Japanese voice actress (1963–2024)
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 .
Biography
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
Animated film
Original video animation
Tokusatsu
Video games
Dubbing
Live-action
Discography
Albums
Notes
References
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