Tarako Explained

Tarako
Birth Date:	17 December 1960
Birth Place:	Ōta, Gunma, Japan^[1]
Years Active:	1981–2024
Employer:	Troubadour Musique Office
Height:	158 cm

^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} was a Japanese actress, voice actress and singer. Her debut role was as a preschooler on Urusei Yatsura. She is better known as the voice of Momoko "Maruko" Sakura, the popular title character in the long-running anime series Chibi Maruko-chan which has been on the air since 1990, before her eventual death in March 2024 while the series is currently in its 34th season. She was employed by the talent management firm Troubadour Musique Office.^{[5] [6]} Tarako died on March 4, 2024, at the age of 63.^{[3] [4]}

Filmography

Animation

Television

• Fushigi na Koala Blinky (Mark)
• Anpanman (Frankenrobo)
• Chibi Maruko-chan (Momoko Sakura – Marukochan) (1990-2024; her death)
• Coji-Coji (Suzie)
• Combat Mecha Xabungle (Chill)
• (Monokuma)^[7]
• Ganbare, Kickers! (Taichi Ohta)
• Hunter × Hunter (1999) (Melody)
• Kaiju No. 8 (as the parasite)
• Kimba the White Lion (Lulu, other voices)
• Kindaichi Case Files (Asuka Minatoya)
• Magical Tarurūto-kun (Tarurūto)
• Meitantei Kageman (Kageman)
• Mikan Enikki (Mikan)
• (Chibi King)
• NG Knight Ramune & 40 (Hebimetako)
• Nichijou (Plus-screw at episode 16)
• Noir (Altena)
• (Tamiko Shinshi)
• Pluster World (Maurie)
• Trigun Stampede (Zazie the Beast)
• Urusei Yatsura (Sugar, preschooler, Sakura's Mother, Additional Voices)
• VS Knight Ramune & 40 Fire (Hebimetako)
• Urusei Yatsura (2022) (Wishing Star)
• Kaiju No. 8 (Mysterious Young Beast)

Original video animation (OVA)

• Hunter × Hunter OVA (Melody)
• NG Kishi Ramune & 40 DX (Hebimetako)
• NG Kishi Ramune & 40 EX (Hebimetako)

Films

• Castle in the Sky (Madge)
• My Neighbor Totoro (friend B)
• Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (boy)
• They Were 11 (Toto)
• Xabungle Graffiti (Chill)
• Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction (Debeko)^[8]

Commercials

• Seiko Epson Colorio (Narration)

Drama CDs

• Eiyū Densetsu III: Shiroki Majo "Wakatareta Mizuumi" (Ban Ban)
• Kaze no Densetsu Xanadu II: Heroine-tachi no Tanjōbi (Kururu)
• Popful Mail Paradise 4–5 (Nairu)
• Tarako Pappara Paradise (Tarako-neesan, Kururu, Nairu, Ban Ban, Obāsan

Live action

Films

• Tsuribaka Nisshi 3

Video games

• (Chiru)
• (Momoko "Maruko" Sakura)
• (Momoko "Maruko" Sakura)
• Chibi Maruko-chan no Taisen Puzzle Dama (Momoko "Maruko" Sakura)
• (Momoko "Maruko" Sakura)
• Chibi Maruko-chan DS Maru-chan no Machi (Momoko "Maruko" Sakura)
• (PC Engine version) (Nata de Cotton)^[9]
• (Monokuma)
• Inuyasha (Kirara)
• Magical Tarurūto-kun (Mega Drive version) (Tarurūto, listed as Taluluto)
• Momotarō Dōchūki (Chibi Bonbī)
• (Pato)
• Sakura Momoko Gekijō Koji Koji (Sūjī)
• Super Bomberman: Panic Bomber W
• Super Robot Wars Alpha Gaiden (Chiru)
• Super Robot Wars NEO (Hebimetako)
• (Hebimetako)
• Super Robot Wars Z (Chiru)
• Tail Concerto (Panta)
• (Zero III)

Radio

• Tarako Falcom Pīhyarara

Other voiceover

Fuji TV

• The Judge! Tokusuru Hōritsu File "Korette Tsumi Janai no" segment (Narration)
• Naruhodo! The World (Reporter)
• Quiz & Game Tarō to Hanako (Host)

NHK Educational

• Okome (Narration)

TBS

• Shiawase Kazoku Keikaku (Narration)

TV Asahi

• Zenigata Kintarō (Narration)

Other

• Chibi Maruko-chan (Screenplay director)
• Noozles (Theme song performance)

Discography

Listed chronologically.

Albums

• Totte Oki no Shunkan (1983)
• Kaze ga Chigau (1984)
• Warawanai Koibito (1985)
• Kokuhaku (1985)
• Sukoshi Dake Ai ga Tarinai (1986)
• Anata ga Daisuki (1990)
• Kanojo (1991)
• My dear (1991)
• Tengoku yori Takai Toko Ikō yo (1993)
• Wāi. (1995)

External links

• Official agency profile
  • • • Tarako at GamePlaza-Haruka Voice Acting Database
• Tarako at Hitoshi Doi's Seiyuu Database
• Official statement about the passing of Takaro

Notes and References

1. Web site: 【TARAKO】プロフィール(年齢・身長) - エキサイトニュース. 2021-03-09. 2024-03-09. Excite News. Excite Japan. ja.
2. Web site: TARAKO - タレントデータバンク. 2024-03-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20200921030706/https://www.talent-databank.co.jp/search/t2000043253. 2020-09-21. ja.
3. News: 「まる子」声優のＴＡＲＡＫＯさん死去、６３歳…「いけずぅ」「わたしゃ疲れたよ」お茶の間に . 2024-03-09 . . 9 March 2024. ja.
4. News: 声優のTARAKOさん死去 「ちびまる子ちゃん」の主人公まる子役 . 9 March 2024 . . 9 March 2024. ja.
5. Web site: TARAKO｜アニメキャラ・プロフィール・出演情報・最新情報まとめ. 2024-03-09. animate Times. animate. ja.
6. Doi, Hitoshi. "Tarako". Seiyuu Database. July 5, 2010.
7. Web site: TARAKO Replaces Nobuyo Oyama as Monokuma in Danganronpa Franchise. Anime News Network. May 22, 2019.
8. Web site: Hodgkins . Crystalyn . February 24, 2024 . Tomokazu Sugita, TARAKO Join Cast of Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction Anime Films . February 26, 2024 . Anime News Network.
9. News: 【2月12日】今日はPCE版『コットン』の発売26周年！【レトロゲーム】. February 12, 2019. Gamedrive. May 22, 2019.