Sayaka Hirano

I'm a huge fan of Aya Hirano. I could never hate Miss Haruhi Suzumiya herself, and the fact that she's a party girl makes her even cooler. So, I was pretty excited to hear she had a new single on the way, and a dance track nonetheless. For Tuesday we have her latest effort, ToxxIC. Unfortunately, this ultimate combination is just not sitting with me well. Miss Hirano looks amazing in the video, but it just sounds... off. I don't know if it's how the vocals are mixed in, but the whole track...Read Full Story

One of the biggest draw at this year's Otakon down in Baltimore is Aya Hirano. The singer-personality-seiyuu talent showed off her renewed poise and mesmerized the masses this past weekend, and part of that is her very first solo live in America. The set was only about an hour long but she got us when "God Knows" and "Lost My Music" played back to back, forming that magical 8-minute-stretch of time that transported us back to 2006, the year Aya Hirano made a name for herself as the lead...Read Full Story

Otakon is right around the corner. This year the con management began its guest announcement back in April, but the guest list didn't begin to fill until June and it only finished last week. Thankfully, this year's guest list is longer than usual, and is worth the wait. From Japan, we have most notably Aya Hirano (Haruhi in Haruhi, Konata in Lucky Star), making her solo vocalist debut in the US with a concert on Sunday. Alongside we have voice acting guests Tetsuya Kakihara (Simon in Gurren...Read Full Story

Japan Celeb Actress Aya Hirano  ProfileName: Aya Hirano 平野綾Date of birth: October 8, 1987Place of birth: Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, JapanHeight: 158 cmBlood type: OHoroscope: LibraHobby: Learning Guitar, ReadingProfession: Voice actress, J-pop singer Japan Celeb Actress Aya Hirano  Romaji for 平野綾. Please vote to merge to 平野綾Aya Hirano (平野 綾, Hirano Aya), born October 8, 1987 in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, is a voice actress (seiyū) and singer who has had roles in several anime, visual novel...Read Full Story

It's summer con season, which means in addition to the never-ending slew of events, there's a bombardment of announcements regarding con guest after con guest. Anime Expo has announced most of their big guns, so it's up to Otakon to steal whatever thunder they can. Aya Hirano is a good one to go with as your first big announcement. You know her from The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi and Lucky Star, and she is an otaku's wet dream. She will be their Sunday guest, giving you a reason to hang...Read Full Story