Junko Takeuchi


Junko Takeuchi is a Japanese actress and voice actress employed by Ogipro The Next Co. Inc. & BQMAP. Taking a well-trod path by many voice actresses, she often voices young male characters, with generally very quirky and goofy personalities. One of her most well-known roles includes Naruto Uzumaki in the popular anime series Naruto. She has played Takuya Kanbara in Digimon Frontier, Rin Natsuki/Cure Rouge in Yes! PreCure 5, Metabee in Medabots, Mamoru Endou in Inazuma Eleven and Inazuma Eleven GO, Gon Freecss in the 1999 version of Hunter × Hunter, MrBeast in the Japanese dub of MrBeast, and GingerBrave in the Japanese dub of Cookie Run: Kingdom.
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Personal life

She is the youngest of three children. As a child she studied ballet and piano for seven and a half years. She enrolled in 1991 at Nihon University, College of Art but dropped out two years later. For several years she worked as a shoe salesperson and gave piano lessons at a private school in Tokyo. Originally she wanted to work in a bank office. In 1996 she joined BQ MAP Theater Company where she had several stage appearances. She met voice actor Kenji Hamada in 1999. They married in 2006. Their first child was born in 2012 and the other one in 2017.

Filmography

Film

Drama CDs

Video games

Dubbing

Live-action

Animation

Discography

Songs

  • "Oh! Enka!"
  • "Life Goes On"
  • "Naruto's Neko Song"
  • "Gyu-ru-ru"
  • "Touki ~Fighting Spirits~"
  • "Naruto Ondo"
  • "Distance"
  • "Tsubomi"
  • "Salamander"
  • Secret Rendezvous
  • "Muteki na Bataashi"
  • "Sora wo Kurooru
  • "Chie to Yuuki da! Medarotto"
  • Kaze no Muki ga Kattara
  • Tobira
  • Hunter Ondo
  • GONtte yatsu wa
  • ONNAtte subarashii
  • Tabidachi
  • Taisetsuna koto
  • Te o Tsunaide
  • Futari
  • Tomo Yo
  • Kuroi Hitomi
  • Kuromi Rondo
  • Kuromi Punk
  • Lambo-san's Ambition
  • Gyouza Gyuudon no Uta
  • Yakusoku no Bashou
  • A fun song
  • Tatta Latta
  • Mata ne no Kisetsu – 7th ending to Inazuma Eleven
  • Mamotte Miseru! –
  • Dakara Zettai Daijoubu – as Endou Mamoru
  • Maji de Kansha
  • Reversible –
  • Jounetsu –
  • Okaerinasai –