Sumire Uesaka

**Sumire Uesaka** (上坂 すみれ) was born on December 19, 1991 in Kanagawa, Japan. She is the voice actress of Hot Purple and many more. She is currently affiliated with Voice Kit, while her singing activities are signed under the record label King Amusement Creative.

## Background

Sumire became a regular on the web radio program *Web radio @ Dengeki-Bunko* in September 2009. She entered the Faculty of Foreign Studies at Sophia University in April 2010. She majored in the Russian language and announced that she had graduated on March 27, 2014. Sumire joined Space Craft Entertainment in April 2011. Since October 2011, she has been the radio personality on the web radio program *A&G NEXT GENERATION Lady Go!!*. Sumire starred in a leading role for the anime series *Papa no Iu Koto wo Kikinasai!*.

She is known as a Russophile who has great interest in Russian culture as well as the former Soviet Union. Since hearing the State Anthem of the USSR in her first year of high school, she immersed herself in Russian studies. She finally visited the country in November 2013, giving a concert at the Moscow Japanese pop culture festival J-Fest.

In March 2016, after several cases of online sexual harassment, she announced that her personal Twitter account would no longer be updated but resumed in November 2016. However, due to persistent online sexual harassment, on July 21, 2017, she deactivated her account.

On September 4, 2020, she announced that she has left Space Craft Entertainment, and is now working as a freelancer.

On March 1, 2021, she announced that she would be joining the agency Voice Kit.

Sumire was also a member of the seiyuu unit .lady., where they released two singles and one album from 2014 to 2015, before disbanding on December 12, 2015.

## Personality and Hobbies

Sumire is interested in history, tank and war figurines, particularly Russian/Soviet history, the Showa era, and likes the book Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Adding to her love for Soviet history, she also likes the weapons that were used by Soviet's army. Her favorite Soviet politician is Vjatšeslav Molotov. Before her interest and love for the USSR began she was also interested in the Third Reich. Sumire was also interested in Nietzsche, Freud, and C. G. Jung's works though she found them hard to read.

She also has had a strong interest in games, anime and manga ever since she was a child, and was a huge fan of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure when she was in middle school. Sumire also loves rock and heavy metal. Her favorite bands are Metallica, Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, Dragonforce and Kinniku Shoujo Tai. Sumire also admires Momoi Haruko.

Sumire's other interests consist of photography, lolita fashion and drawing, which she is quite good at. She also works as a lolita model, having modeled for the brand "BABY, THE STARS SHINE BRIGHT", and the magazines "Gothic Lolita & Bible" and "KERA".

Sumire is very good friends with fellow voice actress Misawa Sachika, who has called Sumire "her waifu". She also owns a cat named Mellow and a papillon dog named Ringo.

## Trivia

* Her nickname is Sumipe (すみぺ).
* She loves the taste of vodka.
* Sumire has an official fanclub called Sumiperenpou *(すみぺれんぽう, Sumire Federation)* which was created on December 19, 2020.