Hana Hanazawa is a Japanese actress, voice actress and singer. She won Best Supporting Actress at the 9th Seiyu Awards. She is signed with the Japanese media company
Ponican, and is married to fellow Pokemon voice actor
Kensho Ono.
In October 2019, the voice actors for the new Pocket Monsters series were
announced on Twitter, and she provided comments about the character Koharu:
"I was the same age as Satoshi back when the Pokémon anime started airing, so I was able to experience his excitement and emotional moments through him. I will do my absolute utmost when playing this role so that you will all love this series as well."