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Asami Imai (今井麻美 Imai Asami, born May 16, 1977 in Tokyo) is a female Japanese voice actress and singer who affiliated with Early Wing. She debuted as a voice actress in 1999 and as singer in 2009 by releasing her first single 'Day by Day / Shining Blue Rain' under the 5pb. Records label. She is also well known for giving voices to Chihaya Kisaragi in THE IDOLM@STER (all related productions, except for IDOM@STER: Xenoglossia), Kurisu Makise in Steins;Gate, Tsubaki Yayoi in BlazBlue and Ayumi Shinozaki in Corpse Party. She also coupled with Eri Kitamura and formed the music unit Artery Vein which is also under the 5pb. label.

Biography
Early life

Born in Tokyo in 1977, Imai moved from Shibuya to Tokuyama City (currently Shūnan City) in Yamaguchi Prefecture, when she was eight years old. However, it is stated in her official profile that she was born in Yamaguchi Prefecture. She has once revealed that she graduated from Tokuyama High School, was vagabond for around a year, before entering Meiji University's School of Arts and Letters, majoring in Drama and Theatre Arts.
Career

In 1998, Imai won the Grand Prize for the Voice Actress category in ENIX Anime Awards (エニックスアニメ大賞) while she was still studying. Subsequently, she debuted in the following year in the drama CD Toki no Daichi〜Hana no Ōkoku no Majo〜. In 2001, she was chosen as an assistant of the radio show, Tomokazu・Miki's Radio Big Bang. At one point of time in 2006, Imai once thought of giving up her job as a voice actress, but could not bear to leave the voice acting of her role as Chihaya Kisaragi in The Idolmaster to others.

Following an internal scandal, Imai left her agency ArtsVision on April 5, 2007. She then free-lanced under the agency Kaleidoscope for 7 months. On April 22, 2009, Imai released her first major debut single, 'Day by Day / Shining Blue Rain' under the 5pb. Records label. In the same year, Imai transferred to her current agency, Early Wing on December 1. Imai landed her first lead role as Kiiko Kawakami in the OVA Kuttsukiboshi in 2010. As she began expanding her singing career, Imai held her first solo live concert on December 25, 2010, and has since held concerts around the period of her birthday in May, as well as December.

On April 18, 2012, Imai was awarded the Best Female Character Voice award at the Famitsu Awards in 2011.

Imai is one of two members of the musical duo Artery Vein, along with Eri Kitamura. The unit mainly performs theme songs for the Corpse Party series.

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　 Song Lyricist Composer Date

1 a touch of rain 藤林聖子 Jimanica 　

2 AQUAMARINE 森由里子濱田貴司 2016-02

3 AQUAMARINE 森由里子濱田貴司 2014-03

4 Aquaのキセキ-Another Color- 濱田智之南利一 2010-11

5 arcadia 白瀬彩上松範康[Elements Garden] 　

6 Aroma of happiness 今井麻美濱田智之 2011-11

7 Astral World 設楽哲也設楽哲也 2020-11

8 BABYLON 〜before the daybreak 森由里子濱田智之 2016-02

9 BABYLON 〜before the daybreak 森由里子濱田智之 2015-07

10 Believe in Sky 森由里子・野村勇輔野村勇輔 2020-11