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and studied Korean at the Korean Language Institute (한국어학당) in

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. She won numerous awards, including the Best Actress Award at the

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. Park is known for her roles as tough, calm and mature preteen or teenage boys who are often called prodigies in their fictional universes (for example, Tao Ren, Ken Ichijouji,

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, Kosuke Ueki and Natsume Hyūga). Her female roles also fit the "tough/punk lady" archetype ( Temari, Nana Osaki and

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Personal life

Park was born in

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. She attended and graduated from (和洋国府台女子高等学校) in 1990. She entered the theater department at

where she graduated in 1992. She later studied at the Korean language school in

. In 1993, she joined the Institute for Drama, and two years later she was promoted as a member of the theater group Yen in 1995. On January 22, 2020, she announced on her official website and Twitter that she had married to

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Career

In 1998, she made her voice acting debut as Kanan Gimms in the anime series ''

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''.

Additional performances

In 2006, Park sang and released a CD. In 2016, Park was scheduled to appear in the Box Contents 2016 theater, but she did not participate as a result of poor physical condition. On November 15, 2017, she left the Yen theater group she had been with for 22 years, and established the entertainment and voice actor office LAL. In August 2018, she read the

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audiobook. In 2019, she made her first musical appearance as Madame Thenardier in ''

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''.

Accolades

2003: Voice Actor award, 26th Anime Grand Prix. 2004: Voice Actor Award, Tokyo International Anime Fair 2004. 2006: Best Actress Award for ''

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'' as Nana Osaki,

. 2013: starred in a live-action film '' Akaboshi,'' which was nominated for a viewpoint at the

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Filmography

Anime

Theatre

Film

Drama CD

Video games

Tokusatsu

Live-action

Dubbing roles

Live action

Animation

Notes

References

External links

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Official agency profile
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Park, Romi 1972 births Living people Avex Group artists Aoni Production voice actors Japanese actresses of Korean descent Japanese musical theatre actresses Japanese people of South Korean descent Japanese video game actresses Japanese voice actresses Japanese women pop singers People from Edogawa, Tokyo People from Tokyo South Korean women pop singers South Korean voice actresses Toho Gakuen School of Music alumni Voice actresses from Tokyo 20th-century Japanese actresses 21st-century Japanese actresses 21st-century Japanese singers 21st-century Japanese women singers 20th-century South Korean actresses 21st-century South Korean actresses 21st-century South Korean singers