Yui Horie

Yui Horie was born on 20 September 1976(48 years old) in Japan. Yui Horie is Voice Actress, Zodiac sign - Virgo. More detail about Yui Horie given below.

Yui Horie Timeline

• 1995
  

  In 1995, during the first year of college, Horie auditioned at the Japan Voice Acting Institute for a scholarship, the voice training school for Arts Vision. She can be quoted as saying "I went for an audition instead of hunting for a job, hahaha....". Horie graduated after 4 years of training. During this time she entered the SME Voice Actor Audition in 1996, winning the Namco Prize, (with Ayako Kawasumi winning the Special Award). On August 28, 1996, Horie and 21 other voice students (including Yukari Tamura) were unveiled at Nippon Cultural Broadcasting Inc.u0027s "SOMETHING DREAMS u002796" at the Tokyo International Exhibition Centre as the Dorikan Club, a group of aspiring voice actresses.

• 1997
  

  Whilst still training and under the representation of Arts Vision, Horie was able to make her voice actor debut in the 1997 PlayStation and Sega Saturn game, Voice Fantasia: Ushinawareta Voice Power. Her first leading role was in the 1998 anime Kurogane Communication, of which she sang the theme songs, "My best friend" and "Dear Mama". These two songs were released as Horieu0027s first single under the Pony Canyon music label. In 1999, with the increasing number of eroge and visual novels being adapted to anime, Horie was able to win a major role as Multi, a robotic girl, in the romantic anime To Heart.

• 2000
  

  In regard to their rising fame, Horie worked with Yukari Tamura and form the group Yamato Nadeshiko (u3084u307eu3068u306au3067u3057u3053). This group had two debuts in 2000, on April 30 at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium and May 13 at Nagoyau0027s Nadia Park Complex. The first of these was called "Yamato Nadeshiko Debut Kinen First Live ~suddenly 1000 seconds live in Yoyogi~", which happened during the "Dorikan Club Fifth Anniversary Event". Together they would release two singles, "Mu014d Hitori no Watashi" (u3082u3046u3072u3068u308au306eu79c1) in 2000 and "Merry Merrily" in 2001, the latter being used as an insert song in the Love Hina Christmas Special. This collaboration ended with a seven date concert tour during June 2003, including stops at Sapporo, Nagoya, Osaka and Tokyo.2000 also saw Horie publish her first photobook, Kingyobachi Puranetto (u91d1u9b5au9262u30d7u30e9u30cdu30c3u30c8, Fishbowl Planet), and the release of her debut album, Mizutamari ni Utsuru Sekai, through the Starchild label which featured two songs from Love Hina.

• 2001
  

  In 2001, Starchild established her official fan club called Kuroneko Union (u9ed2u30cdu30b3u540cu76df, Kuroneko du014dmei, lit. "Black Cat Alliance"), where member benefits included fan events, priority seating in concerts, bimonthly newsletters, and access to exclusive merchandise. The first meeting, which was named "Black Cat Rally Vol.1 - Akasaka BLITZ" was on July 21, where they held a rally and a quiz show.

• 2002
  

  Early in 2002, Horieu0027s first solo concert tour kicked off on January 26 at the Club Diamond Hall in Nagoya, a 1000 capacity venue. "u5800u6c5fu7531u8863 First Live Tour", lasted a total of 6 nights, travelling to Tokyo and ending on February 11 in Osaka at the Matsushita IMP Hall. In 2002, she voiced Ayu Tsukimiya in the anime adaptation of Kanon, an adult visual novel that she had also voiced in 1999. Horie released her first collection of music videos on July 29. The 27 minute VHS tape was called Yui Horie CLIPS 0 u301csince u002700u301cu002701u301c, featuring interviews, making-ofs and notably the music video for "Love Destiny" the theme song of the 2001 anime adaptation of Sister Princess.

• 2003
  

  In 2003, Horie established herself as a popular singer when her third album "Sky" peaked at 10th in the Oricon charts.

• 2004
  

  Horie has collaborated with a few other artists. In 2004, she released "Scramble" together with Unscandal. This ska inspired song was used as an opening theme song for the romantic comedy anime School Rumble . And in 2006, she formed the goth band Kurobara Hozonkai (lit. "Black Rose Preservation Society"), with Horie taking the stage name of YUIEL. This band released the album "A Votre Sante!!" in 2008 and has been relatively inactive since.

• 2005
  

  In October 2005, she founded Aice, a J-Pop group consisting of four other voice actors, to help launch their careers. Their debut single was "Get Back", released March 13, 2006. Aice was disbanded on September 20, 2007 at their farewell concert "Final Aice5 Party LAST Aice5" at the Yokohama Arena. During this time, they released six singles and one album. Their album "Love Aice" was released on February 26, 2007, remaining in the Oricon charts for four weeks with a highest rank of eight. Aice has since been revived, announced on July 17, 2015, with the intention to release a new single on September 30 and have their comeback concert on November 22.

• 2012
  

  In late 2012, Horie created and voiced the 3D animated character Miss Monochrome. Her first appearance was in The Adventure Over Yui Horie III ~Secret Mission Tour~ concert, acting as the antagonist who wanted to turn the world black and white. The character has since had a self-titled anime series, with the premier season televised on October 1, 2013. The opening theme song, Poker Face, was released as a musical single. Other notable appearances include the iOS game Girlfriend Beta, a self-titled manga series and cameos in other anime.