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Emiko "Emi" Shinohara (August 8, 1963-September 8, 2024) was a veteran seiyu who is most celebrated as Makoto Kino of Sailor Moon. She was usually typecasted as Action Girl in her early years, but later diverged to Hot Moms, Yamato Nadeshiko, and even Ax Crazy women like Ophelia in Claymore. She was married to Hiroshi Watari, a Tokusatsu actor, and also voiced roles in that genre. Her blood type, like Mako's, was O, and she also had the same birth date as her Sailor Moon co-star Rica Fukami. She was also a singer and recording artist, releasing four albums during the 1990s at the peak of her voice-acting career.
Sadly, Shinohara passed away on September 8, 2024, just a month after her 61st birthday. She had reportedly been in poor health for some time, though the nature of her illness was not specified.
Notable Roles by Emi Shinohara[]
- Makoto Kino/Sailor Jupiter in Sailor Moon
- Yōko Mizuno in Mariasama ga Miteru
- Tennyo Masaki in Tenchi Muyo!
- Kaho Mizuki in Cardcaptor Sakura
- Yayoi Matsunaga in Nightwalker
- Ophelia in Claymore
- B-Ko Daitokuji in Project A-ko (alongside fellow future Sailor Senshi voice Michie Tomizawa)
- Kushina Uzumaki in Naruto
- Presea in Magic Knight Rayearth
- Agarte Lindblum in Tales of Rebirth
- Natsuhi Ushiromiya in Umineko no Naku Koro ni
- Mari Iimura in Hajime no Ippo
- Katsura Hinagiku's adoptive mother in Hayate the Combat Butler
- Kekkou Kamen of Kekko Kamen
- Angel in The Big O
- Mad Hatter in Miyuki-chan in Wonderland
- Misuzu Misaka in To Aru Majutsu no Index (who happens to be the mother of another electric user)
- Dorothy in the Japanese home video dub of The Wizard of Oz (Judy Garland version)
- Tess in the Japanese dub of Pole Position