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Ikue Ōtani Born August 18, 1965
Tokyo, JapanYears active 1986-present Ikue Ōtani (大谷 育江 Ōtani Ikue, born August 18, 1965) is a Japanese actress and voice actress from Tokyo, most famous as the voice of Pikachu in the Pokémon anime series and products and the voice of Tony Tony Chopper in the manga and anime series One Piece. 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.
Contents
Pregnancy leave
In January 2006, Ōtani took a temporarily leave of absence from her work due to her pregnancy.[1] The following voice actress took over her ongoing roles during her absence.
- Tomoe Hanba (Manene in Pocket Monsters Advanced Generation)
- There were enough archive recordings so that no one had to take over as Pikachu, arguably her most famous role, while she was on leave.
- Kazue Ikura (Tony Tony Chopper in One Piece)
- Satomi Kōrogi (Sora Hasegawa in Oh My Goddess!, Princess Fuji in Gekijōban: Harukana ru Toki no Nakade: Mai Hitoyo)
- Etsuko Kozakura (Panpū-chan in Super Stylish Doctors Story)
- Rie Kugimiya (Ion, Sync and Florian in the drama CD adaption of Tales of the Abyss)
- Junko Noda (Mokkun in Shōnen Onmyōji)
- Ai Orikasa (Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya in Detective Conan)
- Konami Yoshida (Gash Bell in Konjiki no Gash Bell!!)
- Akiko Koike (Konohamaru in "Naruto Shippuden")
Roles
Japanese television animation
- Ashita no Nadja (Rita Rossi)
- Astro Boy (Nina)
- Bakusō Kyōdai Let's & Go!! (Jiromaru Takaba)
- Banner of the Stars (Seelnay)
- Detective Conan (Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya)
- Doki Doki School Hours(Shizuka Nagare(Iincho))
- DNA² (Mashi)
- Flint the Time Detective (Obiru)
- Go! Go! Itsutsugo Land (Mikan)
- Gulliver Boy (Edison)
- Hamtaro (Oshare-chan)
- Haō Taikei Ryū Knight (Blue)
- Harukanaru Toki no Naka de (Fujihime)
- Hime-chan's Ribbon (Himeko Nonohara, Princess Erika)
- InuYasha (Koryu)
- Juuni Senshi Bakuretsu Eto Ranger (Usaki, Butashichi)
- Kannazuki no Miko (Sister Miyako, Saotome Makoto)
- Keroro Gunsou (Terara)
- Konjiki no Gash Bell!! (Gash Bell (episodes 1-141))
- Kujibiki Unbalance (Renko Kamishakujii)
- Martian Successor Nadesico (Yukina Shiratori)
- Monster (Eruza)
- Moonlight Mask (Yamamoto Naoto (2nd season))
- My Neighbors the Yamadas (Nonoko Yamada)
- Nangoku Shōnen Papuwa-kun (Kotaro)
- Naruto (Konohamaru)
- Sailor Moon (Sailor Tin Nyanko)
- Nightwalker (Guni)
- Oh My Goddess! (Sora Hasegawa)
- Ojamajo Doremi series (Hana-chan, Majo Monroe)
- One Piece (Tony Tony Chopper/Chopperman, Sanji (child), Enishida, Fake Nami)
- Pokémon series (Pikachu, Corsola, Mime Jr., Glameow)
- PoPoLoCrois (Papuu)
- Sailor Moon: Sailor Stars (Sailor Tin Nyanko / Suzu Nyanko)
- Sailor Moon S (U-Chouten)
- Shadow Skill (Kyuo)
- Slayers (Kira)
- Super Doll Licca-chan (Katrina)
- ToHeart (Rio Hinayama)
- Tokyo Underground (Ciel Messiah)
- The Vision of Escaflowne (Merle)
- YuYu Hakusho (Masaru, Natsumiko, Shura)
OVA
- Template:Harukanaru Toki no Naka de~Ajisai Yumegatari~ as Fuji-hime
- Template:Harukanaru Toki no Naka de 2 ~Shiroki Ryuu no Miko~ as Fujiwara no Yukari
- Template:Harukanaru Toki no Naka de 2 ~Shiroki Ryuu no Miko~ as Fujiwara no Misono
- Cool Devices (Kana)
- Gate Keepers 21 (Ayane Isuzu)
- Legend of the Galactic Heroes (Margaret Fuon Herukusuhaima)
- Nurse Witch Komugi (Koyori Kokubunji, Maya)
- Oh My Goddess! (Sora Hasegawa)
- Ojamajo Doremi series (Hana-chan, Majo Monroe)
- Super Mario World: Mario to Yoshi no Bōken Land (Green Yoshi)
- Twin Signal (All 3 volumes) (Signal)
- Variable Geo (Manami Kusunoki)
- Shinobi Women (Shinobi"Rina Momoko Haruka III Women) Japanese Dub
Theater animation
- Detective Conan films (Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya)
- Konjiki no Gash Bell!!: 101 Banme no Mamono (Gash Bell)
- Konjiki no Gash Bell!!: Attack of the Mechavulcan (Gash Bell)
- My Neighbor Totoro (Girl)
- Keroro Gunso the Super Movie 4: Gekishin Dragon Warriors (Terara)
- Oh My Goddess! (Sora Hasegawa)
- Ojamajo Doremi series (Hana-chan)
- One Piece films (with the exception of the seventh installment) (Tony Tony Chopper)
- Pokémon films (Pikachu)
- The Prince of Darkness (Yukina Shiratori)
- Cinnamoroll: The Movie (Cinnamoroll)
Video games
- Ar tonelico Qoga (Mute)
- Brave Fencer Musashi (Topo, Jam)
- Daraku Tenshi - The Fallen Angels (Musuran (Yuiran))
- Detective Conan: Tsuioku no Mirajiyu (Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya)
- Dororo (Dororo)
- FIST (Ai Momoyama)
- Guardian Heroes (Nicole Neil)
- Gulliver Boy (Edison)
- 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)
- Martian Successor Nadesico (Yukina)
- Marvel vs. Capcom series (Hoover)
- Mega Man Legends series (Data, Bon Bonne)
- Musashi: Samurai Legend (Amestris)
- Ojamajo Doremi series (Hana-chan)
- One Piece series (Tony Tony Chopper)
- Pokémon series (Pikachu)
- Pretty Fighter (Ai Momoyama)
- Shenmue II (Fangmei)
- Sonic Shuffle (Lumina)
- Super Smash Bros. series (Pikachu)
- Tales of the Abyss (Ion, Sync, Florian)
- ToHeart (Rio Hinayama)
- Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side (Mizuki Sudou)
- Wild Arms Alter Code: F (Jane Maxwell)
- Nora to Toki no Kōbō: Kiri no Mori no Majo (Keke)
Dubbing roles
- The Addams Family (film) (Pugsley Addams)
- Alvin and the Chipmunks (WOWOW edition) (Alvin)
- Animaniacs (Dot Warner)
- ER (Wendy Goldman)
- Forrest Gump (Forrest Gump Junior)
- The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (Nicky Banks)
- Full House (Stephanie Tanner)
- How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Cindy Lou Who (speaking voice)
- The Land Before Time (Chomper)
- The Mummy Returns (TV Asahi edition) (Alex O'Connell)
- Pucca (Pucca)
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Jedidiah)
- The Shining (Danny Torrance)
- Stuart Little (George Little)
- Waterworld (TV Tokyo edition) (Enola)
- The Fairly Oddparents (Baby Poof)
Drama CD
- Ouran High School Host Club (Mitsukuni Haninozuka)
- Elemental Gelade (Cisqua)
References
- Ikue Ōtani at the Internet Movie Database
- Yahoo! Japan profile (Japanese)
- ^ "Errata: Ikue Ohtani Not Ill: She's Pregnant". Anime News Network. January 18, 2006. http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2006-01-18/errata-ikue-ohtani-not-ill-she's-pregnant. Retrieved August 18, 2011.
External links
- Ikue Otani at the Internet Movie Database
- Ikue Otani at Ryu's Seiyuu Info
- Ikue Ōtani at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
- Mausu Promotion
Categories:- 1965 births
- Japanese voice actors
- Living people
- Nintendo people
- People from Tokyo
- Tomoe Hanba (Manene in Pocket Monsters Advanced Generation)
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