Akari Kito

Akari Kitō (鬼頭 明里, Kitō Akari, born October 16, 1994) is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Aichi Prefecture affiliated with Pro-Fit. One of her famous roles are Kanata Konoe in Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club, Nezuko Kamado in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Kotoko Iwanaga in In/Spectre, Kaho Hinata in Blend S, Sayu Tsukisaka in Re:Stage! Dream Days♪, Aru Honshou in Hitoribocchi no OO Seikatsu, Siluca Meletes in Grancrest Senki, Suzune Horikita in Classroom of the Elite, Nene Yashiro in Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun, Barbara in Genshin Impact    and Itsuki Ohara in Gakushiken.

Career
She had always thought she would become an illustrator, but right before graduating from high school, she was told by her parents that they could not afford to pay for her university education and that instead, she would have to apply for a scholarship. Because she was from Aichi Prefecture which is 4 hours away from Tokyo, moving to Tokyo never crossed her mind. After consideration, she decided not to waste money attending and instead decided to move to Tokyo to become a voice actress seeing as she was still young and wanted a challenge. A year or two into moving to Tokyo, her grandmother who she was extremely close to passed away. That and with jobs and audition calls being scarce, she was constantly worried about her financial situation. She considers this the most painful time of her life. She told herself that if she did not make it as a voice actress, she would become an illustrator instead