Aina Takeda

"I'm Aina Takeda(﹡ˆoˆ﹡) 'Always do my best' and 'Enjoy every experience' is my motto♪ I want to make everyone smile! Sunshine is my aim!" Aina Takeda (Currently known as just Aina or Nacchi) was born on March 5, in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. Her nickname is "Nacchi". As a former digital seiyuu idol in 22/7, Aina portrayed Tsubomi Hiiragi via both voice acting and motion-capture physical acting. One of the three "hidden gems" members.

Prior to the consent of using their names for voice roles, Aina went under the alias "Ichi Ichigo," a likely reference to her digital idol audition entry number.

Aina officially graduated on December 31, 2021.

Aina's image colour was light green.

Biography
Aina's mother is from Makati, Philippines. She has a younger brother and an older brother. Aina identifies herself as Japanese-Filipino.

During high school Aina started becoming interested in voice actors, and while she didn't think she had that characteristic, the people around her often asked if she was aiming to become one. Because of this, Aina started to seriously consider it.

Aina applied for the 22/7 auditions because she thought it was perfect for her due to her love of both voice actors and idols, and the idea that she could finallly fulfill her dreams.

During the digital idol audition, her entry number was "15" and was known as "ichigo" before her name was revealed. Her emoji is 🍓 because "strawberry" is also pronounced "ichigo."

Her career began on 24 December 2016 upon successfully passing 22/7 auditions and joining the unit.

Goals
Beyond becoming a well-established seiyuu, Aina said that her dream would be for 22/7 to someday have a concert at the Tokyo Dome.

Seiyuu Influences

 * Masami Nagasawa
 * Ikue Ōtani

Interests
Aina has played the games MySims, Harvest Moon, and Animal Crossing. She also likes anime, and has watched and also read My Hero Acedemia.

She likes many other groups including Morning Musume.

Aina said she'd like to learn to ride a motorcycle.

Aina plays the guitar and likes  J-rock. Aina has also been learning how to kickbox.

Quirks
Aina is bilingual in Tagalog and Japanese, although she isn't completely fluent in Tagalog.

Aina is so cheerful that Sally and Moe say she's "like the Sun." Aina has expressed that she's grateful for Sally's influence in helping 22/7 become more popular internationally. Urara claims that Aina's and her thoughts are complete opposites to each others. Urara is sometimes surprised by the way that Aina thinks, but the positivity from Aina helps Urara out.

She said that during handshake events, she can't help it but her hands get a little sweaty. She said it's a "charm point."

During Showroom live streams, she often substitutes "o-happy" for ohayou,  and she occasionally responds to praise by playfully replying "Ureshikunante nei, bakayaro!"

Aina has pollen allergies. She is also allergic to uni.

Behind the scenes
According to Uta, Aina always wakes up at 5am and has the image of being on time.

Aina eats breakfast foods of a more western-style than the typical Japanese meal. She eats yogurt, cereal, and oatmeal. She grew up watching her Filipina mother eat that kind of breakfast, so it seems normal to her.

Her favorite dishes in Filipino cuisine are Bopis, Karekare, and Sinigang.

Aina said that she could eat cheese forever. She eats bread often and loves various types of bread, but her favorite type of bread is rice bread. She also likes croissants. She loves mint chocolate ice cream.

She cooks for her little brother. He loves her clam chowder.

Although Aina bought a Nintendo Switch for her little brother, she is thrifty. She loves point cards, and thinking about what she can buy with them makes her happy. She loves to buy things for 0 yen.

Aina loves winter. She has a stuffed penguin named "Pen-tan."

Mizuha thinks that Aina has nice legs.

In June 2018, management granted her an individual official Twitter account. On February 8, 2020 management granted her an individual official Instagram account.

Gallery
For more images of this voice actor please refer here.

Trivia

 * Aina has poor eyesight and favors wearing contacts over glasses.
 * Before joining 22/7, Aina didn't have bangs.
 * During the auditioning process for 22/7's lineup, Aina, Sally, Reina, and Urara were in the same audition group.