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and singer.Doi, Hitoshi
"Kuwashima Houko"
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Biography

Although a shy kid, she was interested in acting as an escapism from her real self, especially when she saw the musical and television dramas at the Shiki Theatre Company. Every time there were four seasons on local performances, it was almost like getting tickets for the parents and putting the heat that would go to see them in the family. While in elementary school, Kuwashima watched '' Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind'' while dreaming to become a voice actress. She wrote in a graduation collection, saying: "I want to make the child's voices in the anime project of

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." She learned that there is no drama club neither stage plays at the cultural festival at junior high school. At Iwate Prefectural Kurosawajiri North High School, she attended a correspondence course at Katsuta Voice Academy. The voice was blown to the cassette tape, and was corrected by voice actor

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who was a director. However, attendance at the time of advancement was insufficient, and from the third year it was transferred to Iwate Prefectural Forest Mausoleum High school. After graduating, she moved to Tokyo. She entered Aoiso in 1994. In auditions after graduation, about 20 out of 71 people have passed the exam and belonged to Aoni Production. She made her debut in the 1995 anime series '' Sailor Moon S''. In 1996, in the anime series '' Martian Successor Nadesico'' she gained the role of heroine Yurika Misumaru and gained popularity, and before that, she voiced Necrokaizer in the OVA series adaptation of 1995 Technōs/ SNK's

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'' Voltage Fighter Gowcaizer''. The same year, her younger brother passed the University of Tsukuba. She played Shiro Bonn in '' Bomberman B-Daman Bakugaiden'' and Maron Kusakabe in ''

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''. She was appointed a cultural ambassador of Iwate Prefecture.

Filmography

Animation

Film

Video games

Tokusatsu

Drama CD

Other dubbing

Notes

References

External links

Official agency profile
* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kuwashima, Hoko 1975 births Living people Anime singers Aoni Production voice actors Japanese women pop singers Japanese video game actresses Japanese voice actresses Musicians from Iwate Prefecture Voice actresses from Iwate Prefecture 20th-century Japanese actresses 21st-century Japanese actresses 20th-century Japanese women singers 20th-century Japanese singers 21st-century Japanese women singers 21st-century Japanese singers