Hitomi Ueda has four anime roles scheduled across the fall 2026 and January 2027 seasons, plus a voice part in the October 31 Princess Connect! Re:Dive and Uma Musume collaboration commercial. Her most recent credit is Kyaru? in that commercial, playing opposite Rika Tachibana as the original Kyaru.
Hitomi Ueda was named as Caldina in the new Magic Knight Rayearth anime on September 20, 2026, at the KyoMAF special stage. The series debuts October 7 in the IMAnimation W programming block on TV Asahi and affiliated channels at 11:45 p.m., and airs for two consecutive cours. E&H production animates, with Yui Miura directing.
Two cast announcements followed in October, for series in different seasons. Nia Liston: The Merciless Maiden cast her as Raffine Silver, part of the Silver family opposite Rina Hidaka's Reliared Silver, ahead of an October 6 premiere on Tokyo MX, BS NTV, and MBS. My Sword Saint Master Is Too Cute to Live With! then listed her as Cordelia Dawson and as narrator, with a January 2027 premiere from Wolfsbane and Lightbox.
Murciélago, announced October 20, is a different weight of role: Ueda plays Kuroko Koumori in the adaptation directed by Matsuo Asami at Satelight and Staple Entertainment, with a January 2027 debut and HIDIVE streaming in the U.S., Canada, U.K., Australia, and New Zealand.
The latest credit is not a series at all. In the October 31 commercial for the Princess Connect! Re:Dive and Uma Musume collaboration, titled the "Pisu Pisu! It's Kyaru!" edition, she voices Kyaru?, the self-proclaimed PR rep, alongside Rika Tachibana's original Kyaru. The tie-in event runs from October 31 at 12:00 to November 23 at 4:59, and players can add Gold Ship as a limited unit.
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Oct 31
Cygames released a commercial on October 31, 2026 for the collaboration between Princess Connect! Re:Dive and Uma Musume Pretty Derby. The commercial, titled the "Pisu Pisu! It's Kyaru!" edition, features PriConne's self-proclaimed PR rep Kyaru? (voiced by Hitomi Ueda) promoting the tie-in alongside the original Kyaru (voiced by Rika Tachibana). The collaboration story event "Great Dash! Princess Derby - Magic, Flame, Sea, and Sky!?" runs from October 31 at 12:00 to November 23 at 4:59, and players can add the limited character Gold Ship to their team.
Oct 20
The Murciélago anime adaptation has a teaser video, visual, and cast. Hitomi Ueda plays Kuroko Koumori, Minori Suzuki plays Hinako Tozakura, and Sumire Uesaka plays Chiyo Yanaoka. Matsuo Asami directs at Satelight and Staple Entertainment, with Takashi Naoya as chief director and series composition. The series debuts in January 2027, and HIDIVE streams it in the U.S., Canada, U.K., Australia, and New Zealand.
Oct 9
A teaser video for the television anime of Kennoji and R_ringo's My Sword Saint Master Is Too Cute to Live With! lists seven voice actors and sets a January 2027 premiere. Ai Kakuma plays Liza Parsandra and Seena Hoshiki plays Eugene Dawson, with Hitomi Ueda as Cordelia Dawson and narrator, Azusa Tsujimori as Erin Toa, Tomoyo Takayanagi as Meris Eclipse, Miyu Tomita as Fiona Rosso, and Minami Takahashi as Lumiere Theomere. Masayoshi Nishida directs at Wolfsbane and Lightbox, with Yōhei Kashii on series scripts and WWWave's Deregula label producing.
Oct 4
The Nia Liston: The Merciless Maiden anime announced four more cast members: Saeko Kamijo as Essera Blanket, Hitomi Ueda as Raffine Silver, Azusa Tadokoro as Riculvitar Silver, and Ayaka Ohashi as Lilimi Silver. The Silver family roles join Reliared Silver, voiced by Rina Hidaka. The series premieres October 6 on Tokyo MX, BS NTV, and MBS, runs two consecutive cours, and streams on HIDIVE, ABEMA, d Anime Store, and U-NEXT.
Sep 20
The KyoMAF special stage for the new Magic Knight Rayearth anime revealed a second main trailer on Sunday, along with two theme songs and four additional cast members. Toaka performs the opening theme "Otome no Tsurugi" (A Young Lady's Sword), and Yurina Kawaguchi performs the ending theme "Hoshiakari" (Starlight); the trailer previews both. Mamiko Noto joins as Alcione, Ayumu Murase as Ascot, Hitomi Ueda as Caldina, and Hiroki Yasumoto as Lafarga. The event also confirmed the anime will air for two consecutive cours, a half-year run. It debuts on October 7 in the IMAnimation W programming block on TV Asahi and affiliated channels at 11:45 p.m. (10:45 a.m. EDT). Ayane Sakura, Rumi Okubo, and Rie Takahashi lead as Hikaru Shido, Umi Ryuzaki, and Fuu Hououji. Yui Miura directs in his series directorial debut, with E&H production animating, Shigeru Murakoshi on series scripts, Satomi Watabe designing characters, and Yuki Kajiura, Takumi Ozawa, and Shiho Terada composing.