Keiko Han Explained

Keiko Han
Native Name:	潘 恵子
Native Name Lang:	ja
Birth Date:	5 April 1953
Birth Place:	Minato, Tokyo, Japan
Years Active:	1977 - present
Employer:	Just Production Inc.
Status:	Married
Children:	Megumi Han

is a Japanese actress and voice actress. She sang the theme songs in productions such as and Kazoku Robinson Hyōryūki Fushigi na Shima no Furōne. Han is a fortune teller of western horoscopes. She wrote books on the subject. She is employed by talent agency Never Land Arts, and was previously affiliated with Aoni Production & 81 Produce.

She is most known for the roles of Lalah Sune (Mobile Suit Gundam), Saori Kido (Saint Seiya), Yurika Sugadaira (Goldfish Warning!) and Luna and Queen Beryl (Sailor Moon).

Keiko's daughter Megumi is also a voice actress.

Early life

She was born in Tokyo. She graduated from Toyo Eiwa Jogakuin University and Nihon University College of Arts and Future Theater. Han is the daughter of Taiwanese parents. Early in her career, Han performed with Kenji Utsumi's troupe. She was invited by Utsumi and Michiko Nomura to work as a voice actress for film and television.

Career

At the time of the appearance of Mobile Suit Gundam, she saw eight Broadway performances during a week-long stay in New York, which had a great impact on her voice acting. Kenji Utsumi and Ryōko Kinomiya are called parenting parents.^[1]

As a voice actress, she worked as a singer and on theme songs, especially known as "the World Masterpiece Theater" series. In this series, she, Eiko Yamada and Mitsuko Horie are recurring voice actresses. She appeared in quiz shows and TV dramas. In the early 1980s, female voice actors frequently won first place in popularity polls.

She worked as a western astrologer and authored many books. She serialized the horoscope section in Animage under the pseudonym Ban Kyoran. Currently, the astrology section (Lalah's Astrology Fortune Telling) is published in the Gundam Ace magazine, and in the anime, she is responsible for the fortune telling of Katekyō Hitman Reborn!. She began her fortune-telling when she became interested in the story of astrologer Tomoaki Nagare, whom she had met before, and began to study it. Less than a year after joining the disciple, she commenced writing a book with him.

Filmography

Television animation

1977

• Chojin Sentai Barattack (Yuri)
• Angie Girl (Angie Airinton)

1979

• Mobile Suit Gundam (Lalah Sune, Icelina Eschonbach)
• (Lady Guinevere)
• Mirai Robo Daltanious (Sanae Shiratori)

1980

• The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Becky Thatcher)
• Ganbare Genki (Tomoko Ishida)
• Invincible Robo Trider G7 (Ikue Sunabara)

1981

• Queen Millennia (Yayoi Yukino)
• Dr. Slump Arale-chan (Drampire)
• Wakakusa Monogatari Yori Wakakusa no Yon Shimai (Elizabeth March (Beth)

1982

• Kikou Kantai Dairugger XV (Patty Ellington)

1983

• Eagle Sam (Canary Carina)
• (Annette Burnier)

1984

• Video Senshi Laserion (Olivia Lawrence)

1985

• Dancouga – Super Beast Machine God (Annette Hauser)
• Sazae-san (Mitsuo Hama)

1986

• Saint Seiya (Athena, Saori)

1987

• Ai no Wakakusa Monogatari (Margaret "Meg" March)
• City Hunter (Atsuko Kawada, Ep.12)

1988

• Anpanman (Ramen Tenshi, Oshiruko-chan, Shabondaman, misc. voices.)

1989

• Parasol Henbe (Kawai)

1991

• Goldfish Warning! (Yurika Sugadaira)
• (Winnifred)

1992

• Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon (Luna and Queen Beryl)

1993

• Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon R (Luna)

1994

• Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon S (Luna)

1995

• Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon SuperS (Luna)
• Bonobono (Araiguma-kun's mother)

1996

• Detective Conan (Megumi)
• Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon Stars (Luna)

1999

• Pocket Monsters: Episode Orange Archipelago (Dr. Uchikido)

2000

• Mushrambo (Rusephine)

2002

• Mirmo! (Chirumu)

2005

• Air (Yamomo priestess)
• Fushigiboshi no Futagohime (Moon Maria)

2011

• Hunter × Hunter (Mito Freecss)

2014

• The World is Still Beautiful (Sheila)
• Space Dandy (Pup, Ep.8)

2019

• (Ishista)

2021

• One Piece (Toki Kōzuki)

Unknown date

• Galaxy Express 999 (Boshin Yuki)
• Koguma no Mīsha (Natasha)
• Sgt. Frog (Keroro Boss, Kappa)
• Space Battleship Yamato III (Ruda Sharubāto)
• Ultraman Kids no Kotowaza Monogatari (Piko)
• Video Senshi Resarion (Olivia)

Original video animations (OVAs)

• Prefectural Earth Defense Force (1986) (Miyuki Ōyama)
• Legend of the Galactic Heroes (1988) (Annerose von Grünewald)
• Teito Monogatari (1991) (Yukari Tatsumiya)
• Saint Seiya series (2002) (Athena, Saori)
• Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn: Episode 7: Over the Rainbow (2014) (Lalah Sune)

Films

• Be Forever Yamato (1980) (Sasha)
• Uchu Senshi Baldios (1981) (Jimmy Hoshino)
• Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space (1982) (Lalah Sune)
• Harmageddon (1983) (Junko Sawakawa)
• Locke the Superman (1984) (Jessica)
• (1985) (Papi)
• The Legend of the Gold of Babylon (1985) (Jinjao)
• (1988) (Lalah Sune)
• Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Overture to a New Year (1993) (Annerose von Grunewald)
• Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon R The Movie (1993) (Luna)
• Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon S The Movie (1994) (Luna)
• The 9 Sailor Soldiers Get Together! Miracle in the Black Dream Hole! (1995) (Luna)
• Pocket Monsters the Movie - Mirage Pokémon: Lugia's Explosive Birth (1999) (Dr. Uchikido)
• (2004) (Hachi's Mother)
• Air (2005) (Yamano priestess)

Video games

• Double Dragon (1995) (Rebecca Brielle)
• Granblue Fantasy (Robomi)
• Langrisser I & II - Der Langrisser (xxxx) (Jessica)
• (xxxx) (Jessica Drew/Spider-Woman)
• (xxxx) (Jessica Drew/Spider-Woman)
• Next King: Ai no Sennen Ōkoku (xxxx) (Marein Furakkusu)
• Project Justice (xxxx) (Yurika Kirishima)
• Saint Seiya series (xxxx-) (Athena, Saori)
• Tengai Makyou II: Manjimaru (xxxx) (Princess Hamaguri, Jakōin Matsumushi)
• Tenkajin (xxxx) (Kichō)
• World of Final Fantasy (2016) (Plumed Knight, Lusse)

Dubbing roles

Live-action

• Airwolf (season 4) (Jo Santini (Michele Scarabelli))
• The Blue Lagoon (1983 TBS edition) (Emmeline Lestrange (Brooke Shields))^[2]
• The Cannonball Run (1987 TV Asashi edition) (Marcie (Adrienne Barbeau))
• Carrie (1976) (1980 TBS edition) (Carrie White (Sissy Spacek))
• Carrie (2013) (Margaret White (Julianne Moore))^[3]
• Casablanca (New Era Movies edition) (Ilsa Lund (Ingrid Bergman))^[4]
• Castle Rock (Ruth Deaver (Sissy Spacek))^[5]
• Dallas (Lucy Ewing Cooper (Charlene Tilton))
• ER (season 3-10) (Nurse Connie Oligario (Conni Marie Brazelton))^[6]
• Knight Rider (April Curtis (Rebecca Holden))
• La Boum 2 (Vic Beretton (Sophie Marceau))
• Where the Heart Is (Thelma "Sister" Husband (Stockard Channing))^[7]
• White Men Can't Jump (Gloria Clemente (Rosie Perez))^[8]

Other voice over work

• Moero!! Robokon (1999) (Robopī)
• Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon (2003) (Luna, cat-form)
• Mahou Sentai Magiranger (2005) (Heavenly Saint Snowgel)
• Juken Sentai Gekiranger (2007) (Genju Pixie-Fist Hiso)

CD

• Crest of the Royal Family - Part. 1 (Carol)
• Star Wars Story (Leia Organa)
• CD Theater DragonQuest series (I-III Rubisu, IV Rosary)
• Kishiwada-hakase no Kagakuteki Aijou (Miss Mellon)

Books

• ,, Asahi Sonorama, 2000
• ,, Kadokawa Shoten, 2000
• ,, Shogakukan, March 1999
• ,, Sanrio, December 1999 ^[9]
• ,, Sanrio, September 2000 ^[10]

Photo books

• Han Keiko
• Han Tastic
• Who Saw the Wind?
• Tangram

Other works

• (PR video)

External links

• Official agency profile
• Keiko Han at GamePlaza-Haruka Voice Acting Database
• Keiko Han at Hitoshi Doi's Seiyuu Database

Notes and References

1. News: HUNTER×HUNTER特集『"リアル親子"共演の2人に直撃』-ORICON STYLE エンタメ . January 8, 2020 . www.oricon.co.jp . . ja . October 22, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201022101715/https://www.oricon.co.jp/entertainment/interview/2011/hunter1003/index.html . live .
2. Web site: 青い珊瑚礁（１９８０）［吹替完全版］. August 16, 2020. Star Channel. March 2, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190302090748/https://www.star-ch.jp/channel/detail.php?movie_id=25666. live.
3. Web site: キャリー（２０１３）. September 30, 2019. Star Channel. June 1, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180601011234/http://www.star-ch.jp/channel/detail.php?movie_id=22730. live.
4. NEMofficial3. 1321436996112314376. October 28, 2020. 新作「カサブランカ」メインキャスト発表！ リック（ハンフリー・ボガード） 池田秀一さん イルザ（イングリッド・バーグマン）潘恵子さん ラズロ（ポール・ヘンリード） 古谷徹さん ２０２１年公開予定 映画史に残る傑作の新吹き替え版を 劇場にてお楽しみ下さい！.
5. Web site: スティーヴン・キング×J・J・エイブラムス「キャッスルロック」. January 22, 2019. Wowow. January 22, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190122044250/https://www.wowow.co.jp/detail/114270/001. live.
6. Web site: ER 緊急救命室. October 30, 2021. SuperDramaTV.
7. Web site: あなたのために. August 12, 2020. Fox Japan. September 25, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200925064457/http://www.foxjapan.com/where-the-heart-is. live.
8. Web site: White Men Can't Jump [DVD]]. July 8, 2021. Amazon. April 25, 2003. July 9, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210709185354/https://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%83%8F%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%97%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A4-DVD-%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A7%E3%82%BA%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%8A%E3%82%A4%E3%83%97%E3%82%B9/dp/B00009N3GP. live.
9. Book: ハローキティのベスト・パートナー星占い 星占いでＨａｐｐｙになる. October 10, 2019. honto.jp. October 10, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191010093550/https://honto.jp/netstore/pd-book_01712177.html. live.
10. Web site: Archived copy . July 12, 2007 . September 26, 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070926234243/http://bookweb.kinokuniya.co.jp/imgdata/large/4387000562.jpg . live .