Sumi Shimamoto


Sumi Shimamoto, real name Sumi Koshikawa, is a Japanese actress, voice actress and narrator of film and anime and video games. After graduating from the Toho Gakuen College of Drama and Music, she joined Gekidan Seinenza, a theatrical acting troupe. She is currently independent of any talent management company.
She is married to Daisuke Koshikawa, one of the founders of the comedy troupe Chibikko Gang. Their first child, Shiori, has also done voice acting.

Roles

Her best-known voice roles include Nausicaä in Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind,Suzuko in Fire Tripper and Kyoko Otonashi in Maison Ikkoku.
She won the role of Nausicaä as she had played Clarisse in and impressed Hayao Miyazaki. Patrick Drazen praised Shimamoto's acting in a scene where Nausicaä stops an insect from diving into an acidic pool by getting in its way. Nausicaä is burned by the acid and she screams. Drazen described this scream as being one which "tears at the listener and raises the bar for cartoon voices".

Anime

TV

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  • Floral Magician Mary Bell
  • Tsuyoshi Shikkari Shinasai
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  • Akazukin Chacha
  • Asobō!! Hello Kitty
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  • Zenki
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  • Eat-Man '98
  • Princess Nine
  • Silent Möbius
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  • GTO
  • Master Keaton
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  • Hidamari no Ki
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  • Motto! Ojamajo Doremi
  • I My Me! Strawberry Eggs
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  • Ai Yori Aoshi
  • Cyborg 009: The Cyborg Soldier
  • Full Moon
  • Seven of Seven
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  • Avenger
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  • Black Jack
  • Bleach
  • SoltyRei
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  • XxxHolic
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  • Gin Tama
  • Lucky Star
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  • Nichijou
  • Fractale
  • Penguindrum
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  • Smile PreCure!
  • Is This a Zombie? of the Dead
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  • Space Dandy
;2017
  • Girls' Last Tour
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  • March Comes in Like a Lion
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