Mako Morino | |
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杜野 まこ | |
Born | (1987-01-24) 24 January 1987 (age 37) |
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Years active | 2009–present |
Employer | Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society |
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Mako Morino (Japanese: 杜野 まこ, Hepburn: Morino Mako, born 24 January 1987) is a Japanese voice actress, television personality, and singer from Tomiya, Miyagi, affiliated with Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society. After her 2009 debut on Sendai Television's Arakashi Saturday [ja], she moved to Tokyo and worked as a television reporter and voice actress. She is known for voicing Ageru-chan in Hanakappa, Yuki Himekawa in The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls, and Chiyori in WIXOSS.
Biography
Mako Morino, a native of Tomiya, Miyagi, was born on 24 January 1987. Wanting to be a professional volleyball player in elementary school, she played the sport for fourteen years until she was a university student. However, while in junior high school, the libero position was introduced to volleyball, and she was automatically assigned to this position (which does not allow serving) due to her height, so she stopped aiming to become a professional.
While looking for a job in nearby Sendai and Tokyo, she was approached about the entertainment industry, and she joined an agency and in 2009 began appearing on Arakashi Saturday [ja], a Saturday morning variety show on Sendai Television. Shortly after joining the agency, she wanted a "name that sounds like Sendai", and after discussions with her manager, she decided with the stage name Mako Morino, referring to Mori no Miyako [ja], the nickname for Sendai.
In 2010, she left Arakashi Saturday and moved to Tokyo. In 2014, Morino voiced Chiyori in Selector Infected WIXOSS and its sequel Selector Spread WIXOSS. In 2017, she starred in Katato The Animation, the spinoff animated shorts from the Cinderella Nine franchise. In 2023, she joined Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society.
Morino voices Yuki Himekawa in The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls, a sub-franchise in The Idolmaster franchise. Since then, she has performed as a singer on several Idolmaster music releases, including the 2015 single "The Idolmaster Cinderella Master 032: Yuki Himekawa" (which charted at #11 on the Oricon Singles Chart) and the 2016 album The Idolmaster Cinderella Master Passion Jewelries! 003 (which charted at #3 on the Oricon Albums Chart). She reprised her role in the anime adaptation The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls Theater.
She was a regular assistant for Miura Daisuke no Hama-ban [ja] and Tsunagaru Seven [ja], and she was a reporter for Smile Gourmet, Yumeguri Tetsudō, News Every [ja], Ī Izu Mitsuketa [ja], and News Harbor. She was also an MC for Television Kanagawa’s We Baystars and was Yokohama DeNA BayStars presenter for Happy Monday Baseball. In 2021, she collaborated with Sendai restaurant Kosen to serve a brand of beef tongue called Makotan (まこたん).
Filmography
Animated television
Year | Series | Role | Ref. |
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2011 | Hanakappa | Ageru-chan | |
2014 | WIXOSS | Chiyori | |
2015 | Omakase! Miracle Cat-dan | Mamitas | |
2017 | The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls Theater | Yuki Himekawa | |
2017 | Six Hearts Princess | Chu-chan | |
2019 | Cinderella Nine | Katato Ikusa | |
2024 | The Stories of Girls Who Couldn't Be Magicians | Club President |
Animated film
Year | Series | Role | Ref. |
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2013 | Hanakappa the Movie: Hanakase! Pakkān Chō no Kuni no Daibōken | Ageru-chan | |
2016 | Selector Infected WIXOSS: The Movie | Chiyori | |
2022 | Kaiketsu Zorori: La La La Star Tanjō | Mōrin, Ōtako Nyūdō |
Original net animation
Year | Series | Role | Ref. |
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2017 | Katato The Animation | Ageru-chan |
Video games
Year | Series | Role | Ref. |
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2014 | The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls | Yuki Himekawa | |
2016 | Rage of Bahamut | Maron | |
2017 | Magia Record | Natsuki Utsuho | |
2018 | Dawn of the Breakers | Misono Mikoto | |
2019 | Lotus Labyrinth | Mononobe no Futo | |
2020 | Vivid Army | Eri | |
2021 | Megido 72 | Agathion |
Discography
Title | Year | Single details | Peak chart positions | Sales | |
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JPN | JPN Hot | ||||
"The Idolmaster Cinderella Master 032: Yuki Himekawa" | 2015 |
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11 | — | — |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. |
References
- ^ "杜野 まこ". Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
- ^ "平成22年を振り返る" (PDF). Kōhō Tomiya. No. 528. 広報とみや: Tomiya City. 1 December 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
- "杜野まこ プロフィール". 化学品輸送・倉庫業務のケミカルトランスポート. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
- ^ Morino, Mako. "「ずっと体育会系なんです!」【杜野まこ】私服ゼロだったスクールデイズ". Otapol (Interview). Interviewed by Shōmei. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
- ^ "杜野まこプロデュースの牛タン "まこたん" をお届け!". Animage Plus (in Japanese). 21 May 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
- ^ Morino, Mako. "「ずっと体育会系なんです!」【杜野まこ】私服ゼロだったスクールデイズ". Otapol (Interview). Interviewed by Shōmei. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
- ^ Nelkin, Sarah (19 August 2014). "Selector Spread Wixoss Sequel TV Anime's Comiket 86 Promo Streamed". Anime News Network. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
- ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (21 May 2017). "Hachigatsu no Cinderella Nine Smartphone Game Inspires Net Anime Shorts". Anime News Network. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
- ^ "THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA MASTER 032 姫川友紀". Oricon News. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
- Pineda, Rafael Antonio (22 June 2016). "The Idolm@ster Cinderella Girls Album Ranks #3 With 36,790 Copies". Anime News Network. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
- ^ "ススタッフ&キャスト". TVアニメ「シンデレラガールズ劇場」公式サイト (in Japanese). Retrieved 4 January 2024.
- "杜野まこプロデュースの牛タン第三弾はオニオン&ガーリック!". Animage Plus (in Japanese). 22 September 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
- "Mahō Tsukai ni Narenakatta Onna no Ko no Hanashi Anime Reveals 7 New Cast Members". Anime News Network. 25 July 2024. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
- 1987 births
- Living people
- Japanese television personalities
- Japanese women television personalities
- Japanese video game actresses
- Japanese women pop singers
- 21st-century Japanese actresses
- 21st-century Japanese singers
- 21st-century Japanese women singers
- Voice actresses from Miyagi Prefecture
- Singers from Miyagi Prefecture
- Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society voice actors