Soma Saito

Saito was born on April 22, 1991, in Shōwa, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. He is the eldest of three siblings, with two younger sisters. He wanted to become a voice actor in high school, inspired by Akira Ishida's role as Koyemshi in Bokurano. Prior to that, he wanted to become a musician or a novel writer. ==Voice acting career==

Saito joined the second 81 Produce's Audition in 2008. In that audition, a total of 1,035 people participated with only 33 going to the final audition to decide who would win and stay training under the talent agency. He won the audition for the male category and started taking voice acting classes at ''81 ACTOR'S STUDIO'' afterwards, while still attending high school. In 2009, Saito won the "Judges' Special Prize" in the recitation competition at the 33rd . Veteran voice actor Nobuyo Ōyama was one of the judges present at that time. He started his career as a voice actor in 2010, voicing minor roles in a few anime and video games. He put less focus on his career as a voice actor during his first two years to focus on his studies at Waseda University. He shared the award with Ryōta Ōsaka and Natsuki Hanae. In March 2019, he and the other members of Hypnosis Mic received a singing award in the 13th Voice Actor Awards. ==Music career==

Saito made his debut as a solo artist in 2017, under Sacra Music. He released his first single on June 7, 2017. His second single was released on September 6, 2017. The song was used as the opening theme song to Katsugeki/Touken Ranbu. Saito released his third single on June 20, 2018. For his third single, he took upon himself songwriting duties, writing lyrics and music for all songs featured on it. Saitō released his first album, quantum stranger, on December 19, 2018. On February 24, 2019, Saito held his 1st solo live concert entitled "Saito Soma 1st LIVE quantum stranger(s)" in Maihama Amphitheater. A blu-ray edition of the concert was released on June 5 of the same year the concert was held. ==Personal life==

On June 30, 2023, Saito announced his marriage to a woman outside the industry. ==Filmography==

Anime series Original video animation (OVA) Original net animation (ONA) Animated films Video games Drama CD Boys love CDs Stage TV Show Dubbing roles == Discography ==

Singles EPs Digital albums Studio albums Character song == Concerts ==

Personal Concerts Other concerts ==Awards==