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Asumi Nakata (中田あすみ, Nakata Asumi ^?) (born April 5, 1988) is a female seiyū and a Japanese child model who was born in Tokyo, Japan. She is 173 cm (5 feet and 8.1 inches) tall.

She belonged to the talent agency Crayon, subsequently to Five Eight and Switch 58. At present, she belongs to Oscar Promotion.

She used to be called "Asumi Nakada" on TV, for instance, on the TV program 'Tensai Terebi-kun'. But now she is called "Asumi Nakata".

Biography

Career

When she was a three-year-old girl, she started in show business with her younger sister. At the age of nine, she debuted as a singer of the duo 'crybaby' (Pony Canyon, produced by Seiji Toda) with Ayano Shiraishi in 1997.

She performed as a voice actress for the first time in Japanese anime Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch series that broadcast from April 2003 to December 2004. In two of the anime series, she voiced the heroine Lucia Nanami(Ruchia Nanami in Japanese).

In August 14 of 2005, she was invited to the Sixth Manga Fair (漫畫博覽會 ^?) in Taiwan. She sang a theme song of Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch "Legend of Mermaid" there.

She also provides the voice of Yusura in the Japanese anime series Himawari! that broadcast from April 2006.

Notable voice roles

TV anime

• Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch - Lucia Nanami
• Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch Pure - Lucia Nanami
• Himawari! - Yusura
• Saint Seiya Hades Saga - Saori Kido/Athena

Dubbing Roles

• Chaotic: M'arrillian Invasion - Buzz Jr.

Video games

• Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII - Cissnei
• Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch
• Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch (ぴちぴちパーティ ^?)
• Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch (ぴちぴちっとライブスタート! ^?)
• ラスト・アライブ

Filmography

TV programs

• Tensai Terebi-kun
• 天才てれびくんワイド
• ジャングルブック～ワニの100番
• 鉄鋼機ミカヅキ
• 葵・徳川三代
• テツワン探偵ロボタック

TV CMs

• Pichi Pichi Pitch e-pitch (マイクピュア ^?) (Takara)
• Pichi Pichi Pitch Pure (ハートのかけら ^?) (Takara)
• Super Mild Shampoo (Shiseido)
• Namco Museum (Namco)
• 天才てれびくんワイド

Movie

• Swan's Song
• 19+19 as Ritsuko Abo, Girl #10

DVDs

• Nakata Asumi
• Nakata Asumi CATCH FIRE
• Nakata Asumi MEMORIES
• 天才てれびくんワイド ミュージックてれびくんザ・ビデオ Ⅰ
• 天才てれびくんワイド ミュージックてれびくんザ・ビデオ Ⅱ
• 天才てれびくんワイド ミュージックてれびくんザ・ビデオ Ⅲ

Discography

CDs

• Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch Original Sound Track
• Vocal Collection JEWEL BOX 1
• Vocal Collection JEWEL BOX 2
• Vocal Collection PURE BOX I
• Vocal Collection PURE BOX II
• 七つの海の物語 ～Pearls of Mermaid～
• 大事な宝箱 (太陽の楽園c/w曲、Legend of Mermaid含む)
• 愛の温度℃ (KODOU、Legend of Mermaid 7マーメイドバージョンを収録)
• RAINBOW　NOTES (世界で一番早く朝が来る場所、KIZUNAを収録)
• Splash Dream (Contained "Legend of Mermaid" & "Super Love Songs!")
• MOTHER SYMPHONY
• 迷子の天使/CRYBABY
• 君にクラクラ
• Angel Snow (きらいじゃブギc/w曲)
• Himawari! Character Vocal Album 霞の里唄祭りっ!

Radio

Internet radio

• ひまわりっ!のラジオなのです。ご主人様♪

Bibliography

Magazine

• Pichi Lemon (Gakken)

External links

• Oscar Promotion (Japanese)
• Prolog Vol.10: crybaby (Japanese) - at "Prolog", August 1997
• "Girls on the Web" FILE.15: crybaby (July 1, 1997) (Japanese) - Her interview and photo gallery