, better known by the stage name , was a

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81 Produce is a voice talent management firm in Japan founded on 3 February 1981 (thus the year is the company's namesake). A hybrid CD-ROM featuring voice talent data for members of 81 Produce was released on 19 October 1997. The company is located in ...

. Shimamura died at 3:06pm JST on February 26, 2013, from breast cancer at a Yokohama hospital at the age of 43.

Filmography

Television animation

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Genesis Survivor Gaiarth was an anime OVA series produced by AIC and Artmic in 1992. The story takes place in a post-apocalyptic, dystopian future, chronicling the story of a young man named Ital Del Labard and his partner, the war-roid Zaxon. It was licensed and dist ...

'' (1992) (unlisted role in episode 3) *''

Moldiver is a 6-episode 1993 OVA anime series. It is a parody of magical girl and superhero anime series. Plot The plot focuses on a young girl by the name of Mirai Ozora, living in Tokyo in the year 2045. Being obsessed with her hobbies of shopping ...

'' (1993) (Nastassja) *'' Nintama Rantaro'' (1993) (Nintama) *'' Captain Tsubasa J'' (1994) (Mamoru Izawa (young)) *''

Genocyber is a 1992 Japanese manga series by Tony Takezaki. One volume of the manga was published, and the story remains unfinished. It was adapted by Koichi Ohata into a five-part original video animation (OVA) series in 1994. The plot of the anime d ...

'' (1994) (Ratto) *''

Macross 7 is an anime television series. It is a sequel to the show '' The Super Dimension Fortress Macross'' that takes place many years after the events of the first series following a cast of mostly new characters. The show ran from October 16, ...

'' (1994) (Rex) *''

Ping-Pong Club is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Minoru Furuya. It was serialized in Kodansha's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Young Magazine'' from 1993 to 1996, with its chapters collected in 13 ''tankōbon'' volumes. It is ab ...

'' (1995) (Sayuri Ichijo, Sachiko Inoue, Miyuki Chiba, Hanadai, Onizuka, Sato, Ishizaka, Kaoru's Mother, Takashi's Mother) *''

Wedding Peach is a '' shōjo'' manga written by Sukehiro Tomita and illustrated by Nao Yazawa that was originally serialized in Shogakukan's '' Ciao'' magazine. In North America, it was translated and published by VIZ Media in its entirety, consisting ...

'' (1995) (child in episodes 27, 29, and 30; Miss Kihara; Musashino-sensei in episode 2) *'' Battle Skipper'' (1995) (Sister) *''

New Cutie Honey is a 1994 Japanese anime series in the '' Cutie Honey'' media franchise created by Go Nagai. Inspired by continued popularity of the original 1973 ''Cutie Honey'' television series, and first announced by Toei Video in October 1993, it was t ...

'' (1995) (Suzie 7: episode 7) *''

Devil Lady ''Devil Lady'', known in Japan as , is a 1997 manga series written and illustrated by Go Nagai, and the sequel to ''Devilman''. It was originally serialized by Kodansha from January 1997 to July 2000 in the magazine ''Weekly Morning'', and ...

'' (1998) (Ran Asuka) Unknown date *''

Atashin'chi is a Japanese comedy manga series by Eiko Kera, and an anime adaptation that was produced from 2002 to 2009. It is an episode-based animated sitcom of the daily experiences of a family of four (the Tachibana family). An anime sequel called ...

'' (Ogawa Sensei (second)) *''

Chibi Maruko-chan is a shōjo manga series written and illustrated by Momoko Sakura. The series depicts the simple, everyday life of Momoko Sakura, a young girl everyone calls ''Maruko'', and her family in suburban Japan in the year 1974. Maruko is a tro ...

'' (Ueda) *''

Cool Devices ''Cool Devices'' is a series of animated hentai pornographic videos. Released as OVA, the series consists of eleven mainly unrelated episodes referred to as ''operations'' and is most noted for its very extreme sexual content, most of which ...

'' (Rui: Operation 4) *''

Chrome Shelled Regios is a Japanese light novel series by Shūsuke Amagi, with illustrations by Miyū. A short story light novel series was serialized in ''Dragon Magazine''. A manga adaptation drawn by Miyū is serialized in the shōnen manga magazine '' ...

(Ramis) *''

Detective Conan ''Case Closed'', also known as , is a Japanese detective fiction, detective manga series written and illustrated by Gosho Aoyama. It has been serialized in Shogakukan's Shōnen manga, ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' ...

'' (Kyoko Takahata) *''

Fancy Lala ''Fancy Lala'', known in Japan as , is a magical girl anime series produced by Studio Pierrot in 1998, following an OVA released in 1988. A two-volume manga adaptation by Rurika Kasuga ran in '' Ribon''. The original designs were created by ...

'' (Host: episode 5) *''

Kaikan Phrase is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mayu Shinjo. The manga was published by Shogakukan in ''Shōjo Comic'' between 1997 and 2000, and collected in 18 bound volumes. It was adapted as a 44-episode anime television series b ...

'' (fan in episode 43, young Sakuya in episode 41) *'' Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple'' (Kyoko Ono) *''

My Sexual Harassment is a novel and anime by Sakura Momo,Jonathan Clements, Helen McCarthy. '' The Anime Encyclopedia, Revised & Expanded Edition: A Guide to Japanese Animation Since 1917''. — Berkeley, CA: Stone Bridge Press, 2006. — P. 437. — with charact ...

'' (Annette) *''The Gigolo - Dochinpira'' (unnamed role) *'' Yoiko'' (Mama)

Theatrical animation

*'' Macross Plus: Movie Edition'' (1995) (Additional voices) *'' Crayon Shin-chan: Pursuit of the Balls of Darkness'' (1997) (Hostess) Unknown date *'' Crayon Shin-chan: Arashi wo Yobu Utau Ketsu dake Bakudan!'' (Airport Announcer) *'' Crayon Shin-chan: Bakuhatsu! Onsen Wakuwaku Daikessen'' (Female Caster)

Links/References

81 ProduceVoice actress Kaoru Shimamura passes away at 43
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External links

* 81 Produce voice actors 1969 births 2013 deaths Japanese voice actresses Voice actresses from Yokohama Deaths from cancer in Japan {{Japan-voice-actor-stub