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Kae Araki

Kae Araki
荒木 香恵
BornNovember 6[1]
Osaka, Japan
OccupationVoice actress
Years active1986–present
Notable credit(s)
Height150 cm (4 ft 11 in)

Kae Araki (荒木 香恵, Araki Kae, born November 6) is a Japanese voice actress from Osaka, Japan. After standing in for Kotono Mitsuishi, the voice of Usagi Tsukino in the series Sailor Moon, when she had appendicitis, Araki was given the role of Chibiusa in the same series. While training at a voice acting school, Araki acted as senpai to fellow voice actress Konami Yoshida, and they have since maintained a close relationship.

Early life

She was born in Osaka Prefecture. She moved to Hokkaido in second grade, to Kagawa Prefecture in the third grade and Kadoma in Osaka and Tomakomai in Hokkaido in the fourth grade.[2] Due to the work of her father, she moved seven times before graduating from high school.[2]

Since childhood, she longed for the theater world due to the influence of television.[3] She didn't want to be the main actress and just wanted to play.[2] She decided to follow the theatrical path in the fall of the third year of high school.

Career

After finishing high school in Hokkaido, she moved to Tokyo to become a stage actress. She entered the training school of the Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society (Haikyō) and enrolled in the acting department for half a year. She joined the theater company because she could not get into the upper class on the advanced exam. Her voice work began after she was discovered by a voice actor office manager who saw Araki on stage.[2] Her first anime work was Maison Ikkoku. After that, Araki affiliated with Ken Production. Instead of voice work, the NHK reporter and scene moderators focused mainly on face-to-face work. She then transferred to Arts Vision, where animation was the main focus.[2]

In 1993, she played the main character Usagi Tsukino in the Sailor Moon anime series, for 7 episodes replacing Kotono Mitsuishi who was hospitalized.[4] The scheduled required a substitute and she Araki was selected.[4] Later, in the sequel to the series, she played Sailor Chibi Moon.[4] Her role was decided without an audition.[5] In 1995, she played Miaka Yūki in Fushigi Yûgi, her first leading role in television animation.[4]

She was affiliated with 81 Produce from August 2003 to May 2010 and currently is freelancing.[6]

Filmography

Anime

Television animation

Original video animation (OVA)

  • Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory (1991-1992) – Jacqueline Simone
  • Gunsmith Cats (1995-1996) – "Minnie" May Hopkins
  • Fushigi Yûgi (1996-2002) series – Miaka Yūki
  • Gestalt (1997) – Ōri
  • Guardian Hearts (2003) – Maya Ōba
  • Guardian Hearts: Power Up! (2005) – Maya Ōba
  • Fushigi Yûgi series – Miaka Yūki

Film animation

  • Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: The Last Blitz of Zeon (1992) – Jacqueline Simone
  • I Can Hear the Sea (1993) – Yumi Kohama
  • Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon R The Movie (1993) – Chibiusa
  • Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon S The Movie (1994) – Chibiusa
  • Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon SuperS: The Nine Sailor Soldiers Unite! Miracle of the Black Dream Hole (1995) – Chibiusa
  • Digimon Adventure (1999) – Hikari Yagami

Video games

  • Alnam no Tsubasa – Kureha
  • Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean – Lady Melodia
  • Capcom Fighting Jam – Felicia
  • Cross Edge – Felicia
  • Cyberbots: Full Metal Madness – Mao
  • Fūun Gokū Ninden – Sanzō
  • Gunbare! Game Tengoku – Sakura
  • Kindaichi Shōnen no Jikenbo 2: Jigoku Yūenchi Satsujin Jiken – Kayo Minamoto
  • Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes – Felicia
  • Megami Paradise – Maharaja
  • Megami Paradise II – Maharaja
  • Metal Angel 3 – Kumi Kochō, Isabella Iceberg
  • Mobile Suit Gundam: Meguri Ai Uchū – Jacqueline Simone, Riria Furōbēru
  • Namco × Capcom – Felicia, Fong Ling
  • Next King: Koi no Sennen Ōkoku – Ginger Bībām
  • Pocket Fighter – Felicia, narration, Lilith
  • Prism Court – Akari Okajima
  • Riglord Saga 2 – Female Thief Shiranami
  • Sailor Moon: Another Story – Chibiusa
  • Samurai Shodown: Edge of Destiny - Suzuhime
  • Solatorobo: Red The Hunter – Nero
  • Star Ocean 3: Till the End of Time – Freya
  • Super Puzzle Fighter II X – Felicia, Hsien-Ko
  • Super Robot Wars series – Kukuru, Jacqueline Simone, Hilde Schubeiker
  • Tales of the Tempest – Arria Ekberg
  • Tilk: Aoi Umi kara Kita Shōjo
  • Valkyrie Profile – Jelanda
  • Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth – Jelanda
  • Vampire: The Night Warriors – Felicia, Snowmen
  • Vampire Hunter: Darkstalkers' Revenge – Felicia, Snowmen
  • Vampire Savior: The Lord of Vampire – Felicia
  • Variable Geo series – Manami Kusunoki


Drama CDs

References

  1. ^ 『日本音声製作者名鑑2007』、Shogakukan、2007年、ISBN 978-4095263021
  2. ^ a b c d e 声優ヒストリー 1997, p. 60.
  3. ^ 声優ヒストリー 1997, p. 56.
  4. ^ a b c d 声優ヒストリー 1997, p. 58.
  5. ^ 『アニメージュ12月号増刊 ボイスアニメージュ VOL.5 』 徳間書店 、1995年、102頁 。
  6. ^ "告知っぽいこと - 荒木香衣の言い条". 告知っぽいこと - 荒木香衣の言い条 (in Japanese). 10 December 2015. Retrieved 10 October 2019.

Notes

  • ロマンアルバム 声優ヒストリー SAY YOU HISTORY. Tokuma Shoten. 1997. ISBN 4-19-720015-3.

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