Noriko Ohara

Noriko Ohara (小原 乃梨子 Ohara Noriko, born Noriko Tobe (戸部 法子 Tobe Noriko), October 2, 1935 in Tokyo) is a Japanese voice actress. She is represented by Production Baobab. Her son is Sunrise animator Atsuo Tobe (戸部敦夫 Tobe Atsuo).

She is best known for the roles of Nobita Nobi (Doraemon), all female lead villains in the Time Bokan series (including Doronjo in both the original Yatterman and its remake), Conan (Future Boy Conan), Peter (Heidi, Girl of the Alps), Oyuki (Urusei Yatsura) and Claudia LaSalle from Super Dimension Fortress Macross. In the first ever Seiyu Awards in 2007, she won the best achievement award.

Filmography

Television animation

• Calimero (1972 anime) (Giuliano)
• Doraemon (1973) (Mrs. Nobi)
• Yatterman (1977) (Doronjo)
• Future Boy Conan (1978) (Conan)
• Doraemon (1979) (Nobita Nobi, Nobisuke Nobi)

Unknown date

• Alps no Shōjo Heidi (Peter)
• Urusei Yatsura (Oyuki)
• Starzinger (Beramis)
• Space Pirate Captain Harlock (Mime)
• Space Battleship Yamato II (Sabera, Jiro Shima)
• Chōdenji Machine Voltes V (Hiyoshi Gō)
• Soreike! Anpanman (Kurobarajoou)
• Time Bokan series (Maajo, Doronjo, Muujo, Ataasha, Mirenjo, Munmun, Yanyan, Ruuju)
• The Super Dimension Fortress Macross (Claudia LaSalle, Narrator)
• Wansa-kun (Wansa)
• Crusher Joe (Ricky)
• La Seine no Hoshi (Catherine)
• Genesis Climber Mospeada (Refless)
• Tatsunoko vs. Capcom (Doronjo)
• Wacky Races (Japanese dub; Penelope Pitstop)
• Yatterman Night (Doronjo)

Theatrical animation

• The Great Adventure of Horus, Prince of the Sun (1968) (Chiro the Squirrel)
• Doraemon: A Grandmother's Recollections (2000) (Nobita Nobi)

Television drama

• Doraemon Haha ni Naru: Ōyama Nobuyo Monogatari (2015) – Narrator and Nobita Nobi

Video games

• Gunbird - Rouge
• Gunbird 2 - Shark
• Tatsunoko vs Capcom Cross Generation of Heroes - Doronjo

References

• Noriko Ohara at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Noriko Ohara at the Internet Movie Database