Emi Shinohara
{{Short description|Japanese voice actress (1963–2024)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Emi Shinohara
| native_name = 篠原 恵美
| image = Cropped_Photo_of_Emi_Shinohara.jpg
| image_upright = yes
| alt =
| birth_name = Emiko Shinohara
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1963|8|8}}
| birth_place = Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2024|09|08|1963|08|08}}
| death_place =
| other_names = {{nihongo|Emiko Watanabe|渡邊 恵美子|Watanabe Emiko|married name}}
| occupation = Voice actress
| years_active = 1986–2024
| spouse = Hiroshi Watari
| children = 1
| partner =
| agent = 81 Produce
| credits = Sailor Moon as Sailor Jupiter
| website =
}}
{{nihongo|Emiko Shinohara{{Cite book|title=芸能手帳タレント名簿録Vol.36（'01〜'02）|publisher=Rengō Tsūshin-sha|date=May 1, 2001|language=ja|page=114}}{{cite web|url=http://www.usagi.org/doi/seiyuu/shinohara-emi/|title=Shinohara Emi|last=Doi|first=Hitoshi|website=Usagi.org|access-date=September 11, 2024|archive-date=July 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230720162724/http://www.usagi.org/doi/seiyuu/shinohara-emi/|url-status=live}}|篠原 恵美子|Shinohara Emiko|August 8, 1963 – September 8, 2024}}, known professionally as {{nihongo|Emi Shinohara|篠原 恵美|Shinohara Emi}},{{cite web | url=https://cnalifestyle.channelnewsasia.com/entertainment/emi-shinohara-sailor-jupiter-voice-actress-death-406231 | title=Emi Shinohara, who voiced Sailor Jupiter in Sailor Moon and Kushina in Naruto, dies at age 61 | last=Sukri | first=Hazeeq | website=CNA Lifestyle | date=September 11, 2024 | accessdate=September 14, 2024 | archive-date=September 15, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240915224932/https://cnalifestyle.channelnewsasia.com/entertainment/emi-shinohara-sailor-jupiter-voice-actress-death-406231 | url-status=live }} was a Japanese voice actress from Fukushima Prefecture. At the time of her death, she was affiliated with 81 Produce. She was best known for voicing Sailor Jupiter in the first anime adaptation of Sailor Moon, Kaho Mizuki in Cardcaptor Sakura and its sequel Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card, and Kushina Uzumaki in Naruto: Shippuden. She was married to tokusatsu actor Hiroshi Watari.
Biography
Shinohara was born in Fukushima Prefecture on August 8, 1963, and raised in Ueda, Nagano.{{efn|While Anime News Network says she was born in Nagano Prefecture, most sources say she was born in Fukushima Prefecture.{{Cite news |date=September 10, 2024 |title=声優篠原恵美さんの61歳俳優、妻の死を追悼「思い返せば楽しい26年間」特別に２Ｓも公開 – おくやみ : 日刊スポーツ |url=https://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/news/202409100001726.html |access-date=September 10, 2024 |work=Nikkan Sports |language=ja |archive-date=September 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240910164828/https://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/news/202409100001726.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last=Harding |first=Daryl |date=2024-09-11 |title=Voice Actor Emi Shinohara Passes Away at 61 |url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/latest/2024/9/11/voice-actor-emi-shinohara-passes-away-sailor-jupiter |access-date=2024-09-17 |work=Crunchyroll News}}{{Cite news |last=Schonter |first=Allison |date=2024-09-12 |title=Beloved Actress Dies 'While Undergoing Medical Treatment': Emi Shinohara Was 61 |url=https://popculture.com/tv-shows/news/beloved-actress-dies-while-undergoing-medical-treatment-emi-shinohara-61/ |access-date=2024-09-17 |work=PopCulture.com |language=en}}{{Cite news |date=2024-09-10 |title=声優・篠原恵美さん、61歳で死去「セーラームーン」ジュピター役など - モデルプレス |url=https://mdpr.jp/news/detail/4372858 |access-date=2024-09-17 |work=Model Press |language=ja}}}} She joined the drama and choir clubs during her later years in elementary school. Since junior high school, she had always wanted to become an actor, and after graduating from Ueda High School, she thought that "singing can also be a way to study acting", and she was subsequently educated at the Kunitachi College of Music Department of Music Education.{{Cite web|url=http://uedakant.sakura.ne.jp/data/jinmyaku1002.pdf|title=有名高校人脈「上田高後編」|work=Ueda High School Kanto Alumni Association|publisher=Ueda High School|language=ja|accessdate=December 24, 2022|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20191020073557/http://uedakant.sakura.ne.jp/data/jinmyaku1002.pdf|archivedate=October 20, 2019}} While at the college, she joined an off-campus club and performed in musicals.
While aiming to become an actress, she joined a study group called Voice Arts, and she took part in an audition at the invitation of sound director Yasunori Honda, who was a teacher of hers at Voice Arts, and passed, and she was cast as B-ko Daitokuji in the 1986 film Project A-ko. Subsequently, she joined Arts Vision and then 81 Produce.{{Cite book |title=Character Voice Collection Josei-hen 1 |publisher=Newtype Editorial Department |year=1994 |isbn=4-04-852522-0 |pages=60–65 |chapter=篠原恵美}}
In 1992, Shinohara began starring as Sailor Jupiter, one of the major characters in the first anime adaptation of Sailor Moon. According to Megan Peters of ComicBook.com, Shinohara's "work on Sailor Moon helped kickstart one of anime's most magical stories" and she "brought that headstrong performance to life with ease."{{Cite news |last=Peters |first=Megan |date=September 10, 2024 |title=Emi Shinohara, the Voice of Sailor Jupiter, Dies at 61 |url=https://comicbook.com/anime/news/sailor-moon-emi-shinohara-sailor-jupiter-death/ |access-date=September 10, 2024 |work=ComicBook.com |language=en |archive-date=September 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240915225025/https://comicbook.com/anime/news/sailor-moon-emi-shinohara-sailor-jupiter-death/ |url-status=live }} In addition to Sailor Jupiter, she also voiced other background characters.
In addition to Sailor Jupiter, she also voiced Presea in Magic Knight Rayearth, Kaho Mizuki in Cardcaptor Sakura, Yayoi Matsunaga in Nightwalker: The Midnight Detective, Charlotte Elbourne in Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (2000), Yōko Mizuno in Maria-sama ga Miteru, Ophelia in Claymore, and Kushina Uzumaki in Naruto: Shippuden.{{Cite news |last=Jovanovic |first=Marko |date=September 10, 2024 |title=Voice Actress Emi Shinohara Passes Away |url=https://animecorner.me/voice-actress-emi-shinohara-passes-away/ |access-date=September 10, 2024 |work=Anime Corner |language=en-us |archive-date=September 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240915224932/https://animecorner.me/voice-actress-emi-shinohara-passes-away/ |url-status=live }} She also voiced Agarte Lindblum in the video game Tales of Rebirth and Bakuryū Pteranodon in the tokusatsu series Bakuryū Sentai Abaranger. She would often voice "older sister" or "mother" characters in anime. In the last few years of her career, she reprised her role as Kaho in the 2018 sequel series Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card, and she voiced Sachiko in the 2020 film A Whisker Away.
She released three albums through Apollon (now {{ill|Bandai Music Entertainment|ja|バンダイ・ミュージックエンタテインメン}}: Windows (1994), Street (1994), and Ashita e (1996). In 1997, she released another album from Nippon Columbia, Missing Piece.
Her husband was tokusatsu actor Hiroshi Watari.{{Cite news |last=Liu |first=Stephanie |date=September 10, 2024 |title=Sailor Jupiter Voice Actress Emi Shinohara Died |url=https://www.siliconera.com/sailor-jupiter-voice-actress-emi-shinohara-passed-away/ |access-date=September 10, 2024 |work=Siliconera |language=en-US |archive-date=September 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240910215550/https://www.siliconera.com/sailor-jupiter-voice-actress-emi-shinohara-passed-away/ |url-status=live }} She had an older brother.{{Cite tweet |first=Emi|last=Shinohara | user = Emi_shinohara | number = 1440660938370142209 | title = 長野の実家にキイロスズメバチの巣ができてしまった😱| date = September 22, 2021 | accessdate = November 27, 2022}} She also shared the same birth date as her Sailor Moon co-star Rika Fukami, and they even had a joint birthday concert together, performing as the duo Funky Twins on their 33rd birthday in 1996.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ytv.co.jp/anime/suwa_wp/1717.html|title=『アニ民227人目』声優の篠原恵美さん|work=スワッチのアニメ日記|publisher=YTV|accessdate=September 10, 2020|archive-date=March 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200303045552/https://www.ytv.co.jp/anime/suwa_wp/1717.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite news |date=September 10, 2024 |title=深見梨加、セーラームーンで共演の篠原恵美さん悼む「同じ日に生まれた私達。ずっと愛してるよ」 – おくやみ : 日刊スポーツ |url=https://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/news/202409100001187.html |access-date=September 12, 2024 |work=Nikkan Sports |language=ja |archive-date=September 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240915224950/https://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/news/202409100001187.html |url-status=live }} She also worked at Senzoku Gakuen College of Music as a voice acting and anison teacher.{{Cite news |date=September 11, 2024 |title=声優・篠原恵美さん死去 呼吸器つけて車イス…それでも周囲に「自分の心配をしなさい」 |url=https://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/articles/316295 |access-date=September 12, 2024 |work=Tokyo Sports |language=ja |archive-date=September 12, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240912211301/https://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/articles/316295 |url-status=live }}
Death
Shinohara died on September 8, 2024, at the age of 61.[https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2344236/full/ 声優・篠原恵美さん、病気療養中に死去 61歳 『セーラームーン』木野まこと/セーラージュピターなど] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240911082651/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2344236/full/ |date=September 11, 2024 }} {{in lang|ja}} Undergoing treatment for an unspecified illness at the time,{{Cite news |last=Cayanan |first=Joanna |date=September 10, 2024 |title=Sailor Jupiter Voice Actress Emi Shinohara Dies at 61 |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-09-10/sailor-jupiter-voice-actress-emi-shinohara-dies-at-61/.215306 |access-date=September 10, 2024 |work=Anime News Network |language=en |archive-date=September 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240910120742/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-09-10/sailor-jupiter-voice-actress-emi-shinohara-dies-at-61/.215306 |url-status=live }} she reportedly had recently been on a respirator and wheelchair and some of her bones had fractured. In addition to her husband, several other voice actors, including her Sailor Moon co-stars Kotono Mitsuishi, Rika Fukami, Megumi Ogata, and her Naruto co-star Toshiyuki Morikawa.{{Cite news |last=Iikura-Gross |first=Ken |date=September 11, 2024 |title=Anime World Offers Condolences After Voice Actor Emi Shinohara's Passing, Part I |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2024-09-11/anime-world-offers-condolences-after-voice-actor-emi-shinohara-passing-part-i/.215354 |access-date=September 12, 2024 |work=Anime News Network |language=en |archive-date=September 12, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240912111234/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2024-09-11/anime-world-offers-condolences-after-voice-actor-emi-shinohara-passing-part-i/.215354 |url-status=live }} Additionally, Sailor Moon creator Naoko Takeuchi and her husband, YuYu Hakusho and Hunter × Hunter creator Yoshihiro Togashi both drew Sailor Jupiter as a tribute to Shinohara.{{Cite news |date=September 14, 2024 |title=「幽遊白書」冨樫義博氏が篠原恵美さん追悼、妻武内直子氏原作「セーラージュピター」イラストで - おくやみ : 日刊スポーツ |url=https://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/news/202409140000028.html |access-date=September 15, 2024 |work=Nikkan Sports |language=ja |archive-date=September 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240915224932/https://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/news/202409140000028.html |url-status=live }}
Filmography
=Animated television=
=Animated film=
=Original video animation=
=Tokusatsu=
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
! Year ! Work ! Role ! class="unsortable"| Source | |||
| 2003 | Bakuryū Sentai Abaranger | Burstosaur Pteranodon |
=Video games=
=Dubbing=
==Live-action==
- 54 – Anita Randazzo (Salma Hayek){{cite web|url= https://tower.jp/item/3046968/54-%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%83%95%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E2%98%85%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%BC|title= 54 フィフティ★フォー|access-date= October 27, 2021|work= Tower Records|archive-date= September 11, 2024|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240911082647/https://tower.jp/item/3046968|url-status= live}}
- Black Beauty – Mrs. Winthorp (Claire Forlani){{cite web|url= https://navicon.jp/news/64100/|title= 18日よりディズニープラスに独占配信『ブラック・ビューティー』日本語吹替、林真里花＆早見沙織からコメント到着！|date= December 16, 2020|accessdate= February 15, 2021|work= Navicon|archive-date= December 16, 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201216033507/https://navicon.jp/news/64100/|url-status= live}}
- Blackjack – Cinder James (Kam Heskin){{cite web|url= https://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%83%96%E3%83%A9%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%80%90%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E8%AA%9E%E5%90%B9%E6%9B%BF%E7%89%88%E3%80%91-VHS-%E3%83%89%E3%83%AB%E3%83%95%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0%E3%83%AC%E3%83%B3/dp/B00005H3OY|title= ブラックジャック【日本語吹替版】 [VHS]|access-date= November 1, 2021|work= Amazon|date= November 10, 1998|archive-date= November 1, 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211101150754/https://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%83%96%E3%83%A9%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%80%90%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E8%AA%9E%E5%90%B9%E6%9B%BF%E7%89%88%E3%80%91-VHS-%E3%83%89%E3%83%AB%E3%83%95%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0%E3%83%AC%E3%83%B3/dp/B00005H3OY|url-status= live}}
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2008 NTV edition) – Mrs. Beauregarde (Missi Pyle){{cite web |url= https://kinro.jointv.jp/lineup/151113/|title= チャーリーとチョコレート工場|access-date= November 29, 2021|work= Nippon Television|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160401120914/https://kinro.jointv.jp/lineup/151113/|archive-date= April 1, 2016}}
- The Comebacks – Barb Fields (Melora Hardin){{cite web|url= https://www.star-ch.jp/channel/detail.php?movie_id=19456|title= 鉄板スポーツ伝説[吹]|accessdate= June 20, 2021|work= Star Channel|archive-date= September 11, 2024|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240911082649/https://www.star-ch.jp/movie/detail/19456/|url-status= live}}
- Hollow Man – Dr. Sarah Kennedy (Kim Dickens){{cite web|url= https://www.star-ch.jp/channel/detail.php?movie_id=14369|title= インビジブル（２０００）|access-date= November 8, 2021|work= Star Channel|archive-date= September 11, 2024|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240911082651/https://www.star-ch.jp/movie/detail/14369/|url-status= live}}
- Léon: The Professional (1996 TV Asahi edition) – Mathilda Lando (Natalie Portman){{cite web|url= https://www.tc-ent.co.jp//products/detail/TCBD-1131|title= レオン 完全版/オリジナル版 4K UHD+Blu-ray(4枚組)|access-date= March 21, 2022|work= TC Entertainment|archive-date= September 11, 2024|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240911082646/https://www.tc-ent.co.jp//products/detail/TCBD-1131|url-status= live}}
- Melinda and Melinda – Laurel (Chloë Sevigny){{cite web|url= https://video.foxjapan.com/search/detail.php?id=12958|title= メリンダとメリンダ|access-date= March 5, 2019|work= Fox Japan|archive-date= March 6, 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190306043856/https://video.foxjapan.com/search/detail.php?id=12958|url-status= dead}}
- Rumble in the Bronx – Nancy (Françoise Yip){{cite web|url= https://warnerbros.co.jp/home_entertainment/detail.php?title_id=818|title= レッド・ブロンクス|access-date= June 2, 2019|work= Warner Bros. Japan|archive-date= December 29, 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211229020949/https://warnerbros.co.jp/home_entertainment/detail.php?title_id=818|url-status= live}}
- The Guest – Laura Peterson (Sheila Kelley){{cite web|url= https://www.star-ch.jp/channel/detail.php?movie_id=24424|title= ザ・ゲスト|access-date= July 5, 2019|work= Star Channel|archive-date= August 8, 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200808003451/https://www.star-ch.jp/channel/detail.php?movie_id=24424|url-status= live}}
- Trainspotting – Diane Coulston (Kelly Macdonald){{cite web|url= https://www.star-ch.jp/channel/detail.php?movie_id=13515|title= トレインスポッティング|access-date= July 5, 2019|work= Star Channel|archive-date= October 25, 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201025131252/https://www.star-ch.jp/channel/detail.php?movie_id=13515|url-status= live}}
- T2 Trainspotting – Diane Coulston (Kelly Macdonald){{cite web|url= https://www.star-ch.jp/channel/detail.php?movie_id=26415|title= Ｔ２ トレインスポッティング|access-date= July 5, 2019|work= Star Channel|archive-date= June 23, 2018|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180623055048/http://www.star-ch.jp/channel/detail.php?movie_id=26415|url-status= live}}
Discography
=Albums=
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| scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;" | Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Year ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Details ! scope="col" colspan="2" | Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Sales ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Ref. |
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| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | JPN
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | JPN |
| scope="row"| Windows (stylized in all-caps)
| 1994 |
| — | — | — |
| scope="row"| Street (stylized in all-caps)
| 1994 |
| — | — | — |
| scope="row"| {{Nihongo|Ashita e|明日へ}}
| 1996 |
| — | — | — |
| scope="row"| Missing Piece (stylized as Missing piece)
| 1997 |
| — | — | — |
Notes
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References
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20071025131642/http://www.81produce.co.jp/list.cgi?lady+2245518104620 81 Produce] {{in lang|ja}}
- {{Ann|people|1275}}
- {{Imdb name|0793987}}
- {{Discogs artist|Emi Shinohara}}
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