I’m the first to admit I don’t watch very many animes in English so I tend to focus on Japanese voice actors but this voice actress is one of the few I recognize quite easily no matter what role she’s in. I’ve watched nearly a dozen of the animes she’s been in in both English and Japanese and she is quite talented at keep true to her character and to herself. A thin line to walk for many voice actors but she does it with style and grace.

I think the first anime I ever heard her perform in was Wolf’s Rain where she brought to live the lovely scientist Cher to the point where I wept at the end of the series. And next she reduced to me tears again, though of laughter this time during her appears on FoolyCooly as Haruhara! Just all around one of the best English voice actors, I’ve even gotten fond of spotting her work in the video games I play!

If interested she has a quite nice web site of her own so feel free to click on the image above to be taken there to see what other works she’s done!

• Ai Yori Aoshi as Chika Minazuki
• Bleach as Yachiru Kusajishi
• Blood+ as Saya Otonashi
• Cardcaptor Sakura Movie 2: The Sealed Card as Sakura Kinomoto
• Chobits as Kotoko
• Eureka Seven as Anemone
• FLCL as Haruhara Haruko
• Gungrave as Mika Asagi; Brandon Heat (Child)
• Heat Guy J as Kyoko Milchan; Princess (Ep 14)
• Last Exile as Lavie Head
• Mirage of Blaze as Miya Ohgi; Student (Ep. 5)
• Naruto as Mikoto Uchiha; Tayuya
• Please Twins! as Miina Miyafuji
• Rave Master as Isa; Remi
• Samurai Champloo as Fuu
• Scrapped Princess as Pacifica Casull
• The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya as Tsuruya-san
• The Twelve Kingdoms as Youka
• Witch Hunter Robin as Robin Sena
• Wolf's Rain as Cher Degre
• Yukikaze as Edith Foss

Ok so this voice actor has only done three shows but he’s just so cute I can’t resist having him listed! Plus I’ve actually seen two of the anime’s he’s been in and well if he isn’t just an amazing voice actor! I hope this kid gets picked up for some more anime series, I really like his voice and he has a great deal of talent. If you get a chance I hope you listen to his voice for a bit. Capeta is a good sports anime and well I’ve talked about Seirei before in one of my posts.

• Capeta as Kappeita "Capeta" Taira (Elementary School [Eps. 1-14])
• Seirei no Moribito (Guardian of the Sacred Spirit) as Chagumu
• Mushishi as Kodama (ep 11)

Hmm I’m not actually sure why I haven’t listed this voice actor before. Especially since I am so very fond of so many of the characters he portrays. Particularly the ever lovely Kakashi from Naruto! But I honestly think of the very first animes I heard his voice in was in Blue Seed. Where he played the Kusanagi, who I just adored. LoL

But Inoue has been a voice actor longer than any of the others I’ve portrayed; he’s actual one of the voice actors for the original Voltron series if that dates it for those of you who enjoy the classics! ^^ He’s truly one of the greats I’ve never seen him in a role that he hasn’t truly become and brought alive. Anyone who can reduce me to tears in a quite role like Hatori in Fruit Basket truly deserves all the love I can send him!

• Ace wo Nerae! 2 (OAV) as Takayuki Todou
• Adventures of Puss-in-Boots as Torusen
• Akai Hayate (OAV) as Hayate
• Angel's Feather (OAV) as Reiya Wakabayashi
• Aoki Ryusei SPT Layzner as Null Alberto/Eiji Asuka
• Bakumatsu Kikansetsu Irohanihoheto as Sotetsu Ibaragi
• Banner of the Stars as Nefee; Nereis
• Battle Athletes Victory as Eric Roberts
• Battle Royal High School (OAV) as Yuuki Toshihiro
• Biohunter (OAV) as Kamagaya
• Blue Seed as Mamoru Kusanagi
• Captain Tsubasa as Carlos Santana
• Case Closed as Inspector Shiratori; Date (ep 55)
• Chrono Crusade as Aion
• Cowboy Bebop: The Movie as Ghadkins
• Cyborg 009 as Shimamura Joe/009
• Descendants of Darkness as Mibu Oriya (eps 10, 11, 13)
• Ergo Proxy as Kazukisu Hauer (ep 9)
• Excel Saga as Dick; Shioji Gojo
• Fruits Basket as Hatori Sohma
• Ginga Tetsudo Monogatari: Eien e no Bunkiten as Wataru Yuuki
• Gravitation as Eiri Yuki
• Haré+Guu as Reiji-sensei
• Haru wo Daiteita (OAV) as Nagisa Sawa
• Harukanaru Toki no Naka de 2 ~Shiroki Ryuu no Miko~ (OAV) as Hisui
• Harukanaru Toki no Naka de ~Hachiyou Shou~ as Tachibana no Tomomasa
• Inu Yasha as Ryukossei
• Kikaider (OAV) as Kikaider 00/Rei
• Koutetsu Sangokushi as Kouketsu Ryousou
• Kyo Kara Maoh! as Guenter
• Legend of Basara as Shuri
• Mahou no Yousei Persia as Kenji Sawaki
• Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam as Jerid Messa
• Naruto as Kakashi Hatake
• Naruto: Shippuuden as Hatake Kakashi
• Oishinbo as Shirou Yamaoka
• Ouran High School Host Club as Yuzuru Suou (Tamaki's Father)
• Princess Nine as Hidehiko Hayakawa
• Ranma ½ as Mikado Sanzenin
• Saint Seiya as Ouko (eps 33-34)
• Samurai Deeper Kyo as Muramasa
• Samurai X: The Motion Picture as Takimi Shigure
• Spiral as Kiyotaka Narumi
• Tactics as Watanabe
• Tales of Phantasia (OAV) as Klarth F. Lester
• Touch as Akio Nitta
• Vampire Princess Miyu (OAV) as Pazusu
• Voltron as Akira Kogane
• X (movie) as Yuuto Kigai

A truly talented Japanese voice actress for today’s listing. I think the first anime I truly noticed her in was Prince of Tennis. She did a truly amazing job bringing alive Echizen for me. And I’m actually a bit amazed at how many other shows I’ve listened to her voice act in and didn’t make the connection between the characters. I just love it when that happens! Especially since I’m one of those folks who actually listens for connections like that! ^^

I’m thrilled she’s still a very active voice actresses and in fact I’m currently watching two shows that she’s appearing in. Both Code Geass and Shonen Onmyouji are at the top of my recommendations this season and she’s in no way a small reason for that. ^^

Just a short listing of her voice acting career.

• .hack//Legend Of The Twilight as Shuugo
• ARIA The NATURAL as Akira E. Ferrari
• Black Cat as Female Sweeper (ep 15); Leon; Silphy
• Busou Renkin as Madoka Maruyama
• Chrono Crusade as Joshua Christopher
• Code Geass - Lelouch of the Rebellion as Cornelia Li Britannia
• Daphne in the Brilliant Blue as Shounen
• Duel Masters as Hakuoh
• Fushigiboshi no Futago Hime as Eclipse/Shade
• Godannar as Shinobu Saruwatari
• Hamtaro as Edison-kun
• He is my Master as Yoshitaka Nakabayashi
• Jigoku Shoujo Futakomori as Shizuko Tenjou (ep 11)
• Jinki:Extend as Mel J Vanette
• Loveless as Aoyagi Ritsuka
• Mermaid Melody: Pichi Pichi Pitch as Mikeru
• Naruto as Haku's Mother
• Negima! as Ayaka Yukihiro
• Shakugan no Shana as Khamsin Nbh'w ("Gisou no Karite")
• Shonen Onmyouji as Genbu
• Soukou no Strain as Melchisidec
• The Prince of Tennis as Ryoma Echizen
• Tokyo Mew Mew as Young Ryou Shirogane (ep 36)
• Trinity Blood as Ion Fortuna
• Tsubasa Chronicle as Ryuuoh

A fairly unknown voice actor at least for me but one of the voices I’m not likely to forget anytime soon. After all I’ve watched 109 episodes of Bleach now and enjoyed his performance as Ichigo in every single one of them! The vast range of emotions he can bring to this character makes me wonder just how he hasn’t gotten a chance at more lead roles. And of course it makes me grateful to the casters at Bleach for giving him the chance!

Morita is highly skilled in Karate and Kendo which led to him working as one of the motion capture actors for the amazing movie Final Fantasy VII Advent Children. He also did a great deal of motion work for the video game Dynasty Warriors. Obviously the man moves as elegantly as he uses his voice!

Just a short listing of his voice acting career.

• Aqua Kids as Jino
• BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad as Hyoudou Masaru
• Bleach as Ichigo Kurosaki
• Bleach - Memories in the Rain (OAV) as Kurosaki Ichigo
• Bleach - Memories of Nobody (movie) as Ichigo Kurosaki
• Bleach - The Sealed Sword Frenzy (OAV) as Kurosaki Ichigo
• Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan as Yamazaki-sensei (ep 2,5)
• Case Closed as Ryosuke Fukuma (ep 419,420)
• Diamond Daydreams as Yuu (eps 5-6)
• Interlude (OAV) as Main Male Character (Nameless)
• La Corda D'Oro ~primo passo~ as Kazuki Hihara
• Major as Toshiya Satou (eps 27-)
• Marginal Prince as Alfred Visconti
• Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny as Auel Neider
• Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny Special Edition (OAV) as Auel Neider
• Onmyou Taisenki as Yakumo Yoshikawa
• Ring ni Kakero as Ryuji Takane
• Ring ni Kakero 1: Nichibei Kessen Hen as Ryuji Takane
• Saint Seiya: The Hades Chapter - Inferno (OAV) as Pegasus Seiya
• Sonic X as Chris (adult, ep 52)
• The Prince of Tennis as Tashiro
• Xenosaga: The Animation as Louis Virgil
• Yumeria as Butcher (ep8); Student A (ep1); Man at Pool (ep4); Young Wrestler (ep3)