Maaya Uchida — Movies, TV Shows & Roles

Actor

1989-12-27 · Tokyo, Japan · Female

122 series in the catalog

Maaya Uchida (内田真礼, Uchida Maaya; born December 27, 1989) is a Japanese actress and singer who works for I'm Enterprise. She won the Best Rookie Actress Award at the 8th Seiyu Awards, as well as the Foreign Movie/Series Award at the 19th Seiyu Awards. She is best known for her roles such as Wakana Morizono in Pretty Rhythm: Rainbow Live, Rikka Takanashi in Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions, Syaro Kirima in Is the Order a Rabbit?, Irina Shido in High School DxD, Hiyori Iki in Noragami, Norman in The Promised Neverland, Ranko Kanzaki in The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls, Catarina Claes in My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!, Shinobu Miyake in Urusei Yatsura (2022) and Angel Devil in Chainsaw Man.
She debuted as a singer in 2014 under Pony Canyon with the song "Soushou Innocence". Her best-selling single is youthful beautiful. With her rising success, she also participated in many music festivals and held one-man lives in large venues such as Yoyogi National Gymnasium two days with 13,291 capacity and Nippon Budokan with 14,471 capacity.
As an actress, she debuted in Unofficial Sentai Akibaranger with the role of Hakase Hiroyo. She is the older sister of fellow voice actor Yuma Uchida.
Biography
While in elementary school, growing up with a family of gamers, she had a strong interest in gaming. At the time she entered middle school and joined the Theater Club, she realized that she wanted to voice game characters and had the profession of being a voice actress. On a third year in high school, she decided to become a voice actress. Afterwards, she went on the internet and read magazines to decide on which university for voice acting she was going to enter and later on decided to join the Japan Narration Acting Institute (日本ナレーション演技研究所 Nihon Narēshon Engi Kenkyūjo).
Uchida completed her studies at narration school in 2009. She became a voice actress in the OVA Boku, Otari-man as an office employee. In April 2010, she joined the voice talent agency, I'm Enterprise.
Uchida admires veteran voice actress, Kikuko Inoue, and is close friends with fellow voice actress and singer, Sumire Uesaka. She is a fan of the baseball team, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks. Her nicknames include "Mayayan" and "Mareitaso".
In 2011, she made her first appearance in a video game in the game Gal Gun with the role Kaoruko Sakurazaki. In 2012, she voiced Rea Sanka in the anime series Sankarea, and played Hakase Hiroyo in Unofficial Sentai Akibaranger.
Among the works in she appeared, she mentions that the work she especially has strong feelings for is Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions (as Rikka Takanashi), and the works that were a big challenge in her voice actress career are Charlotte (as Yusa/Misa Nishimori) and Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress (as Ayame).
In 2014, Uchida debuted as a singer with the single Soushou Innocence, under the label Pony Canyon. Same year, she won the Best Rookie Actress Award at the 8th Seiyu Awards. Her first photo book, Maaya (まあや), was released on December 24, 2014.
In 2015, she participated in Animelo Summer Live for the first time. She has continued to participate every year since then, except 2020 (which was canceled).
On December 24, 2017, she announced the opening of her official fan club "LIFE IS LIKE A SUNNY DAY" at Maaya Happy Birthday & Xmas Party!! 2017.
Her second photobook, étoile, was released on March 25, 2019.
On February 7, 2020, she played herself in the live action film Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku. She made a guest appearance in a detective drama for the first time in the sixth episode of Keishichou Sousa Ichikachou 2020 with the role Rika Oita.
On May 8, 2022, her agency announced that Uchida had tested positive for COVID-19. She returned to work on May 17, 2022.
On December 23, 2022, Uchida participated in the popular Japanese music television program Music Station. She, Kouki Maeda, and Cocomi sang the Japanese version for the Aladdin theme song "A Whole New World".
Uchida released her third photobook, Maaya Doki (まあやドキ), on February 8, 2023. The photobook peaked at 1st place on the Amazon Weekly Talent Photobook Chart and the Oricon Weekly Photobooks Chart. Due to the success, the photobook has gotten 3 reprints. To commemorate the release, Uchida was in charge of the cover and opening gravure of Weekly Young Jump No. 11 released on February 9.
She won the Foreign Movie/Series Award at the 19th Seiyu Awards in 2025. As of September 30, 2025, she is married to Kaito Ishikawa.
Musical career
Uchida made her solo debut in April 2014 under Pony Canyon with her first solo single, "Soushou Innocence" (創傷イノセンス); it peaked at 14th place on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart and stayed on the chart for 9 weeks. The main song in the single was used as the opening theme song for the anime, Riddle Story of Devil. She released her second single, "Gimme! Revolution" (ギミー!レボリューション) on November 3, 2014; it peaked at 12th place on the Oricon Weekly Single Chart and stayed on the chart for 12 weeks. The titular song from the single was used as the opening theme song for the anime, Gonna be the Twin-Tail!!.
She released her 3rd single, "Karappo Capsule" (からっぽカプセル) on April 1, 2015. The song "Karappo Capsule" from the single was used as the ending theme song for the anime, Comical Psychosomatic Medicine. Her first solo album titled "PENKI" was released on December 2, 2015; it peaked at 6th place on the Oricon Weekly Albums Chart and stayed on the chart for 7 weeks. On February 28, 2016, Uchida held her 1st solo live concert titled "1st LIVE Hello, 1st Contact!" in Nakano Sun Plaza. Her 4th single, "Resonant Heart", was released on May 11, 2016. The titular song in the single was used as the opening theme song for the anime, Seisen Cerberus.
She released her 1st mini album named "Drive-in Theater" on January 11, 2017; the mini album peaked at 6th place on the Oricon Weekly Albums Chart and stayed on the chart for 5 weeks. The album was created with the desire to express her real self. Especially the song Smiling Spiral from the album was made with the purpose of "a cheering song". The album heavily features her hobbies; like Crossfire, a song like a festival song with baseball-like lyrics, Moratorium Dance Floor, which has a Japanese taste and Shiny drive, Moony dive, which is themed on driving. On February 25–26, 2017, she held her 2nd solo live concert in two days, titled "2nd LIVE Smiling Spiral" in Yoyogi National First Gymnasium with over 13,000 capacity. Her 5th single, "+INTERSECT+" was released on June 21, 2017. Her 6th single, "c.o.s.m.o.s" was released on October 25, 2017; it peaked at 6th place on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart and stayed on the chart for 4 weeks. She held another solo live concert on July 1 and 29, 2017 in Tokyo and Osaka named, "Live 2017 +INTERSECT SUMMER+".
Her 7th single, "aventure bleu" was released on February 14, 2018. The titular song from the single was used as the opening theme song for the anime, Takunomi. Her 2nd album named "Magic Hour" was released on April 25, 2018; it peaked at 7th place on the Oricon Weekly Album Chart and stayed on the chart for 6 weeks. She opened her fanclub in April 2018; named "LIFE IS LIKE A SUNNY DAY". On June 17, 24 and July 1, 2018, she held her first solo live tour titled, "Magic Number TOUR 2018", in Fukuoka, Osaka, and Tokyo. Her 8th and best-selling single, "youthful beautiful", was released on October 17, 2018; it peaked at 7th place on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart and stayed on the chart for 14 weeks. The titular song from the single was used as the ending theme song for the anime, SSSS.Gridman.
She held her live with the largest capacity (14,471), titled "New Year LIVE 2019 take you take me BUDOKAN!!" on January 1, 2019, in Nippon Budokan. She is the 8th artist to ever hold a solo live on January 1 in Nippon Budokan. She released her 9th single, "Kodou Escalation" (鼓動エスカレーション) on July 10, 2019. The titular song from the single was…