:Hiroko Konishi

{{short description|Japanese voice actress and musician (born 1975)}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Hiroko Konishi

| native_name = 小西寛子

| native_name_lang = ja

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1975|10|26}}

| birth_place = Kawagoe, Saitama, Japan

| death_date =

| death_place =

| alma_mater = Chuo University

| occupation = {{flatlist|

Voice actress
musician

}}

| years_active = 1994–present

| agent = Office Squirrel

| height = 161 cm

| website = {{URL|https://hirokokonishi.com}}

| module = {{Infobox musical artist|embed=yes

| background = solo_singer

| genre = {{Flatlist|

J-Pop
anison

}}

| instrument = {{flatlist|

Vocals
guitar

}}

| label = {{flatlist|

}}

| past_member_of = Little Cure

}}

{{Nihongo|Hiroko Konishi|小西寛子|Konishi Hiroko|born October 26, 1975}} 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.

Life and career

Konishi formed a budding interest in stage acting as a junior high student, and as a high schooler, received voice training at the {{interlanguage link|Nihon Narration Engi Kenkyūjo|ja|日本ナレーション演技研究所}}.

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.{{citation needed|date=February 2016}}

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 {{interlanguage link|Risa Stegmayer|ja|リサ・ステッグマイヤー}} and Hinako Saeki. She was also narrator for the short-lived "pick of the week" show {{interlanguage link|Ichioshi|ja|イチオシ}}. She also acted in live action TV Commercials for "Dial 104" (cellphone directory assistance), as keitai detective PI Hiroko.{{cite web|url=https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm1289449 |title=Hiroko Konishi 104 Ad 小西寛子出演CM|author=|date=|work=YouTube|accessdate=1 March 2025}}

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.{{cite news | first=Lynzee | last=Loveridge | url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2018-06-08/voice-actress-hiroko-konishi-reveals-industry-disagreements-about-ojarumaru-role/.132585 | title=Voice Actress Hiroko Konishi Reveals Industry Disagreements About Ojarumaru Role | work=Anime News Network | date=2018-06-08 | accessdate=2019-07-31}} 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.{{cite news | first=Kim | last=Morrissy | url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2019-02-13/voice-actress-hiroko-konishi-shares-her-metoo-story/.143311 | title=Voice Actress Hiroko Konishi Shares Her #MeToo Story | work=Anime News Network | date=2019-02-13 | accessdate=2019-07-31}}

In 2019, Hiroko Konishi provided the first ever voice for the character Natchan (playing both Natchan and Erika) in the work Natchan by renowned Japanese manga artist Jun Tanaka, which was previously serialized in *Super Jump*, a manga magazine published by Shueisha {{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0pWzyw5JrE|title=ナッちゃんＰＲ動画　声優・歌手の小西寛子さんとのコラボ企画|author=|date=|work=YouTube|accessdate=1 March 2025}}

In 2020, she was involved in the “Ichi kara Wakaru” (Understanding from Scratch) educational and opinion animation series, produced by iRONNA, the official video platform of Sankei ShimbunDigital, one of Japan’s major newspaper companies. She was responsible for the planning, composition, and script, in addition to voicing the character ”Minamikaze Hiroko”{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VsE_WTtROY&list=PLN3ALXcxkzXP6casJEveKbEK0TC7VDLQM&index=4|title=小西寛子セカンドオピニオン|author=|date=|work=YouTube|accessdate=1 March 2025}}

Filmography

=Anime=

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" \|+ List of voice performances in anime ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"\| Notes ! class="unsortable"\| Source
{{dts\|1995\|04\|02\|format=y}}	Tenchi Universe	Mirei
{{dts\|1995\|04\|06\|format=y}}	Fushigi Yûgi	Girl (A)
{{dts\|1995\|06\|01\|format=y}}	H2	Boy
{{dts\|1995\|10\|03\|format=y}}	Mojacko	Yumi
{{dts\|1996\|format=y}}	Alien from the Darkness	Hikari	Adult OVA
{{dts\|1996\|02\|03\|format=y}}	Brave Command Dagwon	Minako Hashiba
{{dts\|1996\|03\|27\|format=y}}	Ninja Cadets	Sakura	OVA
{{dts\|1996\|04\|05\|format=y}}	Kodocha	Shota Nakao
{{dts\|1996\|05\|25\|format=y}}	Magic User's Club	Sae Sawanoguchi	OVA
{{dts\|1996\|10\|05\|format=y}}	You're Under Arrest	Sena Wakabayashi/Sena Nakajima	1996 TV series
{{dts\|1996\|10\|25\|format=y}}	Jewel BEM Hunter Lime	Store Clerk	OVA
{{dts\|1997\|04\|07\|format=y}}	Kindaichi Case Files	Yoshino, Mikoto Mizuki
{{dts\|1997\|09\|07\|format=y}}	Crayon Kingdom of Dreams	Horesore
{{dts\|1997\|10\|04\|format=y}}	Anime Ganbare Goemon	Rumie Himuro
{{dts\|1997\|11\|26\|format=y}}	Dr. Slump	Akane Kimidori	2nd TV series
{{dts\|1997\|format=y}}	Agent Aika	Rion Aida	OVA series
{{dts\|1997\|format=y}}	I Dream of Mimi	Kanako Shimada	OVA
{{dts\|1998\|01\|06\|format=y}}	Sexy Commando Gaiden: Sugoi yo!! Masaru-san	Tomoe Kitahara (Moe-moe)
{{dts\|1998\|02\|07\|format=y}}	Bomberman B-Daman Bakugaiden	Pinkubon
{{dts\|1998\|02\|14\|format=y}}	Kocchi Muite! Miiko	Yuka Kobayashi
{{dts\|1998\|02\|14\|format=y}}	Fushigi Mahou Fan Fan Pharmacy	Kaori Nishino (potpourri)
{{dts\|1998\|02\|14\|format=y}}	Heritako Pooh-chan	Mimitan / mirin-chan's mother
{{dts\|1998\|04\|18\|format=y}}	DT Eightron	Quilt
{{dts\|1998\|06\|30\|format=y}}	Super Radical Gag Family	Akane Kikuchi
{{dts\|1998\|10\|05\|format=y}}	Ojarumaru	Ojarumaru
{{dts\|1998\|10\|05\|format=y}}	St. Luminous Mission High School	Shizuku Kabe
{{dts\|1998\|10\|07\|format=y}}	Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040	Nene Romanova
{{dts\|1998\|11\|30\|format=y}}	If I See You in My Dreams	Miho Hamaoka	TV series
{{dts\|1998\|format=y}}	Seikimatsu Leader den Takeshi!	Mitsuru Imai	OVA
{{dts\|1999\|02\|07\|format=y}}	Ojamajo Doremi	Hehe
{{dts\|1999\|03\|07\|format=y}}	Digimon Adventure	Takeru Takaishi
{{dts\|1999\|04\|05\|format=y}}	Jubei-chan	Jiyuu Nanohara
{{dts\|1999\|04\|06\|format=y}}	D4 Princess	Nejiru Gaou, Nejiri Gaou
{{dts\|1999\|04\|07\|format=y}}	I'm Gonna Be An Angel	Silky
{{dts\|1999\|07\|07\|format=y}}	Magic User's Club	Sae Sawanoguchi	TV series
{{dts\|1999\|07\|12\|format=y}}	Mito's Great Adventure: The Two Queens	Hioko	TV series
{{dts\|1999\|10\|14\|format=y}}	Now and Then, Here and There	Boo
{{dts\|1999\|format=y}}	Sol Bianca: The Legacy	Meio	OVA
{{dts\|2000\|04\|03\|format=y}}	Gatekeepers	Misao Sakimori

=Film=

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" \|+ List of voice performances in film ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"\| Notes ! class="unsortable"\| Source
{{dts\|1999\|03\|06\|format=y}}	Doctor Slump: Arale's Surprise	Akane Kimidori
{{dts\|2000\|03\|04\|format=y}}	Digimon Adventure: Our War Game!	Takeru Takaishi
{{dts\|2000\|07\|15\|format=y}}	Ojarumaru the Movie: The Promised Summer - Ojaru and Semira	Ojarumaru Sakanoue

=Video games=

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" \|+ List of voice performances in video games ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"\| Notes ! class="unsortable"\| Source
{{dts\|1995\|10\|27\|format=y}}	:ja:戦国サイバー藤丸地獄変	Kaname of Oborokage	PS1
{{dts\|1996\|12\|17\|format=y}}	Mega Man 8	Roll, Eddie	PS1/SS
{{dts\|1996\|12\|20\|format=y}}	Fire Woman Matoigumi	Lemon	Also PS version in 1998
{{dts\|1996\|format=y}}–1997	Darkstalkers series	Lilith Aensland	Arcade
{{dts\|1996\|format=y}}	Magic School Lunar	Lena	Sega Saturn
{{dts\|1997\|03\|20\|format=y}}	Mega Man Battle & Chase	Roll, Iceman	PS1
{{dts\|1997\|06\|format=y}}	Ryuuki Denshou 2	Melky Caring	Windows
{{dts\|1997\|07\|25\|format=y}}	Voice Fantasia series	Weep	Sega Saturn, PS1/PS2
{{dts\|1997\|11\|20\|format=y}}	Magic School Lunar!	Lena	Sega Saturn
{{dts\|1998\|03\|19\|format=y}}	Mitsumete Knight	Sophia Roberinge	PS1/PS2
{{dts\|1998\|07\|16\|format=y}}	Brave Fencer Musashi	Mint	PS1
{{dts\|1998\|09\|10\|format=y}}	Pounding Poyatchio :ja:どきどきポヤッチオ	Cynthia	PS1
{{dts\|1998\|11\|26\|format=y}}	Night R Adventures Hen Staring :ja:みつめてナイトR 大冒険編	Sophia Roberinge	PS1
{{dts\|1999\|03\|11\|format=y}}	Captain Love :ja:キャプテン・ラヴ	Kaori Kondo	PS1
{{dts\|1999\|06\|24\|format=y}}	Persona 2	Lisa Silverman	PS1/PS2 Sin and Punishment
{{dts\|1999\|07\|22\|format=y}}	The Misadventures of Tron Bonne	Danish Marmalade	PS1/PS2
{{dts\|1999\|09\|02\|format=y}}	:ja:Little Lovers SHE SO GAME	Nana Ogihara	PS1
{{dts\|1999\|10\|28\|format=y}}	Revive: Resuscitation	Aoi Fujisawa	Dreamcast, also Adult PC in 2003
{{dts\|1999\|12\|16\|format=y}}	Gatekeepers	Misao Sakimori	PS1/PS2
{{dts\|1999\|12\|22\|format=y}}	Yukyu Fantasia 3 Perpetual blue 悠久幻想曲3 Perpetual blue	Cher Acis	DC
{{dts\|2000\|08\|03\|format=y}}	Grandia II	Elena	Dreamcast
{{dts\|2000\|09\|14\|format=y}}	Kanon series	Shiori Misaka	Dreamcast, PS2
{{dts\|2001\|12\|06\|format=y}}	Digimon Rumble Arena	Takeru Takaishi	PS1
{{dts\|2002\|12\|12\|format=y}}	Guilty Gear X2	Bridget	PS1/PS2, Arcade
{{dts\|2004\|12\|12\|format=y}}	Darkstalkers Chronicle: The Chaos Tower	Lilith	PSP

=Audio dramas=

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" \|+ List of voice performances in audio dramas ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"\| Notes ! class="unsortable"\| Source
Agent Aika	Rion Aida
Fruits Basket	Tohru Honda
Kindaichi Case Files: Devil Suite Murder Cast	Yuka Mido
Kyuukyoku Parodius	Mona

Discography

;Albums

{{Nihongo|Sophia|ソフィア|Sofia}} (King Records, 1998, KICA-7900)
Novelete (EMI Music Japan, 1999, TYCY-10025)
1975 (Wolfgang Label Japan, 2021, DSQI-20815{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/1975-小西寛子/dp/B08F6R3TH7/|title=1975|author=|date=|work=AMAZON JAPAN|accessdate=11 July 2021}}
{{Nihongo|’’Her Cabriolet 80s |彼女のカブリオレ80S|Her Cabriolet 80s }} Wolfgang Label, 2022, DSQI-22001){{cite web|url=https://www.billboard-japan.com/goods/detail/706890/ |title=Her Cabriolet 80s|author=|date=|work=Billboard Japan|accessdate=1 March 2025}}
{{Nihongo|’’1975 Kaze no Kisetu |1975 風の季節|1975 kaze no kisetu }} Wolfgang Label, 2024, DSQI-24011){{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/1975-kaze-no-kisetu/1775894811/ |title=1975 Kaze no Kisetu|author=|date=|work=Apple Music|accessdate=1 March 2025}}

;Singles

Pudding de Ojyaru (Nippon Crown Co. Ltd. 1999, as a role of Ojyaru-maru)
{{Nihongo|"Mitsumete"|みつめて}} (King Records, 1998, KIDA-7642){{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/217983/products/142378/1/|title=みつめて|author=|date=|work=ORICON STYLE|accessdate=3 March 2016}}
Don’t Love (EMI Music Japan, 1999)
Bite of Love (Nippon Columbia July 2000, as a member of LITTLE CURE)
"Sayonara Arigato" (Squirrel, 2014)
"But She Was in Love" (Squirrel, 2014)
"An Amulet in His Pocket" (Squirrel, 2015)
"You Always Stay By Me" (Squirrel, 2015){{cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/artist/43Ack2KYwFBo8cmkwdohl3|title=Hiroko Konishi|author=|date=|work=Spotify|accessdate=3 March 2016}}{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/artist/hiroko-konishi/444670568|title=Hiroko Konishi|author=|date=|work=iTunes|access-date=3 March 2016}}

References

{{Reflist|30em|refs=

{{cite web|url=https://www.hirokokonishi.com/profile |title=

Hiroko Konishi Profile |author=|date=|work=Hiroko Konishi official website "ANALOG Singer Song"|accessdate=1 March 2025}}

{{cite web

| url=http://gph.sakura.ne.jp/va_memo/system/vadb.cgi?action=view_ind&value=00481&namecode=1

| title=声優さん出演リスト個別表示：小西寛子(Hiroko Konishi)

|trans-title=Voice actor's appearance list individual display: Hiroko Konishi

| work=Voice Artist Database

| publisher=GamePlaza-HARUKA-

| accessdate=March 2, 2016

| date=June 2, 2015

| language=Japanese

}}

{{cite web

| url=http://www.usagi.org/doi/seiyuu/konishi-hiroko/roles.html

| title=Konishi Hiroko roles | work=Hitoshi Doi's Seiyuu Database

| accessdate=March 2, 2016

| date=March 2, 2016

| last=Doi | first=Hitoshi | author-link=Hitoshi Doi}}

{{cite web

| url=http://www.usagi.org/doi/seiyuu/konishi-hiroko/

| title=Konishi Hiroko (小西寛子)

| work=Hitoshi Doi's Seiyuu Database

| accessdate=March 2, 2016

| date=March 2, 2016

| last=Doi | first=Hitoshi | author-link=Hitoshi Doi}}

}}

External links

{{Official website|https://hirokokonishi.com}} {{in lang|ja}}
[http://gph.sakura.ne.jp/va_memo/system/vadb.cgi?action=view_ind&value=00481&namecode=1 Hiroko Konishi] in Game Plaza Haruka Voice Artist Database {{in lang|ja}}
{{anime News Network|people|833}}
{{IMDb name|0465157}}
{{jmdb name|0444030}}
[http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/217983/ Hiroko Konishi] at Oricon {{in lang|ja}}

Category:1975 births

Category:Living people

Category:Chuo University alumni

Category:Japanese women pop singers

Category:Japanese women singer-songwriters

Category:Japanese video game actresses

Category:Singers from Saitama Prefecture

Category:Voice actresses from Saitama Prefecture

Category:20th-century Japanese actresses

Category:20th-century Japanese women singers

Category:20th-century Japanese singers

Category:21st-century Japanese actresses

Category:21st-century Japanese women singers

Category:21st-century Japanese singers