Felix VA: Horie Yui - Re:Zero
Yui Horie
Yui Horie is a professional voice actress and music vocalist signed to VIMS. She was cast to voice the character Felix in the anime series Re:Zero - Starting Life in Another World.
Yui was born on September 20th 1976 in Tokyo, spending most of her days after school home alone as both of her parents worked late into the night. She would watch some anime series growing up, attributing Dirty Pair as one that interested her significantly, as she would go on to enjoy recreating scenes from the anime with her friends from school. In 1995 she started a four year course in university to train her further in the performing arts, and instead of choosing to find part-time work to assist in paying her way through study, she spent more of her time finding audition work. It was through this that she discovered the voice acting magazine Voice Animage which led her to audition within the Arts Vision scholarship program, and became one of only five students that were selected out of the 3,000 candidates. While still in training, she landed her voice acting debut in 1997 video game Voice Fantasia: Ushinawareta Voice Power released for the Sega Saturn, and in the same year, she would have her first anime apperance in the OVA VHS release of Photon: The Idiot Adventures as the character Aun Freya. In 1998, Yui would for the first time be cast as a series' main character, performing the role of Haruka in the series Kurogane Communication, an in addition to her voice acting work, the series also used her voice to sing both of the series' theme music, making it her musical debut. The songs My best friend and Dear mama were released on a Mini CD single on November 18 1998, under the label Pony Canyon.
Notable Appearances
With the rise of anime adaptions of existing series throughout the 21nd century, Yui has been in countless works, appearing in over 200 animated works, and over another 200 video game releases. It would be impossible to give her full credit for all of her most recognised works, but here are a number of characters you may recognise her from.
| Year | Title | Character(s) | Extra |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | To Heart 〜Remember my Memories〜 | Multi (HMX-12)) | Also cast as the same character in the 2016 anime |
| 2002 | Kanon | Ayu Tsukimiya | Reprised her role as Kanon in the 2006 remake |
| 2002 | Dead or Alive | Hitomi | Hitomi is still an active character cast by Yui with it's numerous releases, with DoA 6 releasing in 2019 |
| 2003 | Da Capo | Kotori Shirakawa and Yume Asakura | She would return in the game's future releases and animated series |
| 2006 | The Familiar of Zero series | Siesta | Also cast in the video game release, and Siesta's appearance in 2014's Super Heroine Chronicle playstation game |
| 2007 | Higurashi When They Cry series | Hanyū | Was also cast as the Narrator and various other characters in it's video game releases |
| 2007 | Idolmaster: Xenoglossia | Yukiho Hagiwara | |
| 2008 | Persona 4 | Chie Satonaka | Has kept her role as Chie throughout the many additional appearances Chie has in animation and collaboration games |
| 2008 | Toradora! | Minori Kushieda | She won Best Actress in a Supporting role at the 4th Seiyu Awards for this performance |
| 2008 | Vampire Knight | Yuki Cross | |
| 2009 | Monogatari Series | Tsubasa Hanekawa | Appearing throughout the series long running time, she has cast in six anime series, two films and two games |
| 2009 | Umineko When They Cry | Maria Ushiromiya | |
| 2011 | Hyperdimension Neptunia | Nepgear | A role recast throughout the series and the 2013 animated series |
| 2011 | YuruYuri | Akane Akaza | |
| 2012 | AKB0048 series | Yuki Kashiwagi the 6th | |
| 2012 | Bodacious Space Pirates | Coorie | |
| 2012 | Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere | Mary | Also appeared in the series' game release in the following year |
| 2012 | Little Busters! series | Riki Naoe | |
| 2014 | Black Bullet | Kisara Tendō | |
| 2014 | Cardfight!! Vanguard | Mikuru Shindou | She would reprise her role in the 2019 series of Cardfight!! Vanguard: Shinemon |
| 2014 | Super Smash Brothers (3DS and WiiU) | Corrin (Female) | Her voice lines also appeared in the 2018 release of Super Smash Brothers Ulitmate |
| 2016 | Girls' Frontline | Springfield | |
| 2016 | KonoSuba | Wiz | |
| 2016 | Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World | Felix | |
| 2017 | Azur Lane | Belfast, Belchan and North Carolina | Her role as Belfast would be reprised in the 2019 anime series |