Aika Kobayashi

Aika Kobayashi (小林 愛香, Kobayashi Aika, born October 23, 1993) is a Japanese singer and voice actress from Kanagawa Prefecture. Kobayashi is currently affiliated with Newcome Inc,[1] and her singles are released under label Media Factory. She is best known for her role as Yoshiko Tsushima in the multimedia franchise Love Live! Sunshine!!.

Aika Kobayashi
小林 愛香
Born (1993-10-23) October 23, 1993
Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Other namesAikyan
Occupation
Years active2011–present
AgentNewcome Inc
Height156 cm (5 ft 1 in)
Websitekobayashiaika.jp

Biography

Kobayashi was born on October 23, 1993 at Kanagawa Prefecture. She is good at dancing.[1] Her mother is half Korean and Japanese, while her father is Japanese.[2] Kobayashi learned ballet at the age of 5 and hip hop at third year of elementary school.[3]

In 2011, Kobayashi debuted as a singer for TV anime Freezing ending theme, "Kimi o Mamoritai" (君を守りたい) and was released as a split single with its opening theme.[4] In 2012, Kobayashi released a single for TV anime Queen's Blade Rebellion ending theme, "Future is Serious".[5] Both singles are released under Media Factory's record labels.

In 2015, Kobayashi debuted as a voice actress with Love Live! Sunshine!! as Yoshiko Tsushima.[6] Kobayashi belonged to the idol group Aqours and its sub unit Guilty Kiss along with Rikako Aida and Aina Suzuki. Kobayashi is nicknamed "Aikyan" by both fans and Aqours members.[7]

In November 2016, Kobayashi was announced to be one of the permanent hosts in Love Live! Sunshine!!'s radio program along with Anju Inami and Arisa Komiya.

In 2019 she released "No Life Code", her debut single.

Works

Filmography
Main roles are marked in bold.

Anime

Video games

Radio
  • Love Live! Sunshine!! Aqours Uranohoshi Jogakuin Radio!!! (2016, Hibiki Radio Station)

Discography

Single
TypeRelease
Date		TitleArtistPackage
number		Oricon highest
chart[9]		Note
Split singleFebruary 23, 2011[4]"COLOR"/"Kimi o Mamoritai" (君を守りたい)MARIA/Aika KobayashiZMCZ-705935Opening and ending theme for TV anime Freezing
1st singleApril 25, 2012[5]"future is serious"Aika KobayashiZMCZ-7838139Ending theme for TV anime Queen's Blade Rebellion

Participation work
Release
Date		TitleLabelPackage
number		SongSource
July 2, 2014"Nobunaga the Fool Original Soundtrack 2"LantisLACA-15417Track 19 "Miko no Inori" (巫女の祈り)[10]

As Aqours
See also: Love Live! Sunshine!! § Discography

See also

References
  1. "小林愛香". Newcome (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 10 September 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  2. "Aika Kobayashi's blog post". Aikyandys. (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  3. "B.L.T VOICE GIRLS" (in Japanese). Tokyo News Service. August 2016. p. 23. Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  4. "「フリージング」オープニング＆エンディングテーマ 「COLOR」／「君を守りたい」 MARiA／小林愛香". 株式会社ＫＡＤＯＫＡＷＡ メディアファクトリー (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  5. "「クイーンズブレイド リベリオン」エンディングテーマ「future is serious」". 株式会社ＫＡＤＯＫＡＷＡ メディアファクトリー (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  6. "Anime Spotlight - Love Live! Sunshine!!". Anime News Network. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  7. "Seiyū Animedia" (in Japanese). Gekkan Plus. November 2016. p. 37. Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  8. "Aika Kobayashi's Tweet". Twitter (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  9. "小林愛香". ORICON STYLE (in Japanese). Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  10. "Aika Kobayashi's tweet". Twitter (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 March 2017.
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