Mai Nakahara

Mai Nakahara 中原 麻衣
Birth name	Maiko Abe (阿部 麻衣子, Abe Maiko?)
Born	February 23, 1981 (1981-02-23) (age 30)
Origin	Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan
Occupations	voice actor, singer
Years active	2002–present
Labels	Lantis

Mai Nakahara (中原 麻衣, Nakahara Mai^?, born February 23, 1981 in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka) is a voice actress. She is employed by I'm Enterprise. Some of her hobbies include cooking and watching movies, and she is skilled at kendo. She worked with voice actor Ai Shimizu in eight anime where most of the characters they voiced in together had close connections: DearS, Kage Kara Mamoru!, My-HiME, My-Otome, My-Otome Zwei, Please Twins!, Sola, Strawberry Panic! and also in the Lucky Star drama CD.

Notable voice roles

Leading roles in bold.

Anime

2002

• Mirmo! (Kaede Minami)^[1]
• Seven of Seven (Nanasama)^[2]
• Spiral: The Bonds of Reasoning (Sayoko Shiranagatani)

2003

• .hack//Legend of the Twilight Bracelet (Rena Kunisaki)^[3]
• Daphne in the Brilliant Blue (Maia Mizuki)^[4]
• Gankutsuou (Beppo/Peppo)^[5]
• Godannar (Anna Aoi)^[6][7]
• Gunparade Orchestra (Nami Koumi)
• Kaleido Star: New Wings (May Wong)^[8]
• Maburaho (Chihaya Yamase)^[9]
• Mouse (Hazuki Kakio)^[10]
• Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok (Skuld)
• Onegai Twins (Miina Miyafuji)^[11]
• Popotan (Asuka)^[12]
• Wandaba Style (Himawari Natsuwa)^[13]

2004

• DearS (Miu)^[14][15]
• Gravion, Gravion Zwei (Ena)^[16]
• Midori Days (Midori Kasugano)^[17]
• My-HiME (Mai Tokiha)^[18]

2005

• Amaenaideyo (Chitose Nanbu)^[19]
• Boku wa Imōto ni Koi o Suru (Iku)^[20]
• Happy Seven (Kiku "Okiku" Sarasugawa)^[21]
• My-Otome (Mai Tokiha)^[22]

2006

• Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (Rena Ryugū)^[23]
• Kage Kara Mamoru! (Yuna Konnyaku)^[24][25]
• Lovely Idol (Kotoha Kiryū)^[26]
• Magikano (Yoshikawa Maika)^[27]
• Strawberry Panic! (Nagisa Aoi)^[28][29]
• Tactical Roar (Nanaha Misaki)^[30]
• The Wallflower (Noi Kasahara)^[31]
• Utawarerumono (Yuzuha)^[32][33]

2007

• Clannad (Nagisa Furukawa)^[34]
• Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai (Rena Ryugū)^[23]
• Idolmaster Xenoglossia (Ritsuko Akizuki)^[35]
• Kamichama Karin (Karin Hanazono)^[36]
• Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS (Teana Lanster)^[37]
• Myself ; Yourself, (Asami Hoshino)^[38]
• Sola (Aono Morimiya)^[39]

2008

• Blassreiter (Snow)^[40]
• Clannad After Story (Nagisa Furukawa)^[41]
• Kannagi: Crazy Shrine Maidens (Shino Ōkōchi)^[42]
• Kyouran Kazoku Nikki (Chieri Sakurai)
• Persona: Trinity Soul (Kanaru Morimoto)^[43]
• Spice and Wolf (Nora Arendt)^[44]
• Vampire Knight (Maria Kurenai)
• Vampire Knight Guilty (Maria Kurenai)^[45]

2009

• Chrome Shelled Regios (Felli Loss)^[46]
• Denpa teki na Kanojo (Yukihime Kishima)
• Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei (Rena Ryugū)^[47]
• Tears to Tiara (Morgan)^[48]
• Saki (Teru Miyanaga)
• Taishō Baseball Girls (Akiko Ogasawara)^[49]
• Sora Kake Girl (Aleida, Kagura Shishido)

2010

• Angel Beats! (Hatsune Otonashi)
• Durarara!! (Haruna Niekawa)
• Katanagatari (Nanami Yasuri)^[50]
• Fairy Tail (Juvia Lockser)
• Ladies versus Butlers! (Sernia Iori Flameheart)^[51]
• Otome Yōkai Zakuro (Zakuro)
• Seikon no Qwaser (Eva-Q)

2011

• Aria the Scarlet Ammo (Yutori Takamagahara)
• Dantalian no Shoka (Christabel Sistine)
• Horizon on the Middle of Nowhere (Musashi)
• Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi (Saeki)
• Suzy's Zoo Daisuki! Witzy (Witzy)
• Tiger & Bunny (Mary)

Video games

• 11 Eyes CrossOver (Shione Azuma)
• Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (Rena Ryugū)
• Clannad (Nagisa Furukawa)
• Gokuraku Parodius (Hikaru)
• La Pucelle: Tactics (Prier)
• Rune Factory 3 (Kuruna)
• Sonic and the Secret Rings (Shahra the Ring Genie)
• Soul Nomad & the World Eaters (Tricia)
• Symphonic Rain (Arietta Fine, Tortinita Fine)
• Tales of Vesperia (Estellise)
• Tokimeki Memorial 4 Mobile (Kiho Inokura)
• Yggdra Union: We'll Never Fight Alone (Yggdra)
• Blaze Union: Story to Reach the Future (Aegina, Luciana, Yggdra)
• Gloria Union (Yggdra, Henrietta)
• Black Rock Shooter: The Game (Mii)

Drama CDs

• Rakka Ryūsui (Akiho Hayama)
• Drama CD Lucky Star (Tsukasa Hiiragi)
• S.L.H Stray Love Hearts! (Hiyoki Kozue)
• Yggdra Unison Drama CD (Yggdra)

CDs

Singles

• 2004-11-03: "Romance"
• 2005-03-02: "Etude"
• 2006-02-08: "Futaribocchi / Monochrome"
• 2007-05-23: "ANEMONE / Sazanami no Koe" (first ending theme of Kamichama Karin)
• 2009-09-30: "Sweet Madrigal"
• 2010-02-10: "My Starry Boy" (Ladies versus Butlers anime ending theme)

Albums

• 2004-02-04: Homework (mini album)
• 2005-05-11: Mini Theater
• 2006-09-27: Fantasia (mini album)
• 2008-06-25: Metronome Egg
• 2010-09-22: Suisei Script

References

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17. ^ "美鳥の日々 - ぴえろ" (in Japanese). Studio Pierrot. http://pierrot.jp/title/midori/staff.html. Retrieved April 11, 2010. 
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25. ^ "＠＠＠陰からマモル！＠＠＠" (in Japanese). Aniplex. http://www.aniplex.co.jp/kagemamo/staffcast/index.html. Retrieved April 12, 2010. 
26. ^ "らぶドル Lovely Idol" (in Japanese). Avex Entertainment. http://mv.avex.jp/lovedol/staff.html. Retrieved April 12, 2010. 
27. ^ "マジカノ" (in Japanese). Animax. http://www.animax.co.jp/feature/staff.php?code=324452. Retrieved April 12, 2010. 
28. ^ "ストロベリー・パニック：蒼井渚砂" (in Japanese). strawberrypanic.com. Archived from the original on February 10, 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080210033105/www.strawberrypanic.com/character/school01_01.html. Retrieved April 12, 2010. 
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30. ^ "タクティカルロア　公式ホームページ" (in Japanese). tactical-roar.com. http://www.tactical-roar.com/info_staffcast.html. Retrieved April 12, 2010. 
31. ^ "あにてれ：ヤマトナデシコ七変化" (in Japanese). TV Tokyo. http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/contents/yamanade/staff/index.html. Retrieved April 12, 2010. 
32. ^ "VAP うたわれるもの" (in Japanese). VAP. http://www.vap.co.jp/utaware/. Retrieved April 12, 2010. 
33. ^ "ＴＯＫＹＯ　ＭＸ＊うたわれるもの" (in Japanese). Tokyo MX. http://www.mxtv.co.jp/utaware/staff.html. Retrieved April 12, 2010. 
34. ^ "TBSアニメーション 「CLANNAD」公式ホームページ" (in Japanese). TBS. http://www.tbs.co.jp/clannad/clannad1/02staffcast/staffcast.html. Retrieved April 12, 2010. 
35. ^ "アイドルマスター　XENOGLOSSIA" (in Japanese). Sunrise. http://www.sunrise-inc.co.jp/idolmaster/outline/index.html#cast. Retrieved April 12, 2010. 
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50. ^ "刀語 - フジテレビ" (in Japanese). Fuji Television. http://www.fujitv.co.jp/b_hp/katanagatari/#staff. Retrieved June 30, 2010. 
51. ^ "れでぃ×ばと！｜スタッフ＆キャスト" (in Japanese). ladies-vs-butlers.com. http://www.ladies-vs-butlers.com/staffcast.html. Retrieved June 30, 2010. 

External links

• Mai Nakahara at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
• Mai Nakahara at Lantis (Japanese)
• Mai Nakahara discography at MusicBrainz

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