Mako Morino

Mako Morino
杜野 まこ
Born (1987-01-24) 24 January 1987 (age 37)
Occupations
  • Voice actress
  • singer
  • television personality
Years active2009–present
EmployerTokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society
Notable work

Mako Morino (Japanese: 杜野 まこ, Hepburn: Morino Mako, born 24 January 1987) is a Japanese voice actress, television personality, and singer from Tomiya, Miyagi, affiliated with Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society.[1] After her 2009 debut on Sendai Television's Arakashi Saturday  [ja], she moved to Tokyo and worked as a television reporter and voice actress. She is known for voicing Ageru-chan in Hanakappa, Yuki Himekawa in The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls, and Chiyori in WIXOSS.

Biography

Mako Morino, a native of Tomiya, Miyagi, was born on 24 January 1987.[2][3] Wanting to be a professional volleyball player in elementary school, she played the sport for fourteen years until she was a university student.[4] However, while in junior high school, the libero position was introduced to volleyball, and she was automatically assigned to this position (which does not allow serving) due to her height, so she stopped aiming to become a professional.[4]

While looking for a job in nearby Sendai and Tokyo, she was approached about the entertainment industry, and she joined an agency and in 2009 began appearing on Arakashi Saturday  [ja], a Saturday morning variety show on Sendai Television.[5][6] Shortly after joining the agency, she wanted a "name that sounds like Sendai", and after discussions with her manager, she decided with the stage name Mako Morino, referring to Mori no Miyako  [ja], the nickname for Sendai.[6]

In 2010, she left Arakashi Saturday and moved to Tokyo.[2] In 2014, Morino voiced Chiyori in Selector Infected WIXOSS and its sequel Selector Spread WIXOSS.[7] In 2017, she starred in Katato The Animation, the spinoff animated shorts from the Cinderella Nine franchise.[8] In 2023, she joined Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society.[1]

Morino voices Yuki Himekawa in The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls, a sub-franchise in The Idolmaster franchise. Since then, she has performed as a singer on several Idolmaster music releases, including the 2015 single "The Idolmaster Cinderella Master 032: Yuki Himekawa" (which charted at #11 on the Oricon Singles Chart) and the 2016 album The Idolmaster Cinderella Master Passion Jewelries! 003 (which charted at #3 on the Oricon Albums Chart).[9][10] She reprised her role in the anime adaptation The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls Theater.[11]

She was a regular assistant for Miura Daisuke no Hama-ban  [ja] and Tsunagaru Seven  [ja], and she was a reporter for Smile Gourmet, Yumeguri Tetsudō, News Every  [ja], Ī Izu Mitsuketa  [ja], and News Harbor.[1] She was also an MC for Television Kanagawa’s We Baystars and was Yokohama DeNA BayStars presenter for Happy Monday Baseball.[1] In 2021, she collaborated with Sendai restaurant Kosen to serve a brand of beef tongue called Makotan (まこたん).[5][12]

Filmography

Animated television

Year Series Role Ref.
2011 Hanakappa Ageru-chan [1]
2014 WIXOSS Chiyori [7]
2015 Omakase! Miracle Cat-dan Mamitas [1]
2017 The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls Theater Yuki Himekawa [11]
2017 Six Hearts Princess Chu-chan [1]
2019 Cinderella Nine Katato Ikusa [1]
2024 The Stories of Girls Who Couldn't Be Magicians Club President [13]

Animated film

Year Series Role Ref.
2013 Hanakappa the Movie: Hanakase! Pakkān Chō no Kuni no Daibōken Ageru-chan [1]
2016 Selector Infected WIXOSS: The Movie Chiyori [1]
2022 Kaiketsu Zorori: La La La Star Tanjō Mōrin, Ōtako Nyūdō [1]

Original net animation

Year Series Role Ref.
2017 Katato The Animation Ageru-chan [8]

Video games

Year Series Role Ref.
2014 The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls Yuki Himekawa [1]
2016 Rage of Bahamut Maron [1]
2017 Magia Record Natsuki Utsuho [1]
2018 Dawn of the Breakers Misono Mikoto [1]
2019 Lotus Labyrinth Mononobe no Futo [1]
2020 Vivid Army Eri [1]
2021 Megido 72 Agathion [1]

Discography

Title Year Single details Peak chart positions Sales
JPN JPN
Hot
"The Idolmaster Cinderella Master 032: Yuki Himekawa" 2015
  • Released: 4 February 2015
  • Label: Nippon Columbia
 11[9] — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r "杜野 まこ". Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  2. ^ a b "平成22年を振り返る" (PDF). Kōhō Tomiya. No. 528. 広報とみや: Tomiya City. 1 December 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  3. ^ "杜野まこ プロフィール". 化学品輸送・倉庫業務のケミカルトランスポート. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  4. ^ a b Morino, Mako. "「ずっと体育会系なんです！」【杜野まこ】私服ゼロだったスクールデイズ". Otapol (Interview). Interviewed by Shōmei. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  5. ^ a b "杜野まこプロデュースの牛タン "まこたん" をお届け！". Animage Plus (in Japanese). 21 May 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  6. ^ a b Morino, Mako. "「ずっと体育会系なんです！」【杜野まこ】私服ゼロだったスクールデイズ". Otapol (Interview). Interviewed by Shōmei. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  7. ^ a b Nelkin, Sarah (19 August 2014). "Selector Spread Wixoss Sequel TV Anime's Comiket 86 Promo Streamed". Anime News Network. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  8. ^ a b Hodgkins, Crystalyn (21 May 2017). "Hachigatsu no Cinderella Nine Smartphone Game Inspires Net Anime Shorts". Anime News Network. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  9. ^ a b "THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA MASTER 032 姫川友紀". Oricon News. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  10. ^ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (22 June 2016). "The Idolm@ster Cinderella Girls Album Ranks #3 With 36,790 Copies". Anime News Network. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  11. ^ a b "ススタッフ＆キャスト". ＴＶアニメ「シンデレラガールズ劇場」公式サイト (in Japanese). Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  12. ^ "杜野まこプロデュースの牛タン第三弾はオニオン＆ガーリック！". Animage Plus (in Japanese). 22 September 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  13. ^ "Mahō Tsukai ni Narenakatta Onna no Ko no Hanashi Anime Reveals 7 New Cast Members". Anime News Network. 25 July 2024. Retrieved 25 July 2024.