Yumiko Kobayashi
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is a Japanese voice actress
Seiyu
Voice acting in Japan has far greater prominence than in most other countries. Japan's large animation industry produces 60% of the animated series in the world; as a result, Japanese voice actors, or , are able to achieve fame on a national and international level.Besides acting as narrators and...

. She is currently a freelance voice actor but until August 2007 was affiliated with Arts Vision
Arts Vision
Arts Vision Incorporated is a Japanese talent agency that employs a large number of high-profile voice actors...

.

She and fellow Excel Saga
Excel Saga
is a manga series written and illustrated by Rikdo Koshi. It has been serialized in Young King OURs since 1996, with individual chapters collected and published in tankōbon volumes by Shōnen Gahosha. The series follows the attempts of Across, a "secret ideological organization", to conquer the city...

 voice actress Mikako Takahashi
Mikako Takahashi
is a seiyū and J-pop singer born May 29, 1980 in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. Under the alias Mikako Hyatt, she forms one half of the Excel Saga seiyū duo The Excel Girls . She is employed by I'm Enterprise...

 are known as the duo "The Excel Girls". She is also part of the voice actress quartet "Prits" along with Natsuko Kuwatani
Natsuko Kuwatani
is a Japanese voice actress who currently works for I'm Enterprise as of March 1, 2008.- 2001 :* Rabbit in Kokoro Library* Karen in Sister Princess* Kirala Mitsuboshi in Najica Blitz Tactics- 2002 :* Tweedledee in Kiddy Grade...

, Nana Mizuki
Nana Mizuki
is a popular Japanese singer-songwriter and voice actress. She was born and raised in Niihama, Ehime, Japan, Mizuki was trained as an enka singer. She made her debut as a voice actress in 1998; however, she released her debut single "Omoi", under the King Records label on December 6, 2000...

, and Hisayo Mochizuki
Hisayo Mochizuki
is a Japanese voice actress affiliated with 81 Produce. Most of her voice-over roles are little girls or young women with childish personalities, but with a great amount of strength .-TV anime:*Baby Felix...

; all four voiced characters in Sister Princess
Sister Princess
is a popular Japanese seinen series written by Sakurako Kimino and illustrated by Naoto Tenhiro. It began as a serialized light novel series in 1999. In 2001, a manga series and a bishōjo game for the Sony PlayStation were released. Sequels to the game were released for the PlayStation and Game Boy...

.

Notable voice roles

  • A Little Snow Fairy Sugar (Basil)
  • Angel Beats!
    Angel Beats!
    is a 13-episode Japanese anime television series produced by P.A. Works and Aniplex and directed by Seiji Kishi. The story was originally conceived by Jun Maeda, who also wrote the screenplay and composed the music with the group Anant-Garde Eyes, with original character design by Na-Ga; both Maeda...

     (Ōyama)
  • Blue Exorcist  (Yohei)
  • Beast Wars II
    Beast Wars II
    refers to the 1998 Japanese Transformers television animated series, and the movie and toyline that resulted from it. While its position in the Transformers continuity has previously been unknown, the IDW Publishing comic book mini-series Beast Wars: The Gathering and comments from Transformers...

     (Lio Junior)
  • D.N.Angel
    D.N.Angel
    is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yukiru Sugisaki. The ongoing manga premiered in Japan in the Kadokawa Shoten shōjo magazine Monthly Asuka in November 1997. The series went on an extended hiatus after the August 2005 issue, returning in the April 2008 issue...

     (young Takeshi Saehara)
  • Duel Masters
    Duel Masters
    is a franchise based on a manga, anime and a trading card game. There is also a video game.-Trading Card Game:The card game originated in Japan, marketed by Takara Tomy. It was produced in English by Wizards of the Coast, who purchased the rights to the name Duel Masters from , which ran a...

     (Shobu Kirifuda)
  • Eternal Sonata
    Eternal Sonata
    is an original role-playing video game created by Tri-Crescendo. The Xbox 360 version of the game was released on June 14, 2007 in Japan, September 17, 2007 in North America, and October 19, 2007 in Europe...

     (Beat)
  • éX-Driver
    ÉX-Driver
    is a manga series by Kōsuke Fujishima, which was adapted into an anime series, produced by Bandai Visual and XEBEC. The anime series spanned 6 episodes, as well as a feature movie, entitled éX-Driver: The Movie...

     (Sōichi Sugano)
  • Excel Saga
    Excel Saga
    is a manga series written and illustrated by Rikdo Koshi. It has been serialized in Young King OURs since 1996, with individual chapters collected and published in tankōbon volumes by Shōnen Gahosha. The series follows the attempts of Across, a "secret ideological organization", to conquer the city...

     (Excel Kobayashi)
  • Gate Keepers
    Gate Keepers
    is primarily a role-playing game for the PlayStation. The game was then adapted into a manga series written by and drawn by Keiji Gotoh and an anime series produced by Gonzo, and first aired on April 3, 2000.....

     (Hideki)
  • Suite Precure
    Suite PreCure
    , or Suite Pretty Cure♪, is a Japanese anime series and the eighth series of the Pretty Cure anime franchise by Izumi Todo. Produced by Toei Animation, the series began airing on TV Asahi from February 6, 2011, replacing HeartCatch PreCure! in its initial timeslot. A manga adaptation is also being...

     (Hirota)
  • Ikki Tousen
    Ikki Tousen
    , also known as Battle Vixens, is a manga series written and illustrated by Yuji Shiozaki, based on the classic Chinese novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms...

     (Ukitsu)
  • Katekyo Hitman Reborn! (Ginger Bread)
  • Les Misérables: Shōjo Cosette
    Les Misérables: Shojo Cosette
    is a Japanese anime series by Nippon Animation, and is the first installment in the famed World Masterpiece Theater series in ten years after the major flop Remi, Nobody's Girl...

     (Gavroche
    Gavroche
    Gavroche is a fictional character from the novel Les Misérables by Victor Hugo.-Gavroche in the novel:Gavroche is the eldest son of M. and Mme Thénardier. He has two sisters, Éponine and Azelma, and two unnamed younger brothers. He is also technically unnamed; the reader is told he chooses the...

    )
  • Love Hina
    Love Hina
    is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ken Akamatsu. It was originally serialized in Weekly Shōnen Magazine by Kodansha from October 21, 1998 to October 31, 2001 and was published in 14 tankōbon volumes by Kodansha. The series tells the story of Keitaro Urashima and his attempts to...

     (Sarah McDougal)
  • Magical Play
    Magical Play
    is an original net animation featuring character designs by Kiyohiko Azuma. It was webcast from November 16, 2001 to May 3, 2002, totaling twenty-two episodes. The magical girl satire was later compiled into four half hour episodes and released on four DVDs. A 3D OVA episode was released on...

     (Zucchini)
  • Mirmo!
    Mirmo!
    is a manga series written by Hiromu Shinozuka and serialized in Ciao magazine from 2001 Jul through 2005 Dec. It was also published in twelve collected volumes by Shogakukan. The manga series was awarded the 2003 Kodansha Manga Award and the 2004 Shogakukan Manga Award for children's manga. The...

     (Beruru)
  • My-Otome
    My-Otome
    is an anime series created by Sunrise. Directed by Masakazu Obara and written by Hiroyuki Yoshino, it is a spinoff of My-HiME anime series and as such My-Otome takes place in a new setting with new main characters....

     (Mahya Blythe)
  • Naruto
    Naruto
    is an ongoing Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masashi Kishimoto. The plot tells the story of Naruto Uzumaki, an adolescent ninja who constantly searches for recognition and aspires to become the Hokage, the ninja in his village who is acknowledged as the leader and the strongest of...

     (Nawaki)
  • Pocket Monsters: Best Wishes! (Kamitsure)
  • Peacemaker Kurogane
    Peacemaker Kurogane
    is a historical fiction manga series written and illustrated created by . It is unrelated to the Peace Maker manga by Ryōji Minagawa. The story begins in 19th century Japan before the Meiji Restoration, a chain of events that led to enormous changes in Japan's political and social structure while...

     (Ichimura Tetsunosuke)
  • The Prince of Tennis
    The Prince of Tennis
    is a Japanese shōnen manga series written and illustrated by Takeshi Konomi. The title is often shortened to , a portmanteau of the two parts in the Japanese pronunciation of the words "Tennis Prince". The manga was first published in Japan in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump in July 1999, and ended...

     (Taichi Dan)
  • Princess Maker 4 (Lee)
  • Puni Puni Poemy
    Puni Puni Poemy
    is a two-part original video animation spin-off from the Excel Saga manga and TV animation. It features some of that series' secondary characters and many of its staff, primarily director Shinichi Watanabe...

     (Poemy "Kobayashi" Watanabe)
  • Rockman Rockman
    Mega Man (video game)
    Mega Man, known as in Japan, is a video game developed and published by Capcom for the Nintendo Entertainment System . It is the first game in the original Mega Man series and the entire Mega Man franchise...

     (Rockman
    Mega Man (character)
    Mega Man, known as in Japan, is a cybernetic video game character, and the main protagonist of what has been referred to as the original Mega Man series developed by Capcom since 1987. The pixel art for the character was created by the designer of the original game in the series, credited under...

    )
  • Romancing SaGa
    Romancing SaGa
    is a role-playing video game originally developed and published by Square as the fourth game of their SaGa series. Initially made available in January 1992 for the Super Famicom, the game was later ported to the WonderSwan Color handheld system in December 2002, with both releases being exclusive...

     (Aisha)
  • Shakugan no Shana
    Shakugan no Shana
    , also known simply as Shana, is a Japanese light novel series written by Yashichiro Takahashi, with illustrations by Noizi Ito. The series includes 25 novels released between November 2002 and October 2011 published by ASCII Media Works under their Dengeki Bunko imprint...

     (Matake Ogata)
  • Shakugan no Shana Second
    Shakugan no Shana
    , also known simply as Shana, is a Japanese light novel series written by Yashichiro Takahashi, with illustrations by Noizi Ito. The series includes 25 novels released between November 2002 and October 2011 published by ASCII Media Works under their Dengeki Bunko imprint...

     (Matake Ogata)
  • Shakugan no Shana III Final
    Shakugan no Shana
    , also known simply as Shana, is a Japanese light novel series written by Yashichiro Takahashi, with illustrations by Noizi Ito. The series includes 25 novels released between November 2002 and October 2011 published by ASCII Media Works under their Dengeki Bunko imprint...

     (Matake Ogata)
  • Sister Princess
    Sister Princess
    is a popular Japanese seinen series written by Sakurako Kimino and illustrated by Naoto Tenhiro. It began as a serialized light novel series in 1999. In 2001, a manga series and a bishōjo game for the Sony PlayStation were released. Sequels to the game were released for the PlayStation and Game Boy...

     (Mamoru)
  • Slayers Revolution
    Slayers
    is a series of over 52 light novels written by Hajime Kanzaka and illustrated by Rui Araizumi. It was later developed into several manga titles, five televised anime series, two three-episode original video animations , and five movies. It also spawned several console role-playing games for the...

     (Pocota)
  • Sonic X
    Sonic X
    is an anime series based on the Sonic the Hedgehog video game series. It was produced in Japan by TMS Entertainment with the partnership of Sega and was created by Sonic Team and Sonic Project. In the United States, 4Kids currently owns and manages copyright and branding of the series.- Series 1 ...

     (Bokkun)
  • Soul Eater
    Soul Eater (manga)
    is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Atsushi Ōkubo. Set at the "Death Weapon Meister Academy," the series revolves around three teams consisting of a weapon meister and human weapon...

     (Black Star)
  • Star Ocean: Second Evolution (Leon D.S. Geeste)
  • Super Robot Wars
    Super Robot Wars
    is a series of tactical role-playing video games produced by Banpresto, which is now a Japanese division of Namco Bandai. The main feature of the franchise is having a story that crosses over several popular mecha anime, manga and video games, allowing characters and mecha from different titles to...

     series (Ryoto Hikawa)
  • Superior Defender Gundam Force
    Superior Defender Gundam Force
    is a Japanese anime series. The scenario was created by Yūichi Abe.-Overview:A Japan/America co-production, SD Gundam Force initially aired on Cartoon Network in the U.S...

     (Genkimaru)
  • Tales of the Abyss TV series
    Tales of the Abyss
    is a console role-playing game developed by Namco Tales Studio and published by Namco in Japan and Namco Bandai Games in North America. Tales of the Abyss's characteristic genre name is The Meaning Of Birth RPG . It is the eighth mothership title in the Tales series, and was released for the...

     (Ion and Sync)
  • Thunderbirds
    Thunderbirds (film)
    Thunderbirds is a 2004 science-fiction adventure film loosely based upon the television series of the same name of the 1960s, directed by Jonathan Frakes....

     (Fermat)
  • Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side: 2nd Kiss
    Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side: 2nd Kiss
    Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side: 2nd Kiss is the sequel to Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side and the fifth main game in Konami's Tokimeki Memorial dating sim series...

     (Yuu Otonari)
  • Tokyo Magnitude 8.0
    Tokyo Magnitude 8.0
    is a Japanese anime television series that premiered on Fuji TV's noitaminA timeslot on July 9, 2009, where it ended its original run on September 17. Directed by Masaki Tachibana and written by Natsuko Takahashi, it is an original series co-produced by Bones and Kinema Citrus...

     (Yuuki)
  • The Amazing World of Gumball
    The Amazing World of Gumball
    The Amazing World of Gumball is a British/American animated television series created by Ben Bocquelet. It first aired on May 2, 2011 in the United Kingdom as a sneak preview and officially premiered on September 5, 2011. It premiered a week later on May 9, 2011 in the United States on Cartoon...

     (Darwin Watterson)
  • The Tower of Druaga: the Aegis of Uruk
    The Tower of Druaga: the Aegis of Uruk
    and its sequel, is an anime TV series, created by Gonzo and is an animated continuation of Namco's The Tower of Druaga franchise which began as an arcade game originally released in 1984...

     (Yury)
  • Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle
    Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle
    is a shōnen manga series written and illustrated by the manga artist group Clamp. It takes place in the same fictional universe as many of Clamp's other manga series, most notably xxxHolic. The plot follows how Sakura, the princess of the Kingdom of Clow, loses her soul and how Syaoran, a young...

     (young Kurogane)
  • Yakitate!! Japan
    Yakitate!! Japan
    is a manga, authored by Takashi Hashiguchi, serialized in Shogakukan's Shōnen Sunday, which has been adapted into a television anime series by Sunrise. The manga has spanned 25 tankōbon volumes, as of January, 2007, while the weekly serialization of the manga has ended as of January 10, 2007...

     (Kazuma Azuma)

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