Haruka Kudou, born March 16, 1989, is a Japanese voice actress, singer, and guitarist. She entered the industry as a magazine reader model, was scouted by Top Coat, and served as an exclusive model for the Japanese edition of Seventeen from 2003 to 2006; her voice career began in 2005 with Hagumi Hanamoto in Honey and Clover, a manga she had read before being invited to audition. She stepped back from performing during university, and after her Top Coat contract lapsed in 2007 she committed to voice work, joining Sigma Seven in 2011, going freelance in 2014, and later signing with ELBS Entertainment and then Ace Crew Entertainment. Her other roles include Haruka Kaminogi in Noein: To Your Other Self, Sayu Yagami in Death Note, and Sayo Hikawa of BanG Dream!, for which she plays guitar in the band Roselia. She debuted as a solo singer-songwriter with the mini-album KDHR in March 2020.
