Hiromi Tsuru


Hiromi Tsuru was a Japanese actress and voice actress who was represented by Aoni Production.

Career

During her life she had been attached to Gekidan Himawari as a child and then Aoni Production at the time of her death. Tsuru was known to voice many characters in anime series for 31 years, she voiced many characters as Bulma for over 31 years. Also known for her roles as Ukyo Kuonji, Dokin-chan, Madoka Ayukawa, Miyuki Kashima, Reiko Mikami, Meryl Strife and Naomi Hunter and Oyone-baasan.

Bulma

In 1986, she was cast in the first Dragon Ball as Bulma, a teenager and the inventor of the Dragon Radar, a device used to detect the Dragon Balls that she is searching for. She reprised her role, alongside co-stars Masako Nozawa, Tōru Furuya, Toshio Furukawa, Mayumi Tanaka, in 1989 she reprised her role again, with Takeshi Kusao, Ryūsei Nakao, Kōzō Shioya, and Ryō Horikawa in practically every adaptation made during her lifetime, the sole exception being the video games from the late 1990s. In 2008 until 2017, she reunited with Nozawa, Furukawa, Tanaka, Kusao, Nakao and Horikawa, Shioya to reprise their respective roles for the new editions of the Dragon Ball series, alongside new co-stars Kōichi Yamadera and Masakazu Morita, due to her death, her role was given to Aya Hisakawa.

Dokin-chan

Tsuru voiced children's anime series Anpanman's Dokin-chan, Baikinman's female partner in crime who is selfish, demanding, childish, and greedy, but sometimes shows kindness, as demonstrated by her crush on Shokupanman for 29 years alongside co-stars Ryūsei Nakao and Doraemon's Suneo Honekawa's voice actor Kaneta Kimotsuki. Due to her death, the role was given to Miina Tominaga.

Personal life

She was married to Keiichi Nanba from 1986 until they divorced in 1990.

Death

Tsuru was found unconscious in her car on the Inner Circular Route near Nihonbashi in Tokyo, was transported to a hospital, and was pronounced dead. Her agency later confirmed that she died on November 16 at the age of 57 from aortic dissection.

Successors

Television animation

;1970s
;1980s
;1990s
  • Tsuyoshi Shikkari Shinasai
  • Ghost Sweeper Mikami
  • Dragon Ball GT
  • Cyber Team in Akihabara
  • Silent Möbius
  • Trigun
  • Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne
  • Monster Rancher
;2000s
;2010s

Live-action