Emi Shinohara | |
Native Name: | 篠原 恵美 |
Image Upright: | yes |
Birth Name: | Emiko Shinohara |
Birth Date: | 8 August 1963 |
Birth Place: | Fukushima Prefecture, Japan |
Occupation: | Voice actress |
Years Active: | 1986–2024 |
Spouse: | Hiroshi Watari |
Children: | 1 |
Agent: | 81 Produce |
Credits: | Sailor Moon as Sailor Jupiter Naruto as Kushina Uzumaki |
, known professionally as,[1] 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 , and Kushina Uzumaki in . She was married to tokusatsu actor Hiroshi Watari.
Shinohara was born in Fukushima Prefecture on August 8, 1963, and raised in Ueda, Nagano. She joined the drama and choir clubs during her later years in elementary school. 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.[2] While at the college, she joined an off-campus club and performed in musicals.
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. Subsequently, she joined Arts Vision and then 81 Produce.[3]
In 1992, Shinohara began starring as Sailor Jupiter, one of the major characters in the first anime adaptation of Sailor Moon. 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."[4] In addition to Sailor Jupiter, she also voiced other background characters.[4]
In addition to Sailor Jupiter, she also voiced Presea in Magic Knight Rayearth, Kaho Mizuki in Cardcaptor Sakura, Yayoi Matsunaga in , Charlotte Elbourne in (2000), Yōko Mizuno in Maria-sama ga Miteru, Ophelia in Claymore, and Kushina Uzumaki in .[5] She also voiced Agarte Lindblum in the video game Tales of Rebirth and Bakuryū Pteranodon in the tokusatsu series Bakuryū Sentai Abaranger. She would often voice "older sister" or "mother" characters in anime. In the last few years of her career, she reprised her role as Kaho in the 2018 sequel series , and she voiced Sachiko in the 2020 film A Whisker Away.[4]
She released three albums through Apollon (now : Windows (1994), Street (1994), and Ashita e (1996). In 1997, she released another album from Nippon Columbia, Missing Piece.
Her husband was tokusatsu actor Hiroshi Watari.[6] She had an older brother.[7] 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.[8] [9] She also worked at Senzoku Gakuen College of Music as a voice acting and anison teacher.[10]
Shinohara died on September 8, 2024, one month after her 61st birthday.[11] Undergoing treatment for an unspecified illness at the time,[12] she reportedly had recently been on a respirator and wheelchair and some of her bones had fractured. 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.[13] 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.[14]
Year | Work | Role | Source | |
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1986 | Dream Hunter Rem | Elizabeth | ||
1988 | Sonic Soldier Borgman | Haruka Misaki | ||
1989 | Akuma-kun | Lilith | ||
1989 | Dragon Quest | Queen, Martina | ||
1990 | Iczer Reborn | Candy | ||
1991 | The Twins at St. Clare's | Wella | ||
1992 | Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair | Margaret | ||
1992 | Master Keaton | Sofia | ||
1992–1997 | Sailor Moon | Makoto Kino/Sailor Jupiter, Kyurene (ep. 6), Jumeau (ep. 18) | [15] | |
1993 | Miracle Girls | Kanako (Kana-chan) | [16] | |
1993 | Mobile Suit Victory Gundam | Maria Pia Armonia | ||
1993 | Super Bikkuriman | Mecha Turtle | ||
1994 | Crayon Shin-chan | Sailor Bakaan | ||
1994 | Ghost Sweeper Mikami | Female teacher | ||
1994 | Jungle King Tar-chan | Dorothy | [17] | |
1994 | Magic Knight Rayearth | [18] | ||
1994 | Metal Fighter Miku | Youko Shibano | ||
1996 | Case Closed | Noriko Okatani | ||
1997 | Burn-Up Excess | Ruby | ||
1997 | Sarah | |||
1997 | Kindaichi Case Files | Ruiko Sakuragi | ||
1997 | Ellen | |||
1997 | Twilight of the Dark Master | Shizuka Tachibana | ||
1998 | Cardcaptor Sakura | |||
1998 | Nightwalker | Yayoi Matsunaga | ||
1998 | Sentimental Journey | Aoi | ||
1998 | Sorcerous Stabber Orphen | Azalie Cait Sith | ||
1998 | The Adventures of Mini-Goddess | Kodama | ||
1999 | The Big O | Angel | ||
2000 | Ceres, Celestial Legend | Miori's mother | ||
2001 | Banner of the Stars | Lala Shangal | ||
2001 | Hajime no Ippo | [19] | ||
2001 | Kaze no Yojimbo | Sanae Araki | ||
2001 | Najica Blitz Tactics | XXX | ||
2001 | Noir | Marennes | ||
2003–2004 | Maburaho | Karei Hirozaki | ||
2003 | Saiyuki Reload | Suika | ||
2003 | Space Pirate Captain Herlock | Shizuka Namio | ||
2003 | UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie | Princess Mehm | ||
2004 | Fafner in the Azure | Chizuru Toomi | ||
2004 | Maria-sama ga Miteru | Yōko Mizuno | ||
2005 | Hell Girl | Namiko Todaka | ||
2005–2006 | Honey and Clover | |||
2005 | Immortal Grand Prix | Michiru Satomi | ||
2005 | Karin | Carrera Marker | ||
2005 | Loveless | Katsuko-sensei | ||
2006 | Ah! My Goddess | |||
2006 | Nana | Ms. Sakagami | ||
2007 | Claymore | |||
2007 | ||||
2007 | Shigurui | Iku | ||
2009 | Umineko no Naku Koro ni | Natsuhi Ushiromiya | ||
2010 | Toaru Majutsu no Index II | Misuzu Misaka | ||
2012 | Smile PreCure! | Shizuko Aoki | ||
2017 | Little Witch Academia | Lotte's mother | [20] | |
2018 | Kaho Mizuki | |||
2018 | Oshiri Tantei | Moko Benii | [21] | |
2022 | Shikimori's Not Just a Cutie | Izumi Motoko |
Year | Work | Role | Source | |
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1986 | Project A-Ko | B-Ko Daitokuji | ||
1993 | Ninja Scroll | Kagero | ||
1993 | Makoto Kino/Sailor Jupiter | |||
1994 | Makoto Kino/Sailor Jupiter | |||
1994 | Soreike! Anpanman: Lyrical Magical Mahō no Gakkō | Mimi | ||
1995 | Makoto Kino/Sailor Jupiter | |||
1996 | X | Arashi Kishū | ||
1997 | Perfect Blue | Eri Ochiai | ||
2000 | Charlotte Elbourne | |||
2000 | Kaho Mizuki | |||
2000 | Pokémon the Movie 2000 | Computer | ||
2004 | Appleseed | Dr. Gilliam Knute | ||
2018 | Engimon | Nami Amanogawa | [22] | |
2020 | A Whisker Away | Sachiko Hinode | ||
2022 | Ikumi Soda | [23] |
Year | Work | Role | Source | |
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1989 | Angel Cop | |||
1990 | AD Police Files | Venessa Buck | ||
1990 | Cyber City Oedo 808 | Remi Masuda | ||
1991 | Detonator Orgun | Yoko Mitsurugi | ||
1991 | Kekko Kamen | Kekko Kamen | ||
1992 | Hayō no Tsurugi | Cheriku, Ouhi | ||
1992 | Oz | Android 1030 | ||
1992 | Ruri-iro Princess | Mother | ||
1993 | Moldiver | Isabelle | ||
1993 | Please Save My Earth | Mokuren | ||
1993 | The Cockpit | Marchenna | ||
1994 | B.B. Fish | Sara Kannazuki | ||
1994 | Tokyo Babylon | Mirei | ||
1994 | Yun | |||
1995 | Miyuki-chan in Wonderland | The Mad Hatter | ||
1995 | Iczer Girl Iczelion | Iczelion | ||
1996 | Mutant Turtles: Superman Legend | |||
1997 | Saber Marionette J Again | Panther | ||
1999 | Harlock Saga | Freya | ||
2003 | Submarine 707 | Miyuki Hayami | [24] | |
2016–2017 | Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki 4 | [25] | ||
2021 | Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki 5 | Tennyo Masaki | [26] | |
2023 | Fafner in the Azure Behind the Line | [27] |
Year | Work | Role | Source | |
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1997 | Ayakashi Ninden Kunoichiban | Tsubura Ise | ||
1998 | Princess Quest | Prince Tapioca | ||
2003 | Mirage Koas | |||
2004 | Tales of Rebirth | Agarte Lindblum | ||
2004 | Nebula | |||
2005 | Romancing SaGa | Barbara | ||
2005 | Mabino X Style | Mary Nenem Kinoshita | ||
2006 | Wrestle Angels: Survivor | Panther Risako and Royal Hojo | ||
2007 | Snow Portable | Sayori Yukizuki | ||
2008 | Wrestle Angels: Survivor 2 | Panther Risako and Royal Hojo | ||
2010 | Merveille Million | |||
2014 | [28] | |||
2015 | Robot Girls Z Online | Emperor Ryuma | [29] | |
2016 | Kushina Uzumaki | [30] | ||
2019 | A Certain Magical Index Imaginary Fest | [31] | ||
2024 | Mobile Suit Gundam U.C. Engage | Maria Pia Armonia | [32] |
Title | Year | Details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Ref. | ||
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JPN | JPN Comb. | ||||||
Windows (stylized in all-caps) | 1994 |
| - | - | - | [45] | |
Street (stylized in all-caps) | 1994 |
| - | - | - | [46] | |
1996 |
| - | - | - | [47] | ||
Missing Piece (stylized as Missing piece) | 1997 |
| - | - | - | [48] |