# Inori Minase (水瀬 いのり)
**Inori Minase** (水瀬 いのり, born 1995) is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Tokyo, known for lead anime roles such as Rem in *[Re:Zero](https://www.edgepedia.org/re-zero-tv-series) kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu*, Chino in *Is the Order a Rabbit?*, and Hestia in *Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?*, and for a solo music career on King Records that began in 2015.[1](https://www.inoriminase.com/profile/) • [2](https://www.kingrecords.co.jp/cs/artist/artist.aspx?artist=44810)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 1995; height 154 cm; blood type B[1](https://www.inoriminase.com/profile/) |
| Voice debut | 2010, at age 14, in the TV anime *Seikimatsu Occult Academy*, after winning the first Anisutere Grand Prix audition by Sony Music Artists[6](https://news.livedoor.com/article/detail/16600696/) • [5](https://www.sme.co.jp/pressrelease/news/pdf/20160314.pdf) |
| Singer debut | December 2, 2015, her 20th birthday, with the single "Yume no Tsubomi" on King Records[3](https://king-cr.jp/inoriminase_10th/history/) • [5](https://www.sme.co.jp/pressrelease/news/pdf/20160314.pdf) |
| Major award | 10th Seiyu Awards Lead Actress Award (2016) for *The Anthem of the Heart* and *School-Live!*[7](https://cocotame.jp/series/001383/) |
| Budokan concerts | First two-day Nippon Budokan performance in June 2019, drawing about 18,000 people over the two days[2](https://www.kingrecords.co.jp/cs/artist/artist.aspx?artist=44810) |
| Regular radio | "Inori Minase MELODY FLAG" on Bunka Housou, Sundays at 22:00[1](https://www.inoriminase.com/profile/) |
| Milestones | First open-air live, *Inori Minase OPEN AIR LIVE 2026 Summer Challenger*, and a 2027 live tour announced there; first best album *Travel Record* released September 3, 2025[9](https://news.kingrecords.co.jp/2026/09/58848/) • [2](https://www.kingrecords.co.jp/cs/artist/artist.aspx?artist=44810) |
## Early life and start
Minase learned the voice-acting profession as a child when she attended a theatrical version of an anime she liked and saw that the characters were performed by people working as voice actors.[10](https://talent-dictionary.com/%E6%B0%B4%E7%80%AC%E3%81%84%E3%81%AE%E3%82%8A) As a junior high school student she entered "Anisutere" (アニストテレス), an anime audition run by Sony Music Artists, and won the first edition's Grand Prix.[5](https://www.sme.co.jp/pressrelease/news/pdf/20160314.pdf) • [10](https://talent-dictionary.com/%E6%B0%B4%E7%80%AC%E3%81%84%E3%81%AE%E3%82%8A)
**An unscripted debut.** She made her voice-acting debut in 2010, at age 14, as a guest heroine in the TV anime *Seikimatsu Occult Academy*.[6](https://news.livedoor.com/article/detail/16600696/) • [10](https://talent-dictionary.com/%E6%B0%B4%E7%80%AC%E3%81%84%E3%81%AE%E3%82%8A) She attended no voice-acting training school; her stage experience amounted to a brief stay in her school's drama club, and in interviews she has described doubting whether she could call herself a voice actor.[4](https://natalie.mu/music/pp/minaseinori/page/2) In a later radio appearance she said she had debuted at 15 years old, a small discrepancy with the age 14 figure in her 2019 interviews.[11](https://www.tfm.co.jp/darehana/report/34279) For about three years after her debut work, roles did not come as she hoped; she once considered quitting voice acting, then won the audition for the 2013 anime *Love Lab* and resolved to leave a proper record with that work.[4](https://natalie.mu/music/pp/minaseinori/page/2) • [12](https://wpb.shueisha.co.jp/gravure/news/20170802-89004/)
In 2013 she played Narita Rina, a member of an in-story idol group, in the NHK morning drama *Amachan*, and sang an insert song at that year's Kohaku Uta Gassen.[5](https://www.sme.co.jp/pressrelease/news/pdf/20160314.pdf)
## Voice acting career
Her breakthrough came in 2014 as Chino in *Is the Order a Rabbit?*, after which she took roles in many popular works.[6](https://news.livedoor.com/article/detail/16600696/) In 2015 she voiced Yuki Takeya in *School-Live!* and the film heroine Jun Naruse in *[The Anthem of the Heart](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-anthem-of-the-heart)*.[1](https://www.inoriminase.com/profile/) • [7](https://cocotame.jp/series/001383/) The 10th Seiyu Awards named her lead actress of the year for these two performances: the judges noted her natural, delicate acting as Naruse, a girl who sealed her words, and her persuasive, energetic portrayal of Takeya.[7](https://cocotame.jp/series/001383/) The same year she also won the Newcomer Voice Actor Award of the 25th Japan Movie Critics Awards and the female voice actress award at the Newtype Anime Awards 2016.[1](https://www.inoriminase.com/profile/)
**Range of roles.** Her credits span action fantasy, comedy, and children's television: Rem in *Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu*, Hestia in the *Dungeon* series, Nakano Itsuki in *The Quintessential Quintuplets*, Shoko Makinohara in the *Rascal Does Not Dream* films, Beta in *The Eminence in Shadow*, and regular characters on NHK and [TV Tokyo](https://www.edgepedia.org/tv-tokyo) programs such as *Ohayoidon!* and *Chibi Godzilla's Counterattack*.[1](https://www.inoriminase.com/profile/) She has described her own voice as not especially distinctive, and says this is why she can play many kinds of roles; her stated goal is to change her acting enough that viewers are surprised to find her name in the credits.[8](https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2152654/full/)
## Singing career
Minase made her solo artist debut with the single "Yume no Tsubomi" (夢のつぼみ, "Bud of a Dream") on December 2, 2015, her 20th birthday, on King Records.[3](https://king-cr.jp/inoriminase_10th/history/) • [5](https://www.sme.co.jp/pressrelease/news/pdf/20160314.pdf) Her first album *Innocent flower* followed in April 2017, and she gave her first solo concert, *Inori Minase 1st LIVE Ready Steady Go!*, at Tokyo International Forum Hall A in December 2017.[3](https://king-cr.jp/inoriminase_10th/history/)
In June 2019 the finale of her live tour became her first two-day [Nippon Budokan](https://www.edgepedia.org/nippon-budokan) performance, attended by about 18,000 people over the two days.[2](https://www.kingrecords.co.jp/cs/artist/artist.aspx?artist=44810) Her discography has since grown to 39 releases on the label, including the albums *heart bookmark* (2024) and the double release *Travel Record* and *Turquoise* (September 3, 2025), with *Travel Record* a first best album collecting 23 lead tracks from her singles and albums.[2](https://www.kingrecords.co.jp/cs/artist/artist.aspx?artist=44810) • [13](https://king-cr.jp/inoriminase_10th/)
**A dual career.** Minase treats the voice actress and singer sides of her work as separate existences, drawing a line between character songs, sung as the anime character, and her own songs, which she sings differently.[8](https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2152654/full/) • [14](https://wpb.shueisha.co.jp/gravure/news/20170814-89927/) She has said that by the time she aimed to become a voice actor, the "voice-actor artist" model, one person performing character voices and filling concert halls, was already established, and that keeping both quality bars is the hardest part of the dual career.[8](https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2152654/full/) Her personal slogan is "slowly, at my own pace, but without causing trouble for others."[8](https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2152654/full/)
## Anniversary and recent activity
Her artist career reached ten years in December 2025, marked by a dedicated anniversary site, the best album *Travel Record*, and an anniversary live tour of the same name.[3](https://king-cr.jp/inoriminase_10th/history/) • [2](https://www.kingrecords.co.jp/cs/artist/artist.aspx?artist=44810) In September 2026 she held her first open-air live, *Inori Minase OPEN AIR LIVE 2026 Summer Challenger*, over two days at [Fuji-Q Highland](https://www.edgepedia.org/fuji-q-highland)'s Conifer Forest in [Yamanashi Prefecture](https://www.edgepedia.org/yamanashi-prefecture), where she announced a tenth-anniversary event for her radio program "MELODY FLAG," online streaming of the second day, and a 2027 live tour.[9](https://news.kingrecords.co.jp/2026/09/58848/) Her fan club, "Inorimachi," carries the town motif that also runs through her media presence.[15](https://www.inorimachi.com/news/)
## References
1. [PROFILE | 水瀬いのり OFFICIAL WEB SITE](https://www.inoriminase.com/profile/)
2. [水瀬いのり | キングレコードオフィシャルサイト](https://www.kingrecords.co.jp/cs/artist/artist.aspx?artist=44810)
3. [水瀬いのり アーティスト10周年の軌跡｜10周年記念特設サイト, King Records](https://king-cr.jp/inoriminase_10th/history/)
4. [水瀬いのり「Innocent flower」インタビュー (2/4), 音楽ナタリー](https://natalie.mu/music/pp/minaseinori/page/2)
5. [水瀬いのり プロフィール, ソニー・ミュージックアーティスツ (PDF)](https://www.sme.co.jp/pressrelease/news/pdf/20160314.pdf)
6. [声優はひとりでは成り立たない仕事。水瀬いのりの原動力は「誰かのために」という思い, ライブドアニュース (2019)](https://news.livedoor.com/article/detail/16600696/)
7. [水瀬いのりが「声優アワード」で主演女優賞を受賞！, Cocotame ソニーミュージック (2016)](https://cocotame.jp/series/001383/)
8. [水瀬いのり、変幻自在の芝居で「驚かせたい」 デビュー10周年, オリコンニュース](https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2152654/full/)
9. [水瀬いのり 初の野外ライブにてMELODY FLAG 10周年イベント＆2027年ライブツアー開催を発表, KING RECORDS TODAY (2026)](https://news.kingrecords.co.jp/2026/09/58848/)
10. [水瀬いのりの生い立ちから現在まで, タレント辞書](https://talent-dictionary.com/%E6%B0%B4%E7%80%AC%E3%81%84%E3%81%AE%E3%82%8A)
11. [水瀬いのり「目立たないことを心がけて…」, 山崎怜奈の誰かに話したかったこと。TOKYO FM](https://www.tfm.co.jp/darehana/report/34279)
12. [人気抜群なのに後ろ向きすぎ！？ 声優・水瀬いのりにロングインタビュー, 週プレNEWS (2017)](https://wpb.shueisha.co.jp/gravure/news/20170802-89004/)
13. [水瀬いのり アーティスト10周年記念特設サイト, King Records](https://king-cr.jp/inoriminase_10th/)
14. [水瀬いのりが語る音楽への思い, 週プレNEWS (2017)](https://wpb.shueisha.co.jp/gravure/news/20170814-89927/)
15. [まちの回覧板｜水瀬いのり OFFICIAL FANCLUB「いのりまち」](https://www.inorimachi.com/news/)
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