Fairouz Ai

"Jolyne Cujoh is the bravest, most beautiful, most strong, most loving, and most wonderful person I've come across. My admiration for her hasn't changed in 12 years. I'm really happy to be able to go on this bizarre adventure with her, and I'll put my life into my performance so that I can acquire the same "amazingness" as Jolyne through the recording process."

- Fairouz Ai

Fairouz Ai (ファイルーズ あい) is a Japanese voice actress and singer who is affiliated with the Raccoon Dog talent agency. She is notable for being the voice of Jolyne Cujoh in the anime adaptation of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean.

Fairouz Ai is also known for her work on other anime such as being the voice of Manatsu Natsuumi in ', Hibiki Sakura in ', Emily Orange in ', Eripiyo in ', Takechiyo in ', Power in ', Cirno in the Touhou Project series, and Kiriko in the  Japanese dub.

Biography
Fairouz Ai-Kadota was born in to a Japanese mother and an Egyptian father. Her brother, Gihado Kadota (門田 ギハード), is an athlete who represents Japan in ice climbing competitions. Fairouz was raised in Egypt and studied at the in  from fifth grade of elementary school until graduation. According to her, she used to walk to school on the same where Jotaro Kujo and DIO fought in Stardust Crusaders. She would later return to Japan during high school.

After graduating from high school, Fairouz did not immediately start a career in voice acting due to her parents' opposition. She first entered a graphic design school but her desire to become a voice actress rekindled during her third year. She worked as a dental assistant for one year to save money and entered the, graduating in 2019 and debuting as a nameless female citizen in . In the same year, she starred in the role of Hibiki Sakura in the anime .

In 2020, at the, Fairouz Ai won an award in the "New Actress" category for her role as Hibiki Sakura.

Fairouz Ai is fond of drawing, watching horror movies, reading manga such as ', ', ', and ', and muscle training. She has a grade 3 certification in Business Skill and a grade 4 certification in Horseback Riding.

On March 31, 2022, Fairouz transferred to the Raccoon Dog talent agency along with several other voice actors from Pro-Fit after Pro-Fit ceased production operations.

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
Fairouz has long been a fan of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, particularly Stone Ocean, which she first learned of by reading comments on videos that referenced the series. She began collecting the first five volumes of Stone Ocean during her second year of junior high school because she liked the dramatic art and was fascinated by the female protagonist, though she mistakenly thought it was the first story arc due to the reset volume numbers. She couldn't understand anything but wanted to know more about Jolyne, whom she thought was cool. After reading the second volume of the sixth part, she restarted all the way back to Phantom Blood, and eventually completed the entire set by her freshman year of high school.

Fairouz found it tough to adjust in high school but stayed optimistic and motivated herself by thinking that she wants to be like Jolyne. Being half-Egyptian, Fairouz was really happy when she read Stardust Crusaders as she met several people who told her they liked Egypt because of the manga and anime which featured the country. After making friends with other JoJo fans, they called her Avdol so she would joke that she would bring out Magician's Red.

She participated in an online reading session of the manga through Skype group calls and was praised within her online community for her skill in reading the dialog out loud, leading her to begin to regularly act out scenes from JoJo. The character of Jolyne has even helped her to stay optimistic while job hunting or working, and inspired her dream to appearing in an anime adaptation of the manga and into her career as a a voice actor.

Fairouz jokingly proclaims herself to be a "Jolyne ". During her audition for the role, she tied her hair into buns and even brought a Stone Ocean clear folder with pictures of Jolyne and Jotaro for display. Despite her cheerfulness during the audition, she nearly cried while nervously showing her Stone Ocean clear folder to the casting directors. She teared up while recording a scene in the fifth episode of Stone Ocean - where Jotaro tells Jolyne how much he cherishes her as his daughter - saying that as a JoJo fan, she felt Jotaro's unseen kindness in just those lines alone.

Fairouz says that she affiliated herself with the agency Pro-Fit because the teacher of the training center was Yoku Shioya, who voiced Will Anthonio Zeppeli, and that it would help her appear in the anime adaptation. She received her certification in horseback riding after reading Steel Ball Run which inspired her to learn how to ride a horse.

Fairouz Ai had a voice cameo in all three episodes of the Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan TV drama's second season.

During the recording session for the fight against Viviano Westwood, Fairouz had been yelling out her lines so much that she had to go to the hospital after her throat was found to have various black spots in it. She was diagnosed with internal bleeding, but returned to finish recording her lines not long after. Despite this, her throat healed, making her jokingly comment about her Stamina stat being "A". Fairouz also mentioned that this recording session was the most she has ever screamed in her entire life.

On December 1, 2022, Fairouz Ai posted that she cried after recording the final episode of the Part 6 anime.

Trivia

 * In a 2019 interview, Fairouz stated that she couldn't pull off Jolyne, but would've loved to play a supporting character, like Foo Fighters.
 * Fairouz also stated that if she were to play Jolyne in the future, she would do her best to bring out her "inner Jolyne".
 * Fairouz's favorite JoJo character is Jotaro Kujo, one of the reasons being his fatherly love for Jolyne.
 * Sports Maxx is also one of her favorite characters.
 * When asked to describe her role as Jolyne in one word, Fairouz said that "love" would be the most fitting because all of the character's actions stemmed from love, including her resolve, strength and conviction.
 * During the Netflix Festival Japan 2021 event, Fairouz jokingly called herself the "Stand coordinator" for Mutsumi Tamura and Mariya Ise due to her expansive knowledge of Stands as well as the JoJo franchise as a whole.
 * Fairouz said that if she were to have a Stand, she would pick either Crazy Diamond or Khnum, the former due to its versatility and ability to heal people and fix broken things. And the latter, because of its ability to impersonate anyone, which she would use to play tricks on people.
 * In another interview, she stated she would want Bohemian Rhapsody because she's an otaku.
 * As a fashion fan, Fairouz states that her most favorite costume among the JoJo characters is Vento Aureo's Cioccolata. She also adds that the cross décor on his costume (which usually signifies a good character) did not match the character's villainous demeanor, stating Araki's genius for combining the two.
 * One of the scenes that impressed Fairouz was the scene where Bruno Bucciarati spoke to Vinegar Doppio (under the guise of Trish Una) before the final battle of Vento Aureo. She quotes Bucciarati's simple dialog for Trish to have a normal life, saying that he displayed his kindness and was always ready to sacrifice himself.