Saori Hayami

Saori Hayami was born on May 29, 1991 in Tokyo. She's a voice actress, radio announcer & part-time singer. At the 10th Seiyu Awards, she won Best Supporting Actress. She became interested in animation & Audrey Hepburn in elementary school. She attended voice acting classes during junior high. She was curious how Hepburn's voice was dubbed after learning that what she hears isn't the actress' original voice. She recalls how she left a flyer for the voice acting school on the kitchen table, only to be told by her mother to pick up the phone & call herself. She entered the business in 2006 through an audition for her eventual management agency. Prominent roles include Shinoa Hiiragi in Seraph of the End (2015) & Shirayuki in Akagami no Shirayuki-hime (2015). Her music has been used in works she where she's a cast member. She has had a radio show called Saori Hayami No Free Style on Nippon Cultural Broadcasting since 2011. She was a member of the Blue Drops duo created for the Heaven's Lost Property anime that began in 2007. She conducted a mini-tour in Japan in support of her 2nd album in 2019.

She's managed by I'm Enterprise & Warner Japan. She has a pet rabbit called Hotate, which is Japanese for scallops. Her hobbies include playing the piano, cooking & listening to music.