was a Japanese

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from Matsuyama, Ehime. She was attached to

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at the time of her death. Niiyama was most known for the roles of Kou Seiya/Sailor Star Fighter in the ''

Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Naoko Takeuchi. It was originally serialized in Kodansha's ''shōjo'' manga magazine '' Nakayoshi'' from 1991 to 1997; the 52 individual chapters were published in 18 volumes. The s ...

'' series, Risa Kanzaki in '' Neighborhood Story'', Suou Takamura in ''

Clamp School Detectives , also known as ''CLAMP Campus Detectives'', is a manga series by Clamp, which was adapted into a 26-episode anime series, produced by Bandai Visual and Studio Pierrot. The manga series was serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's ''Monthly Asuka'' ma ...

'' and Deedlit in '' Record of Lodoss War: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight''. She was also involved in one voice actor group, Virgo, who are the voice actresses of the anime and game, ''Ojōsama Sōsamō''. Niiyama was diagnosed with

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in 1998 and later returned for a bone marrow transplant on February 7, 2000. At approximately 6:23 A.M., Niiyama suffered a bout of

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in her lung and died as a result of complications from leukemia. Niiyama was 29 years old at the time of her death. Her final performance was in the TV series '' Record of Lodoss War: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight'' as the voice of Deedlit.

Filmography

*Hiroko in

Aoki Densetsu Shoot! is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tsukasa Ōshima. It was published in Kodansha's '' Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' between 1990 and 2003. The story revolves around a boy named Toshihiko Tanaka, who has just started at Ka ...

*Teppei Kisugi (young), Natsuko Ōzora in Captain Tsubasa J *Doris in

Marmalade Boy is a shōjo manga series by Wataru Yoshizumi. It was published by Shueisha in the magazine ''Ribon'' from May 1992 to October 1995 and collected in eight ''tankōbon'' volumes. The series was adapted by Toei Animation as a 76-episode an ...

*Risa Kanzaki in

Gokinjo Monogatari is a manga by Ai Yazawa. It was published by Shueisha from 1995 to 1998 in the magazine ''Ribon''. It was adapted by Toei Animation as a 50-episode anime series which aired on TV Asahi from September 10, 1995, to September 1, 1996, with me ...

*Dealer (ep 12), Judau's mother (ep 23) in Kuso Kagaku Sekai Gulliver Boy * Seiya Kou/Sailor Star Fighter in

Sailor Moon Sailor Stars The fifth and final season of the ''Sailor Moon'' anime series, ''Sailor Moon Sailor Stars'' or simply ''Sailor Stars'' (originally released in Japan as , and later as ''Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon: Sailor Stars'') was directed by Takuya Igarashi ...

*Fuyumi in

Sailor Moon SuperS The fourth season of the '' Sailor Moon'' anime series, ''Sailor Moon SuperS'' (originally released in Japan as , and later as ''Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon SuperS'') was produced by Toei Animation and directed by Kunihiko Ikuhara. It adapts the ...

*Blue delmo Valerie in

Agent Aika ''Agent Aika'' (stylized and known simply as ''AIKa'' in Japan) is a Japanese OVA series animated by Studio Fantasia and directed by Katsuhiko Nishijima. The series follows Aika Sumeragi, a salvager for hire who gets caught up in a plot for w ...

*Dorm Chief in Battle Athletes *Rie Shibusawa in Battle Skipper *Sakada no Jiisan no Tsuma in

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 ...

*Suou Takamura in

CLAMP School Detectives , also known as ''CLAMP Campus Detectives'', is a manga series by Clamp, which was adapted into a 26-episode anime series, produced by Bandai Visual and Studio Pierrot. The manga series was serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's ''Monthly Asuka'' ma ...

*Kimiko Ayanokōji in Debutante Detective Corps *Juai in

Detatoko Princess is a Japanese manga written by Hitoshi Okuda and serialised in ''Dragon Magazine'' from 1994 to 1999. The individual chapters were published in six '' bound volumes'' by Fujimi Shobo. The manga was adapted into a 3-episode original video anim ...

*Myonsaku Kim in Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture *Atore in Hakugei: Legend of the Moby Dick *Mao in

Hyper Police is a Japanese manga series and written and illustrated by Minoru Tachikawa. It is set in a period in the far future, in which humanity is almost extinct and most of the population are monsters. The series mostly follows the offices of a priv ...

(ep 19) *Announcer A in

Nanatsu no Umi no Tico is a Japanese anime series by Nippon Animation. It is about an 11-year-old girl and her best friend Tico, a female orca. Unlike the other series in Nippon Animation's ''World Masterpiece Theater'' line, ''Tico of the Seven Seas'' is an entire ...

(ep 36) *Nursery School Teacher in Ogre Slayer *Rei in

Perfect Blue is a 1997 Japanese animated psychological thriller film directed by Satoshi Kon. It is based on the novel by Yoshikazu Takeuchi, with a screenplay written by Sadayuki Murai. Featuring the voices of Junko Iwao, Rica Matsumoto, Shiho Niiy ...

(movie) *Deedlit in Record of Lodoss War: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight *Kobachi-chan in

Soreike! Anpanman is a Japanese children's superhero picture book series written by Takashi Yanase, running from 1973 until the author’s death in 2013. The series has been adapted into an anime entitled , which is one of the most popular anime series among ...

*Momiji Kagariya in Starship Girl Yamamoto Yohko *Tachiki's wife in

Vampire Princess Miyu is a Japanese horror manga series by Narumi Kakinouchi and Toshiki Hirano, as well as an anime adaptation by the same creators. The anime was originally presented in a 4-episode OVA (Original Video Animation) licensed by AnimEigo i ...

(ep 17) *Hidenori in You're Under Arrest (Ep 46) *Narrator in BS Tantei Club: Yuki ni Kieta Kako *Fake Goddess Althena in Lunar 2: Eternal Blue

External links

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