Mari Okamoto

For the Japanese entertainer and impressionist, see Mari Okamoto (impressionist).

Mari Okamoto
岡本 茉利
Born	(1954-10-31) October 31, 1954 (age 70) Tokyo, Japan
Occupations	Actress voice actress
Years active	1961–present
Height	154 cm (5 ft 1 in)

Mari Okamoto (岡本 茉利, Okamoto Mari, born October 31, 1954) is a Japanese actress and voice actress.

Biography

Despite being born in Tokyo, Okamoto was actually raised in Hirakata, Osaka, where she also spent her elementary-school years.^{[citation needed]} In 1961, she made her debut for performing arts activities in comedy. In 1970, she moved back to Tokyo, with subsequent transfer to the headquarters of the city, where she changed her name from "Noda Mutsumi" to her current name.^{[citation needed]} In 1971, she starred in the comedy film Tora-san's Love Call, as an extra.^{[citation needed]}

In 1970, she had made her voice-acting debut in the anime series Inakappe Taishō, where she voiced Kikuko Ogaki. Her first major performances were in the anime television series is Yatterman. From the 1970s to the 1980s, she appeared in many anime works produced by Tatsunoko Production.

Filmography

Anime television

• Inakappe Taishō (1970) – Kikuko Ogaki
• Demetan Croaker, The Boy Frog (1973) – Ranatan
• Neo-Human Casshern (1973) – Flora, Morena
• The Song of Tentomushi (1974) – Tsukimi Isshu
• Vicky the Viking (1974) – Tilde
• Dog of Flanders (1975) – Annie
• Time Bokan (1975) – Junko
• Paul's Miraculous Adventure (1976) – Laura
• Yatterman (1977) – Ai/Yatterman-2
• Gatchaman II (1978) – Lisa
• Space Battleship Yamato II (1978) – Teresa
• Tōshō Daimos (1978) – Reiko
• Hana no Ko Lunlun (1979) – Lunlun
• The Rose of Versailles (1979) – Dianne
• Maeterlinck's Blue Bird: Tyltyl and Mytyl's Adventurous Journey (1980) – Sprit of the Light
• Ohayō! Spank (1981) – Aiko Morimura
• The Three Musketeers (1987) – Queen Anne
• City Hunter: .357 Magnum (1989) – Nina Shutenberg
• Otoko wa Tsurai yo (Anime series) (1998) – Sakura Suwa
• Tegami Bachi (2009) – Louisa
• Little Witch Academia (2017) – Professor Lukic^[1]
• BanG Dream! (2017) – Mami Ichigaya^[1]

Anime films

• The Wizard of Oz (1982) – Dorothy Gale

Live-action films

• Karafuto 1945 Summer Hyosetsu no Mon (1974) – Tomoko Katori
• Kigeki: Onna uridashimasu (xxxx) – Asako
• Tora's Pure Love (1976) – Sayuri Ōzora
• The Yellow Handkerchief (1977) – Ramen shop girl
• Nomugi Pass (1979) – Ei Kubo

Television drama

• Seigi no Shinboru Kondoruman (1975) – Sayuri Terada
• Hanekonma (1986)^[2]
• Hana no Ran (1994) – Chigusa

Video games

• Bokan Desu yo (1998) – Yatterman-2
• Majokko Daisakusen: Little Witching Mischiefs (1999) – Lunlun^[1]
• Bokan GoGoGo (2001) – Junko, Yatterman-2

Dubbing

• The Big Boss (1978 TV Asahi edition) – Chiao Mei (Maria Yi)^[3]
• Death Ship (1983 Fuji TV edition) – Lori (Victoria Burgoyne)^[4]
• Fist of Fury (1985 TBS edition) – Yuan Li'er (Nora Miao)^[5]
• Live and Let Die (1981 TBS edition) – Solitaire (Jane Seymour)
• The Magnificent Seven (1974 TV Asahi edition) – Petra (Rosenda Monteros)
• Suspiria (1977) (1979 TBS edition) – Suzy Bannion (Jessica Harper)^[6]
• Suspiria (2018) – Anke Meier (Jessica Harper)^[7]
• Way of the Dragon – Chen Ching-hua (Nora Miao)^[8]
• The Wizard of Oz (1974 TBS edition) – Dorothy Gale (Judy Garland)

References

1. "Mari Okamoto (visual voices guide)". behindthevoiceactors.com. Retrieved March 26, 2022. Check mark indicates role has been confirmed using screenshots of closing credits and other reliable sources.
2. "はね駒". TV drama database. Retrieved November 4, 2021.
3. "ドラゴン危機一発 ＜日本語吹替収録版＞". NBCUniversal Japan. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
4. "ホラー・マニアックス・シリーズ". Happinet. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
5. "ドラゴン怒りの鉄拳 ＜日本語吹替収録版＞". NBCUniversal Japan. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
6. "サスペリア＜４Kレストア版＞". Zeque Productions. Retrieved July 15, 2019.
7. "サスペリア". Twitter. Retrieved September 30, 2019.
8. "ドラゴンへの道 ＜日本語吹替収録版＞". NBCUniversal Japan. Retrieved April 27, 2019.

External links

• Official agency profile Archived 2016-12-25 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)
• Mari Okamoto at GamePlaza-Haruka Voice Acting Database (in Japanese)
• Mari Okamoto at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Mari Okamoto at IMDb