"From growing up around Miyoshi for four years, I didn’t sense a lot of joy, but I felt her strength and her determination. Miyoshi got what she wanted by just being smart and quiet."

"I know it sounds weird nowadays, but she wanted to be a housewife and a mother. When I ask her why years later, she said she had achieved everything she wanted to achieve. Her dream was to come here and entertain."

"I didn’t like doing it, but when someone pays you to do a job, you do the job, and you do your best."

"I wish somebody would help me right now, I didn’t expect and have nothing in my mind."

"Being on stage, singing on stage makes me the happiest."

"Anime in the ‘90s was overflowing with ambition…Anime [today] which are trying to be similar to previous hits can never be better than the originals. Going forward, I want to be part of projects that aren’t trying to be ‘like’ something that came before."

"It may have brought positivity in terms of the effect on the economy, but for every boom there will be a bust. However, nobody expects the bust to happen. Before it does go bust though, another boom will come along. Booms are only good when you observe them from afar. You’ll only be hurt if you get caught in its midst."

"Maybe I’m just dense, but I didn’t even realize that a boom was happening. I might have felt like it was a boom if it was as natural as how you’d see certain products every time you stopped by the convenience store – not seeing watermelons only in the summer, but something that would always be on the shelves throughout the seasons. Discounting the anime shops, you’d rarely get to see anime songs on display in HMV or Tower Records. It felt like [anime was] being given the cold shoulder. Anime songs are too much of a niche genre which means that the CDs are in the same way, only sold in niche retailers. People who liked me were embarrassed about it, telling me that “I can’t openly admit that I like you” – with that kind of situation, I couldn’t really feel that there was a boom at all."

"Rather than to make a living, hmmm. Whether I could become a voice actress or not, is was too uncertain, and I thought the possibility that I could become a voice actress was very small. I was familiar with the work of nurses from my childhood because of my family business, so I decided to become a nurse. But I happened to find a magazine Debut, and from that moment all of the things worked well and I thought perhaps I really could become a voice actress."

"As far as I'm concerned, I don't really care much about it. Then what's the best performance? I think I should just do 120% of what I can do now and I believe that what needs to be done will come when it needs to be done. In other words, I think, " Now, eight years later, there must be a point to doing this." In the first place, the work itself is like a twisted time and space, like there is no time at all. And since we are voice actors, we only need to use our mental faculties and a little bit of our physical voice. It's not good to be too proud, but I tried not to think about the eight years."

"Eventually, the success of our job depends on fans' support, and I want them to take a long time before they evaluate our performances. I think fans will feel our enthusiasm and I want to live up to their expectations."

"Because of the fast pace of the industry, it’s common to fill voice actors’ schedules with as much work as possible, get them up on stage, and build up all the buzz you can. That’ll make you feel like you’re an absolutely essential individual, but in just three years all that could change. I don’t want companies to go chasing after small yet quick and easy profits, but they don’t really have any intention of developing voice actors long-term."

"[In Senran Kagura] I got to play an attractive, erotic lady. I heard them mention a battle, but I chose not to focus on that. I was more interested in the part of the lady and whether I’d do a good job playing her. […] Miyabi is very honest and frank, and very lovely. You might think she’s relaxed enough to doze off, but she is aware of everything going on around her. You definitely get the sense of her being a girl. As far as what we have in common: we have a different sense of style from everyone else."

"[Senran Kagura]’s an intense, fiery battle. There are also sexy elements. But speaking personally, I get to voice Asuka in each release in the series. As Homura’s best friend, we get to experience these battles as they unfold. This is a story with a lot of heart. That’s why these battles are important."

"Well, Asuka is… a person with a strong sense of justice. As far as things that we have in common… hmm. I wonder. If it was up to you to decide, what qualities would we share? Personally speaking, I think one thing we have in common is integrity. We won’t compromise our beliefs. That’s my answer. In regard to my tastes, recently I’ve been playing social games. I was always a gamer, so I was able to play through all of Senran Kagura. I also enjoy mountain climbing."

"An ideal teacher for me is someone who never lacks love, even when they have to be strict. I find it heartwarming to think of teachers being able to carefully watch over each individual (student)."

"I think it was inevitable (not having enough time for school due to Morning Musume) at that time, and there's aspects of myself that only exist because of that time."

"It is true that I intentionally try to keep it (my private life) from everyone. I don't like to show off my private life. Maybe that's why it makes me mysterious?"

"やさしさの意味はむずかしいいいと思いかけた言葉思いがけず傷つけることがあるかも"

"生きるのは苦しいの同じくらい素敵なの"

"どんな時にもなげてはだめよそれはなによりチャ一ミングなこと"

"あとでわかるよ全ての意味が今はわからなくても苦しみも幸せも秘密もだからなげないで抱きしめていこうずっと It's My Life だから"

"今日もがんばろう負けない強さを持とう愛する人のためにも"

"でもあきらめないで話しかけたい言葉にもがいてもだって何度も思い知ってる誰も一人では生きてないよいつも"

"今を越えてここを越えてまた笑って見せて"

"I'm alright. I love you. I love my life. I'm always close to you."

"ここに生きてる意味がわかるよ生まれ落ちた喜びを知る"

"約束お願いはひとつだけ生きて生きて"

"どんなイイコト素敵な言葉もその笑顔にはかなわない"

"But in such a place as this, I can only tell you by singing this song."

""Maria" There is someone I should love. At times I sustain deep, deep wounds. But, by the person I should love, they are all healed. "Maria" Everyone is crying. "Maria" But I want to believe. "Maria" So I'm praying now that this is my final love. Beginnings come at random, but endings always have a reason."

"When I lost my way, and When the road was too long, I was muttering to myself. Life is just that way..."

"But, for everything, there is an end, someday, inevitably."

"Today, in this city two people will meet and lock eyes; the curtains are then turbulently thrown open. [...] Today, in this city two people will separate their paths; the curtains are then silently lowered."

"Who taught me true strength? Who taught me kindness? Whom do I walk for? Who did I want to stroke my hair? Who didn't give up for me? I'll never forget."

"I don't want to become adult!"

"No matter how far apart we are, don't forget that we're still under the same sky, both traveling to the place we once dreamed of."

"Isn't it? It's as if we have just entered a new age It's a miracle; we will never experience it again Let's remember it once more"

"The lovers, appearing happy, walk, holding hands. Though it appears everything is perfect, only they know the truth."

"When I woke up, I found by my pillow a teddy bear instead of you."

"Slowly, I've come to realize That I cannot heal my past And that fearing the unavoidable future Is pointless"

"Your back always looked small and weak but we could laugh together at funny stories. But if people keep making the same mistakes over and over can they really regret them?"

"By your faith in people, you will someday be betrayed. I thought it was the same as being rejected. At the time I didn't have that kind of strength. Certainly, I knew too much. It was said that I was a strong child. I was praised, saying "you must have strength not to cry" The more things like that were said, the more even laughing was painful."

"[...]Everyone has a secret. Right? Of course I have a secret. I think maybe you too?"

"Goodbye. You have gone to the place where we can never meet again I can't accept the coldness of an eternal parting I wish I could have heard you say That surely, you had loved me Only once, even if it were a lie"

"You see? The times have changed But why do I still hear people say "Tears are woman's weapons"? We don't cry easily We are not always flirty We are not dolls Who are only dressed to the nines."

"I don't set goals. Like, that's what I want to be doing however many years from now. I do what I love to do at the moment."