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Kae Araki

Kae Araki (荒木 香衣(old stage name,荒木 香恵), Araki Kae, born November 6, 1963) is a Japanese voice actress from Osaka, Japan. After standing in for Kotono Mitsuishi, the voice of Usagi Tsukino in the series Sailor Moon, when she had appendicitis, Araki was given the role of Chibiusa in the same series. While training at a voice acting school, Araki acted as senpai to fellow voice actress Konami Yoshida, and they have since maintained a close relationship.

Kae Araki
荒木 香衣
Born (1963-11-06) November 6, 1963 (age 61)[1]
Osaka, Japan
OccupationVoice actress
Years active1986–present
Notable credits

Early life

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She was born in Osaka Prefecture. She moved to Hokkaido in second grade, to Kagawa Prefecture in the third grade and Kadoma in Osaka and Tomakomai in Hokkaido in the fourth grade.[2] Due to the work of her father, she moved seven times before graduating from high school.[2]

Since childhood, she longed for the theater world due to the influence of television.[3] She didn't want to be the main actress and just wanted to play.[2] She decided to follow the theatrical path in the fall of the third year of high school.

Career

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After finishing high school in Hokkaido, she moved to Tokyo to become a stage actress. She entered the training school of the Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society (Haikyō) and enrolled in the acting department for half a year. She joined the theater company because she could not get into the upper class on the advanced exam. Her voice work began after she was discovered by a voice actor office manager who saw Araki on stage.[2] Her first anime work was Maison Ikkoku. After that, Araki affiliated with Ken Production. Instead of voice work, the NHK reporter and scene moderators focused mainly on face-to-face work. She then transferred to Arts Vision, where animation was the main focus.[2]

In 1993, she played the main character Usagi Tsukino in the Sailor Moon anime series, for 7 episodes replacing Kotono Mitsuishi who was hospitalized.[4] The scheduled required a substitute and Araki was selected.[4] Later, in the sequel to the series, she played Sailor Chibi Moon.[4] Her role was decided without an audition.[5] In 1995, she played Miaka Yūki in Fushigi Yûgi, her first leading role in television animation.[4]

She was affiliated with 81 Produce from August 2003 to May 2010 and currently is freelancing.[6]

Filmography

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Anime

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Television

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Film

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Video games

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Dubbing

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Original year Dub year Title Role Original actor Notes
Jōnetsu no Meisō Natalie
Taiketsu Spellbinder Ben
Amitie CD drama
1983–1987 Fraggle Rock Red Fraggle
1989–1991 Babar Flora Lisa Yamanaka, Lea-Helen Weir
1991 CD Theater: Dragon Quest Poppy CD drama
1993–2000 Boy Meets World Morgan Matthews Lily Nicksay
1994–1995 Blossom Kennedy Courtney Chase
1997 AIKa: Little Trigger Girl Felnand Mizusumashi CD drama
1999–2009 Ed, Edd n Eddy Sarah Janyse Jaud
2007–2010 The Tudors Catherine of Aragon, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Parr Maria Doyle Kennedy, Joss Stone, Joely Richardson
2001–present Totally Spies! Phoebe Simpson
1992–1995 Batman: The Animated Series Baby-Doll Alison La Placa
1997–1999 The New Batman Adventures Baby-Doll Laraine Newman
2003 Ouran High School Host Club Ayanokōji CD drama

References

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  1. ^ 『日本音声製作者名鑑2007』、Shogakukan、2007年、ISBN 978-4095263021
  2. ^ a b c d e 声優ヒストリー 1997, p. 60.
  3. ^ 声優ヒストリー 1997, p. 56.
  4. ^ a b c d 声優ヒストリー 1997, p. 58.
  5. ^ 『アニメージュ12月号増刊 ボイスアニメージュ VOL.5 』 徳間書店 、1995年、102頁 。
  6. ^ "告知っぽいこと - 荒木香衣の言い条". 告知っぽいこと - 荒木香衣の言い条 (in Japanese). 10 December 2015. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Kae Araki (visual voices guide)". behindthevoiceactors.com. Retrieved 13 March 2023. 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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)

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