__Height:__ 169 cm (5’6”)
__Occupation:__ Student / Author / Scenario Writer

Utaha Kasumigaoka is an up-and-coming young novelist and a student in class 3C who has a secret identity as a writer.

She is a hardworking girl who easily finishes writing their game's plot in the span of a night. Her usual disinterested expression gives off the impression that she is an unapproachable person. When she is with the people in [Tomoya Aki](https://anilist.co/character/88747/Tomoya-Aki)'s circle, she reverts to her disdainful self who enjoys making sarcastic remarks. She seems to be calm and quiet, but she actually has a sharp tongue. Utaha can be a little aggressive. Utaha is also very intelligent and is the smartest student in the school. She even writes plays for the drama club as a hobby. She is also a little bit self-centered, but she never talks back to her parents, making her well-mannered. However, when [Tomoya](https://anilist.co/character/88747/Tomoya-Aki) complimented her one time, she acted like a shy, embarrassed girl instead of her usual cold self and called [Tomoya](https://anilist.co/character/88747/Tomoya-Aki) by his first name instead of Rinri-kun.

The life of Tomoyo Aki, a highschool otaku working part time to support his BD hoarding. With remarkable luck, he bumps head-first into Megumi Kato, the most beautiful girl he has ever seen. Naturally, the meeting twists his life into a complicated torrent of relationships. Eriri Spencer Sawamura, his half-foreigner childhood friend who’s always valued her relationship with MC. Kasumigaoka Utaha, a cold, composed renowned literary genius who shoves everyone aside from our protagonist. What is this? An eroge introduction?
 
The tale of a small not quite doujin circle, but not quite indie studio’s journey through the tough territory of comiket and beyond. 
 
Note: Includes episode 0.

**Height:** 153 cm (5'0)

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__Introduction:__
Ai Kayano is a Japanese voice actress and vocalist currently affiliated with Office Osawa.

__Biography:__
Kayano wanted to work in a job that would involve "healing people", leading to initially take up a course at a vocational school. She worked in the beauty industry and became interested in acting after having seen [Aria](https://anilist.co/anime/477/). While attending school, Kayano continued working in the industry and paid for her tuition.

Kayano began working at Pro-Fit in 2010, voicing two supporting characters in the original video animation [Princess Resurrection](https://anilist.co/anime/9159/). In 2011, she voiced [Meiko "Menma" Honma](https://anilist.co/character/40592/) in [Anohana](https://anilist.co/anime/9989/) and received the Best Rookie Actress award for said role at the 6th Seiyuu Awards. Kayano, [Haruka Tomatsu](https://anilist.co/staff/95890/) and [Saori Hayami](https://anilist.co/staff/95869/) performed the series' ending theme "Secret Base – Kimi ga Kureta Mono (10 years after Ver.)", a cover of a song originally sung by the band Zone.

She is often praised for her vocal range, having voiced a variety of characters such as [Mayaka Ibara](https://anilist.co/character/55137/), [Mashiro Shiina](https://anilist.co/character/61371/), [Darkness](https://anilist.co/character/89363/) and [Akari Kawamoto](https://anilist.co/character/24311/) for example, none of which one would connect to the same voice actress.

**Trivia:**
- Worked part-time at a coffee shop with [Chinatsu Akasaki](https://anilist.co/staff/107652/) before becoming a voice actress.
- She got around 100 suggestions for her nickname in the Anohana radio show, from which she herself picked out Kayanon.

Non-anime roles:
- Atago - Azur Lane
- Graf Zeppelin - Azur Lane
- Kaga - Azur Lane
- Renown - Azur Lane
- Y'shtola Rhul - Final Fantasy XIV

Tomoya Aki is a high school otaku working part time to support his BD hoarding habit. With remarkable luck, he runs head-first into Megumi Kato, the most beautiful girl he has ever seen. The unexpected encounter twists his life into a complicated web of relationships. Eriri Spencer Sawamura, his mixed-blood childhood friend who's always valued their relationship. Kasumigaoka Utaha, a stoic literary genius who shoves everyone aside from our protagonist. What is this? An eroge introduction? 
The tale of a small, not quite doujin circle, but not quite indie studio's journey through the tough territory of Comiket and beyond.

Spin-off of SaeKano light novel series focusing on the unlikely relationship between famed author Kasumigaoka Utaha and average otaku Aki Tomoya.
 
Down in a rut and out of lacking creativity, infatuation develops after a fan-signing for 'Love Metronome' and Aki becomes the estranged "assistant" of one of his school's top idols.
 Includes 12 side/extra stories and an epilogue.

The life of Tomoya Aki, a highschool otaku working part time to support his BD hoarding. With remarkable luck, he bumps head-first into, Megumi Kato, the most beautiful girl he has ever seen. Naturally, the meeting twists his life into a complicated torrent of relationships. Eriri Spencer Sawamura, his half-foreigner childhood friend who's always valued her relationship with MC. Kasumigaoka Utaha, a cold, composed renowned literary genius who shoves everyone aside from our protagonist. What is this? An eroge introduction? 
The tale of a small not quite doujin circle, but not quite indie studio's journey through the tough territory of comiket and beyond.

After Eriri and Utaha leave Blessing Software, Tomoya and Megumi work alongside Izumi, Michiru, and Hashima in order to create their next game together: "How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend." However, Tomoya is stuck when it comes to writing the main heroine Meguri's route. And to make things even more complicated, Eriri and Utaha are encountering troubles on their own after a series of complications around their work on Fields Chronicle. Can Tomoya maintain his commitments to both Megumi and Blessing Software, as well as Eriri and Utaha?
 
(Source: Anime News Network)

After finally completing the first route of his visual novel, Blessing Software's producer Tomoya Aki is optimistic about the future of his team and achieving their goal of creating the best game of the season. 

However, they still have a long way to go. For one, Megumi Katou still has an incredibly flat personality and is unable to fit the role of Tomoya's ideal heroine. The other members of Blessing Software, Eriri Spencer Sawamura, Utaha Kasumigaoka, and Michiru Hyoudou, often forget she is even there due to her lack of presence and character. 

Throughout the development of their game, Blessing Software learns the struggles of working in an industry where deadlines must be met and edits are made constantly, and the hardships of working in a group setting. 
Note: Includes episode 0.

A slightly adjusted retelling of Saenai Kanojo no Sodatekata but with a heavier focus on Eriri Spencer Sawamura as the main heroine.

Individual stories with each of the Saekano heroines!? Which girl do you want to XX with?
 
A fanfic volume packed with special scenarios, like a Ferris wheel ride for two, an intimate conversation in a private room, conducting otaku training (?) of a non-otaku girl, and many more sweet (and maybe more) stories with all of the beautiful girls!
 
(Source: Fantasia Bunko, translated)