Sunday, July 17, 2011

Japanese voice actress (Fushigi Yûgi, Revolutionary Girl Utena), died from ovarian cancer she was , 41.

Tomoko Kawakami  was a Japanese voice actress from Tokyo. Having graduated from the Toho Gakuen School of Music, Kawakami was affiliated with Production Baobab at the time of her death  died from ovarian cancer she was , 41..

(April 25, 1970 — June 9, 2011)

Career

Kawakami debuted in 1994 as a role of a boy in Metal Fighter Miku. Her first regular performance was in 1995 as Chiriko in Fushigi Yuugi. Two years after, she landed her first starring voice role as Utena Tenjou in Revolutionary Girl Utena. Aside from Chiriko and Utena, her famous roles are in Air (Misuzu Kamio), Bleach (Soifon), Chrono Crusade (Rosette Christopher), Hikaru no Go (Hikaru Shindou) and Sgt. Frog (Fuyuki Hinata).
Kawakami provided voices for young boys, girls and comical characters. The best-known genre of her roles are tomboyish characters (Soifon, Utena Tenjou). With such a powerful voice, she was often affiliated in paranormal and shōjo-ai-themed anime. She also made her name voicing the heroine in the Harukanaru Toki no Naka de series, based from the Neoromance game with the same title produced by Koei in 1996.

Illness and death

In August 2008, Kawakami was diagnosed with ovarian cancer,[1] which required surgery. She took 20 months of sick leave. During this time, most of her ongoing roles were replaced by other voice actresses, although Kawakami was able to do some voice work during her illness.[2]
Kawakami died on June 9, 2011, aged 41, from ovarian cancer.[3]

Voice roles

Television animation

Lead and major characters in bold

Movies

Video Games

 

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