Yuri Usui

Yuri Usui
薄井 友里
Born15 May
Occupations
  • Voice actress
  • singer
Years active2018–present
EmployerI'm Enterprise
Notable work

Yuri Usui (Japanese: 薄井 友里, Hepburn: Usui Yuri; born 15 May) is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Tokyo, affiliated with I'm Enterprise.[1] She has starred as Rinami Himesaki in Gakuen Idolmaster and Dina in A Wild Last Boss Appeared!.

Biography

Yuri Usui, a native of Tokyo, was born on 15 May.[1] Already interested in anime, she became interested in voice acting after watching a series recommended by a friend of hers; she was particularly drawn to Rumi Okubo voicing two lead characters in different anime with different personalities.[2] In a 2026 Seiyū Grand Prix interview, she recalled that she was "a complete amateur" without any drama club experience.[2]

Usui joined I'm Enterprise on 1 April 2018, during her first year of training at the Japan Narration Acting Institute.[1][2][3] That same year, she made her voice acting debut playing Sanada-honjō and Arioka-jō in Shirohime Quest.[4] Concurrent with her first few years at the agency, she continued her training at the Japan Narration Acting Institute due to agency policy, reaching a total of six years, including voluntary classes.[2]

In March 2024, it was announced Usui would star as Rinami Himesaki, a major character of Gakuen Idolmaster, a spinoff of The Idolmaster franchise.[5] She had become a fan of the franchise while she was a student, being drawn to the technology behind the dancing idol scenes and the character Makoto Kikuchi, and following several auditions for Idolmaster characters, tried out for the role after seeing her "younger big sister/onee-san figure" nature despite her lack of experience with "big sister"/onee-san roles in general.[6] Her Idolmaster single, "Clumsy Trick", charted at #29 at the Oricon Digital Singles Chart and #36 at the Billboard Japan Download Songs Chart.[7][8] She credited Rinami as a "comrade-in-arms" who helped broaden her own acting range.[4] In May 2026, she appeared with Hololive VTuber La+ Darknesss at the latter's Lap-sama Daikaihō 2026 birthday concert, reprising her role as Rinami.[9]

In 2025, Usui starred as Dina in the A Wild Last Boss Appeared! anime.[10] She had initially expected the character to be "a classic, straightforward heroine" based on the design, but found her very comedic and used a liberal voice range.[11]

Usui is an avid player of Minecraft and Street Fighter 6.[11] She also holds a nutritionist license.[1]

Filmography

Television animation

Year Title Role Ref
20242.5 Dimensional SeductionHigh School Student[12]
2025A Wild Last Boss Appeared!Dina[10]

Video games

Year Title Role Ref
2021Cookie Run: KingdomPom-Pom Dough Cookie[12]
2022Echocalypse: Scarlet CovenantRaven[12]
2024Gakuen IdolmasterRinami Himesaki[5]

Discography

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
JPN
Dig.		 JPN
DL
"Clumsy Trick" 2024 29[7] 36[8] Non-album single
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "薄井 友里". I'm Enterprise. Archived from the original on 6 January 2026. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "薄井友里「役幅を広げてくれたキャラクター」【声優図鑑 by 声優グランプリ】". seigura.com. 19 June 2026. p. 1. Archived from the original on 30 June 2026. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
  3. ↑ "2018年度所属新人俳優を公開しました". I'm Enterpries. Archived from the original on 13 April 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
  4. 1 2 "薄井友里「役幅を広げてくれたキャラクター」". Seiyū Zukan. 19 June 2026. p. 2. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
  5. 1 2 「学園アイドルマスター」4人目のアイドル"姫崎 莉波"(CV: 薄井 友里)が発表.アイドル紹介PVもあわせて公開に | ファミ通App【スマホゲーム情報サイト】. Famitsu App (in Japanese). 13 March 2024. Archived from the original on 13 October 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2026.
  6. ↑ "【特集】「学園アイドルマスター」薄井友里(姫崎莉波役)インタビュー――無限大の可能性を秘めた"お姉さん"を歌で表現するために意識したこと". LisAni!. 30 August 2024. Archived from the original on 28 September 2024. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
  7. 1 2 オリコン週間 デジタルシングル(単曲)ランキング 2024年05月13日〜2024年05月19日 21〜30位 (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  8. 1 2 Download Songs [ 2024/05/22 公開] (in Japanese). Billboard Japan. Archived from the original on 23 January 2025. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  9. ↑ "ラプラス・ダークネス生誕祭ライブに「学マス」姫崎莉波(声:薄井友里)が登場、「36℃U・B・U」「clumsy trick」を披露.誕生日のご本人はまさかの歌わず、特等席での応援". Famitsu.com (in Japanese). 25 May 2026. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
  10. 1 2 Hodgkins, Crystalyn (10 February 2025). "A Wild Last Boss Appeared! TV Anime Reveals Staff, Cast, October Debut in Video". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on 10 February 2025. Retrieved 29 June 2026.
  11. 1 2 "『野生のラスボスが現れた！』ディーナ役・薄井友里インタビュー！「しっかり者だけど コミカルなディーナ」". Anime! Anime! (in Japanese). 3 November 2025. Archived from the original on 1 July 2026. Retrieved 1 July 2026.
  12. 1 2 3 "Yuri Usui (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors (A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information). Retrieved 29 June 2026.
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