Saori Ōnishi

Ōnishi began aspiring to become an actress in elementary school, while watching television. The voice acting performances of voice actresses such as Maaya Sakamoto and Sanae Kobayashi also inspired her to pursue the profession.[5] During her elementary and junior high school years, she was part of a brass band club. Although she was part of the science class in high school, she decided not to join any clubs, instead preferring to attend a voice acting training school.[5] Ōnishi began her voice acting career in 2012, initially voicing characters in a number of drama CDs, before moving on to supporting roles in anime.[6] Her first main role in an anime was as La Folia Rihavein in Strike the Blood.[7] In 2014, she was cast as Jamie Hazaford in the anime series Argevollen,[8] Emi Murakami in the anime series Jinsei,[9] and Kanon Chiyoda in the anime series The Irregular at Magic High School.[9] In 2015, Ōnishi played Eriri Spencer Sawamura in the anime series Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend.[10] She played the roles of Ais Warenstein in Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?,[11] Hisako Arato in Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma,[12] and Miyuki Kujō in Shomin Sample.[13] In 2016, she played the roles of Kazuha Shibasaki in Girlish Number, Non Toyoguchi in Keijo, Madoka Amano in Active Raid,[14] and Ai Ninomiya in Amanchu.[15] In August 2016, she visited Hong Kong to promote the game Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana, where she plays the role of Dana.[16] In 2017, Ōnishi played the role of Vignette April Tsukinose in the anime series Gabriel DropOut; she and co-stars Miyu Tomita, Naomi Ōzora, and Kana Hanazawa performed the series' opening theme "Gabriel Drop Kick" and ending theme "Hallelujah Essaim".[17] She voiced Muramasa Senju in Eromanga Sensei,[18] Marie Bell Breguet in Clockwork Planet,[19] and Kuro in Restaurant to Another World.[20] In 2018, she played Hiyori Jūjō in Katana Maidens ~ Toji No Miko,[21] Ruka Irokawa in Comic Girls,[22] and Beelzebub in As Miss Beelzebub Likes.[23] In 2019, she played Nagi Kirima in Boogiepop and Others.[24] She also played Kaori Shirasaki in Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest.[25]

On February 22, 2022, she tested positive for COVID-19. She took a PCR test and went into quarantine after she was told that she was a close contact with someone with COVID-19. She is currently being treated with guidance from the health center and medical institution.[26]

• Official agency profile (in Japanese)
• Saori Ōnishi at Anime News Network's encyclopedia