Sumire Uesaka

Sumire Uesaka (上坂すみれ) is a Japanese voice actress and singer associated with Voice Kit.

Uesaka became a regular on the web radio program Web radio @ Dengeki-Bunko in September 2009.

She won the Best Rookie Actress at the 10th Seiyu Awards.

In April 2010, Uesaka enrolled in Faculty of Foreign Studies at Sophia University.

Uesaka joined Space Craft Entertainment in April 2011.

Since October 2011, she has been the radio personality on the web radio program A&G NEXT GENERATION Lady Go!!.

Uesaka starred in a leading role for the anime series Papa no Iu Koto wo Kikinasai!.

She made her singing debut in April 2013 under King Records.

She voiced Nonna in Girls und Panzer and was a guest at J-Fest in Russia in November 2013.

She majored in the Russian language and announced that she had graduated on March 27, 2014.

Uesaka is a fan of lolita fashion and has modeled for publications such as Harajuku Pop and Lapin Labyrinthe.

In March 2016, after several cases of online sexual harassment, she announced that her personal Twitter account would no longer be updated but resumed in November 2016.

Her personal Twitter and Instagram were later closed on July 21, 2017 after continuous harassment, after which her social media presence has been limited to a new Twitter account run by her staff.

2021

On September 4, 2020, she announced that she has left Space Craft Entertainment, and is now working as a freelancer.

On March 1, 2021, she announced that she would be joining the agency Voice Kit.

Since hearing the State Anthem of the USSR in her first year of high school, Uesaka became interested in Russian culture as well as the former Soviet Union.