Ai Orikasa

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Ai Orikasa
折笠 愛
Born
Kikue Orikasa (折笠 きく江)[1][2]

(1963-12-12) 12 December 1963 (age 57)[3]
Tokyo,[4] Japan
Other namesOrion (オリオン)[5]
Occupation
Years active1980–present
AgentAxlone[6][4]
Known forKyatto Ninden Teyandee as Pururun
Tenchi Muyo! as Ryoko
Sakura Wars as Ayame Fujieda/Kaede Fujieda
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing as Quatre Raberba Winner
Height154[3] cm (5 ft 1 in)
Websiteorikasa.chu.jp

Ai Orikasa (折笠 愛, Orikasa Ai, born Kikue Orikasa (折笠 きく江, Orikasa Kikue) on December 12, 1963) is a Japanese actress, voice actress and singer from Tokyo, Japan who is currently affiliated with Axlone.[3]

She has played a variety of characters, from young girls to women and boys, and is particularly good at voicing attractive, strong, and big-sisterly women. In her leading roles, she often voiced boys, and has also done the voice of a mother. She also played the voice of Hagu-Hagu, a strange creature who only says "Hagu-Hagu" in the TV series Haō Taikei Ryū Knight. In recent years, she has voiced Shizuka's mother in Doraemon, and has also provided the Japanese dub voice for Jessica Rabbit in Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

Biography[]

After moving on from high school in 1982, Orikasa graduated from the drama department of the Nihon Denshikōgakuin College (now Nihon Kogakuin College).[1] After performing on stage as an actress with the Bungeiza Theater Company and the Sōhen Theater Company, she participated in an audition for the TV series Little Lord Fauntleroy out of a desire to broaden her work. After several rounds of auditions, she made her debut as a voice actress in 1988, playing the main character, Cedie.[1][7] According to Orikasa, Minami Takayama and Megumi Hayashibara were the other finalists in the audition for the role of Cedie, and Orikasa says that she was chosen for the role of Cedie because of her innocence rather than her acting ability.

Her stage name, "Ai Orikasa," implies her wish to be loved by everyone. The staff went to the restroom while thinking of her stage name, and came up with it.[8]

In the early days, she appeared in many works of Nippon Animation. Especially in the World Masterpiece Theater, she was one of frequently appearing voice actors like Kazue Ikura, Ginga Banjō, Ken'ichi Ogata, etc.; next to "three major voice actors" Mitsuko Horie, Eiko Yamada and Keiko Han.

Of all the characters she has played in anime, she cites Ryōko from the Tenchi Muyo! series as her most memorable character. She has also dubbed for dramas, movies, and animation produced overseas, and has been active as a singer among other things.

At the end of September 2011, it was announced that she had left Production Baobab, where she had belonged for many years since her debut, and moved to Axlone, Toshiyuki Morikawa's agency.

Filmography[]

Television animation[]

1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
  • Bakuten Shoot Beyblade (Max Mizuhara)
  • Vandread: The Second Stage (Meia's Oma)
  • Captain Tsubasa: Road to 2002 (Young Jun Misugi)
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
  • Hell Girl (Aki Abe)
  • Demonbane (Nya)
  • Detective Conan (Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya) (Episodes 425-436)
  • (Yuto)
  • Oban Star-Racers (Nin)
  • Super Robot Wars OG: Divine Wars (Shiro)
  • KenIchi the Mightiest Disciple (Saori Shirahama)
2007
2008
  • (Michael Balbattsua)
  • Penguin no Mondai (Kurisu Yamaguchi)
  • Kaiba (Moka)
  • The Telepathy Girl Ran (Junpei Tokita)
  • Koihime Musou (Kashin)
  • Noramimi 2 (Furiotto)
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
  • Monogatari Series Second Season (Araragi Mother)
  • One Piece (Momonosuke)
2014
2015
2017
2020
2021

OVA[]

Films[]

Tokusatsu[]

Drama CDs[]

  • Kami-Kaze (????) as Kaede
  • Mobile Suit Gundam Wing: Blind Target (????) as Quatre Raberba Winner

Video games[]

Dubbing[]

Live-action[]

Animation[]

Selected discography[]

  • Shukujo Choutokkyu [淑女超特級]
  • Moonlight Café
  • Room Service
  • Mitsumete [みつめて]
  • I
  • Truth
  • LeTTer
  • BREATH
  • Popolocrois Monogatari

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c テレビ・タレント人名事典（第2版）. Nichigai Associates Inc. July 1995. p. 202. ISBN 4-8169-1315-7.
  2. ^ Nihon Tarento Meikan (2011). VIP Times Inc. 2011-02-07. p. 497. ISBN 978-4-90-467402-4.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c "折笠 愛｜日本タレント名鑑". 日本タレント名鑑 (in Japanese). Nihon Tarento Meikan. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "折笠愛（おりかさあい）のプロフィール・画像・出演スケジュール｜【スタスケ】（0000034985）". Retrieved 2019-07-10.
  5. ^ "折笠愛". Excite News. エキサイト株式会社. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
  6. ^ "折笠愛｜アクセルワン". Retrieved 2021-02-03.
  7. ^ テレビ・タレント人名事典. Nichigai Associates Inc. June 2004. p. 268. ISBN 4-8169-1852-3.
  8. ^ 倉田幸雄編「今さら友だちのWA!!（折笠愛→？）」AnimeV February 1993 issue, Gakken, 1993-02-01, Magazine 01591-02, page 60
  9. ^ Jerry Beck (28 October 2005). The Animated Movie Guide. Chicago Review Press. pp. 278–. ISBN 978-1-56976-222-6.
  10. ^ "クライムサスペンス「アブセンシア3～FBIの疑心～」". Twin. Retrieved February 8, 2021.
  11. ^ "マーリー２ 世界一おバカな犬のはじまりの物語". Star Channel. Retrieved October 28, 2019.

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