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September 13 is Kayano Ai's birthday.

Kayano Ai debuted as a voice actress back in 2010. In the 6th Voice Actor Award, she won the new actress award. In 2019, she taken roles in some topical works such as 『Do You Love Your Mom and Her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks?』, 『KonoSuba the Movie』 and 『Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata Fine』.
On September 21, a sake festival “Kayafest” hosted by the “Kayanomi” web program will be held. It is a unique project where you can enjoy various liquors and foods.

With that in mind, to celebrate Kayano Ai's birthday, Anime! Anime! Held a reader survey titled "Who Is Your Favorite Character Voiced By Kayano Ai?" During the survey period from August 29 to September 5, we received 110 responses.
The gender ratio is 60% for men and 40% for women. As for the age group, it is about 40% for those under 19 years old and about 35% for those in their 20s.

■『SAO』 Alice, the new character is ranked the 1st!
In the 1st place, there is 『Alice from Sword Art Online Alicization』. She got 15% of the total votes.
Kayano Ai voices both Alice Zuberg, the childhood friend of Kirito, and the 'Integrity Knight' Alice Synthesis Thirty. Regarding this character, some readers commented "the performance of two Alice was good" and "it's amazing because we can see the difference of her personalities even though she is the same character."
Readers also said "the childhood friend Alice Zuberg was cute" and "Even though I like Zuberg, I also love the tsundere voice of Synthesis Thirty." Fans feel the different charm from this character.

From October 12, 2019, the latest work of the series 『Sword Art Online Alicization War of Underworld』 will be broadcasted.

In the 2nd place, there is Sora from the anime 『No Game No Life』. She got 10% of the total votes, one place down from last year's rank.
"Even though she talks quietly, I think it's fine to be emotional from time to time!" and "she is a character who doesn't talk that much, but Sora's clear voice was impressive" she's the genius gamer who is not good at socializing, but loved by all. We also received a comment about No Game No Life's Ending Theme 「Oración」 by Sora, "The ED theme sung by her is so cute."

Next, there is Menma from 『AnoHana』. She got 9% from the total votes, making her climed up from the 5th rank to 3rd.
"Her clear voice is so cute! It matches well with Menma's pure personality," "her cheerful personality makes us happy as well," this innocent character is also popular among fans. This year, because of the fact that the game machine is also being deployed, is it a factor that caused Menma to rank up even though people might not know the anime?

■Other comments we received!
Darkness from 『KonoSuba』: "Her "Extremely Masochistic" character is interesting. But you can also feel the good quality of Darkness' voice from time to time" and "her voice is a little different from the Kayano Ai I've known so far, and I think it's cool."
Kasumigaoka Utaha from 『Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata』: "I like the cool, free, and low-toned voice of Kasumigaoka-senpai" and "I like the acting that shows her sexual appeal, which can't be found in other works."

Akatsuki Kirika from 『Symphogear』: "that kind of innocence, only Kayanon could do it" and "I like that she cares about others and take something seriously."
Oosuki Mamako from 『Do You Love Your Mom and Her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks?』: "it's cheating because she also can do sexy voices! But I like it" a new character from the currently broadcasting anime also got a vote from readers.

In this year's survey, Alice from Sword Art Online is the winner. Since there were characters who have not yet appeared in anime at the time of last year's survey, the ranking has changed significantly compared to 2018 survey. We will announce the TOP 20 list on the next page. Don't miss it out!

■TOP 10 Rank
[Who Is Your Favorite Character Voiced By Kayano Ai? 2019 edition]
1. Alice 『Sword Art Online Alicization』
2. Shiro 『No Game No Life』
3. Menma 『AnoHana』
4. Teruhashi Kokomi 『The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.』
5. Darkness 『KonoSuba』
6. Kasumigaoka Utaha 『Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata』
7. Akatsuki Kirika 『Symphogear』
8. Murasaki Shikibu 『Fate/Grand Order』
9. Oosuki Mamako 『Do You Love Your Mom and Her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks?』
9. Kawamoto Akari 『Sangatsu no Lion』
9. Takebe Saori 『Girls und Panzer』

(Voting Period: August 29 ~ September 5)

■TOP 20 Rank
[Who Is Your Favorite Character Voiced By Kayano Ai? 2019 edition]
1. Alice 『Sword Art Online Alicization』
2. Shiro 『No Game No Life』
3. Menma 『AnoHana』
4. Teruhashi Kokomi 『The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.』
5. Darkness 『KonoSuba』
6. Kasumigaoka Utaha 『Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata』
7. Akatsuki Kirika 『Symphogear』
8. Murasaki Shikibu 『Fate/Grand Order』
9. Oosuki Mamako 『Do You Love Your Mom and Her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks?』
9. Kawamoto Akari 『Sangatsu no Lion』
9. Takebe Saori 『Girls und Panzer』
12. Yuzuriha Inori 『Guilty Crown』
13. Atago 『Azure Lane』
13. オスクロル・ラス・カサス 『White Cat Project』
13. Graf Zeppelin 『Azure Lane』
13. Sakura (Megu-nee) 『Gakkou Gurashi!』
13. Juliet Persia 『Boarding School Juliet』
13. Tsukino 『SHOW BY ROCK!!』
13. Muto Hana 『Captain Ace』
13. Yomi 『Senran Kagura』

(Voting Period: August 29 ~ September 5)