Emi Shinohara

, known professionally as , was a Japanese voice actress from Fukushima Prefecture. At the time of her death, she was affiliated with 81 Produce. She was best known for voicing Sailor Jupiter in the first anime adaptation of ''Sailor Moon'', Kaho Mizuki in ''Cardcaptor Sakura'' and its sequel '' Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card'', and Kushina Uzumaki in '' Naruto: Shippuden''. She was married to tokusatsu actor Hiroshi Watari.

Biography

Shinohara was born in Fukushima Prefecture on August 8, 1963, and raised in Ueda, Nagano. She joined the drama and choir clubs during her later years in elementary school. Since junior high school, she had always wanted to become an actor, and after graduating from Ueda High School, she thought that "singing can also be a way to study acting", and she was subsequently educated at the Kunitachi College of Music Department of Music Education. While at the college, she joined an off-campus club and performed in musicals.

While aiming to become an actress, she joined a study group called Voice Arts, and she took part in an audition at the invitation of sound director Yasunori Honda, who was a teacher of hers at Voice Arts, and passed, and she was cast as B-ko Daitokuji in the 1986 film ''Project A-ko''. Subsequently, she joined Arts Vision and then 81 Produce.

In 1992, Shinohara began starring as Sailor Jupiter, one of the major characters in the first anime adaptation of ''Sailor Moon''. According to Megan Peters of '' ComicBook.com'', Shinohara's "work on Sailor Moon helped kickstart one of anime's most magical stories" and she "brought that headstrong performance to life with ease." In addition to Sailor Jupiter, she also voiced other background characters.

In addition to Sailor Jupiter, she also voiced Presea in '' Magic Knight Rayearth'', Kaho Mizuki in ''Cardcaptor Sakura'', Yayoi Matsunaga in '' Nightwalker: The Midnight Detective'', Charlotte Elbourne in '' Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust'' (2000), Yōko Mizuno in ''Maria-sama ga Miteru'', Ophelia in '' Claymore'', and Kushina Uzumaki in '' Naruto: Shippuden''. She also voiced Agarte Lindblum in the video game '' Tales of Rebirth'' and Bakuryū Pteranodon in the tokusatsu series '' Bakuryū Sentai Abaranger''. She would often voice "older sister" or "mother" characters in anime. In the last few years of her career, she reprised her role as Kaho in the 2018 sequel series '' Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card'', and she voiced Sachiko in the 2020 film '' A Whisker Away''.

She released three albums through Apollon (now : ''Windows'' (1994), ''Street'' (1994), and ''Ashita e'' (1996). In 1997, she released another album from Nippon Columbia, ''Missing Piece''.

Her husband was tokusatsu actor Hiroshi Watari. She had an older brother. She also shared the same birth date as her ''Sailor Moon'' co-star Rika Fukami, and they even had a joint birthday concert together, performing as the duo Funky Twins on their 33rd birthday in 1996. She also worked at Senzoku Gakuen College of Music as a voice acting and ''anison'' teacher.

Death

Shinohara died on September 8, 2024, one month after her 61st birthday.声優・篠原恵美さん、病気療養中に死去 61歳 『セーラームーン』木野まこと/セーラージュピターなど
Undergoing treatment for an unspecified illness at the time, she reportedly had recently been on a respirator and wheelchair and some of her bones had fractured. In addition to her husband, several other voice actors offered condolences, including her ''Sailor Moon'' co-stars Kotono Mitsuishi, Rika Fukami, Megumi Ogata, and her ''Naruto'' co-star Toshiyuki Morikawa. Additionally, ''Sailor Moon'' creator Naoko Takeuchi and her husband, ''YuYu Hakusho'' and ''Hunter × Hunter'' creator Yoshihiro Togashi both drew Sailor Jupiter as a tribute to Shinohara.

Filmography

Animated television

Animated film

Original video animation

Tokusatsu

Video games

Dubbing

Live-action

*'' 54'' – Anita Randazzo (Salma Hayek)
*'' Black Beauty'' – Mrs. Winthorp ( Claire Forlani)
*''Blackjack'' – Cinder James ( Kam Heskin)
*'' Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'' (2008 NTV edition) – Mrs. Beauregarde (Missi Pyle)
*'' The Comebacks'' – Barb Fields ( Melora Hardin)
*'' Hollow Man'' – Dr. Sarah Kennedy (Kim Dickens)
*'' Léon: The Professional'' (1996 TV Asahi edition) – Mathilda Lando (Natalie Portman)
*'' Melinda and Melinda'' – Laurel (Chloë Sevigny)
*'' Rumble in the Bronx'' – Nancy ( Françoise Yip)
*'' The Guest'' – Laura Peterson ( Sheila Kelley)
*'' Trainspotting'' – Diane Coulston ( Kelly Macdonald)
*'' T2 Trainspotting'' – Diane Coulston (Kelly Macdonald)

Discography

Albums

Notes

References

External links

81 Produce

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Shinohara, Emi
1963 births
2024 deaths
20th-century Japanese actresses
21st-century Japanese actresses
81 Produce voice actors
Japanese video game actresses
Voice actresses from Fukushima Prefecture
Voice actresses from Nagano Prefecture