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affiliated by

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 ...

. Some of her starring roles are Yao Sakurakouji in ''

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Ran Kotobuki is a manga series written and illustrated by Mihona Fujii. It was published by Shueisha and serialized in ''Ribon'' ''shōjo'' manga magazine from 1998 to 2002. The manga was also published in the U.S. by CMX. In 2019, Mihona Fujii anno ...

in ''

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Winry Rockbell is a fictional character from Hiromu Arakawa's ''Fullmetal Alchemist'' manga series and its adaptations. Winry is a teenage mechanic who often spends time with the central characters, brothers Edward and Alphonse Elric, who are childhood frien ...

in ''

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'' (first anime), Sei Sato in ''

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'', Hikari (Dawn) in '' Pokémon'', Revy in ''

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'', Seiren/Ellen Kurokawa/Cure Beat in '' Suite Precure'' and

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in Mobile Suite Gundam SEED & Mobile Suite GUNDAM SEED DESTINY. In video games, she played

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'', Yukari Takeba in ''

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in '' Kingdom Hearts''.

Biography

When she was in the upper grades of elementary school, she became addicted to anime when she watched '' Dragon Ball'' and became a fan of

Tōru Furuya is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator. As a child, he was a member of Gekidan Himawari, a children's acting troupe. He is currently employed by the talent management firm Aoni Production. Furuya is most known for the anime roles of Amu ...

who played the role of

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in the anime series. While she was in her second year of high school, she watched Furuya's role in '' Dragon Quest'', and while imitating the characters, she became interested in working as a voice actress. After graduating from high school, her parents requested a vocational school of voice actors, but were told to go to high school. After graduating from high school, she had the goal of becoming a voice actor in Nihon Kogakuin, but opposed her family. She wanted to get a job related to voice actors and switch to the Department of Acoustics and Arts to become a radio personality. In radio program production training, she mainly practiced personality by taking charge of personality, and was used in subsequent radio conversations. Though she was a student at the same school, she requested the Mars Girl Audition for the radio program ''Hiroi Oji no Multi Heaven''. From high school until now, she had failed several auditions, so finished the test. However, she won the Grand Prix and made a regular appearance on the radio. Later,

Shigeru Chiba , known by the stage name , is a Japanese actor, voice actor, talent and sound director from Kikuchi, Kumamoto. He is affiliated with the talent management firm 81 Produce. He is most known for the roles of Yoshihiro Kira from '' JoJo's Bizarre ...

, who co-starred on the radio, became a member of

, in that same period as Chie Chiba and Ryoka Kashiwagi. In 2007, she expanded the scope of her work, including the dubbing roles of the main character Kanna in ''The great success of Kanna!''. The following year, she made her first appearance as a voice actress in ''Drama Battle Royale Gun Mage'' and ''The First Stage''.

Personal life

She reported in the end of 2016 that she was married and pregnant. She took a bit of time off to prepare for having a baby. She is very interested in theater.

Filmography

Anime

Film

Drama CD

Video games

Dubbing

Discography

Other songs

*"Hai Tatchi!" (Opening for '' Pokémon'': Diamond and Pearl, sung with

Rika Matsumoto is a Japanese actress, voice actress and singer who was born in Yokohama, Japan. Her name is also sometimes romanized as Rica Matsumoto. She was one of the founders of the anison band JAM Project. After early stage work, she began both voice a ...

) *"Hai Tatchi! 2009" (Opening song of ''Gekijoban Pocket Monsters Diamond and Pearl: Arceus Chōkoku no Jikū e'', and Opening for '' Pokémon'': Diamond and Pearl, sung with

)

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Toyoguchi, Megumi 1978 births Living people Japanese video game actresses Japanese voice actresses People from Machida, Tokyo Voice actresses from Tokyo Metropolis 81 Produce voice actors 20th-century Japanese actresses 21st-century Japanese actresses