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Chiwa Saitō

Japanese voice actress

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 17, 2026
Entity authorityQ50027
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Chiwa Saitō (斎藤 千和, Saitō Chiwa; born March 12, 1981) is a Japanese voice actress represented by I'm Enterprise. She is best known for her anime roles, which include Hitagi Senjougahara in Monogatari, Homura Akemi in Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Yona in Akatsuki no Yona, Chloe von Eizenbern in Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya, Caster (Tamamo-no-Mae and her variants) in Fate/Extra & Fate/Grand Order series, Aika S. Granzchesta in Aria, Jean in Genshin Impact, Castorice in Honkai: Star Rail, and Aoi Asahina in the Danganronpa video games and anime.

Personal life

Chiwa announced on July 29, 2013 that she had gotten married, and announced in October 2015 that she had given birth to her first child, a daughter. On January 17, 2024, she announced that she was the mother of two additional children.

Filmography

TV Series

1999

Orphen: The Revenge, Remi (ep. 1)

2001

Kokoro Library, Kokoro

2002

Panyo Panyo Di Gi Charat, Mermaid Princess

2003

R.O.D -The TV-, Anita King

Inuyasha, Village Maiden 2 (ep. 129)

Kino's Journey, Daughter (ep. 3)

Popotan, Magical Girl Lilo-chan (ep. 3)

Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo, Usa-chan the Rabbit

Mermaid Melody: Pichi Pichi Pitch, Female Student A (ep. 37), Girl A (ep.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Chiwa Saitō” as japanese voice actress. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Chiwa, Saitō and Japanese.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1981, 2013, 2015, 2024—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1981-03-12. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Chiwa, Saitō and Japanese providing the first useful test.
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Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 17, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q50027. VIAF identifies the subject as 171023128. The Library of Congress control number is no2011080902. 2 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1981, 2013, 2015 and 2024.

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This entry incorporates text from Chiwa Saitō” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.