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Hiromi Tsuru (1960-2017) was a voice actress and former child actress and model from Hokkaido who mostly voiced Shorttanks, Action Girls or Cool Big Sis. She was also known as Naomi Hunter in Metal Gear, so beware.
Started acting on TV as a child, then transitioned to voice acting as a teenager, debuting at 17 as the title character in The Story of Perrine. She was also married to Keiichi Nanba from 1986 to 1990. 1986 was also the year she began her longest-running and most iconic role, as Bulma in Dragon Ball, which she would continue for the next 31 years.
Sadly, Tsuru passed away in November 16, 2017 at the age of 57, due to an aortic dissection followed by a heart attack. It also happened when she was driving in Tokyo's Inner Circular Route, but she managed to park her car at one side of the road and turn on the lights before passing out and then away.
Notable roles:[]
- Bulma Briefs in the Dragon Ball universe, her Longest-Running role (succeeded by Aya Hisakawa)
- Ukyo Kuonji in Ranma ½
- Madoka Ayukawa in Kimagure Orange Road
- Miyuki Kashima in Miyuki
- Dokin-chan in Anpanman
- Naomi Hunter in Metal Gear Solid
- Kiddy Phenil in Silent Moebius
- Kim Kabirov in Macross
- Yubel in Yu-Gi-Oh! GX
- Chameleon June in Saint Seiya
- Joan of Arc in Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne
- Reiko Mikami in Ghost Sweeper Mikami
- Natsuko Shouno in Kinnikuman
- Meryl Stryfe in Trigun
- Asuna Kujou in Maison Ikkoku
- Penny in the Japanese dub of Inspector Gadget
- Elizébet in Ninja Gaiden II
- Perrine Pandavoine in The Story of Perrine (her debut role)
- Tallulah in the TV Asahi dub of Bugsy Malone