Sumi Shimamoto
島本須美, Sumi Koshikawa (越川須美)
Birth: December 8, 1954
Age: 69
Gender: Female
Hometown: Kochi Prefecture, Japan
Years Active: N/A ~ Present
A Japanese actress, voice actress and narrator of film, anime and video games. She is currently independent of any talent management company.
After graduating from the Toho Gakuen College of Drama and Music, she joined Gekidan Seinenza, a theatrical acting troupe. Her best-known voice roles include Nausicaä in Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, and Kyouko Otonashi in Maison Ikkoku.
She won the role of Nausicaä as she had played Clarisse in The Castle of Cagliostro and impressed Hayao Miyazaki.
She is married to Daisuke Koshikawa, one of the founders of the comedy troupe Chibikko Gang. Their first child, Shiori, has also done voice acting.
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Characters
2024
Shokupanman
( SUPPORTING )
Yukiko Kudo
( SUPPORTING )
2023
Narrator
( BACKGROUND )
Warai Fukurou Tsuma
( SUPPORTING )Shokupanman
( SUPPORTING )Narrator
( SUPPORTING )Yukiko Kudo
( SUPPORTING )
2022
Hinano no Obaa-chan
( SUPPORTING )Shokupanman
( SUPPORTING )
2021
Asuka Baggio
( SUPPORTING )
Suzu no Haha
( SUPPORTING )Shokupanman
( SUPPORTING )
2019
Mamiya
( SUPPORTING )
Satoko Koyama
( SUPPORTING )
Miyazawa
( SUPPORTING )
2018
Yorie Tsumura
( SUPPORTING )
2017
Kouda no Tsuma
( SUPPORTING )
Eringi
( SUPPORTING )Eringi
( SUPPORTING )
Mitsuba Okita
( SUPPORTING )
Flora
( SUPPORTING )
2016
Yukiko Kudo
( SUPPORTING )
2015
Mari Shimada
( SUPPORTING )Mari Shimada
( SUPPORTING )
2014
Sumi
( BACKGROUND )
Anime Staff Roles
1998
Seishoujo Kantai Virgin Fleet
Theme Song Performance (OP, ED)
1993
Umi ga Kikoeru
Dialect Guidance
1985
Princess Sara
Insert Song Performance