Kujira

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Wakako Matsumoto (松本 和香子, Matsumoto Wakako, born April 1, 1960^[1]), better known byher stage name Kujira (くじら, Kujira), is a Japanese voice actress from the Tokyo Metropolis area. She is employed by 81 Produce. Her best-known roles include Otose in Gin Tama and Orochimaru in Naruto. She also voices Sakura Ogami in Danganronpa and the Scooter Lady in the You're Under Arrest series.

Kujira
くじら
Born	Wakako Matsumoto (松本 和香子) (1960-04-01) April 1, 1960 (age 64) Tokyo, Japan
Occupation	Voice actress
Notable credit(s)	Gintama as Otose Naruto as Orochimaru Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation as Human God

Filmography

Anime

List of voice performances in anime

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source[2]
1990	City Hunter	Kazama Toru	From City Hunter 3rd Season Episode 3	[3]
1992	Cooking Papa	Katsuyo Yoshioka		[3]
1995	Romeo no Aoi Sora	Embelino, Faustino		[3][4]
1995	Wedding Peach	Nan Ma		[3]
1996	You're Under Arrest	50 C.C. Old Lady		[3][4]
1997	GeGeGe no Kitaro: Obake Naitā	Jun	Movie from 4th TV series 1996	[3]
1997	Case Closed	Heihachirō Shiotataira's wife, Tokomae Sayuri		[5]
1997	Flame of Recca	Domon's mother		[3]
1997	Yume no Crayon Oukoku	Otora-san		[3]
1997	Cho Mashin Hero Wataru	Kanpun		[3]
1998	Record of Lodoss War: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight	Smeddy		[3][4]
1998	Fancy Lala	Bulldog Iwata		[3]
1998	Alice SOS	Ottoto princess
1999	Dai-Guard	Muto		[3]
2000	Gatekeepers	Aunt		[3]
2000	Ceres, Celestial Legend	Kyū Oda / Mrs. Q		[3][4]
2000	Hamtaro	Tonkichi		[3]
2000–	Vandread	Butan	Also Second Stage	[3][4]
2000	Dotto! Koni-chan	Koni	Lead role	[3]
2001	Beyblade	Nobuo		[3]
2001	You're Under Arrest Second Season	50 C.C. Old Lady		[3]
2001	I My Me! Strawberry Eggs	Ruru Sanjō		[3]
2001	Magical Nyan Nyan Taruto	Sabure		[3]
2001	Cowboy Bebop: The Movie	Aunt	film	[3]
2002	Full Metal Panic!	Goldberry		[3]
2002	A Tree of Palme	Unkempt		[3]
2002	Daigunder	Silver		[3]
2002	Mao-chan	Mikan Queen		[3]
2002	Petite Princess Yucie	Old woman		[3]
2002	Naruto	Orochimaru		[3][4]
2003	Sonic X	Ella		[3]
2004–06	Kaiketsu Zororiseries	Gorgon		[3]
2004	Doraemon: Nobita in the Wan-Nyan Spacetime Odyssey	Gian (child)	film	[3]
2004	Kyo Kara Maoh!	Queen Kumahachi		[3]
2004	Sgt. Frog	Disneyland yokozuna		[3]
2004	Tactics	Book Ghost		[3]
2005	Hell Girl	Meiko Shimono		[3][4]
2005	Black Cat	Madam Freesia		[3]
2005	Mushishi	Mushi		[3][4]
2005	Keroro	Rat Alien (Season 2, Episode 19)		[3][4]
2005	Minami no shima no chīsana hikōki bādī ja:南の島の小さな飛行機 バーディー	Patrick		[3]
2006	Higurashi no Naku Koro ni	Landlady, Tamae Hōjō		[3]
2006–present	Gin Tama	Otose	Also feature film and 2015 TV series	[3][4][6]
2006	Demashita! Powerpuff Girls Z	Miss Tenjō		[3]
2006	Kekkaishi	Ichigatsu/ shirahago		[3]
2007	Naruto: Shippuden	Orochimaru		[3]
2007	Nagasarete Airantō	Obaba		[3]
2007	Lucky Star	Women in background		[3]
2007	Bamboo Blade	Reimi's Mama		[3]
2007	You're Under Arrest Full Throttle	50 C.C. Old Lady		[3]
2008	Sands of Destruction	Innkeeper's Wife		[3]
2008	Rosario + Vampire Capu2	Komiya's mother		[3]
2008	Kannagi	Kamimori old woman		[3]
2008	Chaos;Head	Katsuko Momose		[3]
2009–	One Piece	Sweetpea
2009	Gokyodai Mongatari (Your Siblings Story) ご姉弟物語	Nobuko		[3]
2009	Tamagotchi!	Aunt Chantchi		[3]
2010	Giant Killing	Wife of Goro		[3]
2010–13	The World God Only Knows series	Dokuro Skull		[4]
2011	Battle Girls: Time Paradox	Oda Nobusada		[3]
2011	Sket Dance	Himiko Minakami		[3]
2011	Tales of Symphonia: The Animation The United World Episode	Verius	OVA
2012	Naruto SD: Rock Lee no Seishun Full-Power Ninden	Orochimaru		[3]
2012	Sengoku Collection	Director		[3]
2012	Shirokuma Cafe	Raccoon		[3]
2012	Doraemon	Majime (Doraemon 2012 Special)		[3]
2012	Bakuman.	Nakai mother	Season 3	[3]
2013	Senran Kagura	Sukeban		[3]
2013–14	Inazuma Eleven GO Galaxy	Shizune Kabata
2013	Danganronpa: The Animation	Sakura Oogami
2013	Servant x Service	Various characters		[3]
2013	The Garden of Sinners: Future Gospel	Mifune no Haha	theater	[3]
2013	Yozakura Quartet: Hananouta	Okiku-san
2014	Hero Bank	Tamako Oi		[3]
2014	Barakamon	Punch		[3]
2015	Re-Kan!	Ero-neko		[3][7]
2015	Mr. Osomatsu	Matsuyo Matsuno		[8]
2016	Sakamoto desu ga?	Shigemi Kubota
2018	Pop Team Epic	Popuko
2019	Cannon Busters	Mama Hitch
2020	Great Pretender	Kim Si Won
2021	Beastars Season 2	Rokume		[9]
2021	Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation	Human God[Jp. 1]		[10]
2022	Mamekichi Mameko NEET no Nichijō	Mother Kichi		[11]
2023	Hyakushō Kizoku	Okan		[12]
2023	I Got a Cheat Skill in Another World and Became Unrivaled in the Real World, Too	President		[13]
2023	Dark Gathering	Kishimojin		[14]
2023	The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You	Vice Principal An Baba		[5]
2024	Pon no Michi	Beta		[5]
2024	Suicide Squad Isekai	Amanda Waller		[15]
2024	Astro Note	Obaa-chan		[16]
2025	Ishura Season 2	Kiyazuna the Axle		[17]

Video games

List of voice performances in video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source[2]
2002	Kingdom Hearts	Ursula		[3]
2003–present	Naruto series	Orochimaru		[3]
2004	Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal	Helga
2004	Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories	Ursula	Also Re	[3]
2005	Shadow Hearts: From the New World	Mao		[3]
2005	Kingdom Hearts II	Ursula	Also Final Mix,	[3]
2008	Chaos;Head series	Katsuko Momose	Also Noah	[3]
2008	Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World	Verius		[3]
2009	Tales of Vesperia	Belius	PS3	[3]
2009	The Lucky Star: Net Idol Meister	Cherry	PSP	[3]
2010	Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc	Sakura Ogami		[3]
2010	Lucky Star Ryouou Gakuen Outousai	Woman A, Female narrator	PS2	[3][4]
2012	Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance	Ursula		[3]
2014	Granblue Fantasy	Nene
2019	Ys IX: Monstrum Nox	Margot		[18]

Overseas dubbing

List of dub performances in overseas productions

Title	Role	Notes	Source[2]
The Angry Birds Movie 2	Zeta		[19]
Another Stakeout
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Jackie	Voice dub for Romy Rosemont
Doug	Tippy Dink
Friends	Helena Handbasket	Voice dub for Kathleen Turner	[20]
Ghostbusters	Patty Tolan	Voice dub for Leslie Jones	[21]
The Platform	Imoguiri	Voice dub for Antonia San Juan	[22]
Rocko's Modern Life	Bev Bighead, Gib Hootsen
The Little Mermaid	Ursula
Sing	Meena's Mother		[23]
Spell	Ms. Eloise	Voice dub for Loretta Devine	[24]
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody

Tokusatsu

Tokusatsu on TV

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
2001	Kamen Rider Agito	Kaze no El (Voice)		Kamen Rider Encyclopedia (WEB)
2024	Bakuage Sentai Boonboomger	Cannonborg (Voice)

Tokusatsu Movies

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source

Notes

1. 人神, Hito-gami

References

1. くじら, 武内駿輔, 鈴木崚汰 (July 28, 2021). くじらさん登場！あのキャラの裏側を暴露？！✨【武内駿輔×鈴木崚汰】#5 -Say U Play 公式声優チャンネル- (in Japanese). Event occurs at 3:25. Retrieved January 15, 2023.
2. くじら [Kujira]. 81 Produce (in Japanese). Japan. Archived from the original on April 13, 2016. Retrieved December 22, 2015.
3. "声優さん出演リスト 個別表示：くじら(Kujira)" [Voice actor's appearance list individual display: Kujira]. Voice Artist Database (in Japanese). GamePlaza-HARUKA-. August 17, 2015. Retrieved December 22, 2015.
4. Doi, Hitoshi (December 22, 2015). "Search results for "Kujira" in ALL database". Hitoshi Doi's Seiyuu Database. Retrieved December 22, 2015.
5. "Kujira (visual voices guide)". behindthevoiceactors.com. Retrieved 9 July 2024. Check mark indicates role has been confirmed using screenshots of closing credits and other reliable sources.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
6. "銀魂｜テレビ東京アニメ公式".
7. "Re-Kan! Horror Comedy Anime's Promo Video Previews Theme Song". Anime News Network. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
8. "Mr. Osomatsu Comedy Anime Casts Kazuhiko Inoue, Kujira". Anime News Network. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
9. "ついに！うふふ！". Twitter. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
10. "Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Anime Casts Kujira as Hitogami". Anime News Network. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
11. "Mamekichi Mameko NEET no Nichijō Manga Gets TV Anime on October 3". Anime News Network. 12 September 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
12. "Hiromu Arakawa's Autobiographical Hyakushō Kizoku Anime Reveals Cast, Staff, Ending Song Artist, July 7 Debut". Anime News Network. 26 April 2023. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
13. "Kujira". IMDB. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
14. "Dark Gathering Episode 3 Synopsis". Twitter. 22 July 2023. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
15. "Suicide Squad Isekai Anime Reveals More Cast Members". Anime News Network. 8 February 2024. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
16. "Astro Note Anime Casts Kujira as Gossiping Lady". Anime News Network. 2024-04-02. Retrieved 2024-04-02.
17. "Ishura Season 2 Unveils 5 More Cast Members". Anime News Network. 2024-09-24. Retrieved 2024-09-24.
18. "サブキャラクター 2 - イースIX -Monstrum NOX-". Retrieved 26 February 2023.
19. "映画『アングリーバード2』オフィシャルサイト ソニー・ピクチャーズ". Sony Pictures Japan. Archived from the original on January 4, 2020. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
20. "フレンズ シーズン7". The Cinema. Retrieved January 29, 2023.
21. "ゴーストバスターズ（２０１６）". Star Channel. Retrieved August 31, 2019.
22. "プラットフォーム". The Klockworx. Archived from the original on August 3, 2021. Retrieved February 26, 2022.
23. "ＳＩＮＧ／シング". Fukikaeru. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
24. "スペル（２０２０）". Star Channel. Retrieved August 16, 2021.

External links

• Official agency profile (in Japanese)
• Kujira at Anime News Network's encyclopedia