{{Short description|Japanese voice actress and singer}} {{Infobox person | name = Aina Kusuda | image = <!-- filename only, no "File:" or "Image:" prefix, and no enclosing brackets --> | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = | native_name = 楠田 亜衣奈 | native_name_lang = ja | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1989|02|01}}<ref name="Profile">{{cite web |title=楠田 亜衣奈｜日本タレント名鑑 |url=https://www.vip-times.co.jp/?talent_id=W17-0811 |website=Nihon Tarento Meikan |accessdate=20 January 2019 |language=ja}}</ref> | birth_place = Chiba Prefecture, Japan<ref name="Profile" /> | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (DEATH date then BIRTH date) --> | death_place = | other_names = Kussun<ref>{{cite news |title=新しいカレンダーの表紙を大好きな"くすサポ"と描いた1日 - 楠田亜衣奈「さんくっすんBIRTHDAY～レベル28」レポート (1) 前半は自身考案の、物語仕立てのステージに |url=https://news.mynavi.jp/article/20170216-kusudaaina/ |accessdate=20 January 2019 |work=マイナビニュース |date=16 February 2017 |language=ja}}</ref> | occupation = {{Flatlist| *Voice actress *singer }} | years_active = 2010&ndash;present | agent = Just Pro | height = 150 cm<ref name="Profile" /> | website = {{URL|https://aina-kusuda.net/}} }} {{nihongo|'''Aina Kusuda'''|楠田 亜衣奈|Kusuda Aina|born February 1, 1989}} is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Chiba Prefecture. Kusuda is currently affiliated with Just Pro. Kusuda is best known as Nozomi Toujou in ''Love Live! School Idol Project'' series, and has worked with the other ''Love Live!'' girls in singing multiple songs that have charted on Oricon. Kusuda's other major roles include Suko in ''Million Doll'' and Rose in ''Rilu Rilu Fairilu''. Her nickname is "Kussun".

==Career== Prior to entering the anime industry, Kusuda worked in a maid cafe in Akihabara called Cafe la vie en rose. Kusuda decided to become a voice actress after seeing a stage performance of Junko Takeuchi (the voice of Naruto Uzumaki). Kusuda made her debut as a voice actress as Nozomi Tojo in the media franchise ''Love Live!'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lovelive-anime.jp/otonokizaka/member/member07.html|title=ラブライブ! Official Web Site {{!}} メンバー紹介|trans-title=Love Live! Official Web Site {{!}} Member Introduction|publisher=Sunrise|accessdate=October 21, 2018|language=ja}}</ref> and she separately formed the duo unit, Please&Secret, with co-star Pile, who voiced Maki Nishikino. In 2013, Kusuda joined the idol unit Tabikare Girls, which released its first single that November. Kusuda released a CD on November 6, 2013, together with a new JTB Music Unit called “Tabi College Girls” (タビカレガールズ), together with Yui Watanabe, Rikako Yamaguchi, Rika Nishimori, and Mami Sumi.

She is also as a member of a mini unit in ''Love Live!'' project series, Lily White, alongside Riho Iida (voice of Rin Hoshizora) and Suzuko Mimori (voice of Umi Sonoda).<ref name=SIP>{{cite web|title=VIDEO: Latest "Love Live - School Idol Paradise" Game Preview|url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2014/08/11-1/video-latest-love-live-school-idol-paradise-game-preview|publisher=Crunchyroll|accessdate=21 September 2014|date=11 August 2014}}</ref>

==Filmography== ===Television anime=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |- ! Title ! Year ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes ! class="unsortable" | Source |- | ''Inumarudashi'' | align="center" | 2011 | Kindergartner | | |- | ''Penguindrum'' | align="center" | 2011 | Adults, children | | |- | ''Gon'' | align="center" | 2012 | Frog | | |- | ''Arpeggio of Blue Steel'' | align="center" | 2013 | Student B | | |- | ''Uta no☆Prince-sama♪ maji LOVE 2000%'' | align="center" | 2013 | Children | | |- | ''Karneval'' | align="center" | 2013 | Nurse | | |- | ''Love Live!'' | align="center" | 2013 | Nozomi Tojo | | <ref name="Love Live Cast">{{cite web|title=ラブライブ! Official Web Site|url=http://lovelive-anime.jp/caststaff.html|website=キャスト&スタッフ|publisher=Sunrise|accessdate=24 August 2014|language=ja|archive-date=10 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140310212801/http://lovelive-anime.jp/caststaff.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | ''Leo Friends: The Tale of Sparkly Friends'' | align="center" | 2013 | Female employee | | |- | ''Ojarumaru'' | align="center" | 2014 | Bicycle | 17th series episode 69 "The Talkative Tools" (おしゃべりな道具たち ''Oshaberi na Dōgu-tachi'') | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/kusudaaina/status/530303799911395329|title=今日放送された、おじゃる丸 『おしゃべりな道具たち』に出演させていただきました！！ 小さい頃から見てた作品に出演できるなんて夢のようでとても嬉しかったです！！|author=Kusuda, Aina|language=Japanese|publisher=Twitter|date=November 6, 2014|accessdate=January 19, 2020}}</ref> |- | ''Girl Friend Beta'' | align="center" | 2014 | Eri Minaguchi | | |- | ''Hamatora'' | align="center" | 2014 | | | |- | ''GATE'' | align="center" | 2015 | Delilah | | |- | ''Futsū no Joshikōsei ga Locodol Yattemita'' | align="center" | 2014 | Kana Mikoze (Yui Mikoze's younger sister, Does not appear in staff roll) | | |- | ''PriPara'' | align="center" | 2014 |Sadako | | |- | ''Super Radical Gag Family'' | align="center" | 2014 | Yūta Ōsawagi | | |- | ''Love Live! 2nd Season'' | align="center" | 2014 | Nozomi Tojo | | <ref name="Love Live Cast" /> |- | ''Re:␣Hamatora'' | align="center" | 2014 | Female High School Student A, Female Announcer, Child A | | {{Citation needed|date=August 2017}} |- | ''Nyuru Nyuru!! Kakusen-kun'' | align="center" | 2015 | Nyururin | | |- | ''Million Doll'' | align="center" | 2015 | Sūko | | <ref>{{cite web|last1=Komatsu|first1=Mikikazu|title=Aina Kusuda (Love Live!), Miku Ito (Locodol) to Lead "Million Doll" TV Anime|url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2015/03/10/aina-kusuda-love-live-miku-ito-locodol-to-lead-million-doll-tv-anime|publisher=Crunchyroll|accessdate=11 March 2015|date=10 March 2015}}</ref> |- | ''Rilu Rilu Fairilu'' | align="center" | 2016 | Rose | | <ref>{{cite web|last1=Komatsu|first1=Mikikazu|title="Rilu Rilu Fairilu" Casts Yumiri Hanamori, Aya Uchida, Rina Hidaka, Aina Kusuda|url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/01/26-1/rilu-rilu-fairilu-casts-yumiri-hanamori-aya-uchida-rina-hidaka-aina-kusuda|publisher=Crunchyroll|accessdate=28 May 2016|date=26 January 2016}}</ref> |- | ''Fairy Tail'' | align="center" | 2018 | Zeref Dragneel (young) | | <ref>{{cite web |last1=Kusuda |first1=Aina |title=今日放送の 「FAIRY TAIL」に少年時代のゼレフ役で出演させていただきました。 |url=https://twitter.com/kusudaaina/status/1064006142081126400 |publisher=Twitter |accessdate=February 1, 2020 |language=Japanese}}</ref> |}

===Theatrical animation === {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |- ! Title ! Year ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes ! class="unsortable" | Source |- | ''Love Live! The School Idol Movie'' | align="center" | 2015 | Nozomi Tojo | | <ref>{{Cite web|title = ラブライブ！Official Web Site {{!}} 『ラブライブ！The School Idol Movie』キャスト&スタッフ|url = http://www.lovelive-anime.jp/otonokizaka/sp_movie_caststaff.html|website = www.lovelive-anime.jp|accessdate = 2015-12-20}}</ref> |}

===OVA===

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |- ! Title ! Year ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes ! class="unsortable" | Source |- | ''Snow Halation'' | align="center" | 2010 | Nozomi Tojo | | |- | ''Natsuiro Egao de 1, 2, Jump!'' | align="center" | 2011 | Nozomi Tojo | | |- | ''Mogyutto "LOVE" de Sekkin Chuu!'' | align="center" | 2012 | Nozomi Tojo | | |- | ''Wonderful Rush'' | align="center" | 2012 | Nozomi Tojo | | |- | ''Mighty Lady: The Series'' | align="center" | 2012 | Operator | | <ref name="Mighty Lady">{{cite web|script-title=ja:スタッフ|url=http://www.mightylady.net/mightylady_staff.html|publisher=マイティレディオフィシャルサイト|accessdate=26 August 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127031243/http://www.mightylady.net/mightylady_staff.html|archivedate=27 January 2013|language=ja}}</ref> |}

===Games=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |- ! Title ! Year ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes ! class="unsortable" | Source |- | ''Girl Friend Beta'' | align="center" | 2012 | Eri Minaguchi | | |- | ''The Guided Fate Paradox'' | align="center" | 2013 | Sherieru Ayanokoji | | <ref name="神様と運命革命のパラドクス">{{cite web|script-title=ja:神様と運命革命のパラドクス（神パラ）- キャラクター|url=http://nippon1.jp/consumer/kamipara/|trans-title=Guided Fate Paradox (Kami Para) - Character|website=神様と運命革命のパラドクス|accessdate=26 August 2014|language=ja}}</ref> |- | ''Love Live! School Idol Festival'' | align="center" | 2013 | Nozomi Tojo | | <ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:ラブライブ！スクールアイドルフェスティバル – スクフェス|url=http://lovelive.bushimo.jp/|accessdate=25 August 2014|language=ja}}</ref> |}

==Discography== {{see also|Love Live!#Music}}

===Singles=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year !! Title !! Peak Oricon<br />chart position |- | 2018 || {{Nihongo|Happy Thinking!|ハッピーシンキング！|}} || align="center" | 16 |}

===Albums=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year !! Title !! Peak Oricon<br />chart position |- | 2015 || First Sweet Wave || align="center" | 5 |- | 2016 || Next Brilliant Wave || align="center" | 3 |- | 2017 || {{Nihongo||カレンダーのコイビト|Karenda no Koibito}} || align="center" | 18 |- | 2018 || {{Nihongo||アイナンダ！|Ai Nanda!}} || align="center" | 35 |- | 2019 || ''The Life'' || align="center"| 15<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/w/2019-07-29/|script-title=ja:週間 CDアルバムランキング 2019年07月29日付|trans-title=Weekly CD Album Ranking on July 29, 2019|work=Oricon News|accessdate=July 24, 2019|language=ja}}</ref> |}

===Please&Secret=== With Pile {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year !! Title !! Peak Oricon<br />chart position |- | 2013 || O.P.E.N FANTASY || 42 |- | 2014 || {{Nihongo||きみのココロに...|Kimi no kokoro ni...}} || 23 |- | 2014 || {{Nihongo||あしたへ咲く花|Ashita e saku hana}} || 22 |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

== External links == *[http://ameblo.jp/aina-heart0201/ Official blog] {{in lang|ja}} *[https://aina-kusuda.net/ Official website] {{in lang|ja}} *{{ann|people|113462}}

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