Masako Nozawa
Masako Nozawa (野沢 雅子, Nozawa Masako) (October 25, 1936 - ), born in the Tokyo Metropolitan area, Japan, but raised in Numata, Gunma, is a seiyū and actress affiliated with (and the chairman of) Office Nozawa. Her real name is Masako Tsukada (塚田 雅子, Tsukada Masako), and her pet name is Mako.
As a seiyū, she is most known for the roles of Hiroshi (Dokonjō Gaeru), Tetsuro Hoshino (Galaxy Express 999), Kitarou (GeGeGe no Kitarou), and Son Goku (Dragon Ball).
Career
Nozawa made her movie debut as a child actor at the age of 3.
Throughout her career as a voice actress, she has performed many male roles (most notably as nearly all the male members of Goku's family in Dragon Ball Z), leading Japanese fans to give her the nickname "The Eternal Boy", though she has recently forsaken male roles for elderly woman roles.
On April 1 2006, she resigned from 81 Produce to establish Office Nozawa.
In 1989, her niece, Tsukada Momoko asked her to introduce herself by Gokuu's voice because she said that her aunt acts Gokuu's voice in Dragonball, but she was said that she was liar. So she said, "Hi! I'm Gokuu! Pleased to meet you!" to her friend. But in her family, To ask Nozawa to say animation's character is bad manner, several days later, her niece was scolded by her parents, after, she didn't call to Nozawa as same matters.
Voice roles
Leading roles in bold
Television animation
- Urusei Yatsura (Kintarō)
- Oz no Mahōtsukai (Princess Ozma)
- Obake no Q-tarō (TBS edition) (Shin'ichi Ōhara (first series))
- Kirarin Revolution (Grandmother)
- Kindaichi Case Files (Tomoyo Konta)
- Galaxy Express 999 (Tetsurō Hoshino)
- Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro (1st and 2nd series) (Kitarō)
- Kimba the White Lion (Gibo)
- Casshan (Māru)
- World Masterpiece Theater series
- Araiguma Rascal (Rascal)
- Tom Sawyer no Boken (Tom Sawyer)
- Ai Shōjo Pollyanna Monogatari (Barē Harinton)
- Tiger Mask (Takeshi)
- The Mysterious Cities of Gold (Esteban)
- Combattler V (Ropet, Oreana, Kinta Ichinoki)
- Tsubasa Chronicle (Kaigyo)
- Digital Monster X-Evolution (Dukemon)
- Digimon Savers (Dukemon)
- Digimon Tamers (Guilmon, Narrator)
- Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure (Urara Nanjōin)
- Hamtaro (Hamtaro's Granny, Roko-chan's Grandma)
- Dragon Ball (Son Goku)
- Dragon Ball Z (Son Goku, Son Gohan, Burdock, Son Goten, Vegetto, Gotenks)
- Dragon Ball GT (Son Goku, Son Gohan, Son Goten, Son Goku Jr.)
- Naruto (Old woman)
- Voltron (Hiroshi Suzuishi/Pidge, Honerva/Haggar)
- Futari wa Pretty Cure series (Sanae Yukishiro)
- Pokémon Advanced Generation (Masamune)
- Sally, the Witch (Tonkichi Hanamura)
- Maya the Bee (Willy)
- Case Closed (Furuyo Senma)
- La Seine no Hoshi (Danton)
- Dororon Enma-kun (Enma-kun)
- Love Get Chu (Takemiya-sensei)
- Love Hina (Hina Urashima)
- Rockman EXE Beast+ (Electel Mama)
- Mirmo! (Kinta)
- One Piece (Doctor Kureha)
Theater animation
- Galaxy Express 999 (Tetsurō Hoshino)
- Flying Phantom Ship (Hayato)
- Digimon Tamers: Battle of Adventurers (Guilmon)
- Digimon Tamers: Runaway Locomon (Guilmon)
- Dragon Ball movies (Son Goku)
- Dragon Ball Z movies (Son Goku, Son Gohan, Son Goten, Gotenks)
- Nobita's Adventure: Drifts in the Universe (Rogu)
- Tokyo Pig (Wenworth)
- Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart (Round, Sanae Yukishiro)
- Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart 2: Yukizora no Tomodachi (Muta, Sanae Yukishiro)
- Battle Stadium D.O.N (Son Goku and Son Gohan).
- Kingdom Hearts II (Merryweather)
- Super Robot Wars series (Oreana, Ropet)
- Digimon Tamers Battle Evolution (Guilmon)
- Dragon Ball Z series (Son Goku, Burdock, Son Gohan, Son Goten, Tullece, Vegetto, Gogeta, Gotenks)
- Egg Monster Hero 4 (Four-Dimensional Empress)
- PoPoRoGue (Gilda)
Dubbing roles
- The Goonies (TV edition) (Clark)
- The Poseidon Adventure (Robin Shelby)
- Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (Short-Round)
- Switch (Maggie Philbin)
- Robot 110-Ban (Gan-chan's voice)
- Super Voice World: Yume to Jiyū to Happening (DVD)
- Ultraman Story (young Ultraman Tarou's voice)
Puppet shows
- Nobi Nobi Non-chan (Tame-kun, Ana-chan's mother, Kitsune's granny)
- Zawa Zawa Mori no Ganko-chan (Kero-chan)
Radio
- Seishun Adventure: Fūshin Engi (NHK-FM) (Nataku)
CD
- CD Theater: Dragon Quest (Merusera)
- Doraemon Ondō (King Records cover)
Other
- Law of Ueki commercial for Shonen Sunday (Kousuke Ueki)
- Naruhodo! The World (narration)
- NHK Kyōiku: Kagaku Daisukishi you Jaku (narration)
- Wakasa Seikatsu commercial (narration)
- The Wide Friday Ranking (narration)