Etsuko Kozakura Explained

Etsuko Kozakura
Native Name:	小桜エツコ
Native Name Lang:	ja
Birth Date:	22 February 1971
Birth Place:	Mizuho, Tokyo, Japan
Occupation:	Voice actress
Years Active:	1991–present
Spouse:	Jin Domon
Height Cm:	148
Agent:	Little Portal

, better known by her stage name, is a Japanese voice actress from Mizuho. She was formerly with Ohsawa Jimusho, but now heads her own agency called Little Portal with husband Jin Domon.^[1] Some of her major roles are Daizu Noyama in Azuki-chan, along with Yukana Nogami, Ryo-Ohki in the Tenchi Muyo series,, Coquelicot along with Noriko Hidaka & Kikuko Inoue in Sakura Wars, Piplup in Pokémon, Tamama in Sgt. Frog, and Yōhei Yamada in Chi's Sweet Home. In video games, she is the voice of Omochao in the Sonic series and of Jibanyan in the Yo-kai Watch series & Yoriko Nikaidou alongside Sakiko Tamagawa, Akiko Hiramtsu, Rica Matsumoto of JAM Projects, Sakakibara Yoshiko and Akira Ishida in You're Under Arrest!, You're Under Arrest! Fast and Furious Season 2 & Your Under Arrest Full Throttle season 3.

Filmography

Anime

List of voice performances in anime
Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
	Little Ghosts, There, Here, and Where	Nezumi no Chiiki	Debut role
	Reporter Blues	Child	Episode 23, Minor Role
	Floral Magician Mary Bell	Bit
–93	Chōdendō Robo Tetsujin 28-go FX	Futaba
	Crayon Shin-chan	Mimiko Sakura, Fumie
–2005	Tenchi Muyo! series			^[2]
–93	Mikan Enikki	Koringo
	Tomatoman	Tentopea
			OVA
–2008	You're Under Arrest series
	Magical Girl Pretty Sammy	Ryo-Ohki	OVAs
	Azuki-chan	Daizu Noyama
–98	El-Hazard
–97	Magical Project S	Ryo-Ohki
	Bomberman B-Daman Bakugaiden
–99	Kurogane Communication	Lillith
	Legend of Himiko	Tadami
	Digimon Adventure
		Chiyurin
	Gate Keepers
		Kirameeru
	NieA 7	Wakaba the Cat
	Android Kikaider The Animation	Etsuko Sarutobi		^[3]
	PaRappa the Rapper	Julia the Cat
	Panyo Panyo Di Gi Charat	Meek (Mike)
–05	Mirmo!
	Atashin'chi	Yuri Ishida
2002-12	Genki Genki Nontan	Raccoon
	Sakura Wars: Ecole de Paris		OAV	^[4]
–04	Kaleido Star
–04	Di Gi Charat Nyo!	Mike Charat
–04	Full-Blast Science Adventure - So That's How It Is	Dai
	Inuyasha	Ippō
–11	Sgt. Frog
	Sakura Wars: Le Nouveau Paris	Coquelicot	OAV	^[5]
	Sonic X	Cosmo
	Pokémon Diamond and Pearl
	Intrigue in the Bakumatsu – Irohanihoheto	Benimaru
	Happy Lucky Bikkuriman	Kikoshi Kori miko
		Ruru-chan
–09	Chi's Sweet Home		Also Chi's New Address	^[6]
–11	Stitch!	Waracchi	Ep. 10
	Tamagotchi!
–11	Inazuma Eleven	Kamezaki Kappa	Ep. 100
–11
	Nichijou	Biscuits 2-go
	Future Diary
	Is This a Zombie? of the Dead	Eu (imaginary)	Eps. 5-7
		Poi
	Pocket Monsters: Best Wishes! Season 2	Dawn's Piplup
–18	Yōkai Watch			^[7]
		Jibanyan		^[8]
	My Hero Academia	Chiyo Shuzenji
	Zoids Wild	Onigiri
	Yo-kai Watch Jam - Yo-kai Academy Y: Close Encounters of the N Kind	Momo		^[9]
		Dawn's Piplup
	Okinawa de Suki ni Natta Ko ga Hōgen Sugite Tsurasugiru	Oki Memo Shisha		^[10]

Film

List of voice performances in films
Year	Title	Role	Source
	Noiseman Sound Insect	Noiseman
	A Tree of Palme	Moo	^[11]
		Popo-kun
	Atagoal: Cat's Magical Forest	Hideko
	Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl the Movie - Dialga VS Palkia VS Darkrai	Hikari's Pochama
	Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl the Movie - Giratina and the Sky's Bouquet: Shaymin	Hikari's Pochama
	Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl the Movie - Arceus: To a Conquering Spacetime	Hikari's Pochama
	Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl the Movie - Supreme Ruler of Illusions: Zoroark	Hikari's Pochama
2018	Waka Okami wa Shōgakusei!	Suzuki	^[12]
2018		Nekomata
2019	Yo-kai Watch Jam the Movie: Yo-Kai Academy Y - Can a Cat be a Hero?	Momo

Video games

List of voice performances in video games
Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
		Devilotte		^[13]
–97	Tenchi Muyo series				Ryououki [PC-FX] -->
	Shimpi no Sekai El-Hazard		Sega Saturn
–present	Sonic the Hedgehog series
		Ryou Asamizu	PlayStation
	Himikoden Renkai	Tadami	PlayStation
	Sakura Taisen 3 ~Pari wa Moeteiru ka~
	Sakura Taisen 4 ~Koi Seyo, Otome~	Coquelicot
	Sakura Taisen Taisen Monogatari ~Mysterious Paris~	Coquelicot

	Blue Dragon series	Marumaro
		Teteo Ojo
	Tales of Innocence	Coder, Ada
	Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side: 2nd Season	Chiyomi Onoda	Nintendo DS
	Inazuma Eleven	Shourinji Ayumu	Nintendo DS
	White Knight Chronicles	Rocco
		Mr. Watt	Xbox 360
	Project X Zone	Devilotte	Nintendo 3DS	^[14]
	Our World is Ended	Junkuma	PC/PS4/Nintendo Switch	^[15]
	Puzzle Bobble Everybubble!	Bub	Nintendo Switch

Overseas dubbing

List of voice performances in overseas dubbing
Title	Role	Source
Angela Anaconda	Gina Rush
Boy Meets World	Stewart Minkus
Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman	Brian
Malcolm in the Middle	Dewey Wilkerson
Pinky Dinky Doo	Tyler	^[16]
Tom and Jerry		^[17]
	Taffy	^[18]

Discography

Drama audio recordings

List of voice performances in drama audio recordings
Title	Role	Source
Haneda Mitaka no Aozora Douchuu	Arere Uguisudani	^[19]
El-Hazard
Legend of Himiko	Tadami
The Irresponsible Kids	Eliza
Tenchi Muyo
Tenchi Muyo Daiichi Otaku ha Dare?	Ryo-Ohki
Vampire Hunter	Felicia

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Result
2015	9th Seiyu Awards	Kids Family Award
2016	25th Japan Movie Critics Awards	Best Voice Actor Award

Notes and References

Web site: Kozakura Etsuko. usagi.org. July 14, 2015.
Book: Jerry Beck. The Animated Movie Guide. October 28, 2005. Chicago Review Press. 978-1-56976-222-6. 278–.
Web site: 恖憿恖娫僉僇僀僟乕 THE ANIMATION. ja. Sony Music. July 14, 2015. . Select Staff&Cast.
Web site: 『サクラ大戦』第３期ＯＶＡシリーズ「エコール・ド・巴里」. sakura-taisen.com. July 14, 2015.
Web site: 『サクラ大戦』第４期ＯＶＡシリーズ「ル・ヌーヴォー・巴里」. sakura-taisen.com. July 14, 2015.
Web site: https://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/chissweet/. ja:スタッフ/キャスト . Staff/Cast . Chi's Sweet Home . TV Tokyo . ja . July 14, 2015.
Web site: テレビ東京・あにてれ妖怪ウォッチ. 妖怪ウォッチ. July 14, 2015.
Web site: https://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=352692. ja:映画妖怪ウォッチエンマ大王と５つの物語だニャン！(2015). November 3, 2014. allcinema. Stingray. ja.
Web site: 2023-10-28 . New Yo-kai Watch TV Anime Reveals Title, Cast, Studio, Theme Song Artists . 2023-10-28 . Anime News Network . en.
Web site: Cayanan. Joanna. Okinawa de Suki ni Natta Ko ga Hōgen Sugite Tsurasugiru Anime Reveals New Cast, Opening Song Artist, Advance Cut Video, January 2025 Debut. Anime News Network. July 18, 2024. July 18, 2024.
Web site: https://movies.yahoo.co.jp/movie/236851/credit/ . ja:キャスト・スタッフ - パルムの樹 - 作品 . A Tree of Palme - Credits . Yahoo . Japan . ja . July 14, 2015 .
Web site: 若おかみは小学生！. October 13, 2018. eiga.com.
Web site: Behind the Voice Actors.
Web site: 『PROJECT X ZONE（プロジェクトクロスゾーン）』登場キャラクター続々＆オリジナルキャラクターも判明!!. ja. s.famitsu.com. June 28, 2012. March 20, 2022.
Web site: http://oreowa.jp/special/article17.html. ja:ジャンクマ役：小桜エツコさん - 俺達の世界わ終っている。. ja. Our World is Ended official website. September 28, 2017. July 28, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20171110063929/http://oreowa.jp/special/article17.html. November 10, 2017. live.
Web site: きかせて！ピンキーゆかいなお話. https://web.archive.org/web/20060508205735/http://www.cartoon.co.jp/program/pinky/index.html. dead. October 29, 2019. Cartoon Network. May 8, 2006.
Web site: Tom and Jerry snowmans movie. February 8, 2023. The Cinema.
Web site: ヒート. February 8, 2023. The Cinema.
Web site: Haneda Mitaka no Aozora Douchuu. usagi.org. July 14, 2015.