Mari Okamoto
{{short description|Japanese actress and voice actress (born 1954)}}
{{about||the Japanese entertainer and impressionist|Mari Okamoto (impressionist)}}
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| name = Mari Okamoto
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| native_name = 岡本 茉利
| native_name_lang = ja
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1954|10|31}}
| birth_place = Tokyo, Japan
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| occupation = {{hlist|Actress|voice actress}}
| years_active = 1961–present
| height = 154 cm
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{{Nihongo|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|date=May 2014}} 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|date=May 2014}} In 1971, she starred in the comedy film Tora-san's Love Call, as an extra.{{citation needed|date=May 2014}}
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{{cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Mari-Okamoto/|title=Mari Okamoto (visual voices guide)|website=behindthevoiceactors.com|access-date=March 26, 2022|type= Check mark indicates role has been confirmed using screenshots of closing credits and other reliable sources}}
- BanG Dream! (2017) – Mami Ichigaya
= 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){{cite web |url= http://www.tvdrama-db.com/drama_info/p/id-22681|title= はね駒|access-date= November 4, 2021|work= TV drama database}}
- Hana no Ran (1994) – Chigusa
= Video games =
- Bokan Desu yo (1998) – Yatterman-2
- Majokko Daisakusen: Little Witching Mischiefs (1999) – Lunlun
- Bokan GoGoGo (2001) – Junko, Yatterman-2
=Dubbing=
- The Big Boss (1978 TV Asahi edition) – Chiao Mei (Maria Yi){{cite web |url= http://paramount.nbcuni.co.jp/search/detail.php?id=8670|title= ドラゴン危機一発 ＜日本語吹替収録版＞|accessdate= April 27, 2019|work= NBCUniversal Japan}}
- Death Ship (1983 Fuji TV edition) – Lori (Victoria Burgoyne){{cite web |url= http://www.happinet-p.com/horror/7th.html|title= ホラー・マニアックス・シリーズ|access-date= December 8, 2021|work= Happinet}}
- Fist of Fury (1985 TBS edition) – Yuan Li'er (Nora Miao){{cite web |url= http://paramount.nbcuni.co.jp/search/detail.php?id=8671|title= ドラゴン怒りの鉄拳 ＜日本語吹替収録版＞|accessdate= April 27, 2019|work= NBCUniversal Japan}}
- 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){{cite web |url= http://zeque-movie.com/titles/dvdblu-ray/k-1.html|title= サスペリア＜４Kレストア版＞|accessdate= July 15, 2019|work= Zeque Productions}}
- Suspiria (2018) – Anke Meier (Jessica Harper){{cite web |url= https://twitter.com/uchikoshi0705/status/1177951835446865920 |title= サスペリア|accessdate= September 30, 2019|work= Twitter}}
- Way of the Dragon – Chen Ching-hua (Nora Miao){{cite web |url= http://paramount.nbcuni.co.jp/search/detail.php?id=8672|title= ドラゴンへの道 ＜日本語吹替収録版＞|accessdate= April 27, 2019|work= NBCUniversal Japan}}
- The Wizard of Oz'' (1974 TBS edition) – Dorothy Gale (Judy Garland)
References
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External links
- [http://www.81produce.co.jp/list.cgi?lady+0511653561820 Official agency profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161225072915/http://81produce.co.jp/list.cgi?lady+0511653561820 |date=2016-12-25 }} {{in lang|ja}}
- [http://gph.sakura.ne.jp/va_memo/system/vadb.cgi?action=view_ind&value=02679&namecode=0 Mari Okamoto] at GamePlaza-Haruka Voice Acting Database {{in lang|ja}}
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- {{IMDb name|0645481}}
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Category:Japanese television actresses
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