{{Short description|Japanese voice actress}} {{Expand Japanese|topic=bio|熊田茜音|date=June 2021}} {{Infobox person | name = Akane Kumada | image = <!-- just the filename, without the File: or Image: prefix or enclosing brackets --> | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by the blind and visually impaired's speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = | native_name = 熊田 茜音 | native_name_lang = ja | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2000|02|03|mf=y}} | birth_place = Tokyo, Japan | occupation = {{hlist|Voice actress|singer}} | years_active = 2018–present | agent = Apollo Bay | notable_works = {{unbulleted list|''Rifle Is Beautiful'' as Izumi Shibusawa|''Oda Cinnamon Nobunaga'' as Ichiko Oda|''Healer Girl'' as Hibiki Morishima}} | height = 167 cm | website = {{URL|https://kumaka.jp/}} }} {{Nihongo|'''Akane Kumada'''|熊田 茜音|Kumada Akane|born February 3, 2000}} is a Japanese voice actress and singer. She is affiliated with Apollo Bay and made her voice acting debut in 2018. She is known for her roles as Izumi Shibusawa in ''Rifle Is Beautiful'' and Ichiko Oda in ''Oda Cinnamon Nobunaga''. In 2020, she made her major debut as a musician under Lantis with the release of her first single "Sunny Sunny Girl", the title track of which was used as the opening theme to ''Oda Cinnamon Nobunaga''.
==Biography== ===Early life=== Kumada was born in Tokyo on February 3, 2000.<ref name="amuse">{{cite web |title=熊田 茜音 - アミューズ オフィシャル ウェブサイト |url=https://artist.amuse.co.jp/artist/kumada_akane/ |publisher=Amuse Inc. |access-date=June 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191121225544/https://artist.amuse.co.jp/artist/kumada_akane/ |archive-date=November 21, 2019 |language=Japanese |date=November 21, 2019}}</ref> From an early age, she had been a fan of the series ''Hunter × Hunter''. She was inspired to become a voice actress after watching the anime series ''Puella Magi Madoka Magica'', as well as citing Maaya Uchida as a personality she looked up to. While in junior high school, she was a member of a badminton club, while she played the ''koto'' in high school.<ref name="interview"/> After graduating from high school, she decided to participating in voice acting auditions. In 2017, she won the Grand Prix at the Anisong Stars audition.<ref name="interview">{{cite web |title=新人声優・熊田茜音インタビュー - アキバ総研 |url=https://akiba-souken.com/article/37823/ |publisher=Kakaku.com |access-date=June 24, 2021 |language=Japanese |date=January 3, 2019 |archive-date=May 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190510173720/https://akiba-souken.com/article/37823/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
===Voice acting career=== Kumada began her voice acting activities in 2018, voicing a character in the anime series ''Planet With''. Later that year, she voiced her first named role as Ellen in ''That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime''.<ref name="interview"/> In 2019, she voiced Izumi Shibusawa in ''Rifle Is Beautiful'';<ref name="rib">{{Cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-09-26/rifle-is-beautiful-anime-reveals-9-more-cast-members/.151558|date=September 26, 2019|title=Rifle is Beautiful Anime Reveals 9 More Cast Members|access-date=June 24, 2021|website=Anime News Network}}</ref> she and her co-stars performed the series' opening and ending themes. In 2020, she voiced Ichiko Oda in ''Oda Cinnamon Nobunaga''.<ref name="oda">{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-10-11/oda-cinnamon-nobunaga-anime-reveals-more-cast-opening-theme-artist/.152137|title=Oda Cinnamon Nobunaga Anime Reveals More Cast, Opening Theme Artist|website=Anime News Network|date=October 11, 2019|access-date=June 24, 2021}}</ref> She will voice the characters Mina in ''Drugstore in Another World'' and Hibiki Morishima in ''Healer Girl''.<ref name="drugstore">{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-12-28/drugstore-in-another-world-the-slow-life-of-a-cheat-pharmacist-tv-anime-reveals-staff-cast-summer-2021-premiere/.167921|title= Drugstore in Another World: The Slow Life of a Cheat Pharmacist TV Anime Reveals Staff, Cast, Summer 2021 Premiere|website=Anime News Network|date=December 28, 2020|access-date=June 24, 2021}}</ref><ref name="healer">{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-04-30/fullmetal-alchemist-brotherhood-yasuhiro-irie-studio-3hz-make-musical-healing-tv-anime-healer-girl/.172315|title=Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood's Yasuhiro Irie, Studio 3Hz Make Musical Healing TV Anime Healer Girl|website=Anime News Network|date=April 30, 2021|accessdate=June 24, 2021}}</ref>
===Music career=== Kumada made her music debut under Lantis in 2020 with the release of her first single "Sunny Sunny Girl"; the title track was used as the opening theme to ''Oda Cinnamon Nobunaga''.<ref name="oda"/> Her second single {{Nihongo|"Brand New Diary/Mahō no Kaze"|Brand new diary/まほうのかぜ}} was released on April 21, 2021;<ref name="singles"/> "Brand New Diary" was used as the opening theme to the anime series ''The Slime Diaries'', while "Mahō no Kaze" was used as the opening theme to the anime series ''Super Cub''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Super Cub Motorbike Anime Reveals Theme Song Artists |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-02-27/super-cub-motorbike-anime-reveals-theme-song-artists/.170032 |website=Anime News Network |access-date=June 24, 2021 |date=February 27, 2021}}</ref>
==Filmography== ===Anime=== ;2018 *''Planet With'', Kigurumi tribe member<ref name="agency">{{cite web |title=熊田茜音 |url=https://apollobay.jp/talent/熊田茜音 |publisher=Apollo Bay |access-date=June 24, 2021 |language=Japanese}}</ref> *''That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime'', Ellen<ref name="interview"/>
;2019 *''Kira Kira Happy Hirake! Cocotama'', Chiharu Nanase<ref name="agency"/> *''Rifle Is Beautiful'', Izumi Shibusawa<ref name="rib"/>
;2020 *''Oda Cinnamon Nobunaga'', Ichiko Oda<ref name="oda"/>
;2021 *''The Slime Diaries: That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime'', Ellen *''Drugstore in Another World'', Mina<ref name="drugstore"/>
;2022 *''Healer Girl'', Hibiki Morishima<ref name="healer"/>
;2024 *''I Was Reincarnated as the 7th Prince so I Can Take My Time Perfecting My Magical Ability'', Alieze<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-03-04/i-was-reincarnated-as-the-7th-prince-anime-reveals-more-cast-april-1-debut/.208323|title=I Was Reincarnated as the 7th Prince Anime Reveals More Cast, April 1 Debut|website=Anime News Network|date=March 4, 2024|accessdate=March 5, 2024}}</ref>
==Discography== ===Singles=== {| class="wikitable" |+ !Title !Peak Oricon position<ref name="singles">{{Cite web|title=熊田茜音のシングル売上ランキング|url=https://oricon.co.jp/prof/755167/rank/single/|access-date=June 24, 2021|publisher=Oricon|language=Japanese}}{{Dead link|date=October 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref> |- |"Sunny Sunny Girl"
* Release date: January 29, 2020 |131 |- |{{Nihongo|"Brand New Diary/Mahō no Kaze"|Brand new diary/まほうのかぜ}}
* Release date: April 21, 2021 |57 |}
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==External links== *[https://kumaka.jp Official website] {{in lang|ja}} *[https://apollobay.jp/talent/熊田茜音 Official agency profile] {{in lang|ja}} *{{Anime News Network|people|173962}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kumada, Akane}} Category:2000 births Category:Living people Category:Anime musicians Category:Japanese women pop singers Category:Singers from Tokyo Category:Voice actresses from Tokyo Category:21st-century Japanese actresses