Junko Takeuchi
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Junko Takeuchi | |
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竹内 順子 | |
Born | Saitama Prefecture, Japan | April 5, 1972
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Years active | 1996–present |
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Notable work | Naruto as Naruto Uzumaki |
Height | 151 cm (4 ft 11 in) |
Spouse | [citation needed] |
Children | 2 |
Junko Takeuchi (竹内 順子, Takeuchi Junko, born April 5, 1972) is a Japanese actress and voice actress employed by Ogipro The Next Co. Inc. & BQMAP. Taking a well-trod path by many voice actresses, she often voices young male characters with generally very quirky and goofy personalities. One of her most well-known roles includes Naruto Uzumaki from the popular anime series Naruto. She has played Takuya Kanbara in Digimon Frontier, Rin Natsuki/Cure Rouge in Yes! PreCure 5, Metabee in Medabots, Mamoru Endou in Inazuma Eleven and Inazuma Eleven GO, Gon Freecss in the 1999 version of Hunter × Hunter, MrBeast in the Japanese dub of MrBeast[1] and GingerBrave in the Japanese dub of Cookie Run: Kingdom.
Personal life
[edit]She is the youngest of three children. As a child she studied ballet and piano for seven and a half years. She enrolled in 1991 at Nihon University, College of Art but dropped out two years later. For several years she worked as a shoe salesperson and gave piano lessons at a private school in Tokyo. Originally she wanted to work in a bank office. In 1996 she joined BQ MAP Theater Company where she had several stage appearances. She met voice actor Kenji Hamada in 1999. They married in 2006. Their first child was born in 2012 and the other one in 2017. [citation needed]
Filmography
[edit]Anime
[edit]Film
[edit]- Naruto the Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow (2004) – Naruto Uzumaki
- Naruto the Movie: Legend of the Stone of Gelel (2005) – Naruto Uzumaki
- Naruto the Movie: Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom (2006) – Naruto Uzumaki
- Naruto Shippuden the Movie (2007) – Naruto Uzumaki
- Yes! PreCure 5 the Movie: Great Miraculous Adventure in the Mirror Kingdom! (2007) – Rin Natsuki/Cure Rouge
- Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Bonds (2008) – Naruto Uzumaki
- Yes! PreCure 5 GoGo! the Movie: Happy Birthday in the Sweets Kingdom (2008) – Rin Natsuki/Cure Rouge
- Tamagotchi: Happiest Story in the Universe! (2008) – Kikitchi
- Naruto Shippuden the Movie: The Will of Fire (2009) – Naruto Uzumaki
- Pretty Cure All Stars DX: Minna Tomodachi— Kiseki no Zenin Daishūgō (2009) – Rin Natsuki/Cure Rouge
- Naruto Shippuden the Movie: The Lost Tower (2010) – Naruto Uzumaki
- Inazuma Eleven The Movie: The Final Force, The Ogre Team Strikes (2010) – Mamoru Endō
- Pretty Cure All Stars DX2: Kibō no Hikari— Rainbow Jewel o Mamore! (2010) – Rin Natsuki/Cure Rouge
- Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Blood Prison (2011) – Naruto Uzumaki
- Pretty Cure All-Stars DX3 Mirai ni Todoke! Sekai o Tsunagu Niji-Iro no Hana (2011) – Rin Natsuki/Cure Rouge
- Onegai My Melody: Yu&Ai (2012) – Kuromi
- Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie (2012) – Naruto Uzumaki
- Inazuma Eleven GO vs Danball Senki W (2012) – Mamoru Endō
- Pretty Cure All-Stars New Stage 3: Eien no Tomodachi (2014) – Rin Natsuki/Cure Rouge
- Inazuma Eleven Chou Jigen Dream Match (2014) – Mamoru Endō
- The Last: Naruto the Movie (2014) – Naruto Uzumaki
- Boruto: Naruto the Movie (2015) – Naruto Uzumaki
- Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna (2020) – Gomamon[7]
- Healin' Good Pretty Cure GoGo! Big Transformation! The Town of Dreams (2021) – Rin Natsuki/Cure Rouge
Drama CDs
[edit]- Mainichi Seiten! – Mayumi Obinata
- Soul Eater – Maka Albarn
- The Day of Revolution – Kei/Megumi Yoshikawa
- Yours For An Hour – Haru Hinomoto
Video games
[edit]- Puzzle Star Sweep (1997) – Domingo[2]
- Street Fighter Zero 3 (1998) – R. Mika[2]
- Garou: Mark of the Wolves (1999) – Hokutomaru[2]
- Hunter × Hunter: Altar of Dragon Vein (2001) – Gon Freecss[2]
- Naruto video games (2003–present) – Naruto Uzumaki
- Radiata Stories (2005) – Jack Russell
- Ape Escape 3 (2005) – Satoru
- Quantum Leap Layzelber (2005) – Chyota
- Corpse Seed (2007) – Honoka Yamato
- Inazuma Eleven (2008) – Mamoru Endō
- Inazuma Eleven 2 (2009) – Mamoru Endō
- Inazuma Eleven 3 (2010) – Mamoru Endō, Kanon Endō
- Inazuma Eleven Strikers (2011) – Mamoru Endō, Kanon Endō
- Inazuma Eleven Strikers 2012 Xtreme (2011) – Mamoru Endō, Kanon Endō
- Inazuma Eleven GO (2011) – Mamoru Endō
- Inazuma Eleven GO 2: Chrono Stone (2012) – Mamoru Endō
- Inazuma Eleven GO: Galaxy (2013) – Mamoru Endō
- Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links (2016) – Mokuba Kaiba[2]
- Onmyoji (2016) – Zashiki Warashi
- Yo-kai Watch: Wibble Wobble (2017-2019) – Kuromi, Mamoru Endō
- Fire Emblem Heroes (2019) – Louise, Lugh[2]
- Inazuma Eleven SD (2020) – Mamoru Endō
- Cookie Run: Kingdom (2021) – GingerBrave[2]
- Genshin Impact (2024) – Ajaw[8]
Dubbing
[edit]Live-action
[edit]- Bull – Marissa Morgan (Geneva Carr)[9]
- Cop Car – Travis (James Freedson-Jackson)[10]
- Frailty – young Fenton (Matt O'Leary)[11]
- The Golden Compass (2010 TV Asahi edition) – Billy Costa (Charlie Rowe)
- A Lot like Love – Emily Friehl (Amanda Peet)[12]
- Snake Eyes – Ana DeCobray / Baroness (Úrsula Corberó)[13]
- The Thing About Pam – Leah Askey (Judy Greer)[14]
- Touch – Jacob Bohm (David Mazouz)[15]
- MrBeast – MrBeast (Jimmy Donaldson)[16]
Animation
[edit]- The Amazing World of Gumball – Gumball Watterson[17]
- Beat Bugs – Jay
- Curious George – Bill
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem – Wingnut[18]
- Toy Story 4 – Giggle McDimples[19]
- W.I.T.C.H. – Taranee Cook
- Zootopia – Dawn Bellwether
- Hello Kitty and Friends Supercute Adventures - Kuromi
Discography
[edit]Songs
[edit]- "Oh! Enka!" (Naruto)
- "Life Goes On" (Naruto)
- "Naruto's Neko Song" (Naruto)
- "Gyu-ru-ru" (as Naruto Uzumaki) (Naruto)
- "Touki ~Fighting Spirits~" (Naruto)
- "Naruto Ondo" (as Naruto Uzumaki) (Naruto (with Chie Nakamura and Showtaro Morikubo))
- "Distance" (as Naruto Uzumaki) (Naruto All Stars)
- "Tsubomi" (as Naruto Uzumaki) (Naruto All Stars)
- "Salamander" (as Takuya Kanbara) (Digimon Frontier)
- Secret Rendezvous (as Takuya Kanbara) (Digimon Frontier)
- "Muteki na Bataashi" (as Gomamon) (Digimon Adventure 02)
- "Sora wo Kurooru (as Gomamon) (Digimon Adventure 02 (with Masami Kikuchi))
- "Chie to Yuuki da! Medarotto" (as Metabee) (Medarot)
- Kaze no Muki ga Kattara (as Gon) (Hunter x Hunter)
- Tobira (Gon and Killua version) (Hunter x Hunter (with Mitsuhashi Kanako))
- Hunter Ondo (Hunter x Hunter (with Mitsuhashi Kanako and Kaida Yuki and Goda Hozumi))
- GONtte yatsu wa (Hunter x Hunter (with Mitsuhashi Kanako and Kaida Yuki and Goda Hozumi))
- ONNAtte subarashii (as Jango-sama) (Hunter x Hunter)
- Tabidachi (as Gon) (Hunter x Hunter)
- Taisetsuna koto (as Gon) (Hunter x Hunter (with Mitsuhashi Kanako))
- Te o Tsunaide (as Gon) (Hunter x Hunter (with Mitsuhashi Kanako))
- Futari (Ask Dr. Rin! (with Kana Kouguchi))
- Tomo Yo (as Ted) (Konjiki no Gash Bell!!)
- Kuroi Hitomi (as Kuromi) (Onegai My Melody)
- Kuromi Rondo (as Kuromi) (Onegai My Melody)
- Kuromi Punk (as Kuromi) (Onegai My Melody)
- Lambo-san's Ambition (as Lambo) (Reborn)
- Gyouza Gyuudon no Uta (as Lambo ) ("Reborn") (with Li Mei Chan)
- Yakusoku no Bashou (as Lambo ) ("Reborn") (with Vongola's Family)
- A fun song (as Lambo ) ("Reborn") (with Li Mei Chan)
- Tatta Latta (as Lambo ) ("Reborn") (with Li Mei Chan, Yuuna Inamura, Satomi Akesaka and Hitomi Yoshida
- Mirai no Oozora e (as Lambo ) ("Reborn") (with Vongola's Family)
- Mata ne no Kisetsu – 7th ending to Inazuma Eleven (as Endou Mamoru)
- Mamotte Miseru! – (Inazuma Eleven CD – Endou Mamoru Character Songs)
- Dakara Zettai Daijoubu – (Inazuma Eleven) as Endou Mamoru
- Maji de Kansha (as Endou Mamoru) (Inazuma Eleven cast)
- Reversible – (as Rin Natsuki) (Yes! PreCure 5)
- Jounetsu – (as Rin Natsuki) (Yes! PreCure 5)
- Okaerinasai – (as Rin Natsuki) (Yes! PreCure 5 GoGo!) (with Yūko Sanpei)
References
[edit]- ^ Peters, Megan (23 May 2023). "Naruto Has Become the New Voice of Mr. Beast". Retrieved 19 August 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Junko Takeuchi (visual voices guide) - Behind The Voice Actor". behindthevoiceactors.com. Retrieved October 20, 2021. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
- ^ "Takara Tomy Reveals Mazica Party Franchise With April TV Anime". Anime News Network. March 3, 2021. Retrieved March 3, 2021.
- ^ "'Welcome to Demon School, Iruma-kun' Anime Season 3 Casts Junko Takeuchi". Anime News Network. August 22, 2022. Retrieved August 22, 2022.
- ^ Cayanan, Joanna (June 20, 2023). "Kibō no Chikara ~Otona Precure 23~ Anime Brings Back 3 More Cast Members". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 20, 2023.
- ^ "Haigakura Anime Reveals 5 New Cast Members in Main Promo Video". Anime News Network. 2024-08-27. Retrieved 2024-08-28.
- ^ "Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution". Anime News Network. 2019-07-28. Retrieved 2019-07-28.
- ^ "Voice Artist "Announcement Almighty Dragonlord (Self-Proclaimed) K'uhul Ajaw"". X.
- ^ "『BULL/ブル 心を操る天才』DVD公式サイト". NBCUniversal Japan. Retrieved January 24, 2020.
- ^ "COP CAR コップ・カー('15米)". Mercari. Retrieved November 12, 2021.
- ^ "フレイルティー/妄執". Star Channel. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
- ^ "最後に恋に勝つルール[吹]". Star Channel. Retrieved February 24, 2019.
- ^ "G.I.ジョー:漆黒のスネークアイズ -日本語吹き替え版". Fukikaeru. Retrieved November 6, 2021.
- ^ "3月、WOWOWにて日本初独占放送・配信!実在する殺人犯をレニー・ゼルウィガーが演じる話題作「パムの秘密-ある主婦の知られざる顔-」". PR Times. January 13, 2023. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
- ^ "TOUCH/タッチ [DVD]". Amazon. 8 January 2014. Retrieved November 4, 2021.
- ^ "Naruto Has Become the New Voice of Mr. Beast". Anime. Retrieved 2024-02-11.
- ^ "ガムボール キャラクター カートゥーン ネットワーク". Cartoon Network. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
- ^ "宮世琉弥と齊藤京子が「ミュータント・タートルズ」吹替版に参加、佐藤二朗は悪役". Natalie. July 11, 2023. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
- ^ "「トイ・ストーリー4」吹き替え声優に森川智之&竹内順子が参戦! 日本語版予告もお披露目". eiga.com. Retrieved May 9, 2019.
- Nakagami, Yoshikatsu et al. "Voice Actress Spotlight". (June 2007) Newtype USA. pp. 112–113.
- Yegulalp, Serdar (October 14, 2011). "Junko Takeuchi: New York Comic-Con / Anime Festival 2011 Interview". About.com. p. 1. Archived from the original on February 16, 2017. Retrieved October 23, 2011.
- Hodgkins, Crystalyn (October 31, 2011). "Interview: Junko Takeuchi". Anime News Network. Retrieved November 1, 2011.
- Hodgkins, Crystalyn (October 14, 2011). "Naruto Shippuden Panel". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 21, 2011.
External links
[edit]- Official blog (in Japanese)
- Junko Takeuchi Archived 2017-03-16 at the Wayback Machine at GamePlaza-Haruka Voice Acting Database (in Japanese)
- Junko Takeuchi at Hitoshi Doi's Seiyuu Database
- Junko Takeuchi Archived 2018-05-22 at the Wayback Machine at Ryu's Seiyuu Info
- Junko Takeuchi at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Junko Takeuchi at IMDb