Ai Maeda (前田 愛, born April 19, 1975) is a Japanese voice actress born in Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan, employed by the talent management firm Aoni Production. She is also a singer under the name AiM and a songwriter under the name ai. She is best known in the English-speaking world for her work as both a voice actress and a singer in the Digimon anime series until Digimon Frontier. In January of 2013, she married Ryōtarō Okiayu.
She is not to be confused with the on-camera actress of the same name.
Notable filmography
- Charlotte Galette in One Piece
- Chihiro Fushimi in Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4
- Emiru Nagakura in Sentimental Graffiti
- Girls in Real Sound: Kaze no Regret
- Haruhi Nishimoto in Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side 2nd Kiss
- Karen Minazuki/Cure Aqua in Yes! Pretty Cure 5, Yes! Pretty Cure 5 GO!GO!, Yes! Pretty Cure 5 GoGo! The Movie: Happy Birthday in the Land of Sweets, Pretty Cure All Stars, and Power of Hope ~PreCure Full Bloom~.
- Kumiko Komori in Kamisama Kazoku
- Marin (Kitty) in Baby Felix and Friends
- Megumi Oumi in Zatch Bell! (also video games)
- Meimei in Senran Kagura
- Mimi Tachikawa in Digimon Adventure, Digimon Adventure 02 and Digimon Xros Wars: The Young Hunters Who Leapt Through Time
- Mirai Hatohara in World Trigger
- Nietzsche and Eudy in Yggdra Union: We'll Never Fight Alone (PSP version)
- O-Ren Ishii in the animated scenes from Kill Bill Vol. 1
- Oichi and Samurai Woman in Samurai Warriors
- Poala in Beet the Vandel Buster
- Range in the Spectral Force 2 ~Eien naru Kiseki~ OVA
- Sayo in Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth
- Setsuna Meioh/Sailor Pluto in Sailor Moon Crystal (replacing Chiyoko Kawashima, who retired from voice acting since 2001)
- Shion Uzuki in Xenosaga and Namco × Capcom
- Yue/Aria in Rune Factory 2
- Yura Keikain in Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan
Discography
- I Wish (Digimon Adventure first ending)
- Keep on (Digimon Adventure second ending)
- Ashita wa atashi no kaze ga fuku (Digimon Adventure 02 first ending)
- Itsumo Itsudemo (Digimon Adventure 02 second ending)
- My Tomorrow (Digimon Tamers first ending)
- Days: Aijou to nichijou (Digimon Tamers second ending)
- an Endless Tale (Digimon Frontier second ending, duet with Kōji Wada, the other Digimon musical mainstay)
- Less notable are the image songs for Mimi she also sings from the first two seasons: Itsudemo Aeru Kara and Super Girl respectively and the duet with Palmon (Mizowaki Shihomi) from 02, Happy Smile, along with a handful of other minor insert songs.
