Yoshiko Horie (Ku Jiang  You Zi , Horie Yoshiko, born September 20, 1976), known by her stage name Yui Horie (Ku Jiang
Early life and career
Born in Katsushika, Tokyo on September 20, 1976, Horie spent much of her younger years as a latchkey kid. As an only child she would spend most of her time alone, playing outside of her residence after school until 7pm, when her parents would return from work. In junior high school, she joined the volleyball club but did not enjoy it much. Horie refers to her time at junior high and high school as her 'dark era'.  Early childhood interests included watching the Japanese animated television show Dirty Pair. She was fascinated by the main premise of the show; detective work. She would act out scenes from memory with a school friend and also record herself with a cassette player.  In 1995, during the first year of college, Horie auditioned at the Japan Voice Acting Institute for a scholarship, the voice training school for Arts Vision. She can be quoted as saying "I went for an audition instead of hunting for a job, hahaha....". Horie graduated after 4 years of training. During this time she entered the SME Voice Actor Audition in 1996, winning the Namco Prize, (with Ayako Kawasumi winning the Special Award). On August 28, 1996, Horie and 21 other voice students (including Tamura Yukari) were unveiled at Nippon Cultural Broadcasting Inc.'s "SOMETHING DREAMS '96" at the Tokyo International Exhibition Centre as the Dorikan Club, a group of aspiring voice actresses. Whilst still training and under the representation of Arts Vision, Horie was able to make her voice actor debut in the 1997 PlayStation and Sega Saturn game, Voice Fantasia: Ushinawareta Voice Power.  Horie's first leading role was in the 1998 anime Kurogane Communication, of which she sang the theme songs, "My best friend" and "Dear Mama". These two songs were released as Horie's first single under the Pony Canyon music label. In 1999, with the increasing number of eroge and visual novels being adapted to anime, Horie was able to win a major role as Multi, a robotic girl, in the romantic anime To Heart.

Q: Where was Yui born?
A: Born in Katsushika, Tokyo on September 20, 1976, Horie

Q: What happened in the early life?
A: Early childhood interests included watching the Japanese animated television show Dirty Pair.

Q: What else did she enjoy?
A: She was fascinated by the main premise of the show; detective work.

Q: Did she like to watch anything else?
A: She would act out scenes from memory with a school friend and also record herself with a cassette player.

Q: How did she start her career?
A: Horie's first leading role was in the 1998 anime Kurogane Communication,

Q: What was her role?
A: she sang the theme songs, "My best friend" and "Dear Mama".

Q: Did she have any roles in anything else?
A: Horie was able to win a major role as Multi, a robotic girl, in the romantic anime To Heart.
Was it successful?
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