Sumi Shimamoto


Sumi Koshikawa, known professionally as Sumi Shimamoto, is a Japanese actress, voice actress and narrator of film, anime and video games. She has voice acted in Hayao Miyazaki's movies Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, The Castle of Cagliostro, My Neighbor Totoro, and Princess Mononoke.

Biography

Shimamoto was born on December 8, 1954, in Kōchi. After graduating from the Toho Gakuen College of Drama and Music, she joined Gekidan Seinenza, a theatrical acting troupe. She is currently independent of any talent management company.
She is married to Daisuke Koshikawa, one of the founders of the comedy troupe Chibikko Gang. Their first child, Shiori, has also done voice acting.

Roles

Her best-known voice roles include Nausicaä in Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Suzuko in Fire Tripper and Kyoko Otonashi in Maison Ikkoku.
She won the role of Nausicaä after she impressed Hayao Miyazaki with her role as Clarisse in his debut film The Castle of Cagliostro, subsequently appearing in two more of his movies, My Neighbor Totoro and Princess Mononoke.

Anime

TV

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OVA

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ONA

Movies

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Games

Radio

CD

  • 20-mensō ni Onegai!! Koi hodo Suteki na Musical ha nai
  • ''Koisuru KI·MO·CHI''

Live action

Tarō no Seishun, Setsuko MuramatsuLet's Talk About the Old Times, herselfAnpan, Kako OdeUnbound, Taka

Dubbing

Other

  • All Finish Tōkyō Midnight: Natsumi's Eye
  • ''I Can Hear the Sea''

Awards