Noriko Ohara

Noriko Ohara (小原 乃梨子, Ohara Noriko, born Noriko Tobe (戸部 法子, Tobe Noriko), October 2, 1935 in Tokyo) is a Japanese voice actress. She is represented by Production Baobab. Her son is Sunrise animator Atsuo Tobe (戸部敦夫, Tobe Atsuo).

She is best known for the roles of Nobita Nobi (Doraemon), all female lead villains in the Time Bokan series (including Doronjo in both the original Yatterman and its remake), Conan (Future Boy Conan), Peter (Heidi, Girl of the Alps), Oyuki (Urusei Yatsura) and Claudia LaSalle from Super Dimension Fortress Macross. In the first ever Seiyu Awards in 2007, she won the best achievement award.

Filmography

Television animation

• Wacky Races (1970) (Japanese dub; Penelope Pitstop)
• Calimero (1972 anime) (Giuliano)
• Doraemon (1973) (Mrs. Nobi)
• Wansa-kun (1973) (Wansa)
• Alps no Shōjo Heidi (1974) (Peter)
• La Seine no Hoshi (1975) (Catherine)
• Time Bokan series (1975) (Maajo, Doronjo, Muujo, Ataasha, Mirenjo, Munmun, Yanyan, Ruuju)
• Chōdenji Machine Voltes V (1977) (Hiyoshi Gō)
• Yatterman (1977) (Doronjo)
• Future Boy Conan (1978) (Conan)
• Space Battleship Yamato II (1978) (Sabera, Jiro Shima)
• Space Pirate Captain Harlock (1978) (Mime)
• Starzinger (1978) (Beramis)
• Doraemon (1979) (Nobita Nobi, Nobisuke Nobi)
• Urusei Yatsura (1981) (Oyuki)
• The Super Dimension Fortress Macross (1982) (Claudia LaSalle, Narrator)
• Crusher Joe (film and OVAs, 1983-1989) (Ricky)
• Genesis Climber Mospeada (1983) (Refless)
• Soreike! Anpanman (1988) (Kurobarajoou)
• Yatterman Night (2015) (Doronjo)

Theatrical animation

• The Great Adventure of Horus, Prince of the Sun (1968) (Chiro the Squirrel)
• Doraemon: A Grandmother's Recollections (2000) (Nobita Nobi)

Television drama

• Doraemon Haha ni Naru: Ōyama Nobuyo Monogatari (2015) – Narrator and Nobita Nobi

Video games

• Gunbird - Rouge
• Gunbird 2 - Shark
• Tatsunoko vs. Capcom (Doronjo)

Dub

Live-action

• The Muppet Show (Cleo Laine)

References

• Noriko Ohara at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Noriko Ohara at IMDb