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Describe Kazuko Sugiyama here.
Kazuko Sugiyama (杉山 佳寿子, Sugiyama Kazuko), née Kazuko Shibukawa (渋川佳寿子, Shibukawa Kazuko, born April 9, 1947) is a voice actress who was born in Nagoya and works for Aoni Production, according to The Other Wiki. Mrs. Sugiyama actually was one of the first well-known female seiyuus, kinda an antecessor of people like Megumi Hayashibara or Kotono Mitsuishi since she voiced many, many young heroines (and some boys too). And even more... despite being in her 70s, she's still active. Only now she voices older ladies. Wow. Nevertheless, she's still been the voice of the World Masterpiece Theater Heidi for over 50 years.
Not bad for a lady who, as a girl, was so quiet and withdrawn she was thought to be on the autism spectrum.
Notable roles by Kazuko Sugiyama[]
- Francoise Arnoul/003 in Cyborg 009 (1979 series and 1980 movies)
- Mako Urashima in Mahou no Mako-chan
- Mimiko in Panda! Go, Panda!
- Adelheid aka Heidi in Heidi, Girl of the Alps (her signature role, she has continued voicing the character in commercials well into the current century, and has never been Darrin'd - in fact, she sounds so much like her old self that fans are surprised to find out the character has never been recast!)
- Bokomon in Digimon Frontier
- Dante in her old form in the first Fullmetal Alchemist series.
- Fuzuki Kouyama in Full Moon o Sagashite
- Ms. Hanamura in Majokko Tickle
- Akane Kimidori in Doctor Slump
- Jun the Swan in Gatchaman
- Natsume in Mermaid Forest
- Ten in Urusei Yatsura (she originally auditioned for the role of Lum!)
- Colonel Violet in Dragon Ball
- Agatha (Kikuko) in Pokémon and Celebi in Pokémon 4 Ever
- Fin in Umi no Triton
- Chao (Katy) in The Fantastic Adventures of Unico
- Sendoh's grandmother in Hajime no Ippo
- Desparia in Yes! Pretty Cure 5
- Ranmaru in Haikara San ga Tooru — Playing Against Type due to Cross-Dressing Voices.
- Reika Randou in Makyou Densetsu Acrobunch
- Charlie Brown in various dubbed Peanuts specials