Yoshiko Sakakibara

Yoshiko Sakakibara
Yoshiko Sakakibara
榊原良子
Born	May 31, 1956 (age 65); Chiba Prefecture, Japan
Occupation	Actress; voice actress; narrator;
Years active	1980–present
Notable work	Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind as Lady Kushana; Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ as Haman Karn; Bubblegum Crisis as Sylia Stingray; Patlabor as Shinobu Nagumo; Hellsing series as Integra Hellsing;
Height	158 cm (5 ft 2 in)

Yoshiko Sakakibara (榊原良子, Sakakibara Yoshiko, born May 31, 1956 in Chiba) is a Japanese actress, voice actress and narrator.

Career[]

In 1981, she made her voice actor debut as Flore in Six God Combination Godmars.

She also narrates many news programs, especially as a main narrator for TV Asahi News Station for over 10 years.

She herself calls her occupation "Voice Actor". In performing the role, she is always aspiring to perform delicate and full of human performance based on detailed settings, backgrounds and habits.

She has been interested in theatrical performance since elementary school, and after gaining experience in the theater club in the middle and high school era, she majored in the theater department. When receiving various theater companies, the voice actors set up a new office and participated in an invitation from a person who was the husband and teacher of Mari Shimizu, the participant of the launch performance. The president of the office and the elderly also invited her to be voice actors.^[1]

Filmography[]

Anime[]

1980s

1981 Six God Combination Godmars – Flore
1981 Urusei Yatsura – Otama
1982 Space Cobra – Armaroid Lady
1983 Cat's Eye – Mitsuko Asatani
1984 God Mazinger – Aira
1984 – ???
1984 Mori no Tonto-tachi – ???
1985 Dancouga – Super Beast Machine God – Reimi
1985 Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam – Haman Karn, Mouar Pharaoh
1986 Maison Ikkoku – Ayako
1986 Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ – Haman Karn
1987 Kimagure Orange Road – Madoka's mother
1987 Mami The Esper – Mama
1988 City Hunter 2 – Tachiki Sayuri
1988 Go! Anpanman - Tekka no Makichan
1989 Eriko The Legendary Idol – Ryoko Asagiri
1989 Blue Blink – ???
1989 Konchū Monogatari: Minashigo Hutch – Mama
1989 Patlabor: The TV Series – Shinobu Nagumo

1990s

1990 – Keiko Matsushima
1994 Blue Seed – Azusa Matsudaira
1995 Sailor Moon Super S - Queen Nehelenia
1995 Fushigi Yûgi - The Mysterious Play – Shouka
1996 Kodocha – Michelle
1996 Sailor Moon Sailor Stars – Queen Nehelenia
1996 You're Under Arrest – Kaoruko Kinoshita
1996 The Vision of Escaflowne – Varie
1997 Clamp School – Casablanca
1997 Don't Leave Me Alone, Daisy – Mother
1998 Princess Nine – Keiko Himuro
1998 Fancy Lala – Mamiko Shinohara

2000s

2001 Hellsing – Sir Integra
2001 Parappa the Rapper – Hairdresser Octopus Ep.27
2002 Tenchi Muyo! GXP – Misaki Masaki Jurai
2003 Chrono Crusade – Kate Valentine
2004 Sgt. Frog – Oka Nishizawa
2004 Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG – Yoko Kayabuki
2005 Moeyo Ken – Oryou
2005 Tide-Line Blue – Aoi
2009 Inuyasha: The Final Act – Sesshōmaru's Mother
2009 Kiddy GiRL-AND – Arnice

2010s

2010 Cobra The Animation – Armaroid Lady
2010 Highschool of the Dead - Yuriko Takagi
2011 Nichijou – Oil in episode 15
2012 From the New World - Tomiko Asahina
2012 Saint Seiya Omega - Medea
2012 Psycho-Pass - Joshu Kasei
2014 Akuma no Riddle - Yuri Meichi
2014 Bonjour♪Sweet Love Patisserie - Nadeshiko Minagawa
2015 Kantai Collection - Narrator, Hikōjō Ki, Chūkan Seiki
2015 Yona of the Dawn - Gigan
2015 Go! Princess Precure - Dyspear
2015 Gangsta. - Gina Paulklee
2016 The Great Passage - Kaoru Sasaki
2017 Grimoire of Zero - Sorena

2020s

2020 Akudama Drive - Boss
2021 Yasuke - Yami no Daimyо̄^[2]
2021 Blade Runner: Black Lotus - Josephine Grant

OVA[]

1983 Dallos - Melinda Hurst
1985 - Mimau
1985 Area 88 - Yasuda
1985 Cream Lemon – Rio
1985 Vampire Hunter D – Younger Snake Sister
1985 - Kaoru Matsunuma
1986 – Antoinette
1986 – Reina
1987 Black Magic M-66 – Sybil
1987 Bubblegum Crisis – Sylia Stingray
1987 Devilman: The Birth – Sirene
1987 Kaze to Ki no Uta – SANCTUS – Rosemarine
1987 God Bless Dancouga - Remi Shikishima
1988 Mobile Police Patlabor – Shinobu Nagumo
1988 Mobile Suit SD Gundam – Haman Karn
1988 Aim for the Ace! 2 – Reika Ryuuzaki
1988 Legend of the Galactic Heroes – Frederica Greenhill
1988 Crying Freeman - Bugnug
1989 Aim for the Ace! Final Stage – Reika Ryuuzaki
1989 Crusher Joe – Tanya
1989 Cleopatra DC – Strange Woman
1990 Cyber City Oedo 808 – Sarah
1990 Guardian of Darkness – Sayoo(m)ko Matsura
1990 SD Gundam Gaiden – Sorceress Qubeley
1990 Patlabor The Mobile Police: The New Files – Shinobu Nagumo
1990 Record of Lodoss War – Karla
1990 CB Chara Nagai Go World – Sirene
1991 RG Veda - Karura-Ō
1991 Bubblegum Crash – Sylia Stingray
1991 – Paula
1991 Super Deformed Double Feature – Sylia Stingray
1991 – Takao Reseinji
1991 – Sara
1993 Super Dimension Century Orguss 02 – Miran
1994 Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki – Misaki
1995 Golden Boy – Kogure’s girlfriend
1996 Special Duty Combat Unit Shinesman – Kyoko Sakakibara
1996 Power DoLLS – Deborah Hughes
1996 Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team – Topp
1996 Blue Seed Beyond - Azusa Matsudaira
1999 Sol Bianca: The Legacy – Feb Fall
2001 Zone of the Enders: 2167 Idolo – Rachel Links
2003 Moeyo Ken – Oryo
2006 Hellsing Ultimate – Sir Integra Fairbrook Wingates Hellsing^[3]
2008 Cobra the Animation: The Psychogun – Armaroid Lady
2009 Cobra the Space Pirate: Time Drive – Armaroid Lady
2011 Supernatural: The Animation - Mysterious Beautiful Lady

Film[]

1982 Space Adventure Cobra – Armaroid Lady
1983 Urusei Yatsura: Only You – Elle
1984 Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind – Lady Kushana
1987 Bats & Terry – Aya
1988 Maison Ikkoku: The Final Chapter - Kuroki
1988 Mami The Esper: Dancing Doll of the Starry Sky – Mama
1988 Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack – Nanai Miguel
1989 Patlabor: The Movie – Shinobu Nagumo^[4]
1990 Go! Anpanman: Baikinman no Gyakushuu – Tekka no Makichan
1993 Patlabor 2: The Movie – Shinobu Nagumo^[4]
1999 You're Under Arrest: The Movie – Kaoruko Kinoshita
1998 Galaxy Express 999: Eternal Fantasy – Helmazaria
1999 Digimon Adventure – Yuuko Yagami
2000 – Myazamik
2000 The Mini Pato – Shinobu Nagumo
2004 Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence – Harraway
2004 Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam: A New Translation – Haman Khan
2006 Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex: Solid State Society – Yoko Kayabuki
2008 Ghost in the Shell 2.0 – Puppet Master
2008 The Sky Crawlers – Towa Sasakura
2009 Psalms of Planets Eureka Seven: Pocket Full of Rainbows – Old Anemone
2015 Harmony – Oscar Shtaufenberg
2015 Psycho-Pass: The Movie – Joshu Kasei

Video games[]

1998 Sakura Wars 2: Thou Shalt Not Die – Carino Soletta^[4]
2002 Space Channel 5: Part 2 – Pine^[4]
2002 Tales of Destiny 2 - Elrane
2006 Final Fantasy XII – Jote^[4]
2007 ASH: Archaic Sealed Heat – Aceshin XV^[4]
2012 Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward – Old Woman^[4]
2016 Overwatch– Ana Amari^[4]
2017 Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia – Mila^[4]
2020 Fire Emblem Heroes – Mila^[4]

Dubbing[]

Live-action[]

The 100 – Dr. Abigail "Abby" Griffin (Paige Turco)
Alien – Joan Lambert (Veronica Cartwright)
The Basketball Diaries – Mrs. Carroll (Lorraine Bracco)^[5]
The Beach (2003 NTV edition) – Sal (Tilda Swinton)
Captain Marvel – Supreme Intelligence and Dr. Wendy Lawson / Mar-Vell (Annette Bening)^[6]
Coogan's Bluff – Linny Raven (Tisha Sterling)^[7]
Crackerjack – Katia 'K.C.' Koslovska (Nastassja Kinski)
ER – Elizabeth Corday (Alex Kingston)
The Final Countdown (1989 TBS edition) – Laurel Scott (Katharine Ross)
Justice League – Hippolyta (Connie Nielsen)^[8]
Learning to Drive – Wendy Shields (Patricia Clarkson)
Love Affair – Terry McKay (Annette Bening)
The Maze Runner – Ava Paige (Patricia Clarkson)
Maze Runner: The Death Cure – Ava Paige (Patricia Clarkson)^[9]
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials – Ava Paige (Patricia Clarkson)
Parenthood – Susan Buckman-Huffner (Harley Jane Kozak)
Phenomena (2020 Blu-ray edition) – Frau Brückner (Daria Nicolodi)^[10]
Police Story – Selina Fong (Brigitte Lin)^[11]
To Kill with Intrigue – Chen Chun^[12]
Twin Peaks – Shelly Johnson (Mädchen Amick)
Ultraman: Towards the Future – Jean Echo (Gia Carides)
Wonder Woman – Hippolyta (Connie Nielsen)^[13]
Wonder Woman 1984 – Hippolyta (Connie Nielsen)^[14]
Zombi 2 – Susan Barret (Auretta Gay)

Animation[]

Captain Planet and the Planeteers – Dr. Blight
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole – Nyra

Awards[]

Year	Award	Category	Result	Ref.
2021	15th Seiyu Awards	Kazue Takahashi Memorial Award	Won	^[15]

References[]

^ "スーパー！ドラマＴＶ海外ドラマ：". www.superdramatv.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 28 September 2019.
^ "Yasuke Anime Unveils Japanese Cast With New Teaser". Anime News Network. April 14, 2021. Retrieved April 14, 2021.
^ "Hellsing Ultimate III". Hellsing Ultimate. Episode 3. October 4, 2014. Adult Swim.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "Yoshiko Sakakibara - 70 Character Images | Behind The Voice Actors". behindthevoiceactors.com. Retrieved August 9, 2019. Check mark indicates role has been confirmed using screenshots of closing credits and other reliable sources.CS1 maint: postscript (link)
^ "バスケットボール・ダイアリーズ[吹]". Star Channel. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
^ "キャプテン・マーベル". Fukikaeru. Retrieved March 21, 2019.
^ "マンハッタン無宿". Star Channel. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
^ "ジャスティス・リーグ". Fukikaeru. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
^ "メイズ・ランナー:最期の迷宮". Amazon. Retrieved July 27, 2018.
^ "ダリオ・アルジェント「フェノミナ」初の日本語吹替版にM・A・Oと榊原良子が参加". Natalie. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
^ "ポリス・ストーリー／香港国際警察デジタル・リマスター版". NBCUniversal Japan. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
^ "成龍拳＜日本語吹替収録版＞". NBCUniversal Japan. Retrieved April 28, 2019.
^ "小野大輔「強くて美しいお姉さんは好きですか？」『ワンダーウーマン』吹き替え声優が発表". Cinematoday. Retrieved August 2, 2017.
^ "ワンダーウーマン 1984". Fukikaeru. Retrieved December 9, 2020.
^ "第15回声優アワード:富山敬賞に関俊彦高橋和枝賞は榊原良子シナジー賞に「VOICARION IX」". Mantan-web. Retrieved February 18, 2021.

External links[]

Official agency profile (in Japanese)
Yoshiko Sakakibara at GamePlaza-Haruka Voice Acting Database (in Japanese)
Yoshiko Sakakibara at Hitoshi Doi's Seiyuu Database
Yoshiko Sakakibara at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
Yoshiko Sakakibara at IMDb

[superdrama-1] "スーパー！ドラマＴＶ海外ドラマ：". www.superdramatv.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 28 September 2019.

[2] "Yasuke Anime Unveils Japanese Cast With New Teaser". Anime News Network. April 14, 2021. Retrieved April 14, 2021.

[hu_ep3-3] "Hellsing Ultimate III". Hellsing Ultimate. Episode 3. October 4, 2014. Adult Swim.

[btva-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "Yoshiko Sakakibara - 70 Character Images | Behind The Voice Actors". behindthevoiceactors.com. Retrieved August 9, 2019. Check mark indicates role has been confirmed using screenshots of closing credits and other reliable sources.CS1 maint: postscript (link)

[5] "バスケットボール・ダイアリーズ[吹]". Star Channel. Retrieved March 28, 2021.

[6] "キャプテン・マーベル". Fukikaeru. Retrieved March 21, 2019.

[7] "マンハッタン無宿". Star Channel. Retrieved December 16, 2020.

[8] "ジャスティス・リーグ". Fukikaeru. Retrieved November 29, 2017.

[9] "メイズ・ランナー:最期の迷宮". Amazon. Retrieved July 27, 2018.

[10] "ダリオ・アルジェント「フェノミナ」初の日本語吹替版にM・A・Oと榊原良子が参加". Natalie. Retrieved June 6, 2020.

[11] "ポリス・ストーリー／香港国際警察デジタル・リマスター版". NBCUniversal Japan. Retrieved April 24, 2019.

[12] "成龍拳＜日本語吹替収録版＞". NBCUniversal Japan. Retrieved April 28, 2019.

[13] "小野大輔「強くて美しいお姉さんは好きですか？」『ワンダーウーマン』吹き替え声優が発表". Cinematoday. Retrieved August 2, 2017.

[14] "ワンダーウーマン 1984". Fukikaeru. Retrieved December 9, 2020.

[15] "第15回声優アワード:富山敬賞に関俊彦高橋和枝賞は榊原良子シナジー賞に「VOICARION IX」". Mantan-web. Retrieved February 18, 2021.

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Yoshiko Sakakibara
榊原良子

Born	(1956-05-31) May 31, 1956 (age 65) Chiba Prefecture, Japan
Occupation	Actress voice actress narrator
Years active	1980–present
Notable work	Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind as Lady Kushana Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ as Haman Karn Bubblegum Crisis as Sylia Stingray Patlabor as Shinobu Nagumo Hellsing series as Integra Hellsing
Height	158 cm (5 ft 2 in)