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Kunimi Andrea (born April 27, 1977) is an American singer, actress, voice over artist and edutainer. Andrea is known for her role as the main singer, actress on a popular children's television show Shimajiro for Playtime for Toddlers. She is the voice of Ryfia for the video game Arc Rise Fantasia 2010.

Early life and career beginnings

Andrea was born in San Francisco, California to an American mother, Teri Suzanne, from Monrovia and a Japanese father. Her parents met while her mother was studying abroad in Japan. She is the older sister of Mayuka Thaïs and have worked on numerous albums together. Andrea started her singing career at the age of 8 and recorded Minna De Merry Christmas from Nippon Columbia. In 2004, Andrea recorded Genki Genki Utaou Nontan's bilingual Christmas album for Nippon Columbia along with her sister Mayuka Thaïs, and her mother Teri Suzanne. To date, Andrea has worked on countless albums and singles. She honed her acting skills for 13 years while studying at the Aoyama Theatre in the round, bilingual Performing Arts Group (P.A.G), at the National Children's Castle's Aoyama Theatre.

Music

Albums

Studio released:

Singles

• Just One More Time (2020) added Harmonies for Mayuka Thaïs's single

Released Nippon Columbia:

• Kaze no Youni (1993)

Television

References

1. ^ "Ehonya". Ehonya. Retrieved January 10, 2017.
2. ^ Wakabayashi, Lane (November 23, 2001). "'ENGLISH IN ACTION' Pioneer still speaking up and acting out". The Japan Times. Retrieved November 23, 2001.
3. "Behind the Voice Actors". Behind the Voice Actors. Retrieved July 19, 2023.
4. "Behind the Voice Actors". Behind the Voice Actors. Retrieved July 19, 2023.
5. ^ Johnston, George. "INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Learning Japanese and the Shimajiro Connection". Rafu Shimpo. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
6. Samuels, Elliott (November 12, 2016). "Artist Mayuka Thais: 'Remember to look at everything with wonder'". Japan Times. Retrieved January 11, 2017.
7. "Genki Genki Nontan". Nippon Columbia Japan. Retrieved January 7, 2017.
8. "Tower Records Kunimi Andrea". tower.jp. Retrieved March 10, 2017.
9. Samuels, Elliot (April 23, 2017). "Cut paper artist Teri Suzanne: 'a pair of scissors is the superhero of utensils'". Retrieved April 22, 2017.

External links

• Kunimi Andrea at IMDb

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