Ikue Ōtani

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Ikue Ōtani (大谷 育江, Ōtani Ikue, born August 18, 1965) is a Japanese actress, a singer, voice actress and narrator from Tokyo, Japan.^[1] She is best known for her anime roles in the Pokémon series (as Pikachu), One Piece (as Tony Tony Chopper), Corpse Party (as Sachiko Shinozaki), Naruto (as Konohamaru Sarutobi), Detective Conan (as Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya), Smile PreCure! (as Candy), Uchi no Sanshimai (as Fu), Konjiki no Gash Bell (as Gash), and Persona 5 (as Morgana). She is currently attached to Mausu Promotion. Her pet name is "Iku-chan". She is known for playing both male and female roles, and sometimes plays multiple roles in one production. She is a native of Tokyo, but grew up in Niigata Prefecture.

Biography[]

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Filmography[]

Television animation[]

OVA[]

Theatrical animation[]

• My Neighbor Totoro (1988) – A Girl
• Detective Conan films (1997–) – Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya (except for Detective Conan: The Private Eyes' Requiem)
• Martian Successor Nadesico: The Motion Picture – Prince of Darkness (1998) – Yukina Shiratori
• Pokémon films (1998–) – Ash's Pikachu
• Oh My Goddess! (2000) – Sora Hasegawa
• Ojamajo Doremi #: The Movie (2000) – Hana-chan
• One Piece films (2002–) – Tony Tony Chopper (except for Giant Mecha Soldier of Karakuri Castle)
• (2004) – Gash Bell
• Konjiki no Gash Bell!! Movie 2: Attack of the Mecha-Vulcan (2005) – Gash Bell
• Keroro Gunso the Super Movie 4: Gekishin Dragon Warriors (2009) – Terara
• Gothicmade (2012) – Love
• Pretty Cure All Stars New Stage: Mirai no Tomodachi (2012) – Candy, Smile Pact
• Smile PreCure! The Movie: Big Mismatch in a Picture Book (2012) – Candy, Smile Pact
• Pretty Cure All Stars New Stage 2: Kokoro no Tomodachi (2013) – Candy, Smile Pact
• Mary and the Witch's Flower (2017) – Tib-cat
• Doraemon: Nobita's Chronicle of the Moon Exploration (2019) – AI
• Kimi wa Kanata (2020) – Gimon

Video games[]

• Another Eden (Morgana, Nopaew)
• Ar tonelico Qoga (Mute)
• Battle Stadium D.O.N (Tony Tony Chopper)
• Blood Will Tell (Dororo)
• Brave Fencer Musashi (Topo, Jam)
• Cookie Run: Kingdom (Pancake Cookie)
• Corpse Party: Blood Covered Repeated Fear (Sachiko Shinozaki)
• Corpse Party: Book of Shadows (Sachiko Shinozaki)
• Corpse Party:Blood Drive (Sachiko Shinozaki)
• Corpse Party - The Anthology - Sachiko's Game of Love Hysteric Birthday 2U (Sachiko Shinozaki)
• Daraku Tenshi - The Fallen Angels (Musuran (Yuiran)
• Detective Conan: Tsuioku no Mirajiyu (Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya)
• Fire Emblem Awakening (Tiki)
• Fire Emblem Heroes (Adult Tiki)
• FIST (Ai Momoyama)
• Guardian Heroes (Nicole Neil)
• Gulliver Boy (Edison)
• Gunbird 2 (Marion)
• Gunparade March (Isizu)
• Harukanaru Toki no Naka de as Fuji-hime
• Harukanaru Toki no Naka de 2 as Fujiwara no Yukari and Misono
• Harukanaru Toki no Naka de 3 as Hakuryuu (Child)
• Kingdom Hearts II (Vivi Orunitia)
• Konjiki no Gash Bell!! series (Gash Bell)
• League of Legends (Teemo)
• Martian Successor Nadesico (Yukina)
• Marvel vs. Capcom series (Hoover)
• Mega Man Legends series (Data, Bon Bonne)
• Musashi: Samurai Legend (Amestris)
• Nora to Toki no Kōbō: Kiri no Mori no Majo (Keke)
• Ojamajo Doremi series (Hana-chan)
• One Piece series (Tony Tony Chopper)
• Persona 5 (Morgana)
• Pokémon series (Pikachu)
• Popolocrois: Narcia's Tears And The Fairy's Flute (Kirara)
• Pretty Fighter (Ai Momoyama)
• Project X Zone 2 (Tiki)
• Rhythm Heaven Fever (Marshal, Reporter)
• (Maria)
• Shenmue II (Fangmei)
• Shironeko Project (Nanahoshi)
• Smile Precure! Let's Go! Märchen World (Candy)
• Sonic Shuffle (Lumina)
• Super Smash Bros. series (Pikachu)
• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Tiki (Japanese voice), Morgana (Japanese voice)) ^a
• Tales of the Abyss (Ion, Sync, Florian)
• ToHeart (Rio Hinayama)
• Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side (Mizuki Sudou)
• Wild Arms Alter Code: F (Jane Maxwell)

^a The Japanese vocal tracks for these characters also appear in the Chinese and Korean versions of the game.

Live-action film[]

• Love & Peace (2015) – Kame (voice)
• Detective Pikachu (2019) – Detective Pikachu (voice)
• Patalliro! (2019) – (voice)

Drama CD[]

• Ouran High School Host Club (Mitsukuni Haninozuka)
• Elemental Gelade (Cisqua)

Dubbing roles[]

Live-action[]

• Election (Tracy Flick (Reese Witherspoon))^[3]
• Forrest Gump (Forrest Gump Junior (Haley Joel Osment))^[4]
• Fuller House (Stephanie Tanner (Jodie Sweetin))^[5]
• How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Cindy Lou Who (speaking voice) (Taylor Momsen))^[6]
• How to Marry a Millionaire (New Era Movies edition) (Schatze Page (Lauren Bacall))^[7]
• Mercury Rising (Simon Lynch (Miko Hughes))^[8]
• Milk Money (Frank Wheeler)^[9]
• Multiplicity (Zack Kinney)^[10]
• One Fine Day (Maggie Taylor (Mae Whitman))^[11]
• Ramona and Beezus (Ramona Quimby (Joey King))^[12]
• Stuart Little (George Little (Jonathan Lipnicki))^[13]
• Uptown Girls (Laraine "Ray" Schleine (Dakota Fanning))^[14]

Animation[]

• My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (Apple Bloom)
• Moominvalley (Little My)^[15]
• Animaniacs (Dot Warner)
• 44 Cats (Pilou)

References[]

External links[]

• Official agency profile (in Japanese)
• Ikue Ōtani at Ryu's Seiyuu Info
• Ikue Ōtani at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Ikue Ōtani at IMDb
• Ikue Ōtani at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)