Voice actress and singer Minori Chihara posted on her blog on Friday that she will end her career as a singer at the end of the year, but she will continue her career as a voice actress.
She is best known for playing Yuki Nagato in The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and Chiaki Minami in Minami-ke.
She has also performed theme songs for The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Beyond the Boundary, Violet Evergarden, and Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet, among many others.
Chihara debuted as a voice actress and singer in 2004.