It’s been an exciting month for anime and manga fans on social media, thanks to Hunter x Hunter creator Yoshihiro Togashi breaking a years-long silence to open a Twitter account and share his latest work. Now, another longtime icon of the industry has similarly followed suit.
Rie Kugimiya, best known for her roles as Alphonse in Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Taiga in Toradora!, Happy in Fairy Tail and Kagura in Gintama, today opened a Twitter account for her birthday.
こんばんは、釘宮理恵です。
Twitterを始めてみました。
お誕生日だからね！— 釘宮理恵 (@rie_k_0530) May 30, 2022
She followed up by saying she was receiving Twitter tips from Asami Imai (Kurisu in Steins;Gate) and Manami Numakura (Pieck in Attack on Titan), and that she’s still getting used to using the platform.
麻美とぬーさんに色々教えてもらい、事務所でもTwitter研修受けてきましたよ！
まだまだ慣れないのでお見苦しいところがあると思いますが、よろしくお願いします???? pic.twitter.com/2RFj7PYPzW— 釘宮理恵 (@rie_k_0530) May 30, 2022
Kugimiya’s account has already accrued over 115,000 followers at the time of writing, approximately two and a half hours after her initial Tweet. Her bio currently just says, “Voice Actress.”
Source: Rie Kugimiya official Twitter account
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