Gara Takashima

Gara Takashima
Born	(1954-03-02) March 2, 1954 Tokyo, Japan
Occupation	Actress, voice actress
Years active	1976–present
Spouse(s)	Banjō Ginga

Gara Takashima (高島 雅羅, Takashima Gara, born March 2, 1954 in Tokyo) is a Japanese voice actress who works for Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society. She is married to voice actor Banjō Ginga.

Filmography

Television animation

1970s

• Hoka Hoka Kazoku (1976) (Sachiko Yamano)
• Aim for the Ace! (1978) (Michiru Taki)
• Space Battleship Yamato II (1978)
• Lupin III Part II (1978)
• Anne of Green Gables (1979) (Diana Barry)
• Gordian Warrior (Saori Otaki) (1979)
• The Rose of Versailles (1979)

1980s

• Space Runaway Ideon (1980) (Rukuku Kil)
• Braiger (1982) (Anastasia, Eva)
• Space Cobra (1982) (Dominique Royal)
• Game Center Arashi (1982) (Erika Noto)
• Magical Princess Minky Momo (1982)
• Aura Battler Dunbine (1983)
• Baxinger (1983)
• Giant Gorg (1984) (Lady Links)
• Persia, the Magic Fairy (1984) (Kumi Hayami)
• Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (1985) (Hilda Bidan)
• The Three-Eyed One (1985) (Chiyoko Wato)
• Touch (1985) (Reiko Kashiwaba)
• Fight! Super Robot Life Form Transformer (1985) (Carly Witwicky)
• Maison Ikkoku (1986) (Asuna's mother)
• Seito Shokun! (1986) (Michiko Kitashiro)
• Fight! Transformers 2010 (1986) (Carly Witwicky)
• Uchūsen Sagittarius (1986) (Beat)
• City Hunter (1987) (Saori Murakoshi)
• Fist of the North Star (1987) (Sayaka)
• F (1988) (Shizue)
• Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics (1988) (Hanna)
• Oishinbo (1988) (Nobuko Mayama)

1990s

• Ginga Sengoku Gun'yūden Rai (1994) (Dokuganryu Masamune)
• Detective Conan (1996) (Eri Kisaki)
• Clamp School Detectives (1997) (Suoh's Mother)
• Cowboy Bebop (1998) (Julia)
• Silent Möbius (1998) (Rosa Cheyenne)
• Crest of the Stars (1999) (Plakia Lexshue)
• Magic User's Club (1999) (Azusa Amano)
• Zoids: Chaotic Century (1999) (President Louise Theresa Camford)

2000s

• Z.O.E. Dolores,i (2001) (Linda Roland)
• Ai Yori Aoshi (2002) (Aoi's Mother)
• Aquarian Age (2002) (Misato Yukimura)
• Atashin'chi (2002) (Emi's Mother)
• Full Metal Panic! (2002) (Female Doctor)
• Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2003) (Seymour)
• Human Crossing (2003) (Mizuho Noguchi)
• Rumic Theater (2003) (Hanako)
• Kenran Butohsai (2004) (MAKI)
• Maria-sama ga Miteru: Printemps (2004) (Yumiko Ikegami)
• Emma: A Victorian Romance (2005) (Dorothea Molders)
• Monster (2005)
• Speed Grapher (2005) (Shinsen Tennouzu)
• Ah! My Goddess: Everyone Has Wings (2006) (Hild)
• Angel Heart (2006) (Woman President)
• Emma: A Victorian Romance Second Act (2007) (Dorothea Molders)
• Devil May Cry: The Animated Series (2007) (Amanda)
• Slayers Revolution (2008) (Gioconda)

2010s

• Chu-Bra!! (2010) (Yōko Sagisawa)
• Jormungand (2012) (Amalia Trohovski)

Theater animation

• Windaria (1986) (Druid)
• Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan (1989) (Tsuchidama)
• Silent Möbius (1991) (Lebia Maverick)
• Silent Möbius 2 (1992) (Lebia Maverick)
• Ninja Scroll (1993) (Benisato)
• Memories (1995) (Eva)
• Detective Conan: The Fourteenth Target (1998) (Eri Kisaki)
• Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team Miller's Report (1998) (Alice Miller)
• Detective Conan: Captured in Her Eyes (2000) (Eri Kisaki)
• Detective Conan: Magician of the Silver Sky (2004) (Eri Kisaki)
• Mobile Suit Z Gundam: A New Translation - Heirs to the Stars (2005) (Hilda Bidan)
• Detective Conan: The Private Eyes' Requiem (2006) (Eri Kisaki)
• Appleseed Ex Machina (2007) (Athena)
• Dragon Age: Dawn of the Seeker (2012) (Divine)

OVA

• Crying Freeman (1988) (Nina Heaven)
• Mermaid Saga (1993) (Misa)
• Blue Submarine No. 6 (1998) (General Gilford)
• Queen Emeraldas (1998) (Siren)
• Virgin Fleet (1998) (Hidemaro Hirose)
• Magic User's Club (1999) (Azusa Amano)

Game

• The Bouncer (????) (Kaldea Orchid)
• James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing (????) (Agent Mya Starling)
• Quiz: Ah! My Goddess (????) (Hild)
• Trauma Center: New Blood (????) (Irene Quatro )
• Sly 2: Band of Thieves (????) (The Contessa)

Tokusatsu

• Seiju Sentai Gingaman (????) (Spectral Empress Iliess/Evil Empress Iliess)
• Seiju Sentai Gingaman vs Denji Sentai Megaranger (????) (Spectral Empress Iliess)

Drama CDs

• 7 Seeds (????) (Botan Saotome)

Dubbing

Live-action

• Demi Moore
  • We're No Angels (Molly)
  • Ghost (Molly Jensen)
  • Mortal Thoughts (Cynthia Kellogg)
  • A Few Good Men (Lieutenant Commander JoAnne Galloway)
  • The Scarlet Letter (Hester Prynne)
  • Striptease (Erin Grant)
  • Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (Madison Lee)
  • The Joneses (Kate Jones)
• Madeleine Stowe
  • Revenge (1991 TV Asahi edition) (Miryea Mendez)
  • The Two Jakes (Lillian Bodine)
  • Unlawful Entry (TV Asahi edition) (Karen Carr)
  • Bad Girls (TV Asahi edition) (Cody Zamora)
  • Playing by Heart (Gracie)
  • Impostor (Maya Olham)
  • Octane (Senga Wilson)
• Michelle Pfeiffer
  • Scarface (1991 TV Tokyo edition) (Elvira Hancock)
  • The Deep End of the Ocean (Beth Cappadora)
  • A Midsummer Night's Dream (Titania)
  • New Year's Eve (Ingrid Withers)
  • Dark Shadows (Elizabeth Collins Stoddard)
  • The Family (Maggie Blake)
• Rene Russo
  • Major League (Lynn Wells)
  • Lethal Weapon 3 (Lorna Cole)
  • Ransom (Kate Mullen)
  • Lethal Weapon 4 (Lorna Cole)
  • Two for the Money (Toni Abrams)
  • Yours, Mine and Ours (Helen North)
• Sharon Stone
  • Above the Law (Sara Toscani)
  • Blood and Sand (Doña Sol)
  • Total Recall (Lori Quaid)
  • Scissors (Angie Anderson)
  • Sphere (Dr. Elizabeth "Beth" Halperin)
  • Bobby (Miriam Ebbers)
• Daryl Hannah
  • Blade Runner (1986 TBS edition) (Pris Stratton)
  • Wall Street (1992 TV Asahi edition) (Darien Taylor)
  • High Spirits (1992 NTV edition) (Mary Plunkett Brogan)
  • Crazy People (Kathy Burgess)
  • The Last Days of Frankie the Fly (Margaret)
• Barbara Hershey
  • The Natural (TV edition) (Harriet Bird)
  • Hannah and Her Sisters (Lee)
  • Hoosiers (TV edition) (Myra Fleener)
  • Beaches (Hillary Whitney)
  • Falling Down (Elizabeth "Beth" Trevino)
• Julia Roberts
  • Mystic Pizza (Daisy Araujo)
  • Steel Magnolias (Shelby Eatenton-Latcherie)
  • Pretty Woman (1994 Fuji TV edition) (Vivian Ward)
  • Prêt-à-Porter (Anne Eisenhower)
  • Everyone Says I Love You (Von Sidell)
• Emma Thompson
  • Love Actually (Karen)
  • Nanny McPhee (Nanny McPhee)
  • Last Chance Harvey (Kate Walker)
  • Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (Nanny McPhee)
  • Men in Black 3 (Agent O)
• Rebecca De Mornay
  • Risky Business (Lana)
  • Runaway Train (1988 TBS edition) (Sara)
  • Backdraft (1995 Fuji TV edition) (Helen McCaffrey)
  • The Three Musketeers (Milady De Winter / Sabine)
• Carrie Fisher
  • Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (Princess Leia)
  • The Empire Strikes Back (Princess Leia)
  • Return of the Jedi (Princess Leia)
  • The 'Burbs (1992 TV Asahi edition) (Carol Peterson)
  • Star Wars: The Force Awakens (General Leia Organa)
• Melanie Griffith
  • Body Double (Holly Body)
  • Working Girl (1991 TV Asahi edition) (Tess McGill)
  • Shining Through (Linda Voss)
  • Celebrity (Nicole Oliver)
• Diane Lane
  • Vital Signs (Gina Wyler)
  • Judge Dredd (Judge Hershey)
  • My Dog Skip (Ellen Morris)
  • The Glass House (2005 TV Asahi edition) (Erin Glass)
• Andie MacDowell
  • Hudson Hawk (Anna Baragli)
  • Groundhog Day (Rita Hanson)
  • Bad Girls (Software edition) (Eileen Spenser)
  • Multiplicity (Laura Kinney)
• Lea Thompson
  • Back to the Future (1989 TV Asahi edition) (Lorraine Baines McFly)
  • Back to the Future Part II (1992 TV Asahi edition) (Lorraine Baines McFly)
  • Back to the Future Part III (1993 TV Asahi edition) (Lorraine Baines McFly)
• 1911 (Empress Dowager Longyu (Joan Chen))
• 3 Days to Kill (Christine Renner (Connie Nielsen))
• 8 Simple Rules (Cate Hennessy (Katey Sagal))
• The Abyss (Dr. Lindsey Brigman (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio))
• Angel (Hermione (Charlotte Rampling))
• Anna and the King (Anna Leonowens (Jodie Foster))
• The A-Team (Tawnia Baker (Marla Heasley))
• Bandits (Kate Wheeler (Cate Blanchett))
• Burlesque (Tess (Cher))
• Cannonball Run II (1988 TV Asahi edition) (Jill Rivers (Susan Anton))
• Corky Romano (Agent Kate Russo (Vinessa Shaw))
• Cousins (Maria Hardy (Isabella Rossellini))
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (Catherine Willows (Marg Helgenberger))
• The Doors (Patricia Kennealy (Kathleen Quinlan))
• Dressed to Kill (1991 TV Asahi edition) (Liz Blake (Nancy Allen))
• End Game (The First Lady (Anne Archer))
• ER (Adele Newman (Erica Gimpel))
• Fargo (TV edition) (Marge Gunderson (Frances McDormand))
• The Flintstones (Wilma Flintstone (Elizabeth Perkins))
• The Gauntlet (1983 Fuji TV edition) (Augustina "Gus" Mally (Sondra Locke))
• Grudge Match (Sally Rose (Kim Basinger))
• Heat (Justine Hanna (Diane Venora))
• Infernal Affairs II (Mary (Carina Lau))
• Insomnia (2006 TV Tokyo edition) (Rachel Clement (Maura Tierney))
• Intelligence (Lillian Strand (Marg Helgenberger))
• The Iron Lady (Margaret Thatcher (Meryl Streep))
• The Jane Austen Book Club (Jocelyn (Maria Bello))
• Joe Versus the Volcano (DeDe (Meg Ryan))
• K-9 (1993 TV Asahi edition) (Tracy (Mel Harris))
• The Last Boy Scout (Sarah Hallenbeck (Chelsea Field))
• Magnolia (Linda Partridge (Julianne Moore))
• In the Mouth of Madness (Linda Styles (Julie Carmen))
• The Ninth Gate (Liana Telfer (Lena Olin))
• Nothing but Trouble (Renalda (Bertila Damas))
• The Omen (Mrs. Baylock (Mia Farrow))
• Pacific Heights (Stephanie MacDonald (Laurie Metcalf))
• The Rosa Parks Story (Rosa Parks (Angela Bassett))
• Song One (Karen (Mary Steenburgen))
• Star Trek: The Next Generation (Deanna Troi (Marina Sirtis))
• Still Alice (Alice Howland (Julianne Moore))
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (April O'Neil (Paige Turco))
• Third Person (Elaine (Kim Basinger))
• The Tiger and the Snow (Vittoria (Nicoletta Braschi))
• Twin Peaks (Laura Palmer and Maddy Ferguson (Sheryl Lee)
• The Wedding Singer (Linda (Angela Featherstone))
• When Harry Met Sally... (Sally Albright (Meg Ryan))
• Zombi 2 (Anne Bowles (Tisa Farrow))

Animation

• Batman: The Animated Series (Catwoman)
• Dinosaur (Plio)
• Jetsons: The Movie (Jane Jetson)
• Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (Eris)
• Tinker Bell (Queen Clarion)

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Result
2015	9th Seiyu Awards	Kazue Takahashi Memorial Award	Won

External links

• Gara Takashima at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Gara Takashima at Ryu's Seiyuu Info