A friend of Oniyasha’s. He’s always down by the riverbank, where he and Oniyasha—who sneaks away from practice—spend their time making up ridiculous stories together. Rough around the edges but surprisingly dependable, he actually seems to have an interest in dance. (Source: Official Site)

Born into a life of acting and dance with a traveling theater troupe in 14th-century Japan, 12-year old Oniyasha has one problem—he doesn't know what the point of any of it is. "Why must I step with the left foot here instead of the right? Why is one performance good and another, bad? Why do people dance at all?" It all seems perfectly arbitrary, until a chance encounter in a run-down shack sets him down a path to revolutionizing the art form and influencing much of Japanese culture to come. A fictionalized account of the early life of Zeami Motokiyo (Oniyasha), the founder of modern Noh theater—the world's oldest surviving theater art—this coming-of-age artist's journey vividly brings to life a man far ahead of his time during one of Japan's most culturally and socially vibrant eras.
 
(Source: Kodansha Comics)

Born into a life of acting and dance with a traveling theater troupe in 14th-century Japan, 12-year old Oniyasha has one problem—he doesn't know what the point of any of it is. "Why must I step with the left foot here instead of the right? Why is one performance good and another, bad? Why do people dance at all?" It all seems perfectly arbitrary, until a chance encounter in a run-down shack sets him down a path to revolutionizing the art form and influencing much of Japanese culture to come. A fictionalized account of the early life of Zeami Motokiyo (Oniyasha), the founder of modern Noh theater—the world's oldest surviving theater art—this coming-of-age artist's journey vividly brings to life a man far ahead of his time during one of Japan's most culturally and socially vibrant eras. 

(Source: Kodansha Comics)

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Maaya Uchida is a Japanese actress, voice actress and singer who works for I'm Enterprise. She is [Yuuma Uchida](https://anilist.co/staff/119617/)'s older sister.
Announced her marriage to fellow voice actor [Kaito Ishikawa](https://anilist.co/staff/115156/Kaito-Ishikawa) on September 30, 2025.

**Awards:**
- She won the Best New Actress Award at the 8th Seiyuu Awards, for her role as [Hajime Ichinose](https://anilist.co/character/85153/).

**Non-Anime Roles:**
~!- [Fischl](https://anilist.co/character/209685/Fischl) - Genshin Impact (VG)
- [Ichihime](https://anilist.co/character/200348/Ichihime) - Mahjong Soul (VG)
- Pure Vanilla Cookie - Cookie Run: Kingdom (VG)
- Admi - Goddess of Victory: Nikke (VG)
- Epinel - Goddess of Victory: Nikke (VG)
- Ms. NewBabel - Reverse: 1999 (VG)
- Gretel - SINoAlice (VG)
- Sakura - Shinobi Nightmare (VG)
- Kanami - Strinova (VG)
- S-Sha - Megadimension Neptunia VII (VG)
- Zero - Drakengard 3 (VG)
- Hiroyo Hakase - Hikounin Sentai Akibaranger (TV)
- Shizuna Rem Misurugi - The Legend of Heroes Series (VG)
- Khalipe - Chaos Zero Nightmare (VG)
!~

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