is a Japanese actress and singer.
She has voiced many different types of characters, from young girls to adult women, as well as boys and animals. Her roles include leads such as
Ryuko Matoi in ''
Kill la Kill'',
Kallen Stadtfeld in ''
Code Geass'', Nadja Applefield in ''
Ashita no Nadja
is a romance anime produced by Toei Animation and aired between February 2, 2003 and January 25, 2004 on ANN. In 2009, William Winckler Productions produced two all-new English-dubbed movie versions edited from the original series. Producer ...
'', Leonmitchelli Galette Des Rois in ''
Dog Days
The dog days or are the hot, sultry days of summer. They were historically the period following the heliacal rising of the star system Sirius (known colloquially as the "Dog Star"), which Hellenistic astrology connected with heat, drought, sudden ...
'', Yumi Hoshino in ''
KimiKiss: Pure Rouge'', Takuto Hasegawa in ''
Magician's Academy'', Hibiki Hojo in ''
Suite PreCure'', Nanaka Yatsushiro in ''
Myself ; Yourself
is a Japanese visual novel developed by Regista which was released on December 20, 2007, for the PlayStation 2. Takumi Nakazawa, the main scenario writer for the ''Infinity'' series ('' Ever17'', '' Remember11''), is the principal writer f ...
'',
Himari Noihara
or Himari for short, is a fictional character in the manga series '' Omamori Himari'', created by Milan Matra. She also appears in the anime adaptation where she is voiced by Ami Koshimizu. Himari's character design was created simply, but Matr ...
in ''
Omamori Himari
, also known as for short, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Milan Matra. The story revolves around Yuto Amakawa, an orphan who, on his sixteenth birthday, meets Himari, a cat spirit samurai girl who has sworn an oath t ...
'',
Sailor Jupiter in ''
Sailor Moon Crystal'', Mikumo Guynemer in
Macross Delta, Nodoka Haramura in ''
Saki'', Tenma Tsukamoto in ''
School Rumble'', Holo in ''
Spice and Wolf
is a Japanese light novel series written by Isuna Hasekura, with illustrations by Jū Ayakura. ASCII Media Works has published 23 novels since February 2006 under their Dengeki Bunko imprint. ASCII Media Works reported that as of O ...
'', and Yang Xiao Long in both ''
Rwby
''RWBY'' (pronounced "Ruby") is an American anime-influenced computer-animated web series created by Monty Oum for Rooster Teeth. It is set in the fictional world of Remnant, where young people train to become warriors (called "Huntsmen" and " ...
'' (Japanese Dub) and ''
RWBY: Ice Queendom''. In video games, she voiced notable characters like Agnès Oblige in ''
Bravely Default'', Ibuki Mioda in ''
Danganronpa
is a Japanese video game franchise created by Kazutaka Kodaka and developed and owned by Spike Chunsoft (formerly Spike). The series primarily surrounds various groups of apparent high school students who are forced into murdering each othe ...
'',
Mai Shiranui since ''KOF Sky Stage'', Mist in ''
Rune Factory'', Rimurisu in ''
Tears to Tiara
is a Japanese adult tactical role-playing game developed by Leaf. It was first released for Windows on April 28, 2005 in Japan. Then it was followed by a 12-years-old-and-up version called released for the PlayStation 3 platform on July ...
'', Rinka in the ''
Atelier
An atelier () is the private workshop or studio of a professional artist in the fine or decorative arts or an architect, where a principal master and a number of assistants, students, and apprentices can work together producing fine art or ...
'' series, Rosa Ushiromiya in both ''
Umineko: When They Cry'' and ''
Umineko: Golden Fantasia'', Tsuruhime in ''
Sengoku Basara'', Yukiko Amagi in ''
Persona 4
released outside of Japan as ''Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4'', is a 2008 role-playing video game by Atlus. It is chronologically the fifth installment in the ''Persona'' series, itself a part of the larger '' Megami Tensei'' franchise, and wa ...
'', and Beidou (Hokuto in Japanese) in ''
Genshin Impact'' (Japanese Dub). She also is known for her dubbing role for Thailand films which starred
Yanin Vismitananda.
Career
At the age of 12, Koshimizu joined Theater Company Wakakusa. In the second year of junior high school, she was over 160 cm tall and was troubled by the fact that she could not get roles as a child actor. Influenced by her senior in the troupe,
Mayumi Iizuka, she began to aspire to become a voice actor. In 2003, she passed an audition for ''
Ashita no Nadja
is a romance anime produced by Toei Animation and aired between February 2, 2003 and January 25, 2004 on ANN. In 2009, William Winckler Productions produced two all-new English-dubbed movie versions edited from the original series. Producer ...
'' and made her voice acting debut as the lead Nadja Applefield. She continued her career with roles in ''
School Rumble'' (as Tenma Tsukamoto), ''
Onegai My Melody'' (as Miki Sakurazuka), and ''
Eureka Seven'' (as Anemone).
In 2007, she won the
1st Seiyu Awards for Best Actress in a supporting role for her role as
Kallen Stadtfeld in ''
Code Geass'',
and in 2011, she starred in ''
Suite PreCure'' (Hibiki Hojo/Cure Melody) for the second time since her debut in the 8:30 - 9:00 Sunday slot produced by
Asahi Broadcasting Corporation
is a certified broadcasting holding company headquartered in Osaka, Japan. Until March 31, 2018, it was a unified radio and television broadcaster serving in the Kansai region.
On April 1, 2018, its radio and television broadcasting divis ...
. She also visited
Anime Expo as a guest of honor to promote ''
Kill la Kill'' as
Ryuko Matoi.
On September 30, 2011, Koshimizu left
Production Baobab, where she had belonged for four years, and joined Axlone on October 1, 2011. On February 28, 2018, she left Axlone and announced that she would be working as a freelancer. On January 7, 2022, she announced that she will be under her own agency, Office Restart.
Filmography
Animation
Film
Video games
Audio performances
Dubbing roles
Live-action
Animation
Discography
Albums
Character singles and albums
Video albums
References
External links
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1986 births
Living people
Japanese musical theatre actresses
Japanese stage actresses
Japanese video game actresses
Japanese voice actresses
Japanese women pop singers
Nippon Columbia artists
Production Baobab voice actors
Singers from Tokyo
Voice actresses from Tokyo Metropolis
21st-century Japanese actresses
21st-century Japanese women singers
21st-century Japanese singers