Hitomi Ueda

Hitomi Ueda (Japanese: 上田 瞳, Hepburn: Ueda Hitomi, born 29 July) is a Japanese voice actress affiliated with Aoni Production.^[1] After graduating from Aonijuku [ja]'s Osaka campus, she debuted as a voice actress and has starred as Gold Ship in Uma Musume Pretty Derby, Leyli Haltija in Warlords of Sigrdrifa, Hakase Inukai in Tonikawa: Over the Moon for You – High School Days, and Granart in Tales of Wedding Rings.

Hitomi Ueda, a native of Kyoto Prefecture, was born on 29 July.^[1] She was educated at the Doshisha University Faculty of Policy Studies, where she was a member of the sailing club.^[1][2]

As a junior high school student, Ueda heard Kazuya Nakai's narration and realized the diverse range of work by voice actors, so she started to consider a voice acting career.^[2][3] A member of the 30th graduating class of Aonijuku [ja]'s Osaka campus,^[1] she joined Aoni Production, and her first named role was as Aki Himi in World Trigger.^[2] In November 2017, it was announced that she would voice Daizu, a main character in the anime Mameneko.^[4] She later starred as Gold Ship in Uma Musume Pretty Derby (reprising her role from the video game), Leyli Haltija in Warlords of Sigrdrifa and Hakase Inukai in Tonikawa: Over the Moon for You – High School Days.^[5][6][7] In March 2022, she won the voice actor category at the 2021 Famitsu Dengeki Game Awards [ja] for her role as Gold Ship.^[8] In 2024, she voiced Utsuro in Shy and starred as Granart in Tales of Wedding Rings.^[9][10]

Ueda's special skills are mochi pounding and air guitar.^[1][3]