Saori Ōnishi (大西 沙織, Ōnishi Saori, born August 6, 1992) is a Japanese voice actress who is affiliated with I'm Enterprise. She voiced La Folia Rihavein in her first main role for the anime series Strike the Blood. She is known for her roles as Eriri Spencer Sawamura in Saekano, Ais Wallenstein in Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?, Vignette April Tsukinose in Gabriel DropOut, Miyako Shikimori in Shikimori's Not Just a Cutie, and Akari Watanabe in More Than a Married Couple, But Not Lovers. She won the Best Supporting Actress award and the Personality Award at the 12th Seiyu Awards.
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Ōnishi began aspiring to become an actress in elementary school, while watching television. Maaya Sakamoto and Sanae Kobayashi inspired her to pursue the profession. While attending elementary and junior high school, Ōnishi was part of a brass band club. Although she was part of the science class in high school, she did not join any clubs. She attended a voice acting training school.
Ōnishi initially voiced characters in a number of drama CDs, before moving on to supporting roles in anime. Her first main role in an anime was as La Folia Rihavein in Strike the Blood. In 2014, she voiced Jamie Hazaford in Argevollen, Emi Murakami in Jinsei, and Kanon Chiyoda in The Irregular at Magic High School. Ōnishi voiced Eriri Spencer Sawamura in Saekano. She played the roles of Ais Warenstein in Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?, Hisako Arato in Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma, and Miyuki Kujō in Shomin Sample. In 2016, she played the roles of Kazuha Shibasaki in Girlish Number, Non Toyoguchi in Keijo, Madoka Amano in Active Raid, and Ai Ninomiya in Amanchu. In August 2016, she visited Hong Kong to promote the game Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana, in which she voiced Dana. In 2017, Ōnishi voiced Vignette April Tsukinose in Gabriel DropOut. She, Miyu Tomita, Naomi Ōzora and Kana Hanazawa performed the series' opening theme "Gabriel Drop Kick", and ending theme "Hallelujah Essaim". She voiced Muramasa Senju in Eromanga Sensei, Marie Bell Breguet in Clockwork Planet, and Kuro in Restaurant to Another World. In 2018, she played Hiyori Jūjō in Katana Maidens ~ Toji No Miko, Ruka Irokawa in Comic Girls, and Beelzebub in As Miss Beelzebub Likes. In 2019, she played Nagi Kirima in Boogiepop and Others. She voiced Kaori Shirasaki in Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest.
On February 22, 2022, she tested positive for COVID-19. In May 2023, her talent management agency announced that Ōnishi would temporarily reduce her work activity due to health issues.