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It’s been about a year since voice actors Kensho Ono and Kana Hanazawa divorced. Photo tabloid FRIDAY reported that Ono was spotted on a "birthday date" with junior voice actress M・A・O, the two enjoying a Marvel movie and shabu-shabu together, suggesting their relationship may have started even before the divorce. On 5ch, reactions focused less on the affair report itself and more on "Wait, who is M・A・O?" — sparking a wave of replies citing her roles in Cinderella Girls, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, Princess Connect!, and Gokaiger to explain that she’s actually a "skilled, highly in-demand voice actress." The gap in name recognition — Ono has 1.6 million social media followers — also became a talking point.
One year since the divorce from Kana Hanazawa.
With a junior colleague he was "close" with even before the split,
he enjoyed a Marvel movie and shabu-shabu to the fullest—
Source: friday.gold / Original article here
What people said
You already answered your own question right there
I figured it'd be Gorky (nickname for actress Ayame Goriki)
I thought it was Akemi Darenogare
These two have worked together more than I expected
She's not marketed as an idol type
If it were before Ono's divorce, that'd be different, but…
This kind of "helpfully explaining" defense feels pretty forced
I laughed when she totally lost it after getting teased about it on Pokapoka (a TV variety show)
The number one voice actress whose signature role you can never quite recall
I don't recognize either of their names at all
If you're into anime, everyone knows both of them
Of course normal people wouldn't, though
・Idolmaster Cinderella Girls (Ayaka Sagisawa)
・Fire Force (Iris)
・Princess Connect! Re:Dive (Pecorine)
・Granblue Fantasy (Narmaya)
・Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger (Luka Millfy / Gokai Yellow)
・That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (Shion)
・Space Patrol Luluco (Luluco)
・The Middle-Aged Man Reincarnated as a Villainess (Grace Auvergne)
She's still massively in demand — her 2025 and 2026 credits alone are too many to fit in a single screenshot, dozens of shows every year
MAO and Lynn, the two voice actresses who show up in literally everything
Aren't most of those just supporting roles though?
Break it down for an ignorant guy like me — who's dating who, and what anime are they even from?
Which one's your order? (riffing on the "Is the Order a Rabbit?" title)
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Ono's a monster with 1.6 million followers
No voice actress is winning against this
Or rather, isn't it possible this started before the divorce even happened?
They don't have kids together, and as long as the timelines don't actually overlap, who cares if it's one month or one year after the divorce?
Voice acting really is a wild world, huh
Are there seriously zero office romances wherever you work?
Is she actually known for something big?
I'd say Gokaiger is probably her most famous role
She hasn't had a huge number of lead roles, but plenty of main-cast ones
She's the type people call a "chameleon voice actress" — her name comes up constantly
So where are those two exactly
The teaser said "popular voice actor and beautiful voice actress," so technically that's not wrong
Apparently to the Geisupo (entertainment/sports board) crowd, even Mao Ichido doesn't count as a "beautiful voice actress"
Their standards must be insanely high
Background and Key Points of This Story
This kind of "secret romance scoop" relies on photos of the two out together and a headline like "secret date" to imply a relationship, but it’s worth noting that neither party has actually confirmed anything. M・A・O is a "chameleon voice actress" who has voiced major characters across a wide range of titles — Ayaka Sagisawa in Cinderella Girls, Shion in Slime, Pecorine in Princess Connect!, Luka in Gokaiger — rather than someone who got famous off one single flagship role. In the thread, comments like "I can’t even picture her signature role" appeared right alongside praise for her as a "prolific actress who’s in everything," and this mismatch between name recognition and actual career track record was what split opinions. Notably, Kana Hanazawa’s divorce itself wasn’t the thread’s main focus — comments touching on how her entertainment career has changed since the divorce stood out more.
*This article is compiled as an excerpt/summary of the 5ch (Geisupo Sokuhou+) thread "[Scoop] Super-popular voice actor Kensho Ono caught on a two-person "secret birthday date" with beautiful voice actress M・A・O — relationship reportedly close even before his divorce from Kana Hanazawa [Ailuropoda melanoleuca★]."
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