Noriko Ohara

For the ballet dancer, see Noriko Ohara (ballet).

Noriko Tobe (戸部 法子, Tobe Noriko, born October 2, 1935), better known by her stage name Noriko Ohara (小原 乃梨子, Ohara Noriko), is a Japanese actress and voice actress.^[1] She was previously represented by Aoni Production, then Production Baobab, but is now freelance.^[2] Her son is Sunrise animator Atsuo Tobe (戸部敦夫, Tobe Atsuo).

Noriko Ohara
小原 乃梨子
Born	Noriko Tobe (1935-10-02) October 2, 1935 (age 87) Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Occupations	Actress voice actress
Years active	1955–present
Agent	81 Produce
Spouse	Shinichi Tobe
Children	Atsuo Tobe
Website	www.oharanoriko.com

She is best known for the roles of Nobita Nobi (Doraemon), all of the female lead villains in the Time Bokan series (including Doronjo in both the original Yatterman and its remake), Conan (Future Boy Conan), Peter (Heidi, Girl of the Alps), Penelope Pitstop (Wacky Races), Oyuki (Urusei Yatsura), and Claudia LaSalle (Super Dimension Fortress Macross).

In the first ever Seiyu Awards in 2007, she won the Achievement Award.^[3] In the 7th Seiyu Awards in 2013, she won the Synergy Award for maximizing the appeal of voice-acting in a work as a whole.^[4]

Filmography

Television animation

• Attack No. 1 (1969) (Cathy)
• Sazae-san (1969) (Kōichi Ishida)
• Andersen Stories (1971) (Ferone the Ice Maiden)
• Calimero (1972) Giuliano)
• Doraemon (1973) (Tamako Nobi)
• Wansa-kun (1973) (Wansa)
• Alps no Shōjo Heidi (1974) (Peter)
• La Seine no Hoshi (1975) (Catherine)
• Time Bokan series (1975) (Maajo, Doronjo, Muujo, Ataasha, Mirenjo, Munmun, Yanyan, Ruuju)
• Chōdenji Machine Voltes V (1977) (Hiyoshi Gō)
• Yatterman (1977) (Doronjo)
• Nobody's Boy: Remi (1978) (Mattia)
• Future Boy Conan (1978) (Conan)
• Space Battleship Yamato II (1978) (Sabera, Jiro Shima)
• Space Pirate Captain Harlock (1978) (Mime)
• Starzinger (1978) (Beramis)
• Doraemon (1979) (Nobita Nobi, Nobisuke Nobi (child))
• Urusei Yatsura (1981) (Oyuki)
• Tokimeki Tonight (1982) (Shiira Eto)
• The Super Dimension Fortress Macross (1982) (Claudia LaSalle, Narrator)
• Crusher Joe (1983) (Ricky)
• Genesis Climber Mospeada (1983) (Refless)
• Soreike! Anpanman (1988) (Black Rose Queen, Snow Queen)
• Yatterman Night (2015) (Doronjo)

Theatrical animation

• The Great Adventure of Horus, Prince of the Sun (1968) (Chiro the Squirrel)
• Do It! Yasuji's Pornorama (1971)
• Urusei Yatsura: Only You (1983) (Oyuki)
• Urusei Yatsura 3: Remember My Love (1985) (Oyuki)
• Urusei Yatsura: The Final Chapter (1988) (Oyuki)
• Urusei Yatsura: Always My Darling (1991) (Oyuki)
• Doraemon: A Grandmother's Recollections (2000) (Nobita Nobi)

Original video animation

• Kaze to Ki no Uta: Sanctus (1987) (Serge Battour)
• Urusei Yatsura: Inaba the Dreammaker (1987) (Oyuki)
• Urusei Yatsura: Raging Sherbet (1988) (Oyuki)
• Crusher Joe: The Ice Prison (1989) (Ricky)
• Crusher Joe: The Ultimate Weapon: Ash (1989) (Ricky)
• Doraemon: Nobita to Mirai Note (1994) (Nobita Nobi)
• Urusei Yatsura: The Obstacle Course Swim Meet (2010) (Oyuki)

Television drama

• Doraemon Haha ni Naru: Ōyama Nobuyo Monogatari (2015) (Nobita Nobi, Narrator)

Video games

• Gunbird (Rouge)
• Gunbird 2 (Shark)
• Tatsunoko vs. Capcom (Doronjo)

Dubbing

Live-action

• Frankenstein's Army (Sacha (Luke Newberry))^[5]
• Frankenstein Created Woman (1970 TV Asahi edition) (Christina Kleve (Susan Denberg))^[6]
• Seven Golden Men (1982 TV Tokyo edition) (Giorgia (Rossana Podestà))^[7]

Animation

• Josie and the Pussycats (Valerie Brown)
• The Perils of Penelope Pitstop (Penelope Pitstop)
• The Rescuers (Miss Bianca)
• Wacky Races (Penelope Pitstop)

References

1. 小原 乃梨子のプロフィール. vip-times.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved November 17, 2019.
2. 小原乃梨子オフィシャルサイト. Ohara Noriko Official Website (in Japanese). Retrieved November 17, 2019.
3. Miller, Evan (March 5, 2007). "Results of Japan's First Ever Seiyuu Awards Announced". Anime News Network. Retrieved November 17, 2019.
4. Nelkin, Sarah (February 18, 2013). "Some of the 7th Annual Seiyū Award Winners Announced". Anime News Network. Retrieved November 17, 2019.
5. "武器人間". Sony Pictures. Retrieved December 30, 2021.
6. "ホラー・マニアックス シリーズ - 驚きの強力ラインナップ、特別仕様で蘇る傑作ホラーコレクション!". Happinet. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
7. "黄金の七人［吹］木曜洋画劇場版". Star Channel. Retrieved November 30, 2021.

External links

• Official website   (in Japanese)
• Official agency profile (in Japanese)
• Noriko Ohara at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Noriko Ohara at IMDb
• Noriko Ohara at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)