was a Japanese

voice actress Voice acting is the art of performing voice-overs to present a character or provide information to an audience. Performers are called voice actors/actresses, voice artists, dubbing artists, voice talent, voice-over artists, or voice-over talen ...

from

Matsuyama, Ehime 270px, Matsuyama City Hall 270px, Ehime Prefectural Capital Building is the capital city of Ehime Prefecture on the island of Shikoku in Japan and also Shikoku's largest city. , the city had an estimated population of 505,948 in 243541 house ...

. She was attached to Aoni Production at the time of her death. Niiyama was most known for the roles of Kou Seiya/Sailor Star Fighter in the '' Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon'' series, Risa Kanzaki in ''

Neighborhood Story is a manga by Ai Yazawa. It was published by Shueisha from 1995 to 1998 in the magazine '' Ribon''. It was adapted by Toei Animation as a 50-episode anime series which aired on TV Asahi from September 10, 1995, to September 1, 1996, with ...

'', Suou Takamura in ''

Clamp School Detectives , also known as ''CLAMP Campus Detectives'', is a manga series by Clamp, which was adapted into a 26-episode anime series, produced by Bandai Visual and Studio Pierrot. The manga series was serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's '' Monthly Asuka'' ...

'' and Deedlit in '' Record of Lodoss War: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight''. She was also involved in one voice actor group, Virgo, who are the voice actresses of the anime and game, ''Ojōsama Sōsamō''. Niiyama was diagnosed with

leukemia Leukemia ( also spelled leukaemia and pronounced ) is a group of blood cancers that usually begin in the bone marrow and result in high numbers of abnormal blood cells. These blood cells are not fully developed and are called ''blasts'' or ...

in 1998 and later returned for a bone marrow transplant on February 7, 2000. At approximately 6:23 A.M., Niiyama suffered a bout of

internal bleeding Internal bleeding (also called internal hemorrhage) is a loss of blood from a blood vessel that collects inside the body. Internal bleeding is usually not visible from the outside. It is a serious medical emergency but the extent of severity depen ...

in her lung and died as a result of complications from leukemia. Niiyama was 29 years old at the time of her death. Her final performance was in the TV series '' Record of Lodoss War: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight'' as the voice of Deedlit.

Filmography

*Hiroko in

Aoki Densetsu Shoot! is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tsukasa Ōshima. It was published in Kodansha's ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' between 1990 and 2003. The story revolves around a boy named Toshihiko Tanaka, who has just started at Kakeg ...

*Teppei Kisugi (young), Natsuko Ōzora in Captain Tsubasa J *Doris in

Marmalade Boy is a shōjo manga series by Wataru Yoshizumi. It was published by Shueisha in the List of manga magazines, magazine ''Ribon'' from May 1992 to October 1995 and collected in eight ''tankōbon'' volumes. The series was adapted by Toei Anim ...

*Risa Kanzaki in

Gokinjo Monogatari is a manga by Ai Yazawa. It was published by Shueisha from 1995 to 1998 in the magazine ''Ribon''. It was adapted by Toei Animation as a 50-episode anime series which aired on TV Asahi from September 10, 1995, to September 1, 1996, with m ...

*Dealer (ep 12), Judau's mother (ep 23) in Kuso Kagaku Sekai Gulliver Boy * Seiya Kou/Sailor Star Fighter in Sailor Moon Sailor Stars *Fuyumi in Sailor Moon SuperS *Blue delmo Valerie in Agent Aika *Dorm Chief in

Battle Athletes is a Japanese franchise which includes an OVA series animated by AIC, a manga by Yūki Nakano, and a 26-episode anime television series that aired on TV Tokyo from October 1997 to March 1998. A reboot manga, ''Pale Blue Dot: Battle A ...

*Rie Shibusawa in Battle Skipper *Sakada no Jiisan no Tsuma in

Chibi Maruko-chan is a shōjo manga series written and illustrated by Momoko Sakura. The series depicts the simple, everyday life of Momoko Sakura, a young girl everyone calls ''Maruko'', and her family in suburban Japan in the year 1974. Maruko is a t ...

*Suou Takamura in

CLAMP School Detectives , also known as ''CLAMP Campus Detectives'', is a manga series by Clamp, which was adapted into a 26-episode anime series, produced by Bandai Visual and Studio Pierrot. The manga series was serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's '' Monthly Asuka'' ...

*Kimiko Ayanokōji in Debutante Detective Corps *Juai in

Detatoko Princess is a Japanese manga written by Hitoshi Okuda and serialised in ''Dragon Magazine'' from 1994 to 1999. The individual chapters were published in six '' bound volumes'' by Fujimi Shobo. The manga was adapted into a 3-episode original video anim ...

*Myonsaku Kim in Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture *Atore in Hakugei: Legend of the Moby Dick *Mao in Hyper Police (ep 19) *Announcer A in Nanatsu no Umi no Tico (ep 36) *Nursery School Teacher in

Ogre Slayer is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kei Kusunoki. The manga has been adapted into a four-episode original video animation , abbreviated as OVA and sometimes as OAV (original animation video), are Japanese animated film ...

*Rei in

Perfect Blue is a 1997 Japanese animated psychological thriller film directed by Satoshi Kon. It is based on the novel by Yoshikazu Takeuchi, with a screenplay written by Sadayuki Murai. Featuring the voices of Junko Iwao, Rica Matsumoto, Shiho Niiy ...

(movie) *Deedlit in Record of Lodoss War: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight *Kobachi-chan in Soreike! Anpanman *Momiji Kagariya in

Starship Girl Yamamoto Yohko is a Japanese anime series based on a novel by Takashi Shōji. It consists of two 3-episode OVA sets and a 26-episode television series animated by J.C.Staff and directed by Akiyuki Shinbo. The series was released in the United States ...

*Tachiki's wife in

Vampire Princess Miyu is a Japanese horror manga series by Narumi Kakinouchi and Toshiki Hirano, as well as an anime adaptation by the same creators. The anime was originally presented in a 4-episode OVA (Original Video Animation) licensed by AnimEigo in ...

(ep 17) *Hidenori in You're Under Arrest (Ep 46) *Narrator in BS Tantei Club: Yuki ni Kieta Kako *Fake Goddess Althena in Lunar 2: Eternal Blue

External links

Niiyama Shiho
at Hitoshi Doi's site * - Information on the actress * {{DEFAULTSORT:Niiyama, Shiho 1970 births 2000 deaths People from Matsuyama, Ehime Japanese voice actresses Deaths from leukemia 20th-century Japanese actresses Aoni Production voice actors