 On her personal blog, voice actress Shizuka Itou revealed that she is now divorced. She announced her marriage on the same blog in December 2012. Itou shared the news on Thursday, April 30, but stated the divorce occurred some days prior. As she was preparing for it for some time, she assured her fans it won't impact her daily life, and asked that they watch over her while she continues to do her best in regard to her work. Her career in voice acting began after enrolling at agency Ken Production's training center in 2002. Her popular roles include voicing Akeno Himejima in High School DxD, Hinagiku Katsura in Hayate no Gotoku!, Lenalee Lee in D.Gray-man, Koko Hekmatyar in Jormungand, and Rindou Kobayashi in Shokugeki no Souma. Itou is also a singer, having performed numerous anime theme songs and released her own music. She debuted outside of anime with the mini-album "Devotion" on April 21, 2010, which peaked at 54th on the Oricon Albums Chart. Source: Oricon News |
| Oh, damn. Well, I hope it's for the best. |
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| Well, that's not the type of social distancing we need currently. :/ Wish her successes on the new path she takes, anyway. |
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| Yess go off queen. I’m sure you deserve better |
| Not gonna lie, with these uncertain times we're in right now, I got nervous and thought this was going to be a headline about her passing away. I should certainly stop assuming the worst just because the headline starts with a name lol. |
| People on MAL refuse to actually enjoy watching anime. Your taste in anime isn't a personality trait. MAL is literally just anime Twitter as its own website lol. |
thebrentinator24 said: Not gonna lie, with these uncertain times we're in right now, I got nervous and thought this was going to be a headline about her passing away. I should certainly stop assuming the worst just because the headline starts with a name lol. Nah, no one can blame you. MAL news team has a death note, I'm sure of it at this point. |
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| Well, I'll be hoping that this was for the better. |
#Anime4Life be my Life Motto! #PrayForKyoAni  |
Daniel_Naumov said: Checked her out. No decent roles, a lot of indecent series... wonder if that contributed to the friction with the husband. Not going to claim anything, of course. Merely theorizing... Minako, Koko, Akeno all great roles. There's surely plenty more. You speaking bs. And surely I hope no one is retarded enough to divorce their partner because of their professional work If so, good for her it's over. |
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| Hopefully she can peacefully move on from this chapter in her life. |
Bum Bum Dum Dum |
| If it was someone famous it'd be mentioned. Just assume it's "a random salaryman not from the industry." (Sorry if I come off sounding like a dick, not my intention.) |
JigsyMay 2, 2020 11:10 AM
| We're the same. Nuisances with nowhere to go. |
| OOOOSHHHH!!! My chance ~ ~ ~! Hope finally soon gonna catch her .. :3 |
Once a flower withered, it can never bloom again.. |
| Marriage is tough in Japan..I guess Hitomi Nabatame is the only one for her. |
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| you'd think divorce would come after 1,2,3 years but 8 years..damn. Just goes to show you never know when these things will strike oh well, no news if it was an amicable one or whatnot, so best not speculate what went down |
 'On-Hold' is another way for a completionist to say 'Dropped' |
| I remember that i despised her a while ago and kind of skeptical about her due to being typecasted for only sexy but useless characters. But eventually her voice on Kaori Kanzaki changed my mind. Also she's getting different roles recently and just started to growing on me... Then i saw the news right now, idk what to say... hope she moves on as soon as possible... 2020 seems the worst year for the seiyuu industry. |
VargnattMay 2, 2020 4:07 PM
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| Love how people immediately assume that the husband was the problem and the sole reason that the divorce happened lol. |
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| Well, I do hope that the ex-husband did the things very well think. Because how could he such an beautiful and nice women like she is let go. I had fight for this marriage, he didn't deserve her then at begin already. The one positive thing that we could take, that they didn't have child/-ren. Because it'd be more worse the situation for all parties. I do hope that Ito will find sooner or later (but hopenly sooner) an soul mate that he her respects and till to live end loyal is, and they together a happy family could be. |
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| Guess it's time to marry her. |
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Short_Circut said: you'd think divorce would come after 1,2,3 years but 8 years..damn. Just goes to show you never know when these things will strike oh well, no news if it was an amicable one or whatnot, so best not speculate what went down That usually happens when chicks want to go back to their previous marriage life: dating tons and tons of guys. |
Maybe it is better that guy moved away from such a person... |
| That pic is hilarious. Hopefully, she'll be ok. |
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Who's the girl she's grappling there? |
| lmao that picture. I cannot lol |
thebrentinator24 said: Not gonna lie, with these uncertain times we're in right now, I got nervous and thought this was going to be a headline about her passing away. I should certainly stop assuming the worst just because the headline starts with a name lol. Know I'm late on this but having a minor/major role in anime doesn't affect your pay grade (besides improving your reputation/rank). Pay is all dependent on your rank (e.g rank F gets paid lower than rank E, D, C, B, A, S) and # of episodes you're in. She has a looooot of minor roles so she was probably making decent pay. |
ixaa said: thebrentinator24 said: Not gonna lie, with these uncertain times we're in right now, I got nervous and thought this was going to be a headline about her passing away. I should certainly stop assuming the worst just because the headline starts with a name lol. Know I'm late on this but having a minor/major role in anime doesn't affect your pay grade (besides improving your reputation/rank). Pay is all dependent on your rank (e.g rank F gets paid lower than rank E, D, C, B, A, S) and # of episodes you're in. She has a looooot of minor roles so she was probably making decent pay. I uh...think you may have responded to the wrong comment lol. |
| People on MAL refuse to actually enjoy watching anime. Your taste in anime isn't a personality trait. MAL is literally just anime Twitter as its own website lol. |
thebrentinator24 said: ixaa said: Know I'm late on this but having a minor/major role in anime doesn't affect your pay grade (besides improving your reputation/rank). Pay is all dependent on your rank (e.g rank F gets paid lower than rank E, D, C, B, A, S) and # of episodes you're in. She has a looooot of minor roles so she was probably making decent pay. I uh...think you may have responded to the wrong comment lol. Oh shit, I did looooooooool, sorry!!!! |
| I know I'm coming late to this, but with the sudden marriage of Japanese voice actors lately, it's sad to see how she divorced. She's one of my favorite voice actressess ever (and one of the firsts I remember liking), so reading this breaks my heart a bit. Really wish the divorce was at least civil, eight years living together is a lot of time. Anyway, I hope she's able to find love again in the future. Also: This picture is gold. Makes me remember this: |
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