(born as Yoshiko Saka (阪淑子)) (April 25, 1932 – October 29, 2021) was a Japanese

voice actress Voice acting is the art of Acting, performing a character or providing information to an audience with one's voice. Performers are often called voice actors/actresses in addition to other names. Examples of voice work include animation, animated, ...

from Hyogo Prefecture, affiliated with Theatre Echo.

Career

Ōta joined

Takarazuka Revue The is a Japanese all-female musical theatre troupe based in Takarazuka, Hyōgo, Takarazuka, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. Women play all roles in lavish, Broadway theatre, Broadway-style productions of musicals and stories adapted from films, nov ...

in 1947, and remained with them until 1952. She joined Theatre Echo in 1963.

Personal life

She married fellow voice actor Osamu Saka, whom she met while a member of the Takarazuka Revue. The couple moved to

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in 1964. Ōta passed away from

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at the age of 89 on October 29, 2021. Her death was announced on November 9th by Theatre Echo.

Awards

In 2016, Ōta was given the

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Festival's (TAAF) Lifetime Achievement Award.

Filmography

Television animation

;1960s * ''Astro Boy'' (1963) (Phosphorus/Rin tom's mother * Big X (1964) (Akira Asagumo) *

Princess Knight ''Princess Knight'', also known as ''Ribon no Kishi'', is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Osamu Tezuka. This manga follows the adventures of Sapphire, a girl who was born accidentally with a blue heart of a boy and a pin ...

(1965) (Princess Sapphire) * ''Jungle Emperor Leo'' (1966); Leo *'' Himitsu no Akko-chan'' (1969) (Atsuko Kagami) *'' Panda! Go Panda!'' (1969) (Panny/Baby Panda) ;1970s *

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 ...

(1973) (Kyoko Otowa) *

Doraemon is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Fujiko F. Fujio. First serialized in 1969, the manga's chapters were collected in 45 volumes published by Shogakukan from 1974 to 1996. The story revolves around an earless robotic ...

(1973) (Nobita Nobi) *

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(1975) (Tanpei, Mirror p 18 * Yatterman (1977) (Gan-chan/Yatterman No.1) *

(1979) (Jaiko Goda st voice Sewashi Nobi) ;1980s * Himitsu no Akko-chan (1988) (Kyoko Kagami kko's mother *

Ranma ½ is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi. It was serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' from August 1987 to March 1996, with the chapters collected in 38 volumes by Shogakukan. The story revolves a ...

(1989) (Chou and Ono Kin) ;1990s * Himitsu no Akko-chan (1998) (Old Lady)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ota, Yoshiko 1932 births 2021 deaths 20th-century Japanese actresses Takarazuka Revue Voice actresses from Hyōgo Prefecture