Yurie Funato

Yurie Funato 船戸 ゆり絵 Funato Yurie born September 18 1994 is a Japanese voice actress from Saitama Prefecture Japan She is affiliated with Amuse Raised in a creative householdher mother being a professional narratorshe developed an early interest in voice acting inspired by her familys love for anime and video games During her school years she practiced piano flute jazz dance and calligraphy and was an awardwinning flautist in her schools brass band In high school she joined the cheerleading club and worked parttime at a sushi restaurant while attending voice acting workshops Despite initial insecurities about her highpitched voice she embraced it as her strength After graduating she studied at Watanabe Entertainment College and debuted as a voice actress in 2015 under Holy Peak later joining the idol group Purely Monster She left the group on April 30 2018 due to a leg injury and joined Amuse Inc in 2019 Her talents include perfect pitch playing instruments dancing and shes even a certified sake sommelier In 2023 she landed her first lead role as Umika Konohoshi in Stardust Telepath followed by Hikari Hinata in Highspeed Étoile 2024