Sae Ōtsuka
Japanese voice actress
Sae Ōtsuka (大塚 紗英, Ōtsuka Sae; born October 10, 1995) is a Japanese voice actress. She plays the guitar for the band Poppin'Party of the BanG Dream! franchise, which includes portraying the character Tae Hanazono.
Career
Ōtsuka grew up playing with a toy piano that her mother purchased for her, while she wrote her first song when she was five years old after listening to a nursery rhyme. She was part of her elementary school's music committee, which involved playing music during the morning assemblies, and was in her middle school's band club as a trombonist. At the age of 15, Ōtsuka began street performing with an acoustic guitar, which she did for four years.
In December 2014, Ōtsuka was recruited to join the Bushiroad music franchise BanG Dream! as the guitarist Tae Hanazono; at the time, she had no voice acting or electric guitar experience. She was formally introduced to the franchise band Poppin'Party during its second live concert on June 14, 2015. Various aspects of Tae's character were inspired by Ōtsuka, such as Tae conducting street performances during the second season of the anime.
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