Ayane Sakura is a Japanese voice actress. She is affiliated with Aoni Production. Her roles included Natsumi Koshigaya in Non Non Biyori, Secre Swallowtail in Black Clover, Ochaco Uraraka in My Hero Academia, Tsubaki Sawabe in Your Lie in April, Iroha Isshiki in My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected, Suzuka Dairenji in Tokyo Ravens, Nagato-class, Sendai-class, Kuma, Tama, Shimakaze in Kantai Collection, Cocoa Hoto in Is the Order a Rabbit?, Ran Mitake in BanG Dream!, Clarisse in Granblue Fantasy, Yotsuba Nakano in The Quintessential Quintuplets, Hasuki Komai in Boarding School Juliet, Nao Tomori in Charlotte, Rinne in Pretty Rhythm: Rainbow Live and King of Prism, Yae Sakura in Honkai Impact 3rd, Prinz Eugen in Azur Lane, Gabi Braun in Attack on Titan: The Final Season, Ephnel in SoulWorker, Yae Miko in Genshin Impact, and Fiona Frost in Spy × Family. She has performed theme, and character songs for each series. Sakura won the Best Supporting Actress award at the 12th Seiyu Awards.

Your Lie in April is a Japanese romantic drama manga series written and illustrated by Naoshi Arakawa. It was serialized in Kodansha's magazine Monthly Shōnen Magazine from April 2011 to February 2015. The story follows a young pianist named Kо̄sei Arima, who loses the ability to perform the piano after his mother's death, and his experiences after he meets violinist Kaori Miyazono.