Uta really likes the fellow Seiyuu Idol group =LOVE, and claims to know all the lyrics to their songs. Uta also likes the musical group HoneyWorks.

Uta likes all animals, but especially dogs. She would like to own a hedgehog someday.

Uta owns a Nintendo Switch Lite. She likes and plays Animal Crossing.

Although she claims she isn't that athletic, Uta likes playing any sports with a net like tennis, badminton and ping pong. Despite this, she says she is bad a volleyball.

She loves cherries and hot sandwiches.

## Quirks

She is the type who cares more about what other people think of her.

Uta doesn't like getting up in the morning, and is a deep sleeper. Because of this, Uta is afraid of oversleeping. Uta once slept through an earthquake alarm without noticing.

Uta is good with cold weather.

She has a slight lisp.

Uta's family owns a dog named Bell, who was born on New Years Day, and is a mixed breed between a pomeranian and miniature dachshund. Coincidentally, Sally also owns a dog named Bell.

Uta dislikes heights and haunted houses. Uta is also not good with birds, and especially crows because they always chase her. She has not told Moe this information yet though. Uta also dislikes roaches.

22/7's make-up artist often comments that Uta has long eyelashes.

## Behind the scenes

When Uta was first introducing herself to the other members, Ruri and Mizuha left a big impression on her. Uta thinks that Aina is like the older sister of 22/7, and Kanae is the mother. Uta also thinks that she is the younger sister of all the members due to her having the most inexperience with the group at the time.

When Uta would visit her grandparents in Hokkaido, she would get scallops and uni to eat. Uta skates once a year.

On January 11, 2020, management granted her an individual official Twitter account. On March 8, 2021, management granted her an individual official Instagram account.

Twitter
## Gallery

*For more images of this voice actor please refer here.*

Uta promoting 22/7's fifth single "Muzui" (2020)Uta promoting 22/7's sixth single "Kaze wa Fuiteru ka?" (2020)Uta promoting 22/7's seventh single "Boku ga Motteru Mono Nara" (2021)Uta promoting 22/7's first album "11 To iu na no Eien no Sosou" (2021)Uta promoting 22/7's eighth single "Kakusei" (2021)Uta for Chapter 2 with 22/7 (2022)Uta promoting 22/7's ninth single "Kumorizora no Mukou wa Hareteiru" (2022)Uta promoting 22/7's tenth single "Kamisama Datte Kimerarenai" (2023)Uta promoting 22/7's eleventh single "Boku wa Konya, Deteiku" (2023)
## Trivia

* Uta is currently the only member to join 22/7 not during a 'chapter' and is considered apart of the first generation. She is also the only member to inherit a character previously voiced by another member.
	+ This makes her the only post-debut member to not have a character 'created' for her.
* Coincidentally, Uta's birthday bears the same digits in the same order as the group name (227).
* From this picture shared by Sally, it could be speculated that Uta has been with the group as early as November 2019.
* Besides Nicole, Uta's favorite 22/7 character is Mikami.
	+ Uta claims that she is weak to characters with pink hair.

## References

1. ↑  Just a rough translation, might be a little inaccurate http://blog.nanabunnonijyuuni.com/s/n227/diary/detail/1964?ima=5115&cd=blog
2. ↑ https://twitter.com/227\_staff/status/1538499464398180354
3. ↑ https://nanabunnonijyuuni.com/s/n129/page/c2?ima=4821
4. ↑ *Anime News Network* - Man Arrested for Allegedly Stalking 22/7 Idol Uta Kawase by Rafael Antonio Pineda 2023-07-27 02:47 EDT
5. ↑ Showroom 2020.01.11
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Showroom 2020.04.07 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aevoj6FT63o
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 http://blog.nanabunnonijyuuni.com/s/n227/diary/detail/1964?ima=4057&cd=blog
8. ↑ https://twitter.com/kawase\_uta\_0227/status/1226520058932785153
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 https://twitter.com/kawase\_uta\_0227/status/1222531289598681092
10. ↑ https://twitter.com/kawase\_uta\_0227/status/1242463057831288832
11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 Showroom 2020.03.24
12. ↑ https://twitter.com/kawase\_uta\_0227/status/1222870064027750403
13. ↑ https://twitter.com/sally\_amaki/status/1222929530475515905
14. ↑ Showroom 2020.04.13
15. ↑ https://twitter.com/sally\_amaki/status/1209657131110035456