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Yû Wakui

Yû Wakui

Actor · Born January 24, 1995 (31) · Tochigi, Japan

Yuu Wakui (和久井 優, Wakui Yū, January 24, 1995) is a Japanese voice actress and actress from Tochigi Prefecture. She is 166 cm tall. She is affiliated with mitt management. She made her debut as a voice actress in the role of Sumire Hikami in the TV anime Aikatsu! She announced on September 18, 2018 that she had joined Sunaoka office (affiliated with Himawari Theater Group). She left Sunaoka Office in October 31, 2022 and became freelance after she joined mitt management in January 12, 2023.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
January 24, 1995 (31)
From
Tochigi, Japan
Works as
Actor
Titles
10 on Motif · 19 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Up 27% in 30 days

What are Yû Wakui's films like?

Across a limited sample of 4 Motif titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
58%
Self
42%
Friendship3 titles, browse their movies with this themeComing of age3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

Roles they play

1 analyzed role

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Warm
4
Joyful
2
Romantic
1
Bittersweet
1
Hopeful
1
Other
1

How their films linger

Feel-good3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Yû Wakui's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 7 of their 10 Motif titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Crunchyroll (5).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Yû Wakui's titles on Motif; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Motif score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

19 credits, 10 with a Motif page.

  • Aikatsu! × PriPara THE MOVIE -A Miraculous Meeting!- (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2025)

    Actor

  • City the Animation(2025)

    Show 5 episodes · as Café Yamabushi Clerk / Quiz Reader (voice) · as Ibuki (voice) · as Riko Izumi (voice) · as Riko Izumi / Café Yamabushi Clerk (voice) · as Soroban (voice)

    Motif score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • Beheneko: The Elf-Girl's Cat is Secretly an S-Ranked Monster!(2024)

    Show 12 episodes · as Feri (voice)

    Motif score: 9th percentile of all shows

  • Animelo Summer Live 2024 -Stargazer- 9/1 (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2024)

    as Toru Asakura

  • Delico's Nursery(2024)

    Show 13 episodes · as Lucia Lorca (voice)

    Motif score: 29th percentile of all shows

  • THE IDOLM@STER SHINY COLORS 5thLIVE If I_wings (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2023)

    as Toru Asakura

  • A Galaxy Next Door(2023)

    Show 12 episodes · Theme Song Performance · as Shiori Goshiki (voice)

    Motif score: 45th percentile of all shows

  • Aikatsu! 10th Story: Starway to the Future(2023)

    as Sumire Hikami (voice)

    Motif score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Kaina of the Great Snow Sea(2023)

    Show 5 episodes · as Süro (voice)

    Motif score: 25th percentile of all shows

  • VOY@GER(2021)

    as Toru Asakura (voice)

    Motif score: 54th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan(2021)

    Show 2 episodes · as Child (voice) · as University Student (voice)

    Motif score: 72nd percentile of all shows

  • THE IDOLM@STER SHINY COLORS 2ndLIVE STEP INTO THE SUNSET SKY (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2021)

    as Toru Asakura

  • THE IDOLM@STER SHINY COLORS MUSIC DAWN (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2020)

    as Toru Asakura

  • Aikatsu! ~Aiming For the Magic Aikatsu Card~ (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2016)

    as Sumire Hikami (voice)

  • Three Leaves, Three Colors(2016)

    Show 12 episodes · as Youko Nishikawa (voice)

    Motif score: 43rd percentile of all shows

  • Aikatsu! Music Award: We all get a prize SHOW! (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2015)

    as Sumire Hikami (voice)

  • Aikatsu! Music Award: We all get a prize SHOW! (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2015)

    as Akari Oozora (voice)

  • Aikatsu! The Movie(2014)

    as Sumire Hikami (voice)

    Motif score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Aikatsu! (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2012)

    Show 77 episodes · as Sumire Hikami (voice)

Career shape

Star power in the 75th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 19 titles from 2012 to 2025.

Highest rated

A Galaxy Next Door (2023)

Motif 45th

Film career

  • 2012Screen debut· Aikatsu!

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting19 of 19: 18 only acting, 1 with another role · typical Motif score50thOther crew1 of 19: 0 only other crew, 1 with another role

By decade

2010s6 · acting2020s13 · 13 acting · 1 crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Motif score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on Motif, shown from 5 scored.

Who does Yû Wakui work with?

People who share at least 2 of Yû Wakui's Motif titles; Ryûichi Kimura shares the most, 2.