is a Japanese actress and

voice actress Voice acting is the art of Acting, performing a character or providing information to an audience with one's voice. Performers are often called voice actors/actresses in addition to other names. Examples of voice work include animation, animated, ...

from Mitaka,

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. She is in the two-person group "Whoops!!" with

Maaya Sakamoto is a Japanese actress and singer. She made her debut as a Voice acting in Japan, voice actress in 1992 as the voice of Chifuru in the anime ''Little Twins'', and became known as the voice of Hitomi Kanzaki in ''The Vision of Escaflowne''. Other ...

Career

Higuchi made her debut in 1996, before she had finished high school, in '' Mizuiro Jidai'', voicing the character of Takako Takahata. On February 5, 1997 she released an album ''Believe'' under the

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label. In 1998, Higuchi provided the voice of Princess Mimori in the series ''

Kero Kero Chime is a manga written by Maguro Fujita. A 30-episode anime series based on the manga was produced by NAS and TV Tokyo and animated by Studio Comet. Plot Aoi, a normal school boy, is cursed by a wizard named Makaeru from the Land of Frogs, wh ...

'', a story about Aoi, a schoolboy who is cursed by a wizard and told that if he wants to remove the curse he must find Mimori (the main female character in the 30-episode series). In 1999, she provided the voice of

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Shiho Nagaoka in the series ''

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''. Higuchi also received her first film credit, voicing the main character of Marco in the film '' Marco: 3000 Leagues in Search of Mother''. In the summer of 2004, Higuchi released the albums ''Favorite Shoes'', the ''Azumanga Daioh Character CD Series 4: Tomo Takino'' and ''Azumanga Daiō Kyarakutā Shīdī Shirīzu 4: Takino Tomo'' which after its release on July 24, 2004 ranked 80th in Oricon singles charts. On March 25, 2005, she released ''The Best of Rival Players XXIV Yohei Tanaka & Kohei Tanaka'', which ranked 75th in the Oricon singles charts. She voiced the character of Yūko Atoda in the 2005 series ''

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'', playing another tomboy. She reprised voicing this character in the 2006 sequel, '' Amaenaideyo!! Katsu!!''. Later in 2005, Higuchi voiced the character of Hibiki Watanuki in the

TV Tokyo JOTX-DTV (channel 7), branded as is a Japanese television station that serves as the flagship of the TX Network.Pani Poni Dash! , also known by the title of its anime adaptation, , is a Japanese manga series by Hekiru Hikawa that uses parody, frequently referencing Japanese and American pop-culture in many ways. It mainly follows child prodigy Rebecca Miyamoto, an MIT ...

'', a parody which frequently references Japanese and American popular culture.

Filmography

Anime television

*'' Mizuiro Jidai'' (1996), Takako Takahata *''

'' (1997), Mimori *'' Beast Wars II: Super Life-Form Transformers'' (1998), Artemis *''

'' (1999), Shiho Nagaoka *''

Medabots ''Medabots'', known in Japan as , is a Japanese role-playing video game franchise created by Rin Horuma (Horumarin) and currently owned by Imagineer. The main series of RPGs focus on collecting and battling with the titular robots. The bulk of t ...

'' (1999), Rintaro *'' Transformers: Car Robots'' (2000), Ai-chan, Junko *''

Comic Party , sometimes abbreviated to ComiPa, is a dating sim video game by the Japanese game studio Leaf. It was first released on May 28, 1999, for Windows with adult content, but re-released with it removed for the Dreamcast, Windows, and PSP. The ...

'' (2001), Shiho *'' Offside'' (2001), Nagisa Ito *''

The Prince of Tennis is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Takeshi Konomi. The manga was serialized in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from July 1999 to March 2008, with its chapters collected in 42 volumes. Viz Media licensed t ...

'' (2001), Youhei Tanaka *''

Azumanga Daioh is a Japanese ''yonkoma'' comedy manga series written and illustrated by Kiyohiko Azuma. It was serialized from February 1999 to May 2002 in the monthly magazine ''Dengeki Daioh'' by MediaWorks (publisher), MediaWorks; three additional c ...

'' (2002), Tomo Takino *''

Whistle! is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Daisuke Higuchi. The series was published in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from February 1998 to October 2002. The series was adapted into a 39-episode anime television series bro ...

'' (2002), Tsubasa Shiina *''

Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'', known in Japan as and alternatively subtitled ''Rulers of the Duel'' in the United States and Canada, is a Japanese anime series animated by Studio Gallop based on the ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' manga series written by Kazuki Takahash ...

'' (2003), Kris *'' To Heart: Remember My Memories'' (2004), Shiho Nagaoka *'' Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monster GX'' (2004), Kohara *''

Meine Liebe is a series of dating sims by Konami for the Game Boy Advance and PlayStation 2. ''Meine Liebe'' has been adapted into an anime series produced in 2004 by the studio Bee Train, which was broadcast across Japan by the anime television ...

'' (2004), Erika *''

Glass Mask is a Japanese shōjo manga series written and illustrated by Suzue Miuchi, serialized in ''Hana to Yume'' from January 1976, and collected in 49 tankōbon volumes as of October 2012. The story has also been adapted into anime and a liv ...

'' (2005), Miki Tanuma (eps.41, 43) *''

'' (2005), Yuko Atoda *''

Pani Poni Dash! , also known by the title of its anime adaptation, , is a Japanese manga series by Hekiru Hikawa that uses parody, frequently referencing Japanese and American pop-culture in many ways. It mainly follows child prodigy Rebecca Miyamoto, an MIT ...

'' (2005), Hibiki Watanuki *''

Eyeshield 21 is a Japanese manga series written by Riichiro Inagaki and illustrated by Yusuke Murata. The series tells the story of Sena Kobayakawa, an introverted boy who joins an American football club as a secretary, but after being coerced by q ...

'' (2005–2008), Juri Sawai *'' Amaenaideyo!! Katsu!!'' (2006), Yuko Atoda *''

Gin'yuu Mokushiroku Meine Liebe ~Wieder~ is a series of dating sims by Konami for the Game Boy Advance and PlayStation 2. ''Meine Liebe'' has been adapted into an anime series produced in 2004 by the studio Bee Train, which was broadcast across Japan by the anime television ...

'' (2006), Erika *'' Princess Princess'' (2006), Sayaka *''

Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's is the second main spin-off of the ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' franchise, succeeding ''Yu-Gi-Oh! GX'', in celebration of the 40th anniversary of ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' and the 15th anniversary of '' V Jump''. The series aired from April 2008 to March ...

'' (2008), Angela Sources:

OVA

* '' Hunter × Hunter: Greed Island'' (2003), Biscuit Krueger Sources:

Film

* '' Marco: 3000 Leagues in Search of Mother'' (1999), Marco * '' Azumanga Daioh: The Very Short Movie'' (2001), Tomo Takino Sources:

Video games

*''

Super Robot Wars Alpha 3 This list provides an index of video game titles in Banpresto's ''Super Robot Wars'' franchise, known as ''Super Robot Taisen'' in Japan. Most of the games in the series are tactical role-playing games, but several games representing other genre ...

'' (2005), Fei Yen the Knight *'' Naruto: Uzumaki Chronicles 2'' (2006), Meno *'' Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney − Spirit of Justice'' (2016), Minuki Naruhodo

Discography

*"Dennou Senki Virtual On 'CyberNet Rhapsody'" (1996) a Virtual On drama CD, acting and singing as Fei-Yen Kn. *"Believe" (February 5, 1997,

EMI Music Japan , formerly , was one of Japan's leading music companies. It became a wholly owned subsidiary of British music company EMI Group Ltd. on June 30, 2007, after Toshiba sold off its previous 45% stake. Its CEO and president was Kazuhiko Koike. Wh ...

) * (June 21, 2004) * (July 24, 2004, Lantis),

image song In Japan, an image song or character song is a song on a tie-in single or album (often called an image album or character album) for an anime, video game, drama, manga, or other commercial product that is sometimes sung by the voice actor or a ...

single of the eponymous character ranked 80th in

Oricon , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics Statistics (from German language, German: ', "description of a State (polity), state, a country") is the discipline that ...

singles charts. *"The Best of Rival Players XXIV Yohei Tanaka & Kohei Tanaka" (March 24, 2005), ranked 75th in Oricon singles charts. With Maaya Sakamoto as "Whoops!!" : *"Love Love Phantasy" (January 20, 1999) *"ジーニー" (June 17, 1999) *''P'' (July 16, 1999) *''P (March 10, 2006)

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Higuchi, Chieko 1981 births Living people Japanese musical theatre actresses Japanese video game actresses People from Mitaka, Tokyo Voice actresses from Tokyo Metropolis 20th-century Japanese actresses 21st-century Japanese actresses