Akane Yonezawa (米澤 茜, Yonezawa Akane) (* December 31, 1998 in Tottori Prefecture) is a Japanese rock/metal musician and seiyu. She was a member of Try Try Niiche and is drummer for Japanese metal band Ave Mujica.
Biography
editBorn on December 31, 1998 in the Tottori Prefecture, Yonezawa started taking drumming lessons while visiting the fourth year of elementary school. After she graduated from University she played drums in several bands as a hobby musician. To start a professional drumming career, Yonezawa moved to Tokyo.[1]
Between March 2019 and November 2020, Yonezawa was an active member in Try Try Niiche, a Japanese pop-/rock band where she played drums under the moniker Abanun.[2] In 2023, she was cast for the character role Nyamu Yūtenji and became the drummer of Ave Mujica, a metal band belonging to the BanG Dream! media franchise.[3][4] Her membership and the identities of the other band members were kept a secret until April 2023[5], while the members of the fictional group were announced on the day the thirteenth episode of BanG Dream! It's MyGO!!!!! aired on television.[6] Yonezawa also voiced Margaret for the JRPG Progress Orders.[7][8]
In November 2024, Yonezawa announced that she ended her contract with Platinum Pixel talent agency and would start working as a freelancer.[9]
Discography
editVoice acting roles
edit- 2023: BanG Dream! It's MyGO!!!!! as Nyamu Yūtenji
- 2025: BanG Dream! Ave Mujica as Nyamu Yūtenji
- 2025: Progress Orders (video game) as Margaret
References
edit- ↑ "Ave Mujica、謎に包まれたヘヴィサウンドの真実 才気あふれる5人が生み出すアンサンブルの実像【インタビュー前編】". Oricon News (in Japanese). September 15, 2023. Retrieved April 25, 2026.
- ↑ "TRY TRY NIICHE、新メンバー あばぬん（Dr）迎え活動再開。新曲「いつかの少年」MV公開。5/11自主企画開催＆会場限定シングル『いつかの少年 / 蕾』リリースも". Skream.jp (in Japanese). March 4, 2019. Retrieved April 25, 2026.
- ↑ "「BanG Dream! It's MyGO!!!!!」これまでの「バンドリ！」とは一線を画す、キラキラじゃない感情がぶつかり合う迷子たちの物語". Music Natalie (in Japanese). September 7, 2023. Retrieved April 25, 2026.
- ↑ Mikikazu Komatsu (October 18, 2025). "BanG Dream! Ave Mujica TV Anime Announces January 2, 2025 Premiere Date". Crunchyroll News. Retrieved April 25, 2026.
- ↑ "Ave Mujica、「自分で限界を決めない」姿勢で導く"まだどこにもない世界"". Oricon News (in Japanese). April 24, 2024. Retrieved April 25, 2026.
- ↑ "「バンドリ！」発の謎に包まれたバンド"Ave Mujica"の0th LIVEレポート。初のリアル公演でついにメンバーの名前が判明！？". 4gamer.net (in Japanese). June 6, 2023. Retrieved April 25, 2026.
- ↑ "Progress orders (2025)". Behind the Voice Actors. Retrieved April 25, 2026.
- ↑ "Characters". Progressorders.bushiroadgames.com. Archived from the original on January 28, 2025. Retrieved April 25, 2026.
- ↑ "米澤茜、事務所退所を報告「人として強くなることができました」". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). November 30, 2024. Retrieved April 25, 2026.
Weblinks
edit- "米澤 茜 Yonezawa Akane". Platinum Pixel (in Japanese). Archived from the original on January 24, 2025. Retrieved April 25, 2026.
- Akane Yonezawa in the encyclopaedia at Anime News Network
- Akane Yonezawa at Behind the Voice Actors