is a Japanese voice actress affiliated with Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society. She is best known for voicing Hiromi Oka in ''

Aim for the Ace! ''Aim for the Ace!'', known in Japan as , is a manga series written and illustrated by Sumika Yamamoto. The series tells the story of Hiromi Oka, a high school student who wants to become a professional tennis player as she struggles ag ...

'', O-jirō in '' Little Ghost Q-Taro'', and Mari Sakurano in ''

Brave Raideen is a super robot anime series. Produced by Tohokushinsha, Asahi News Agency and Soeisha (later renamed as Sunrise), it aired on Nihon Educational Television (now TV Asahi) from 4 April 1975 to 26 March 1976, with a total of 50 episodes. Th ...

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Biography

Makoto Kōsaka was born on 22 March 1950 in Osaka Prefecture and was educated at . In 1968, she joined Gekidan Aoi Mi no Kai Union Pro and made her voice acting debut with '' Attack No. 1''. In 1973, she was cast as Hiromi Oka, the protagonist of the '' Aim for the Ace'', and was transferred to the Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society the next year. On 18 February 2020, she was awarded the Merit Award at the 14th Seiyu Awards.

Filmography

Anime

;1969 *'' Attack No. 1'', Ōki ;1971 *'' Little Ghost Q-Taro'', O-jirō ;1973 *'' Aim for the Ace'', Hiromi Oka ;1975 *''

'', Mari Sakurano *''

Time Bokan is a Japanese anime series first aired on Fuji TV from October 4, 1975 to December 25, 1976 throughout Japan every Saturday at 6:30pm, with a total of 61 30-minute episodes. It was produced by Tatsunoko Productions in partnership with Topcraft ...

'', Happy, Isosān ;1976 *''Groiser X Knuck'', Kouji Hoshikawa *''Shin

Don Chuck Monogatari is a Japanese anime is Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. Howev ...

'', Fifi ;1977 *''

Ore wa Teppei is a manga written and illustrated by Tetsuya Chiba. It ran in '' Weekly Shonen Magazine'' for nearly eight years and received an anime adaptation in 1977. The series received the Kodansha Cultural Children's Award (not to be confused with ...

'', Kanako Uesugi *'' Nobody's Boy: Remi'', Liz Acan ;1978 *''New Aim for the Ace'', Hiromi Oka *''

The Story of Perrine is a Japanese anime series by Nippon Animation. It is the fourth production in the ''World Masterpiece Theater'' series (''Calpis Family Theater'' back then). It is based on the French novel '' En Famille'' by Hector Malot. The original aired ...

'', shepherd boy ;1979 *'' Anne of Green Gables'', Ruby Gillis *''

Misha the Little Bear Misha (russian: Миша), also known as Mishka (russian: Мишка) or The Olympic Mishka (russian: Олимпийский Мишка), is the name of the Russian Bear mascot of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games (the XXII Summer Olympics). He wa ...

'', Parurun ;1980 *''

Muteking, The Dashing Warrior is an anime television series produced by Tatsunoko Productions for Fuji TV. It ran from September 7, 1980, to September 27, 1981. Twelve-year-old Rin Yuki loyally supported his father when the world laughed at the scientist for saying that E ...

'', Takomi *''

The Wonderful Adventures of Nils ''The Wonderful Adventures of Nils'' ( sv, Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige, literally ''Nils Holgersson's wonderful journey across Sweden'') is a work of fiction by the Swedish writer Selma Lagerlöf, the first woman to receive t ...

'', Nilsen ;1981 *', Karikari *'' The Swiss Family Robinson: Flone of the Mysterious Island'', Jack Robinson ;1982 *''

Little Pollon , is a musical Greek mythology-based Japanese anime series, based on the 1977 manga series '' Olympus no Pollon'' (, , "Pollon of Olympus") by Hideo Azuma. ''Olympus no Pollon'' was serialized in ''Princess'' magazine from 1977 to 1979, per t ...

'', Media *''

Maya the Honey Bee is an anime television series produced first by Zuiyo Enterprise and Asahi Broadcasting Corporation of Osaka. After the first 6 episodes, Zuiyo Enterprise would split into Zuiyo Company and Nippon Animation, which retained the rights of th ...

'', Maggie ;1984 *''

Katri, Girl of the Meadows is an anime series based on the Finnish novel '' Paimen, piika ja emäntä'' (''The Shepherd, the Servant Girl, and the Hostess'') by Auni Nuolivaara. The series was broadcast originally in Japan in 1984 as part of the children's anthology se ...

'', Claus Kuusela ;1985 *''

GeGeGe no Kitarō , originally known as , is a Japanese manga series created in 1960 by Shigeru Mizuki. It is best known for its popularization of the folklore creatures known as ''yōkai'', a class of spirit-monster which all of the main characters ...

'', Hoshirō Tendō *', Daisuke ;1988 *'' City Hunter 2'', Bloody Mary ;2007 *''

Love Com , also known as ''Lovely Complex'', is a romantic comedy shōjo manga by Aya Nakahara. It was published by Shueisha in '' Bessatsu Margaret'' from 2001 to 2006 and collected in 17 ''tankōbon'' volumes. The series is about the romance betwe ...

'', Nobuko Ishihara's grandmother

Film

;1979 *'' Aim for the Ace'', Hiromi Oka ;1981 *''

Jarinko Chie is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Etsumi Haruki. It was serialized by Futabasha in ''Manga Action'' between 1978 and 1997 and collected in 67 bound volumes, making it the 45th longest manga released. ''Jarinko Chie'' ...

'', Pekochan ;1986 *''GeGeGe no Kitarō: The Strongest Yokai Army!! Disembark for Japan!''

Tokusatsu

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Choujyu Sentai Liveman is the twelfth entry of Toei Company's Super Sentai metaseries. The last Super Sentai title of the Shōwa Era, it aired on TV Asahi from February 27, 1988 to February 18, 1989, replacing '' Hikari Sentai Maskman'' and was replaced by ''Kousoku S ...

'', Colon *'' Tokusou Robo Janperson'', Kevin, Carol/Black Carol

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kōsaka, Makoto 1950 births Japanese voice actresses Voice actresses from Osaka Prefecture Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society voice actors Living people