Hiroko Konishi | |||||||||
Native Name: | 小西 寛子 | ||||||||
Native Name Lang: | ja | ||||||||
Birth Date: | 26 October 1975 | ||||||||
Birth Place: | Kawagoe, Saitama, Japan | ||||||||
Alma Mater: | Chuo University | ||||||||
Years Active: | 1994 - present | ||||||||
Agent: | Office Squirrel | ||||||||
Height: | 161 cm | ||||||||
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is a Japanese voice actress and musician. She is known for her roles as Jiyuu Nanohana in Jubei-chan, Sae Sawanoguchi in Magic User's Club, Nene Romanova in Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040, and the title character Ojarumaru. In video games she voiced Shiori Misaka in the original Kanon visual novel, Lilith Aensland in Darkstalkers, and Bridget in Guilty Gear X2.
Konishi formed a budding interest in stage acting as a junior high student, and as a high schooler, received voice training at the .
She released NOVELETTE (EMI Music Japan, 1999), her first album under her own identity. She teamed up with Ryo Arshe (Ryo Asakawa), her musical collaborator since 1998 and the artist NAOMI, forming the musical unit Little Cure.
As a TV personality, she has appeared on both NHK and public sector network shows. She had been a regular on the TV Tokyo-syndicated variety show Ichioshi Kiss, where she was portrayed as the youngest of three sisters, with co-stars and Hinako Saeki. She was also narrator for the short-lived "pick of the week" show . She also acted in live action TV Commercials for "Dial 104" (cellphone directory assistance), as keitai detective PI Hiroko.
In 2018, Konishi claimed that she was replaced as Ojarumaru in Prince Mackaroo from disputes over her voice recording on Ojarumaru dolls and other merchandise.[1] Motivated by the MeToo movement, Konishi shared that she left voice acting after being sexually harassed and witnessing her other female peers abused by their agencies. She also alleged that she was propositioned by her manager Hara to enter a mixed bath in the nude with Akitaro Daichi and claimed that she was unable to get voice acting work after she refused.[2]
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Doctor Slump: Arale's Surprise | Akane Kimidori | |||
Digimon Adventure: Our War Game! | ||||
Ojarumaru Sakanoue | ||||
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Kaname of Oborokage | PS1 | |||
Mega Man 8 | Roll, Eddie | PS1/SS | ||
Fire Woman Matoigumi | Lemon | Also PS version in 1998 | ||
- 1997 | Darkstalkers series | Arcade | ||
Magic School Lunar | Lena | Sega Saturn | ||
Mega Man Battle & Chase | Roll, Iceman | PS1 | ||
Ryuuki Denshou 2 | Melky Caring | Windows | ||
Voice Fantasia series | Weep | Sega Saturn, PS1/PS2 | ||
Magic School Lunar! | Lena | Sega Saturn | ||
Mitsumete Knight | Sophia Roberinge | PS1/PS2 | ||
Brave Fencer Musashi | Mint | PS1 | ||
Pounding Poyatchio | Cynthia | PS1 | ||
Night R Adventures Hen Staring | Sophia Roberinge | PS1 | ||
Captain Love | Kaori Kondo | PS1 | ||
Persona 2 | Lisa Silverman | PS1/PS2 Sin and Punishment | ||
The Misadventures of Tron Bonne | Danish Marmalade | PS1/PS2 | ||
Nana Ogihara | PS1 | |||
Revive: Resuscitation | Aoi Fujisawa | Dreamcast, also Adult PC in 2003 | ||
Gatekeepers | Misao Sakimori | PS1/PS2 | ||
Yukyu Fantasia 3 Perpetual blue 悠久幻想曲3 Perpetual blue | Cher Acis | DC | ||
Grandia II | Elena | Dreamcast | ||
Kanon series | Dreamcast, PS2 | |||
Digimon Rumble Arena | PS1 | |||
Guilty Gear X2 | PS1/PS2, Arcade | |||
Lilith | PSP | |||
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Agent Aika | Rion Aida | ||
Fruits Basket | |||
Kindaichi Case Files: Devil Suite Murder Cast | Yuka Mido | ||
Kyuukyoku Parodius | Mona | ||