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Kyōka - "Mekurumerukume"

Kyōka: visual novel voice actress, apparently. That’s not me saying it, that’s her. She bills herself as a galgame voice actress, but I’ve run into very few of the roles she’s actually played. The most famous are probably Hana Kana Hanahira She’s billed as a galgame voice actress, but I’ve run into surprisingly few roles she’s actually played. The big ones are probably Hana Kana, Otomedomain, and more recently Tamayura Mirai. She also does bit parts in a bunch of games, and even in those she left an impression on me. Why’d she leave an impression? Because I genuinely have no idea what her voice sounds like. Every character she plays has a different voice, and the drama CDs she’s on use the voices of those characters, so there’s no way to tell what her real voice is like. And from what I know of voice actors, being able to do that only means one thing: she’s just that good. That good, and all she gets is bit parts. Kind of rough. She’s also got a hobby: singing. She actually went and released her own album, Mekurumerukume. I bought a copy, and I’ve been listening to it for over half a year now. Two words: goated. Probably the best singer I’ve heard among galgame voice actresses — and no, Nanjō and Sakakibara don’t count.