Emi Shinohara

Template:Nihongo, known professionally as Template:Nihongo,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> was a Japanese voice actress from Fukushima Prefecture. At the time of her death, she was affiliated with 81 Produce. She was best known for voicing Sailor Jupiter in the first anime adaptation of Sailor Moon, Kaho Mizuki in Cardcaptor Sakura and its sequel Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card, and Kushina Uzumaki in Naruto: Shippuden. She was married to tokusatsu actor Hiroshi Watari.

Biography

Shinohara was born in Fukushima Prefecture on August 8, 1963, and raised in Ueda, Nagano.Template:Efn She joined the drama and choir clubs during her later years in elementary school.<ref name="newtype 1994" /> Since junior high school, she had always wanted to become an actor, and after graduating from Ueda High School, she thought that "singing can also be a way to study acting", and she was subsequently educated at the Kunitachi College of Music Department of Music Education.<ref name="newtype 1994" /><ref name="uedakant">Template:Cite web</ref> While at the college, she joined an off-campus club and performed in musicals.<ref name="newtype 1994" />

While aiming to become an actress, she joined a study group called Voice Arts, and she took part in an audition at the invitation of sound director Yasunori Honda, who was a teacher of hers at Voice Arts, and passed, and she was cast as B-ko Daitokuji in the 1986 film Project A-ko.<ref name="newtype 1994" /> Subsequently, she joined Arts Vision and then 81 Produce.<ref name="newtype 1994">Template:Cite book</ref>

In 1992, Shinohara began starring as Sailor Jupiter, one of the major characters in the first anime adaptation of Sailor Moon.<ref name="comicbook"/> According to Megan Peters of ComicBook.com, Shinohara's "work on Sailor Moon helped kickstart one of anime's most magical stories" and she "brought that headstrong performance to life with ease."<ref name="comicbook">Template:Cite news</ref> In addition to Sailor Jupiter, she also voiced other background characters.<ref name="comicbook"/>

In addition to Sailor Jupiter, she also voiced Presea in Magic Knight Rayearth, Kaho Mizuki in Cardcaptor Sakura, Yayoi Matsunaga in Nightwalker: The Midnight Detective, Charlotte Elbourne in Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (2000), Yōko Mizuno in Maria-sama ga Miteru, Ophelia in Claymore, and Kushina Uzumaki in Naruto: Shippuden.<ref name="ANN 20240910"/><ref name="animecorner">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="doianime"/> She also voiced Agarte Lindblum in the video game Tales of Rebirth and Bakuryū Pteranodon in the tokusatsu series Bakuryū Sentai Abaranger.<ref name="siliconera"/> She would often voice "older sister" or "mother" characters in anime.<ref name="newtype 1994" /> In the last few years of her career, she reprised her role as Kaho in the 2018 sequel series Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card,<ref name="ANN 20240910"/> and she voiced Sachiko in the 2020 film A Whisker Away.<ref name="comicbook"/>

She released three albums through Apollon (now Template:Ill): Windows (1994), Street (1994), and Ashita e (1996).<ref name="oricon 42229"/><ref name="oricon 42247"/><ref name="oricon 42275"/> In 1997, she released another album from Nippon Columbia, Missing Piece.<ref name="oricon 71368"/>

Her husband was tokusatsu actor Hiroshi Watari.<ref name="siliconera">Template:Cite news</ref> She had an older brother.<ref>Template:Cite tweet</ref> She also shared the same birth date as her Sailor Moon co-star Rika Fukami, and they even had a joint birthday concert together, performing as the duo Funky Twins on their 33rd birthday in 1996.<ref name="スワッチのアニメ日記">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> She also worked at Senzoku Gakuen College of Music as a voice acting and anison teacher.<ref name="tokyo-sports 316295">Template:Cite news</ref>

Death

Shinohara died on September 8, 2024, at the age of 61.<ref name="oricon 2344236">声優・篠原恵美さん、病気療養中に死去 61歳 『セーラームーン』木野まこと/セーラージュピターなど Template:Webarchive Template:In lang</ref> Undergoing treatment for an unspecified illness at the time,<ref name="ANN 20240910">Template:Cite news</ref> she reportedly had recently been on a respirator and wheelchair and some of her bones had fractured.<ref name="tokyo-sports 316295" /> Sailor Moon creator Naoko Takeuchi and her husband, YuYu Hakusho and Hunter × Hunter creator Yoshihiro Togashi both drew Sailor Jupiter as a tribute to Shinohara.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Filmography

Animated television

Year	Work	Role	Source
1986	Dream Hunter Rem	Elizabeth	<ref name="comicbook"/>
1988	Sonic Soldier Borgman	Haruka Misaki	<ref name="doianime"/>
1989	Akuma-kun	Lilith	<ref name="doianime"/>
1989	Dragon Quest	Queen, Martina	<ref name="doianime"/>
1990	Iczer Reborn	Candy	<ref name="doianime"/>
1991	The Twins at St. Clare's	Wella	<ref name="doianime"/>
1992	Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair	Margaret	<ref name="doianime"/>
1992	Master Keaton	Sofia	<ref name="doianime"/>
1992–1997	Sailor Moon	Makoto Kino/Sailor Jupiter, Kyurene (ep. 6), Jumeau (ep. 18)	<ref name="comicbook"/><ref name="doianime">Template:Cite web</ref>
1993	Miracle Girls	Kanako (Kana-chan)	<ref name="gph">Template:Cite web</ref>
1993	Mobile Suit Victory Gundam	Maria Pia Armonia	<ref name="gph" />
1993	Super Bikkuriman	Mecha Turtle	<ref name="doianime"/>
1994	Crayon Shin-chan	Sailor Bakaan	<ref name="doianime"/>
1994	Ghost Sweeper Mikami	Female teacher	<ref name="doianime"/>
1994	Jungle King Tar-chan	Dorothy	<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1994	Magic Knight Rayearth	Presea and Sierra	<ref name="ANN 20240910"/><ref name="TMSRayearth">Template:Cite web</ref>
1994	Metal Fighter Miku	Youko Shibano	<ref name="doianime"/>
1996	Case Closed	Noriko Okatani	<ref name="doianime"/>
1997	Burn-Up Excess	Ruby	<ref name="doianime"/>
1997	Hakugei: Legend of the Moby Dick	Sarah	<ref name="gph"/>
1997	Kindaichi Case Files	Ruiko Sakuragi	<ref name="gph" />
1997	Lupin III: Island of Assassins	Ellen	<ref name="gph"/>
1997	Twilight of the Dark Master	Shizuka Tachibana	<ref name="doianime"/>
1998	Cardcaptor Sakura	Kaho Mizuki	<ref name="ANN 20240910"/>
1998	Nightwalker	Yayoi Matsunaga	<ref name="gph" />
1998	Shima Shima Tora no Shimajirō	Sakura Shimano (ep. 205 - 230)	<ref name="gph" />
1998	Sentimental Journey	Aoi	<ref name="doianime"/>
1998	Sorcerous Stabber Orphen	Azalie Cait Sith	<ref name="gph" />
1998	The Adventures of Mini-Goddess	Kodama	<ref name="doianime"/>
1999	The Big O	Angel	<ref name="gph" />
2000	Ceres, Celestial Legend	Miori's mother	<ref name="doianime"/>
2001	Banner of the Stars	Lala Shangal	<ref name="doianime"/>
2001	Hajime no Ippo	Mari Īmura	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2001	Kaze no Yojimbo	Sanae Araki	<ref name="gph"/>
2001	Najica Blitz Tactics	XXX	<ref name="doianime"/>
2001	Noir	Marennes	<ref name="doianime"/>
2003–2004	Maburaho	Karei Hirozaki	<ref name="gph" />
2003	Saiyuki Reload	Suika	<ref name="doianime"/>
2003	Space Pirate Captain Herlock	Shizuka Namio	<ref name="gph" />
2003	UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie	Princess Mehm	<ref name="gph" />
2004	Fafner in the Azure	Chizuru Toomi	<ref name="gph" />
2004	Maria-sama ga Miteru	Yōko Mizuno	<ref name="gph"/>
2005	Hell Girl	Namiko Todaka	<ref name="gph" />
2005–2006	Honey and Clover	Mitsuko Aida	<ref name="gph" />
2005	Immortal Grand Prix	Michiru Satomi	<ref name="gph" />
2005	Karin	Carrera Marker	<ref name="gph" />
2005	Loveless	Katsuko-sensei	<ref name="doianime"/>
2006	Ah! My Goddess	Kodama	<ref name="doianime"/>
2006	Nana	Ms. Sakagami	<ref name="gph" />
2007	Claymore	Ophelia	<ref name="animecorner"/>
2007	Naruto: Shippuden	Kushina Uzumaki	<ref name="ANN 20240910"/>
2007	Shigurui	Iku	<ref name="gph"/>
2009	Umineko no Naku Koro ni	Natsuhi Ushiromiya	<ref name="gph" />
2010	Toaru Majutsu no Index II	Misuzu Misaka	<ref name="gph" />
2012	Smile PreCure!	Shizuko Aoki	<ref name="gph" />
2017	Little Witch Academia	Lotte's mother	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2018	Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card	Kaho Mizuki	<ref name="ANN 20240910"/>
2018	Oshiri Tantei	Moko Benii	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2022	Shikimori's Not Just a Cutie	Izumi Motoko	<ref name="doianime"/>

Animated film

Year	Work	Role	Source
1986	Project A-Ko	B-Ko Daitokuji	<ref name="newtype 1994"/>
1993	Ninja Scroll	Kagero	<ref name="gph" />
1993	Sailor Moon R: The Movie	Makoto Kino/Sailor Jupiter	<ref name="gph" />
1994	Sailor Moon S: The Movie	Makoto Kino/Sailor Jupiter	<ref name="gph" />
1994	Soreike! Anpanman: Lyrical Magical Mahō no Gakkō	Mimi	<ref name="gph"/>
1995	Sailor Moon SuperS: The Movie	Makoto Kino/Sailor Jupiter	<ref name="gph" />
1996	X	Arashi Kishū	<ref name="gph"/>
1997	Perfect Blue	Eri Ochiai	<ref name="gph" />
2000	Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust	Charlotte Elbourne	<ref name="ANN 20240910"/>
2000	Cardcaptor Sakura Movie 2: The Sealed Card	Kaho Mizuki	<ref name="gph" />
2000	Pokémon the Movie 2000	Computer	<ref name="doianime"/>
2004	Appleseed	Dr. Gilliam Knute	<ref name="gph" />
2018	Engimon	Nami Amanogawa	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2020	A Whisker Away	Sachiko Hinode	<ref name="comicbook"/>
2022	Case Closed: The Culprit Hanzawa	Ikumi Soda	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Original video animation

Year	Work	Role	Source
1989	Angel Cop		<ref name="doianime"/>
1990	AD Police Files	Venessa Buck	<ref name="doianime"/>
1990	Cyber City Oedo 808	Remi Masuda	<ref name="doianime"/>
1991	Detonator Orgun	Yoko Mitsurugi	<ref name="doianime"/>
1991	Kekko Kamen	Kekko Kamen	<ref name="gph" />
1992	Hayō no Tsurugi	Cheriku, Ouhi	<ref name="doianime"/>
1992	Oz	Android 1030	<ref name="doianime"/>
1992	Ruri-iro Princess	Mother	<ref name="doianime"/>
1993	Moldiver	Isabelle	<ref name="doianime" />
1993	Please Save My Earth	Mokuren	<ref name="doianime" />
1993	The Cockpit	Marchenna	<ref name="doianime"/>
1994	B.B. Fish	Sara Kannazuki	<ref name="doianime"/>
1994	Tokyo Babylon	Mirei	<ref name="gph" />
1994	Otaku no Seiza: An Adventure in the Otaku Galaxy	Yun	<ref name="doianime"/>
1995	Miyuki-chan in Wonderland	The Mad Hatter	<ref name="gph" />
1995	Iczer Girl Iczelion	Iczelion	<ref name="doianime"/>
1996	Mutant Turtles: Superman Legend	April O'Neil	<ref name="doianime" />
1997	Saber Marionette J Again	Panther	<ref name="doianime"/>
1999	Harlock Saga	Freya	<ref name="doianime"/>
2003	Submarine 707	Miyuki Hayami	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2016–2017	Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki 4	Tennyo Masaki	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2021	Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki 5	Tennyo Masaki	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2023	Fafner in the Azure: Behind the Line	Chizuru Tōmi	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Tokusatsu

Year	Work	Role	Source
2003	Bakuryū Sentai Abaranger	Bakuryū Pteranodon	<ref name="siliconera"/>

Video games

Year	Work	Role	Source
1997	Ayakashi Ninden Kunoichiban	Tsubura Ise	<ref name="gph" />
1998	Princess Quest	Prince Tapioca	<ref name="gph" />
2003	Star Ocean: Till the End of Time	Mirage Koas	<ref name="gph" />
2004	Tales of Rebirth	Agarte Lindblum	<ref name="siliconera"/>
2004	Stella Deus: The Gate of Eternity	Nebula	<ref name="gph" />
2005	Romancing SaGa	Barbara	<ref name="gph" />
2005	Mabino X Style	Mary Nenem Kinoshita	<ref name="gph" />
2006	Wrestle Angels: Survivor	Panther Risako and Royal Hojo	<ref name="gph" />
2007	Snow Portable	Sayori Yukizuki	<ref name="gph" />
2008	Wrestle Angels: Survivor 2	Panther Risako and Royal Hojo	<ref name="gph" />
2010	Solatorobo: Red the Hunter	Merveille Million	<ref name="gph" />
2014	Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution	Kushina Uzumaki	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2015	Robot Girls Z Online	Emperor Ryuma	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2016	Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4	Kushina Uzumaki	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2019	A Certain Magical Index: Imaginary Fest	Misuzu Misaka	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2024	Mobile Suit Gundam U.C. Engage	Maria Pia Armonia	<ref>Template:Cite tweet</ref>

Dubbing

Live-action

• 54 – Anita Randazzo (Salma Hayek)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Black Beauty – Mrs. Winthorp (Claire Forlani)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Blackjack – Cinder James (Kam Heskin)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2008 NTV edition) – Mrs. Beauregarde (Missi Pyle)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• The Comebacks – Barb Fields (Melora Hardin)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Hollow Man – Dr. Sarah Kennedy (Kim Dickens)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Léon: The Professional (1996 TV Asahi edition) – Mathilda Lando (Natalie Portman)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Melinda and Melinda – Laurel (Chloë Sevigny)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Rumble in the Bronx – Nancy (Françoise Yip)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• The Guest – Laura Peterson (Sheila Kelley)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Trainspotting – Diane Coulston (Kelly Macdonald)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• T2 Trainspotting – Diane Coulston (Kelly Macdonald)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Discography

Albums

Title	Year	Details	Peak chart positions		Sales	Ref.
			JPN	JPN Comb.
Windows (stylized in all-caps)	1994	Released: February 21, 1994 Label: Apollon	—	—	—	<ref name="oricon 42229">Template:Cite web</ref>
Street (stylized in all-caps)	1994	Released: September 21, 1994 Label: Apollon	—	—	—	<ref name="oricon 42247">Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Nihongo	1996	Released: January 21, 1996 Label: Apollon	—	—	—	<ref name="oricon 42275">Template:Cite web</ref>
Missing Piece (stylized as Missing piece)	1997	Released: September 20, 1997 Label: Nippon Columbia	—	—	—	<ref name="oricon 71368">Template:Cite web</ref>

References

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External links

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