, born , is a former Japanese actress,

voice actress Voice acting is the art of performing voice-overs to present a character or provide information to an audience. Performers are called voice actors/actresses, voice artists, dubbing artists, voice talent, voice-over artists, or voice-over talent ...

and singer affiliated with Actors Seven. She is best known for playing the title character in the long-running ''

Doraemon ''Doraemon'' ( ja, ドラえもん ) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Fujiko F. Fujio. The manga was first serialized in December 1969, with List of Doraemon chapters, its 1,345 individual chapters compiled into 45 ' ...

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. However, in Japan and in Japane ...

series. She is also well known as the voice of

Monokuma is a fictional identity adopted by several characters in the Danganronpa, ''Danganronpa'' series, serving as the mascot and main antagonist of the series. Monokuma first appears in ''Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc'' as a disguise used by "Depr ...

, the main villain from the ''

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 other ...

'' video-game series. She played him in both the video games and in the anime series '' Danganronpa: The Animation''. It was reported on May 13, 2015, that Ōyama was living with

dementia Dementia is a disorder which manifests as a set of related symptoms, which usually surfaces when the brain is damaged by injury or disease. The symptoms involve progressive impairments in memory, thinking, and behavior, which negatively affe ...

, putting any future work on hold. This notably prevented her from reprising her role as Monokuma in any further episodes of the anime series '' Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School''. Her ongoing role of

was taken over by

Tarako , known under the professional name , is a Japanese actress, voice actress and singer.Doi, Hitoshi.Tarako. ''Seiyuu Database''. July 5, 2010. Her debut role was as a preschooler on ''Urusei Yatsura''. She is currently employed by the talent mana ...

Filmography

Anime

Film

Video games

Other dubbing

References

External links

Official agency profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ōyama, Nobuyo 1933 births Living people Doraemon Japanese chefs Japanese video game actresses Japanese voice actresses People from Shibuya Voice actresses from Tokyo People with dementia