Kaede Hondo: Difference between revisions

Hondo was born in [[Aichi Prefecture]].<ref name="animate-1"/><ref name="dd-navi"/> She hadbecame an interestinterested in [[anime]] fromwhile a young age, in particular thewatching ''[[Naruto (TV series)|Naruto]]'' series.<ref name="animate-2"/> She became interested in acting and modelling, after an incident during her fifth year of elementary, and when a woman came closenear to herand saying she has "a face that goes well with makeup".<ref name="dd-navi"/><ref name="animate-2"/> Not knowing immediately what that should mean, sheHondo made some research on her own laterjob, and came to believe she was told she has a face suitable for an actress or a model.<ref name="dd-navi" /><ref name="animate-2"/> She would then start auditioning for various acting and modelling jobs, but she did not initially consider [[voice acting in Japan|voice acting]] as an option.<ref name="animate-2"/> As she had a desire to perform in front of people, upon entering high school, she joined herthe school's theatertheatre club.<ref name="dd-navi"/> While in high school, Hondo acted in school plays and also participated in activities, such as swimming, basketball, [[soft tennis]] and softball.<ref name="animate-1"/> While in her third year of school, one of her instructors was a radio personality, and her experiences with them and the club influenced her to decide to become a voice actoractress.<ref name="animate-2"/> In pursuit of this career, she enrolled at the Japan Narration Actor Institute.<ref name="animate-1"/><ref name="dd-navi"/> After completing her training, she became affiliated with the voice acting agency [[I'm Enterprise]].<ref name="profile"/> She made her voice acting debut in 2015, playing minor roles in series such as ''Aoharu × Machinegun''.<ref name="animate-1"/><ref name="vadb"/> Later that year, she was cast in her first main role as Kokoro Yotsuba, the protagonist of the anime series ''[[Kamisama Minarai: Himitsu no Cocotama]]''.<ref name="animate-1"/><ref name="cocotama"/>

In 2019, atAt the [[13th Seiyu Awards]], Hondo was one of the winners offor the Best New Actresses award. Other The same year, she played thenotable roles of Sempai inincluding ''[[Magical Sempai]]'',<ref name="sempai"/> and Natsuki Saotome in ''[[Val × Love]]''.,<ref name="valxlove"/> In 2020, she played the roles of Maple in ''[[Bofuri]]'',<ref name="bofuri"/> and Elaina in ''[[Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina]]''.,<ref name="elaina"/> In 2021, she played the role of Laika in ''[[I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level]]'',<ref name="slime"/> reprised the role of Sakura Minamoto in the second season of ''Zombie Land Saga'', and also played the roles of Flora Beltrum in ''[[Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles]]'',<ref name="spirit"/> Hana Yurikawa in ''[[Mieruko-chan]]'',<ref name="mieruko"/> Anna Schneider in ''[[Takt Op|Takt Op. Destiny]]'',<ref name="taktop"/> and Sumire Motiki in ''[[Deep Insanity|Deep Insanity: The Lost Child]]''.<ref name="deepinsanity"/>

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