Nihongo is a Japanese voice actress and singer, employed by Music Ray'n (a Sony Music Entertainment Japan company). Tomatsu made her voice acting debut in 2007, and is known for her roles as Asuna in Sword Art Online, Mileina Vashti in Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Second Season, and Lala Satalin Deviluke in To Love-Ru.
Biography
Acting career
Tomatsu was born in Ichinomiya, Aichi on February 4, 1990. Her voice acting career began when she participated in an audition held by Sony Music Entertainment Japan subsidiary Music Ray'n from 2005 to 2006. In January 2006, she participated in the Tōhō Cinderella audition held by Tōhō Entertainment, where she, along with 14 others, were chosen among 37,443 participants.
Tomatsu made her voice acting debut in 2007, playing the role of a student in the anime television series Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight!. That same year, she played her first major role as Corticarte Apa Lagranges in the anime television series Shinkyoku Sōkai Polyphonica.
After graduating from high school, Tomatsu moved to Tokyo in 2008 in order to go university and to continue her voice acting career. That same year, she played the roles of Shiho Sannomiya in Zettai Karen Children, Lala Satalin Deviluke in To Love-Ru, and Nagi in Kannagi: Crazy Shrine Maidens. That same year, she made her live-action debut as Mieko Nitta in the drama series Here Is Greenwood. She received the Rookie of the Year Award at the 3rd Seiyu Awards in 2009.
In 2012, Tomatsu played the role Asuna Yūki in the anime television series Sword Art Online. In 2013 she received the Best Supporting Actress Award at the 7th Seiyu Awards, and in 2015 she received the Synergy Award for her role in Yo-Kai Watch at the 9th Seiyu Awards.
Music career
Tomatsu's music career began in 2008 when she performed "Naissance", which was used as the ending theme to the drama series Here Is Greenwood. Her first anime-related single, Template:Nihongo, used as the opening theme to the anime television series Kannagi: Crazy Shrine Maidens, was released on October 28, 2009. In 2009, Music Ray'n formed the music unit Sphere, which consists of Tomatsu, Aki Toyosaki, Minako Kotobuki, and Ayahi Takagaki. She released her first solo album Rainbow Road on February 24, 2010; the album peaked at #15 on the Oricon weekly charts and charted for four weeks. Her single "Baby Baby Love", used as the ending theme to the 2010 anime television series Motto To Love-Ru, was released on November 3, 2010. Her single Template:Nihongo, used as the first ending theme to the anime television series Sword Art Online, was released on July 25, 2012. Her second solo album Sunny Side Story, released on January 16, 2013, peaked at #5 on the Oricon weekly charted and charted for five weeks. Her single "Courage", released on December 3, 2014 and used as the second opening theme to the anime television series Sword Art Online II, became her best performing single to date, peaking at #4 on the Oricon weekly charts and charting for 11 weeks. Her third solo album Harukarisk*Land, released on March 18, 2015, peaked at #5 on the Oricon weekly charts and charted for four weeks.
Filmography
TV animation
2007
- Bokurano – Futaba Yamura
- Engage Planet Kiss Dum – Mayura
- Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight! – Student ; Sweets Student
- Les Misérables: Shōjo Cosette – Audrey
- Moetan – Sumi Kuroi
- Shinkyoku Sōkai Polyphonica – Corticarte Apa Lagranges
- Sky Girls – Yayoi Makihara
2008
- Hell Girl: Three Vessels – Hidemi Kashiwagi
- Kannagi – Nagi
- Kemeko Deluxe! – M.M.
- Kyōran Kazoku Nikki – Senko Himemiya/Chika Midarezaki
- Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Second Season – Mileina Vashti
- Mōryō no Hako – Kanako Yuzuki
- Shina Dark – Garlet Fey Sowaug
- Zettai Karen Children – Shiho Sannomiya
2009
- A Certain Scientific Railgun – Kinuho Wannai
- Asura Cryin' – Misao Minakami
- Basquash! – Rouge
- Canaan – Yunyun
- Cross Game – Aoba Tsukishima
- GA Geijutsuka Art Design Class – Yamaguchi Kisaragi
- Nyan Koi – Akari Kirishima, Kotone Kirishima
- Samurai Harem: Asu no Yoichi – Ayame Ikaruga
- Seitokai no Ichizon – Miyashiro Kanade
- Shinkyoku Soukai Polyphonica Crimson S – Corticarte Apa Lagranges
- Sora no Manimani – Hime Makita
- White Album – Mizuki Mana
- Yoku Wakaru Gendai Mahō – Yumiko Cristina Ichinose
2010
- Asobi ni Iku yo! – Manami Kinjō
- Durarara!! – Rio Kamichika
- Ichiban Ushiro no Dai Maō – Eiko Teruya
- Inazuma Eleven – Kudou Fuyuka
- Katanagatari – Princess Hitei
- Ladies versus Butlers! – Hedyeh
- Mitsudomoe – Hitoha Marui
- Mobile Suit Gundam 00 the Movie: Awakening of the Trailblazer – Mileina Vashti
- Motto To Love-Ru – Lala Satalin Deviluke
- Otome Yōkai Zakuro – Byakuroku
- Shiki – Megumi Shimizu
- Sound of the Sky – Maria
- Star Driver: Kagayaki no Takuto – Kita no Miko/Sakana-chan
- Tatakau Shisho – Noloty Maruchie
2011
- Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae o Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai – Naruko Anjō
- Beelzebub – Angelica, Yuka Hanazawa
- C: The Money of Soul and Possibility Control – Mashu
- Hanasaku Iroha – Yuina Wakura
- Inazuma Eleven Go – Nishizono Shinsuke
- Mitsudomoe Zoryochu! – Hitoha Marui
- Nekogami Yaoyorozu – Mayu
- Softenni – Yayoi Hiragishi/Uzuki Hiragishi
- The Idolmaster – Ai Hidaka
- UN-GO episode:0 Inga-ron – Yuuko Kurata
- Working'!! – Mitsuki Mashiba
2012
- Accel World – Megumi Wakamiya
- Ano Natsu de Matteru – Ichika Takatsuki
- Binbō-gami ga! – Ranmaru Rindou
- Inazuma Eleven Go: Chrono Stone – Nishizono Shinsuke
- Kokoro Connect – Nana Nishino
- Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic – Morgiana
- Mōretsu Pirates – Gruier Serenity
- Natsuiro Kiseki – Yuka Hanaki
- Sword Art Online – Asuna Yūki
- To Love-Ru Darkness – Lala Satalin Deviluke
- Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun – Shizuku Mizutani
2013
- A Certain Scientific Railgun S – Kinuho Wannai
- Coppelion – Ibara Naruse
- Hyakka Ryōran: Samurai Bride – Mataemon Araki
- Magi: The Kingdom of Magic – Morgiana
- Maoyū Maō Yūsha – Older Sister Maid
- Pretty Rhythm: Rainbow Live – Bell Renjōji
- Pocket Monsters XY – Jessica
- Samurai Flamenco – Mari Maya
- Sekai de Ichiban Tsuyoku Naritai! – Rio Kazama
- The World God Only Knows: Goddesses – Lune
- Valvrave the Liberator – Saki Rukino
- Yozakura Quartet : Hana no Uta – Kishi Tōka
- Zettai Karen Children: The Unlimited – Shiho Sannomiya
2014
- HappinessCharge PreCure! – Iona Hikawa/Cure Fortune
- Hōzuki no Reitetsu – Shizuku Mizutani
- Inazuma Eleven GO Galaxy – Neol Lotts
- Lord Marksman and Vanadis – Eleonora Viltaria
- Sakura Trick – Haruka Takayama
- Sword Art Online II – Asuna Yūki
- The Irregular at Magic High School – Sayaka Mibu
- Yo-Kai Watch – Keita Amano
- Wake Up, Girls! – Karina
2015
- Absolute Duo – Imari Nagakura
- Durarara!! x2 Shō – Rio Kamichika
- Durarara!! x2 Ten – Rio Kamichika
- Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? – Eina Chūru
- Gate: Jieitai Kanochi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri – Piña Co Lada
- Gintama – Gintoki Sakata (Female)
- Mikagura School Suite – Nyamirin
- Punchline – Rabura Chichibu
- To Love-Ru Darkness 2nd – Lala Satalin Deviluke
- Tokyo Ghoul √A – Nashiro Yasuhisa
- Working!!! – Mitsuki Mashiba
- My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU TOO! – Kaori Orimoto
- Yo-Kai Watch Season 2 – Keita Amano
2016
- Gate: Jieitai Kanochi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri - Enryuu-hen – Piña Co Lada
- Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash – Mutsumi
- Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn RE:0096 – Micott Bartsch
- Sweetness and Lightning – Shinobu Kojika
- Terraformars Revenge – Yuriko Minamoto
- ReLIFE – Rena Kariu
- WWW.Working!! – Hana Miyakoshi
Films
- Mobile Suit Gundam 00 the Movie: A Wakening of the Trailblazer (2010) – Mileina Vashti
- After School Midnighters (2012) – Mako
- Inazuma Eleven GO vs. Danbōru Senki W (2012) – Shinsuke Nishizono
- Sword Art Online: Extra Edition (2013) – Asuna Yūki
- Santa Company (2014) – Mint
- Yo-Kai Watch the Movie: The Secret is Created, Nyan! (2014) – Keita Amano
- Yo-Kai Watch: Enma Daiō to Itsutsu no Monogatari da Nyan! (2015) – Keita Amano
- Zutto Mae Kara Suki Deshita: Kokuhaku Jikkou Iinkai (2016) – Natsuki Enomoto
- Sword Art Online The Movie: Ordinal Scale (2017) – Asuna Yūki
Original video animation (OVA)
- To Love-Ru (2008) – Lala Satalin Deviluke
- Air Gear: Kuro no Hane to Nemuri no Mori (2010) – Ringo Noyamano
- Zettai Karen Children OVA (2010) – Shiho Sannomiya
- Baby Princess 3D Paradise 0 (2011) – Hikaru
- Sword Art Online (2012) – Asuna Yūki
- To Love-Ru Darkness (2012) – Lala Satalin Deviluke
- Ichigo Mashimaro (????) – Female student
- Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn (2010) – Micott Bartsch
- Tales of Symphonia (????) – Girl (Ep. 3)
Video games
- Arc Rise Fantasia (2009) – Cecille
- Blaze Union: Story to Reach the Future (2010) – Cerica
- Corpse Party: Book of Shadows (2011) – Mitsuki Yamamoto
- Beyond the Labyrinth (2012) – the main female protagonist
- Chaos Rings II (2012) – Marie Crichton
- Digimon World Re:Digitize Decode - Rina Shinomiya
- Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth - Rina Shinomiya
- Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax – Asuna
- Final Fantasy Agito – Miyu Kagerohi
- Girl Friend Beta – Nonoka Sasahara
- Harvest Moon DS: Grand Bazaar – Antoinette
- Hyperdimension Neptunia VII – C-sha
- The Idolmaster Dearly Stars – Ai Hidaka
- J-Stars Victory Vs – Lala Satalin Deviluke
- Koumajou Densetsu II: Stranger's Requiem & Koumajou Densetsu II: Yougen no Chingonka – Alice Margatroid and Komachi Onozuka
- Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's: The Gears of Destiny – Lily Strosek and Amitie Florian
- Persona 5 – Haru Okumura
- Rune Factory 3 – Ion
- Valkyria Chronicles 2 – Aliasse
- Sword Art Online: Infinity Moment – Asuna
- 2nd Super Robot Wars Z: Regeneration Chapter – Mileina Vashti
- Super Robot Wars UX – Mileina Vashti
- Zero: Nuregarasu no Miko – Haruka Momose
Drama CD
- Aion (????) – Seine Miyazaki
- Kyōran Kazoku Nikki (????) – Senko Himemiya/Chika Midarezaki
- To Love-Ru (????) – Lala Satalin Deviluke
Tokusatsu
- Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger (2013) – Joyful Knight Candelilla (voice)/Human form (actor)
- Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger: Gaburincho of Music (2013) – Candelilla
- Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger vs. Go-Busters: The Great Dinosaur Battle! Farewell Our Eternal Friends (2014) – Candelilla
- Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger Returns: Hundred Years After (2014) – Wise God Candelilla (voice)/Human form (actor)
- Ressha Sentai ToQger vs. Kyoryuger: The Movie (2015) – Candelilla
VOMIC
- Nisekoi (????) – Chitoge Kirisaki
Dubbing
- Bates Motel, Bradley Martin (Nicola Peltz)
- Cold Case, Mia Romanov (Sharni Vinson)
- Evil Dead, Natalie (Elizabeth Blackmore)
- Power Rangers Mystic Force, Madison Rocca (Melanie Vallejo)
- Scream 4, Olivia Morris (Marielle Jaffe)
- Sucker Punch, Rocket (Jena Malone)
Discography
Albums
- Rainbow Road (2010)
- Sunny Side Story (2013)
- Harukarisk*Land (2015)
Singles
- Template:Nihongo (July 25, 2007) (Moetan Opening theme)
- "Naissance" (September 3, 2008)
- "Motto Hade Ni Ne!" (October 29, 2008) (Kannagi: Crazy Shrine Maidens Opening theme)
- "Musuhi no Toki" (November 26, 2008) (Kannagi: Crazy Shrine Maidens Ending theme)
- "Koi no Uta" (May 13, 2009) (Shinkyoku Sōkai Polyphonica Crimson S Ending theme)
- "Girls, Be Ambitious" (January 27, 2010) (Sound of the Sky Ending theme)
- "Nagisa no Shooting Star" (August 4, 2010)
- "Monochrome" (October 3, 2010) (Star Driver Insert song)
- "Baby Baby Love" (March 11, 2011) (Motto To Love-Ru Ending theme)
- "Oh My God" (July 13, 2011) (Nekogami Yaoyorozu Ending theme)
- "Yume Sekai" (July 25, 2012) (Sword Art Online Ending theme)
- "Q&A Recital!" (October 17, 2012) (Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun Opening theme)
- "My Independent Destiny" (2012) (Sword Art Online Character song under Asuna Yuuki)
- "Pachi Pachi Party" (July 10, 2013)
- "Hikari Gift" (January 15, 2014)
- "Fantastic Soda!!" (July 30, 2014)
- "Holy Lonely Justice" HappinessCharge Precure! (Cure Fortune Character Song)
- "Get Music!" Pretty Rhythm Rainbow Live (Bell (Beru) Renjouji Character Song)
- "Courage" (December 3, 2014) (Sword Art Online II Second opening theme) – Reached 4th place on the weekly Oricon Singles Chart.