Fairouz Ai

Fairouz Ai (ファイルーズあい) is a Japanese voice actress and singer who is affiliated with. On April 4, 2021, it was announced at the JOESTAR The Inherited Soul event that she would be the voice of Jolyne Cujoh in the upcoming JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean anime.

Fairouz Ai is also known for her work on other anime such as being the voice of Hibiki Sakura in ', Emily Orange in ' or Eripiyo in .

Biography
Born in from a Japanese mother and an Egyptian father, she was raised in  and studied in the  in  from fifth grade of elementary school until graduation. Fairouz later moved to in high school.

Fairouz says she is a fan of Stone Ocean, having read the series while in high school. She participated in an online reading session of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series. Fairouz became a fan of the series and was praised in her community for her skill in reading the scenes out loud. She thus started regularly acting out the scenes. Fairouz says that she dreamed of appearing in an anime adaptation of the manga and that it pushed her to become a voice actor.

After graduating from high school, Fairouz did not immediately start a career in voice acting due to her parent's 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 . 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.

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 mangas such as, , or , and muscle training. She has a grade 3 certification in Business Skill and a grade 4 certification in Horseback Riding.

Trivia

 * Fairouz Ai once expressed her wish to voice Foo Fighters.
 * Fairouz Ai has a brother named Gihado Kadota (門田 ギハード) who represents Japan in the sport of ice climbing.