Eiko Yamada Explained

is a Japanese actress and voice actress from Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Hisamura worked under her maiden name before her marriage and for a long time afterward, so that name is still often used, even among fans. She is currently affiliated with 81 Produce since 2015.

Hisamura has voiced many characters in the World Masterpiece Theater anime series from Nippon Animation, including lead roles Anne from Anne of Green Gables, Jo from Little Women and supporting role Lavinia in Little Princess Sara. She is also well-known for her roles as Mai in Dragon Ball and as Gin in

Anime

TV

Anime Sanjūshi (Aramis)
Bikkuriman (Rojin Hood, Shintei Hood)
Biriken (Gariken)
Biriken Nan demo Shōkai (Gariken)
Bōkensha (Queen Isabel)
Captain Tsubasa (Tarō Misaki (young), Kaori Matsumoto, Yuzo Morisaki)
City Hunter (Aya (ep.40))
DNA^2 (Oharu)
Cybot Robotchi (Sachiko aka "Sgt. Sally" in English version)
Dragon Ball (Mai)
Fang of the Sun Dougram (Canary Donetto)
Game Center Arashi (Satoru Daimonji)
Ganbare, Kikka-zu! (Hikaru Uesugi)
(Gin)
Ginga Sengoku Gunyūden Rai (Rōjin)
Ginga Shippū Sraiger (Petite Rojji)
Harukana Receive (Sora Higa)
Highschool! Kimen-gumi (Mei Undō)
Igano Kabamaru (Ran Ōkubo, young Hayate Kirino)
The Kabocha Wine (Kozue)
Kimagure Orange Road (Yukari)
Lady Georgie (Abel Butman (young), Jessica)
Kon'nichiwa Anne 〜 Before Green Gables (Narrator)
Mīmu Iro Iro Yume no Tabi (Satoru)
(Keiko Yozakura)^[1]
Nagakutsu o Haita Neko no Bōken (Hans)
Kaibutsu-kun (Demokin)
Ninja Hattori-kun (Kagechiyo)
Ninja Senshi Tobikage (Sharumu Baker)
Oyoneko Būnyan (Maron Kurikōji)
Parasol Henbē (Kanbē)
Ranma ½ (Tsubasa Kurenai)
Robotan (Kan-chan)
Six God Combination Godmars (Namida Akashi)
Space Runaway Ideon (Banda Rotta)
Tetsujin 28-go (Shōtarō Kaneda)
Those Who Hunt Elves (Garbella, Fortune Teller)
Video Senshi Laserion (Sahara)
Wan Wan Sanjūshi (Queen Anne)
World Masterpiece Theater series:
- Anne of Green Gables (Anne Shirley)
- My Daddy Long Legs (Sadi)
- Little Lord Fauntleroy (Jane Hurt)
- A Little Princess (Lavinia Herbert, Caesar)
- (Jo)
- Pollyanna (Jimmy Bean)
- Porphy's Long Journey (Iralia)
- Sans Famille (Mrs. Milligan)
- The Sound of Music (Yvonne)
- (Lucien Morel)
- Tales of Little Women (Josephine March (Jo))

OVA

8 Man After (Samu)
Ace o Nerae! 2 (Ranko Midorikawa)
Ace o Nerae! Final Stage (Ranko Midorikawa)
Ai Monogatari (Kyōko)
Shin Captain Tsubasa (Tarō Misaki)
Carol (Domosu)
Chō Robot Seimeitai Transformer Z (Kain)
Cool Cool Bye (Shiriru Soko)
Dancougar - Super Beast Machine God: Hakunetsu no Shūshō (Tiore)
Domain of Murder (Kaoru Kaze)
Legend of Lemnear (Lemnear)
Mini 4 Soldier Rin! (Waka)
Kaibutsu-kun (Demokin)
Ninja Hattori-kun (Kagechiyo)
Otohime Connection (Himeko Kamikiba)
Soratobu Usagi no Yūkai Bōshi Boku Iya da yo! (Mimisuke)
Unkai no Meikyū Zegay (Himiko)
(Yuki Tamura)
Utsunomiko Tenjōhen (Kagami)
Waragutsu no Naka no Kami-sama (Narration)
Watto Pō to Bokura no Ohanashi (Nikkusu)
Yajikita Gakuen Dōchūki series (Reiko Shinokita)
Yamatarō Kaeru (Yamatarō)

Film

Anime Sanjūshi: Aramis no Bōken (Aramis)
Candy Candy (1992 version) (Eliza Leagan)
Choro Q Dougram (Canary Donetto)
Document: Fang of the Sun Dougram (Canary Donetto)
(Mai)
Galaga (Paula)
Locke the Superman (Kim)
(Kenta Shinoyama)
Space Runaway Ideon series (Banda Rotta)
(Denka)
Utsunomiko (Kagami)
Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie (Shōgo Aoyama)
Untitled Napoleon Movie (Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington)

Games

(Taro Misaki)
Metal Gear Solid (Nastasha Romanenko)
Super Robot Wars series (Sharumu Baker, Tiore, Shoutarou Kaneda)
(Gozen Fubuki, Yoshinobu Fubumi))
Vasteel 2 (Boyce's mother, female soldier)
Ys I & II (Tarufu Hadaru)

Other voice over

Aliens (1988 TBS edition) (Vasquez (Jenette Goldstein))
Dances with Wolves (Stands With A Fist (Mary McDonnell))
Edward Scissorhands (Marge (Caroline Aaron))
Family Ties (Ellen Reed (Tracy Pollan))
Highlander (Heather MacLeod (Beatie Edney))^[2]
Jingle All the Way (Liz Langston (Rita Wilson))^[3]
A Little Princess (Lavinia Herbert (Taylor Fry))
Nine Months (Gail Dwyer (Joan Cusack))
Oyayubi Kozō Nils Carlsson (Mother)
Parenthood (1994 TV Tokyo edition) (Karen Buckman (Mary Steenburgen))
The Shining (Wendy Torrance (Shelley Duvall)
The Survivor (1983 TV Tokyo edition) (Beth (Angela Punch McGregor))^[4]
Suspiria (Pat Hingle (Eva Axén))^[5]
Terrahawks (Captain Kate Kestrel)
Teito Monogatari (various)
The Unseen (Karen Fast (Karen Lamm))^[6]
Zoku Akage no Anne: Anne no Seishun (Pauline)

Radio

Hamaraji (FM Yokohama)

CD and cassette

Amefuri Hana Saita
Ares: Shinwa no Seizakyū (Rea)
Gaia Gear (Marissa Najis)
Hisaka Fūjin: Hoshi no Musume, Mezameru
Kai no Hi, Yodaka no Hoshi
Ningen Club (Elaine)
Onban Totsuzen Daishūkai
Oshare Kozō wa Hanamaru
Petenshi ga Yuku (Caroline)
Ranma ½ (Tsubasa Kurenai)
Saint Elza Crusaders (Eri Otoshima)
Saint Elza Crusaders Bangaihen: Elza Debut!? (Eri Otoshima)

Other

NHK Education

3rd Grade Science Classroom (1984) (Gō-kun)
Atsumare Jan-Ken-Pon (Hitsuji hara muku, Ralph, Kon-chan, Karasu Medengu, others)
Bakeruno Shōgakkō Hyūdoro-gumi (Karasu Medengu)
Zawazawa Mori no Ganko-chan (Mother, School Ghost, Mushroom Witch)

Other

Fuji TV 7-nin no Hot Medame (Narration)

Accolades

Merit Award at the 18th Seiyu Awards (2024)^[7]

References

Web site: 2024-06-16 . Mission: Yozakura Family Anime Adds Kazuhiko Inoue, Eiko Yamada, Yūji Ueda to Cast . 2024-06-16 . Anime News Network . en.
Web site: ハイランダー/悪魔の戦士 4Kリストア版. November 19, 2021. Kadokawa.
Web site: ジングル・オール・ザ・ウェイ [DVD]]. November 25, 2021. Amazon. 17 December 2008.
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Web site: サスペリア＜４Kレストア版＞. July 15, 2019. Zeque Productions.
Web site: 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!. December 7, 2021. Happinet.
Web site: 「第十八回声優アワード」受賞者を先行発表、功労賞に古川登志夫＆山田栄子. February 20, 2024. Natalie.