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Emi Shinohara

Japanese voice actress (1963–2024) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Emi Shinohara

Emiko Shinohara[2][3] (篠原 恵美子, Shinohara Emiko, August 8, 1963 – September 8, 2024), known professionally as Emi Shinohara (篠原 恵美, Shinohara Emi),[4] was a Japanese voice actress from Fukushima Prefecture. At the time of her death, she was affiliated with 81 Produce. She was best known for voicing Sailor Jupiter in the first anime adaptation of Sailor Moon, Kaho Mizuki in Cardcaptor Sakura and its sequel Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card, and Kushina Uzumaki in Naruto: Shippuden. She was married to tokusatsu actor Hiroshi Watari.

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Emi Shinohara
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Emiko Shinohara

(1963-08-08)August 8, 1963
Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
DiedSeptember 8, 2024(2024-09-08) (aged 61)
Other namesEmiko Watanabe[1] (渡邊 恵美子, Watanabe Emiko, married name)
OccupationVoice actress
Years active1986–2024
Agent81 Produce
Notable credit(s)Sailor Moon as Sailor Jupiter
Naruto as Kushina Uzumaki
SpouseHiroshi Watari
Children1
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Shinohara was born in Fukushima Prefecture on August 8, 1963, and raised in Ueda, Nagano.[a] She joined the drama and choir clubs during her later years in elementary school.[10] Since junior high school, she had always wanted to become an actor, and after graduating from Ueda High School, she thought that "singing can also be a way to study acting", and she was subsequently educated at the Kunitachi College of Music Department of Music Education.[10][11] While at the college, she joined an off-campus club and performed in musicals.[10]

While aiming to become an actress, she joined a study group called Voice Arts, and she took part in an audition at the invitation of sound director Yasunori Honda, who was a teacher of hers at Voice Arts, and passed, and she was cast as B-ko Daitokuji in the 1986 film Project A-ko.[10] Subsequently, she joined Arts Vision and then 81 Produce.[10]

In 1992, Shinohara began starring as Sailor Jupiter, one of the major characters in the first anime adaptation of Sailor Moon.[12] According to Megan Peters of ComicBook.com, Shinohara's "work on Sailor Moon helped kickstart one of anime's most magical stories" and she "brought that headstrong performance to life with ease."[12] In addition to Sailor Jupiter, she also voiced other background characters.[12]

In addition to Sailor Jupiter, she also voiced Presea in Magic Knight Rayearth, Kaho Mizuki in Cardcaptor Sakura, Yayoi Matsunaga in Nightwalker: The Midnight Detective, Charlotte Elbourne in Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (2000), Yōko Mizuno in Maria-sama ga Miteru, Ophelia in Claymore, and Kushina Uzumaki in Naruto: Shippuden.[5][13][14] She also voiced Agarte Lindblum in the video game Tales of Rebirth and Bakuryū Pteranodon in the tokusatsu series Bakuryū Sentai Abaranger.[15] She would often voice "older sister" or "mother" characters in anime.[10] In the last few years of her career, she reprised her role as Kaho in the 2018 sequel series Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card,[5] and she voiced Sachiko in the 2020 film A Whisker Away.[12]

She released three albums through Apollon (now Bandai Music Entertainment [ja]: Windows (1994), Street (1994), and Ashita e (1996).[16][17][18] In 1997, she released another album from Nippon Columbia, Missing Piece.[19]

Her husband was tokusatsu actor Hiroshi Watari.[15] She had an older brother.[20] She also shared the same birth date as her Sailor Moon co-star Rika Fukami, and they even had a joint birthday concert together, performing as the duo Funky Twins on their 33rd birthday in 1996.[21][22] She also worked at Senzoku Gakuen College of Music as a voice acting and anison teacher.[23]

Death

Shinohara died on September 8, 2024, one month after her 61st birthday.[1] Undergoing treatment for an unspecified illness at the time,[5] she reportedly had recently been on a respirator and wheelchair and some of her bones had fractured.[23] In addition to her husband, several other voice actors offered condolences, including her Sailor Moon co-stars Kotono Mitsuishi, Rika Fukami, Megumi Ogata, and her Naruto co-star Toshiyuki Morikawa.[24] Additionally, Sailor Moon creator Naoko Takeuchi and her husband, YuYu Hakusho and Hunter × Hunter creator Yoshihiro Togashi both drew Sailor Jupiter as a tribute to Shinohara.[25]

Filmography

Animated television

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Year Work Role Source
1986Dream Hunter RemElizabeth[12]
1988Sonic Soldier BorgmanHaruka Misaki[14]
1989Akuma-kunLilith[14]
1989Dragon QuestQueen, Martina[14]
1990Iczer RebornCandy[14]
1991The Twins at St. Clare'sWella[14]
1992Jeanie with the Light Brown HairMargaret[14]
1992Master KeatonSofia[14]
1992–1997Sailor MoonMakoto Kino/Sailor Jupiter, Kyurene (ep. 6), Jumeau (ep. 18)[12][14]
1993Miracle GirlsKanako (Kana-chan)[26]
1993Mobile Suit Victory GundamMaria Pia Armonia[26]
1993Super BikkurimanMecha Turtle[14]
1994Crayon Shin-chanSailor Bakaan[14]
1994Ghost Sweeper MikamiFemale teacher[14]
1994Jungle King Tar-chanDorothy[27]
1994Magic Knight RayearthPresea and Sierra[5][28]
1994Metal Fighter MikuYouko Shibano[14]
1996Case ClosedNoriko Okatani[14]
1997Burn-Up ExcessRuby[14]
1997Hakugei: Legend of the Moby DickSarah[26]
1997Kindaichi Case FilesRuiko Sakuragi[26]
1997Lupin III: Island of AssassinsEllen[26]
1997Twilight of the Dark MasterShizuka Tachibana[14]
1998Cardcaptor SakuraKaho Mizuki[5]
1998NightwalkerYayoi Matsunaga[26]
1998Shima Shima Tora no ShimajirōSakura Shimano (ep. 205 - 230)[26]
1998Sentimental JourneyAoi[14]
1998Sorcerous Stabber OrphenAzalie Cait Sith[26]
1998The Adventures of Mini-GoddessKodama[14]
1999The Big OAngel[26]
2000Ceres, Celestial LegendMiori's mother[14]
2001Banner of the StarsLala Shangal[14]
2001Hajime no IppoMari Īmura[29]
2001Kaze no YojimboSanae Araki[26]
2001Najica Blitz TacticsXXX[14]
2001NoirMarennes[14]
2003–2004MaburahoKarei Hirozaki[26]
2003Saiyuki ReloadSuika[14]
2003Space Pirate Captain HerlockShizuka Namio[26]
2003UFO Ultramaiden ValkyriePrincess Mehm[26]
2004Fafner in the AzureChizuru Toomi[26]
2004Maria-sama ga MiteruYōko Mizuno[26]
2005Hell GirlNamiko Todaka[26]
2005–2006Honey and CloverMitsuko Aida[26]
2005Immortal Grand PrixMichiru Satomi[26]
2005KarinCarrera Marker[26]
2005LovelessKatsuko-sensei[14]
2006Ah! My GoddessKodama[14]
2006NanaMs. Sakagami[26]
2007ClaymoreOphelia[13]
2007Naruto: ShippudenKushina Uzumaki[5]
2007ShiguruiIku[26]
2009Umineko no Naku Koro niNatsuhi Ushiromiya[26]
2010Toaru Majutsu no Index IIMisuzu Misaka[26]
2012Smile PreCure!Shizuko Aoki[26]
2017Little Witch AcademiaLotte's mother[30]
2018Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear CardKaho Mizuki[5]
2018Oshiri TanteiMoko Benii[31]
2022Shikimori's Not Just a CutieIzumi Motoko[14]
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Animated film

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Year Work Role Source
1986Project A-KoB-Ko Daitokuji[10]
1993Ninja ScrollKagero[26]
1993Sailor Moon R: The MovieMakoto Kino/Sailor Jupiter[26]
1994Sailor Moon S: The MovieMakoto Kino/Sailor Jupiter[26]
1994Soreike! Anpanman: Lyrical Magical Mahō no GakkōMimi[26]
1995Sailor Moon SuperS: The MovieMakoto Kino/Sailor Jupiter[26]
1996XArashi Kishū[26]
1997Perfect BlueEri Ochiai[26]
2000Vampire Hunter D: BloodlustCharlotte Elbourne[5]
2000Cardcaptor Sakura Movie 2: The Sealed CardKaho Mizuki[26]
2000Pokémon the Movie 2000Computer[14]
2004AppleseedDr. Gilliam Knute[26]
2018EngimonNami Amanogawa[32]
2020A Whisker AwaySachiko Hinode[12]
2022Case Closed: The Culprit HanzawaIkumi Soda[33]
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Original video animation

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Year Work Role Source
1989Angel Cop[14]
1990AD Police FilesVenessa Buck[14]
1990Cyber City Oedo 808Remi Masuda[14]
1991Detonator OrgunYoko Mitsurugi[14]
1991Kekko KamenKekko Kamen[26]
1992Hayō no TsurugiCheriku, Ouhi[14]
1992OzAndroid 1030[14]
1992Ruri-iro PrincessMother[14]
1993MoldiverIsabelle[14]
1993Please Save My EarthMokuren[14]
1993The CockpitMarchenna[14]
1994B.B. FishSara Kannazuki[14]
1994Tokyo BabylonMirei[26]
1994Otaku no Seiza: An Adventure in the Otaku GalaxyYun[14]
1995Miyuki-chan in WonderlandThe Mad Hatter[26]
1995Iczer Girl IczelionIczelion[14]
1996Mutant Turtles: Superman LegendApril O'Neil[14]
1997Saber Marionette J AgainPanther[14]
1999Harlock SagaFreya[14]
2003Submarine 707Miyuki Hayami[34]
2016–2017Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki 4Tennyo Masaki[35]
2021Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki 5Tennyo Masaki[36]
2023Fafner in the Azure: Behind the LineChizuru Tōmi[37]
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Tokusatsu

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2003Bakuryū Sentai AbarangerBurstosaur Pteranodon[15]
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Video games

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Year Work Role Source
1997Ayakashi Ninden KunoichibanTsubura Ise[26]
1998Princess QuestPrince Tapioca[26]
2003Star Ocean: Till the End of TimeMirage Koas[26]
2004Tales of RebirthAgarte Lindblum[15]
2004Stella Deus: The Gate of EternityNebula[26]
2005Romancing SaGaBarbara[26]
2005Mabino X StyleMary Nenem Kinoshita[26]
2006Wrestle Angels: SurvivorPanther Risako and Royal Hojo[26]
2007Snow PortableSayori Yukizuki[26]
2008Wrestle Angels: Survivor 2Panther Risako and Royal Hojo[26]
2010Solatorobo: Red the HunterMerveille Million[26]
2014Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm RevolutionKushina Uzumaki[38]
2015Robot Girls Z OnlineEmperor Ryuma[39]
2016Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4Kushina Uzumaki[40]
2019A Certain Magical Index: Imaginary FestMisuzu Misaka[41]
2024Mobile Suit Gundam U.C. EngageMaria Pia Armonia[42]
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Live-action

Discography

Albums

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Windows (stylized in all-caps) 1994
  • Released: February 21, 1994
  • Label: Apollon
 — — — [16]
Street (stylized in all-caps) 1994
  • Released: September 21, 1994
  • Label: Apollon
 — — — [17]
Ashita e (明日へ) 1996
  • Released: January 21, 1996
  • Label: Apollon
 — — — [18]
Missing Piece (stylized as Missing piece) 1997 — — — [19]
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Notes

  1. While Anime News Network says she was born in Nagano Prefecture,[5] most sources say she was born in Fukushima Prefecture.[6][7][8][9]

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