Uta Kawase

"I'm still inexperienced as a voice actor and idol, but I'll do my best to grow every day and work hard to show you many good things, so I'm glad if you'll watch over me!" Uta Kawase was born on February 27, in Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. Her nickname is "Uta-chan". As a digital seiyuu idol in 22/7, Uta portrays Nicole Saito via both voice acting and motion-capture physical acting.

Uta officially joined 22/7 on December 24, 2019. Her role was preceded by Mei Hanakawa.

Uta's image color is blue.

Biography
Uta was born in the countryside of Hokkaido but raised in Sapporo city. She has an older brother and a younger brother that's three years younger than her.

Uta used to live with her older brother.

Uta was officially introduced on December 24, 2019, during 22/7's third birthday anniversary event.

Goals
Uta's current goal is for the day when people say, "I'm glad that Uta was chosen to play Nicole."

Interests
Uta has been playing drums since around 2015. She also learned the piano in elementary school.

She likes Seiyuu radios and Anisong. Uta really likes the fellow Seiyuu Idol group =LOVE, and claims to know all the lyrics to their songs. Uta also likes the musical group HoneyWorks.

Uta likes all animals, but especially dogs. She would like to own a hedgehog someday.

Uta owns a Nintendo Switch Lite. She likes and plays Animal Crossing.

Although she claims she isn't that athletic, Uta likes playing any sports with a net like tennis, badminton and ping pong. Despite this, she says she is bad a volleyball.

She loves cherries.

Quirks
Uta doesn't like getting up in the morning, and is a deep sleeper. Because of this, Uta is afraid of oversleeping. Uta once slept through an earthquake alarm without noticing.

Uta is good with cold weather.

She has a slight lisp.

Uta's family owns a dog named Bell, who was born on New Years Day, and is a mixed breed between a pomeranian and miniature dachshund. Coincidentally, Sally also owns a dog named Bell.

Uta dislikes heights and haunted houses. Uta is also not good with birds, and especially crows because they always chase her. She has not told Moe this information yet though. Uta also dislikes roaches.

22/7's make-up artist often comments that Uta has long eyelashes.

Behind the scenes
When Uta was first introducing herself to the other members, Ruri and Mizuha left a big impression on her. Uta thinks that Aina is like the older sister of 22/7, and Kanae is the mother. Uta also thinks that she is the younger sister of all the members due to her having the most inexperience with the group.

When Uta would visit her grandparents in Hokkaido, she would get scallops and uni to eat. Uta skates once a year.

On January 11, 2020, management granted her an individual official Twitter account. On March 8, 2021, management granted her an individual official Instagram account.



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

Trivia

 * Coincidentally, Uta's birthday bears the same digits in the same order as the group name (227).
 * From this picture shared by Sally, it could be speculated that Uta has been with the group since November, 2019.
 * Besides Nicole, Uta's favorite 22/7 character is Mikami.
 * Uta claims that she is weak to characters with pink hair.