Real name: 手嶌葵 (Teshima Aoi)

Effective period / Period of releases: 2006 - 2021

Born June 21, 1987 in Hakata, Fukuoka, Japan. Teshima Aoi is a voice actor/singer hailing from Fukuoka. She debuted as a seiyuu in the lead role in the Studio Ghibli anime movie "ゲド戦記" (Ged Senki / Tales From Earthsea), which was made by the acclaimed anime artist Miyazaki Hayao's son Miyazaki Goro.

Also, she performed the movie's end song "テルーの唄 (歌集バージョン)", which is available as a maxi-CD. Following to that, her first album "ゲド戦記歌集" was released in 2006.

Simultaneously, she debuted in the music world under the major label YAMAHA MUSIC. Her debut single, "Therru no Uta", reached #5 on Oricon charts and has sold over 220,000 copies.

She was featured singing for two songs of a Nintendo Wii game, Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of the Moon. The first song is called "Light" (光), while the ending one is titled "Warmth of the Moon" (月のぬくもり).

She once again collaborated with Gorō Miyazaki on his second feature From up on Poppy Hill (コクリコ坂から) singing Summer of Goodbye, the main theme of the movie and other songs in the film, as well as voiceing the character Yuko.