Yui Makino

Musical history

Makino took up piano at the age of four. The film director Shunji Iwai discovered her talent for playing the piano when she was seven years old and from the age of 8 to 17. She played piano solos for three of his films: Love Letter, All About Lily Chou-Chou and Hana and Alice. She graduated from Tokyo College of Music as a piano major with the top score in her senior year.

She made her debut as a singer in 2005 with "Omna Magni," produced by Yoko Kanno. It was used as the ending theme song for the anime Sousei no Aquarion. In the April of the same year, she also debuted as a voice actress, starring as heroine Sakura in Tsubasa Chronicle and recording several songs for its soundtrack.

She released "Amrita", the ending song for the Tsubasa Chronicle film, as well as "Undine", the opening theme for the TV Tokyo anime Aria the Animation, coupled with its inserted song "Symphony". It achieved No. 25 on the Oricon chart.

In 2006, Makino released two songs from another TV Tokyo anime, Aria the Natural, the theme song "Euphoria" and an insert song, "Amefuribana." They were released on one product and achieved No. 18 on the Oricon chart. In addition, she released her debut album, Tenkyū no Ongaku on 6 December 2006.

In 2007, she was invited to represent Japan at the Japan-China cultural exchange event. She also released two singles for the programmes Sketchbook ~full color's~ and Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle.

On 23 January 2008, Makino released her seventh single, "Spirale," as the opening theme of Aria the Origination. Coupled with the anime's insert song, "Yokogao," the single reached No. 20 on the Oricon chart. She also performed her first solo concert at the Fuchuno Mori Geijutsu Gekijo Wien Hall in Tokyo, where she sang and played the piano accompaniment for each song. She released her eponymous second album, Makino Yui in March 2008. It reached No. 22 on the Oricon chart. She graduated from Tokyo College of Music as a piano major in the same month.

She held her Holography concert at SHIBUYA-AX in 2011.

Overseas guest appearances

2007: Japan Ambassador, Beijing (Japan-China Cultural Exchange)

July 2009: Performance at Japan Expo, France

September 2009: Guest of Honor, New York Anime Festival, USA

26 December 2009: Guest Artiste, Musical Concert in EOY at Drama Centre @ National Library, Singapore

16 January 2010: Guest Artiste, at Korea

19 June 2010: Concert, in Rome, Italy

21 June 2010: Ongaku no Hi in France, as guest

September 2011: Concert in Hong Kong

October 2011: Concert in Guangzhou

November 2011: Anime Festival at Shanghai

December 2012: Performance at J-FEST 2012, Russia

December 2013: ACT Expo in Macau

March 2015: TOUCH Spring Festival in Vietnam

May 2015: Otafest in Canada

July 2016: CharaExpo in Singapore

August 2016: Otakon 2016, in USA

Filmography

Anime television series

Tsubasa Chronicle (2005) as Sakura

Aria The Natural (2006) as Akane in episode 26

Welcome to the NHK! (2006) as Misaki Nakahara

Spider Riders: Oracle of Heroes (2006) as Girl in episode 7

Coron-chan (2006) as Byobā

Zegapain (2006) as Jen May-Yu

Tsubasa Chronicle (2006) (second season) as Sakura

Kaze no Stigma (2007) as Lapis Suirei/Cui Ling

Bokurano (2007) as Aiko Tokosumi

Sketchbook (2007) as Hazuki Torikai

Asu no Yoichi! (2009) as Tsubasa Tsubame

Sora Kake Girl (2009) as Honoka Kawai

Taishō Yakyū Musume (2009) as Kyouko Sakurami

Needless (2009) as Mio

Nodame Cantabile: Finale (2010) as Namuri Rima (Episode 4)

Angel Beats! (2010) as Yusa

C (2011) as Hanabi Ikuta

Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae o Boku-tachi wa Mada Shiranai. (2011) as Aki

Un-Go (2011) as Umezawa Yumeno

Tokurei Sochi Dantai Stella Jo-Gakuin Kōtō-ka C3-Bu (2013) as Yura Yamato

OVA and ONA

Tsubasa Tokyo Revelations as Sakura

Hōkago no Pleiades as Hikaru

Hoshi no Umi no Amuri as Amuri

Tsubasa Shunraiki as Sakura

xxxHOLiC Shunmuki as Sakura

Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches OVA as Meiko Ōtsuka

Anime films

The Princess in the Birdcage Kingdom as Sakura

Top wo Nerae 2! & Top wo Nerae! Gattai Gekijō-ban!! as Akaitakami

PriPara Mi~nna no Akogare Let's Go PriPari (2016) as Aroma Kurosu

Video games

Arc Rise Fantasia as Ryfia

Which Witch? as Yuugi Saki

Tsubasa Chronicle as Sakura

Pachinko Sora wo Kakeru Shōjo!! as Honoka Kawai

The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls as Mayu Sakuma

Azur Lane as MNF La Galissonnière and MNF Marseillaise

Alchemy Stars as Siobhan

Wuthering Waves as Zhezhi

Persona 5: The Phantom X as Ayaka Sakai

Drama CDs

Welcome to the NHK! as Misaki Nakahara

Wagamama Sentai Bloom Heart as Tougaiji Yuri a.k.a. White Lily

Zegapain as Jen May-Yu

Tsubasa Chronicle as Sakura

Live stage

High Color (2009) as Seiki Tomoyo

Radio

Yui to Mika no Puri Suite!-Tsubasa Chronicle radio, hosted by Yui Makino and Mika Kikuchi as host

Sketchbook Radio-Sketchbook radio, hosted by Kana Hanazawa, Asuka Nakase and Yui Makino as host

Puri Suite RETURNS!-Tsubasa Chronicle (second season) radio, hosted by Miyu Irino, Yui Makino, Mika Kikuchi, Tetsu Inada and Daisuke Namikawa as host

Sore Kake Radio & TV-Sora Kake Girl radio, hosted by MAKO as a guest in several episodes

ArcRise LADY RADIO HOUR-Arc Rise Fantasia radio, hosted by Yui Makino and Emiri Katō as host.

Which Witch? Sora no Gakko Host Club?-Which Witch? radio, hosted by Asumi Kana and Aki Toyosaki as guest and host, replacing Aki in two episodes.

Makino Yui no Daimondorobicchi-Makino's own radio.

Makino Yui no Fuwa Fuwa Radio-Makino's own radio, for Fuwa Fuwa single promo.

Discography

Awards

She was nominated for "best young voice actress" for her outstanding portrayal of Misaki Nakahara from Welcome to the N.H.K.

Other

Anime soundtracks

Omna Magni

Notes: This song was used as an ending theme song in Genesis of Aquarion.

Sousei no Aquarion

Notes: This song was used as the intro theme song in Genesis of Aquarion.

Yume no Tsubasa (ユメノツバサ)

Notes: She sang this song with a fellow voice actor, Miyu Irino, who voices Syaoran. The song was used as an ending theme song in the 3rd Drama CD of Tsubasa Chronicle.

Tsuki no Shijima (つきのしじま)

Notes: This song was used as an insert song in episode 50 in Tsubasa Chronicle.

Dark Side ni Tsuitekite

Notes: This song was used as an insert song in Welcome to the N.H.K.

Synchronicity

Notes: This song is the opening theme song for Tsubasa Tokyo Revelations

Tenshi no Hashigo ~crepuscular rays~

Notes: This song is the ending theme for Arc Rise Fantasia

Imaginal Song

Notes: This song is one of Ryphia's songs with her vocalizing in Arc Rise Fantasia.

Jouka no Hikari (Light of Purification)