Yui Makino the Anime Tsubasa

Yui Makino the Anime Tsubasa

Yui Makino ( Makino Yui?) is a Japanese seiyū, actress, singer and pianist. She is best known for her work in the anime Tsubasa Chronicle and Aria. Makino took up piano at the age of four. Her talent for playing piano was discovered by the film director Shunji Iwai when she was seven years old and from the age of 8 to 17, she played piano solos for three of his films, one of which was Love Letter.

The series will star Yui Makino as Sakura and Miyu Irino as Syoran, these are not the same voice actors that starred in Cardcaptor Sakura. Maaya Sakamoto will sing the series ending theme, "Loop," while Kinya will sing the opening, "BLAZE".

She made her debut as a singer in 2005 with “Omna Magni”, produced by Yoko Kanno. It was used as the ending theme song for the anime Sousei no Aquarion. In the April of the same year, she also debuted as a seiyū, starring as heroine Sakura in Tsubasa Chronicle and recording several songs for its soundtrack. She released “Amrita”, the theme song for the Tsubasa Chronicle film, as well as “Undine”, the opening theme for the TV Tokyo anime Aria the Animation, coupled with its inserted song “Symphony”. It achieved #25 on the Oricon chart. On 2006, Makino released two songs from another TV Tokyo anime, Aria the Natural, the theme song “Euphoria” and insert song “Amefuribana”. They were released on one product and achieved #18 on the Oricon chart.