Mari Okamoto

Mari Okamoto
Native name	岡本 茉利
Born	(1954-10-31) October 31, 1954 Tokyo, Japan
Occupation	Actress, voice actress
Years active	1961–present

Mari Okamoto (岡本 茉利, Okamoto Mari, born October 31, 1954) is a Japanese actress and voice actress.

Biography

Despite being born in Tokyo, Okamoto was actually raised in Hirakata, Osaka, where she also spent her elementary-school years. In 1961, she made her debut for performing arts activities in comedy. In 1970, she moved back to Tokyo, with subsequent transfer to the headquarters of the city, where she changed her name from "Noda Mutsumi" to her current name. In 1971, she starred in the comedy film Tora-san's Love Call, as an extra.

In 1971, she had made her voice-acting debut in the anime cartoon series The Adventures of Hutch the Honeybee, where she was credited as a guest. Her first major performances were in the two anime TV series Hana no Ko Lunlun and Yatterman. From the 1970s to the 1980s, she appeared in many anime works produced by Tatsunoko Production.

Filmography

Television Anime

• City Hunter: Ai to shukumei no Magnum - Nina Shutenberg
• Demetan Croaker, The Boy Frog - Ranatan
• The Song of Tentomushi - Tsukimi Isu
• Dog of Flanders - Annie
• Time Bokan - Junko.
• Yatterman (1977 Series) - Ai/Yatterman-2
• Gatchaman II - Lisa
• Hana no Ko Lunlun - Lunlun
• Inakappe taisho - Kikuko Ogaki
• Neo-Human Casshern - Flora, Morena
• Ohayō! Spank - Aiko Morimura
• Otoko wa Tsurai yo (Anime series) - Sakura Suwa
• Paul's Miraculous Adventure - Laura
• Space Battleship Yamato II - Teresa
• Tegami Bachi - Louisa
• The Rose of Versailles - Dianne
• The Three Musketeers - Queen Anne
• Tōshō Daimos - Reiko
• Vicky the Viking - Tilde

Anime Films

• The Wizard of Oz (1982) - Dorothy Gale

Live-action films

• Karafuto 1945 Summer Hyosetsu no mon - Tomoko Katori
• Kigeki: Onna uridashimasu - Asako
• The Yellow Handkerchief (1977 film) - Ramen shop girl
• Tora's Pure Love - Sayuri Ōzora

Television drama

• Hana no Ran - Chigusa
• Seigi no Shinboru Kondoruman - Sayuri Terada

Dubbing

• The Wizard of Oz (1939) - Dorothy Gale (Judy Garland) (TBS version)
• The Magnificent Seven - Petra (Rosenda Monteros) (1974 TV Asahi version)

External links

• Mari Okamoto at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Mari Okamoto at Internet Movie Database
• Mari Okamoto's page at 81 Produce (Japanese)
• Mari Okamoto at GamePlaza-Haruka Voice Acting Database (Japanese)