Masako Nozawa


Masako Nozawa is a Japanese actress and voice actress. Throughout her life, she has been affiliated with Production Baobab, 81 Produce and self-owned Office Nozawa; she is currently affiliated with Aoni Production. Her late husband, Masaaki Tsukada, was also a voice actor.
Nozawa currently voices Goku in the popular anime franchise Dragon Ball, as well as all of Goku's male family relatives and the villainous Goku Black. She has also voiced Tetsurō Hoshino and Kitarō. In addition, she has also voiced two separate characters named "Hiroshi"; a character in Dokonjō Gaeru, and the characters known in the U.S. as "Pidge" and "Haggar" in Hyakujūō Golion. She also voiced Doraemon in the 1973 anime, replacing Kōsei Tomita, who voiced the character in the first 26 episodes. In the 1979 anime, she was replaced by Nobuyo Ōyama, however Nozawa voiced Doraemon again in a 1988 special entitled Early English with Doraemon for unknown reasons.

Career

Nozawa made her film debut as a child actor at the age of three. Throughout her career as a voice actress, she has performed many male roles, leading Japanese fans to give her the nickname "The Eternal Boy". These days, however, she prefers the roles of elderly woman characters, although she continues to perform other roles occasionally. On April 1, 2006, she resigned from 81 Produce to establish office Nozawa. In 2012, Nozawa closed her Talent Agency. A number of voice actors who were affiliated with her agency went on to affiliate with Media Force. In 2017, it was revealed she had achieved two Guinness World Records; both of which was related to voicing the character Son Goku in Dragon Ball video games for 23 years and 218 days.

Filmography

Anime television series

;1960s
;1970s
;1980s
;1990s
;2000s
;2010s
;2020s

Live-action