Tomoko Kawakami

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Tomoko Kawakami
File:Tomoko Kawakami.jpg
Native name 川上 とも子
Born (1970-04-25)April 25, 1970
Tokyo, Japan
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Tokyo, Japan
Cause of death Ovarian cancer
Ethnicity Japanese
Occupation Voice actress
Years active 1994–2010
Agent Production Baobab
Notable work Revolutionary Girl Utena
as Utena Tenjou
Air
as Misuzu Kamio
Bleach
as Soifon
Chrono Crusade
as Rosette Christopher
Fushigi Yugi
as Chiriko
Hikaru no Go
as Hikaru Shindo
Sgt. Frog
as Fuyuki Hinata

Tomoko Kawakami (川上 とも子 Kawakami Tomoko?, April 25, 1970 – June 9, 2011) was a Japanese voice actress from Tokyo.[1] Having graduated from the Toho Gakuen College of Drama and Music, she was affiliated with Production Baobab at the time of her death.

Career

Kawakami debuted in 1994 as a role of a boy in Metal Fighter Miku. Her first regular performance was in 1995 as Chiriko in Fushigi Yuugi. Two years after, she landed her first starring voice role as Utena Tenjou in Revolutionary Girl Utena. Aside from Chiriko and Utena, her famous roles are in Air (Misuzu Kamio), Bleach (Soifon), Chrono Crusade (Rosette Christopher), Hikaru no Go (Hikaru Shindou) and Sgt. Frog (Fuyuki Hinata).

Kawakami provided voices for young boys, girls and comical characters. The best-known genre of her roles are tomboyish characters (Soifon, Utena Tenjou). With such a powerful voice, she was often affiliated in paranormal and yuri-themed anime. She also made her name voicing the heroine in the Harukanaru Toki no Naka de series, based from the Neoromance game with the same title produced by Koei in 2000.

Illness and death

In August 2008, Kawakami was diagnosed with ovarian cancer,[2] which required surgery. During a three-year battle with cancer, most of her ongoing roles were replaced by other voice actresses, most notably Houko Kuwashima, although Kawakami was able to do some voice work until her retirement in April 2010.[3] She died on June 9, 2011 at the age of 41.[4]

Filmography

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Television animation

Films

Video games

Dubbing roles

References

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Sources

  • Nakagami, Yoshikatsu. "The Official Art of AIR" (October 2007), Newtype USA. pgs. 135–41

External links

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