Rina Satou
Voice ActorRina Satou is a Japanese voice actress and singer with hundreds of anime and game credits, including the role of Kiyoh Bachika in Gurren Lagann, and a Best Lead Actress win at the Seiyu Awards.
Gurren Lagann Role
Satou voiced Kiyoh Bachika, one of the three Bachika sisters who join Team Dai-Gurren alongside their older brother Kittan, for the Japanese-language broadcast of Gurren Lagann. The role added to a body of work that already ran into the hundreds of television and game credits by the time the series aired. Her multi-year presence on long-running franchises made her a familiar name to anime fans well before and after this particular role.
Career and Notable Roles
Satou has built one of the more decorated careers in the industry, winning the Best Lead Actress prize at the 8th Seiyu Awards, and she also records as a singer outside her voice work. Her career, running continuously since the early 2000s, spans hundreds of anime, video game, and film credits across more than two decades.
Frequently Asked Questions
What characters has Rina Sato voiced?
Rina Sato has voiced characters across hundreds of anime and video game credits. In Gurren Lagann she plays Kiyoh Bachika, one of the three Bachika sisters who join Team Dai-Gurren alongside their older brother Kittan.
What is Rina Sato known for?
Sato is known for one of the more decorated careers in Japanese voice acting, having won Best Lead Actress at the 8th Seiyu Awards. That recognition capped roughly two decades of steady work across anime, games, and film.
What has Rina Sato done besides voice acting?
Beyond voice acting, Sato also records as a singer. She has kept up that parallel career alongside her voice work since her acting career began in the early 2000s.
When did Rina Sato start her career?
Sato was born in 1981 and has worked as a voice actress since 2001, a career that was already well underway by the time Gurren Lagann aired.
How extensive is Rina Sato's voice acting career?
Sato's catalog runs into the hundreds of anime, video game, and film credits, built up over more than two decades of steady work. That scale made her a familiar name to fans well before and after her Gurren Lagann role.
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