Asami Tano

Asami Tano (田野 アサミ, Tano Asami) is the seiyū for Saki Nikaido in the Zombie Land Saga anime.

Life
Until high school, she lived in Amagasaki City. In 1998, she won the Okinawa Actors School National Audition Award but since she was still in elementary school, she was unable to pursue acting at the time. In 2002, she began her career as a singer in the group BOYSTYLE, formed by the winners of the School of Actors award and which remained active until 2007.

Voice actress
In 2011, her first anime role was in Toriko, voicing a character named Rin. In 2012, she voiced Akane Hino/Cure Sunny in Smile PreCure!, the ninth season of the Pretty Cure franchise;. In an interview two years later, Tano described it as the start of her voice acting career. In 2018, she reprised her Pretty Cure role alongside the other fifty-four Pretty Cures in the crossover film Hugtto! PreCure Futari wa Pretty Cure: All Stars Memories, which was certified as having the "Most Magical Warriors in an Anime Film" by Guinness World Records.

In January 2014, she starred as Mitsuru Kirijo in the stage musical Persona 3: The Weird Masquerade; she reprised the role in both the Persona 4 Arena stage play and Persona 4 Ultimax Song Project. On 3 April 2018, Tano was cast as Guila in the stage adaptation of The Seven Deadly Sins. On 28 July 2018, it was announced that Tano would cease performing at the stage production to recover from thyroid disease; the role of Guila was substituted by actress Haneyuri. She also played Mamushi Hojo in the stage adaptation of Blue Exorcist, Live Act Ao no Exorcist ~Mashin no Rakuin~, and Riko Aida in the stage adaptation of Kuroko's Basketball, Kuroko's Basketball The Encounter

In February 2014, she was cast as Exorcist in Francesca, an anime centered on the titular idol based in Hokkaido Prefecture, alongside the titular main character's voice actress Yui Makino. In April 2014, she was cast in Sega Hard Girls as Genesis. Her Sword Art Online II character Nori sang the song "Sleepless Legend" for the SAO II Song Collection, which was released on 22 March 2017. She voiced Sarah Kazuno in Love Live! Sunshine!!, who is part of the subunit duo Saint Snow alongside Leah Kazuno (voiced by Hinata Satō). She voices Aki Saotome in the third-person shooter video game Bullet Girls.

On 10 September 2018, Tano was cast as Saki Nikaido in Zombie Land Saga, an anime by Cygames and MAPPA. Tano was interviewed by Rolling Stone Japan alongside her co-stars Kaede Hondo, Minami Tanaka and Mamoru Miyano. She also appeared at the Zombie Land Saga panel at Crunchyroll Expo 2019. In her July 2019 interview with Anime! Anime! following the anime's collaboration with Grimoire A: Shiritsu Grimoire Mahou Gakuen, Tano mentioned that, during recording, she was given assistance to use the Saga dialect to reprise her character.

Trivia

 * In 2005, she changed the spelling of her name from "あさ美" to "アサミ" although, it is still read as "Asami".
 * At some point, she was asked why her tooth was not operated on. Asami explained she didn't want that because she is used to it and is part of her identity.
 * She is very active on Instagram, where she uploads photos and videos regularly.
 * She was part of the cast in the play "Nanatsu no Taizai The STAGE" that premiered in August 2018, but a thyroid problem diagnosed in July of that same year prevented her from participating and had to be replaced.