Saori Sugimoto

Saori Sugimoto (杉本沙織, Sugimoto Saori, 17 November 1964 – 21 October 2021) was a Japanese voice actress known for voicing Ramurin Makiba and Nyakkii Momoyama in Shima Shima Tora no Shimajirō. She also voiced Kisanta Yamamura in Nintama Rantarō, taking over the role from Tomiko Suzuki, and Catherine Bloom in Mobile Suit Gundam Wing.

Biography

Saori Sugimoto, a native of Fujisawa, Kanagawa, was born on 17 November 1964.^[1]

She took a career hiatus from May 2017 until April 2018 due to health issues.^[2]

Sugimoto died on 21 October 2021, aged 56, due to congestive heart failure associated with anorexia.^[3] Her family held a private funeral on 28 October.^[4]

Filmography

Television

Armor Hunter Mellowlink (OAV) as Dancing Girl B (episode 6)
Bikkuri-Man as Chakkun Cutter; Joshi Suisai
The Brave Fighter of Sun Fighbird
Chibi Maruko-chan as Ruriko; Toshiko-chan; Yurie Hayashi
Chibi Maruko-chan as Toshiko Tsuchihashi (ep 265)
City Hunter 2 as Child (episode 46); Girl A (episode 33); Girl B (episode 37); Hostess B (ep 43); Little Girl (episode 30); Nurse B (episode 20); Woman (episode 22, 29); Woman A (episode 24–25, 31)
Daddy Long-Legs; Female student A (episode 6); Girl (episode 1); Operator (episode 22)
Fist of the North Star 2 as Asuka (episode 8, 11–13); Tetsu (episode 33)
Fortune Quest L as Cathy (episode 23)
Funky Fables as Girl (Christmas Carol)
Galaxy Fraulein Yuna Returns (OAV) as Malina
Genki Bakuhatsu Ganbaruger as School announcement (episode 29); School Announcer
Green Green (OAV) as Sanae Minami
Green Green as Sanae Minami
Green Green Character DVD (OAV) as Sanae Minami
Green Green Thirteen: Erolutions (OAV) as Sanae Minami
Hello! Lady Lin as Female Student; Nancy
Kamen no Ninja Akakage as O-Kiku
Kariage-kun as Kimura Takashi
Kiteretsu Daihyakka as Fuyumi; Kayo; Masako; Reiko
Lomien Man
Madonna (OAV) as High School Girl (episode 1)
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing (TV) as Catherine Bloom^[5]
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz (OAV) as Caroline Bloom^[5]
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing: Operation Meteor (OAV) as Catherine Bloom
Mock & Sweet as butterfly (episode 34); Kiki's mother (episode 41); villager (episode 43); weasel child (episode 36)
Ninja Ryūkenden (OAV) as Katherine Friedman
Orphen as Ruru
Romeo and the Black Brothers as Nana
Sakigake!! Otoko Juku
Sans Famille as Jeanne (episode 19)
Sazae-san
Shima Shima Tora no Shimajirō (1993–2021) Ramurin Makiba, Nyakkii Momoyama
Shin Bikkuriman as 1-2 Sansuke; Besutaniya ; Carnivon; Chakkun Cutter; Joshi Suisai; Kaanibon ; Meidon Reishi; Vestanya
Shin chan as Kutsuzoko Atsumi (episode 400)
Shōnan Bakusōzoku (OAV) as Girl 2 (episode 4)
Sonic X as Boom 1 (episode 19)
Super Mario no Shōbōtai (OAV) as Kaoru
Takoyaki Mant-Man as Princess
Three Little Ghosts as baby (episode 1–2); Sansan (episode 17)
Trapp Ikka Monogatari as Girl (episode 2); Martina
The Chronicles of Narnia as Jill Pole (BBC Serial Drama dub) (Japanese Dub)

Film

Bikkuriman: Taiichiji Seima Taisen as Baby
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz Special Edition (movie) as Caroline Bloom
Sangokushi as Chōkō Moyu!
Shimajiro and Fufu's Big Adventure (2013) as Nyakkii Momoyama
Shimajiro and the Whale's Song (2014) as Nyakkii Momoyama
Shimajiro and the Mother Tree (2015) as Nyakkii Momoyama
Shimajiro in Bookland (2016) as Nyakkii Momoyama
Shimajiro and the Rainbow Oasis (2017) as Nyakkii Momoyama
Shimajiro the Movie: Adventures on Magic Island (2018) as Nyakkii Momoyama, Ramurin Makiba
Shimajiro and Ururu's Hero Island (2019) as Nyakkii Momoyama
Shimajiro to Sora Tobufune (2021) as Nyakkii Momoyama
Shin Maple Town Monogatari as Home Town Hen
Shimajirō to Kirakira Ōkoku no Ōji-sama (2022) as Nyakkii Momoyama (Posthumous release)

Video games

First Kiss Story (1998) as Miho Kasugano^[5]
Kunio no Oden as Hasebe, Momozono^[5]

References

^ "杉本沙織". Animate Times (in Japanese). Retrieved 27 April 2024.
^ "忍たま乱太郎」声優の杉本沙織さん死去、食思不振症に伴ううっ血性心不全". Nikkan Sports. 30 October 2021. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
^ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (29 October 2021). "Shimajirō Voice Actress Saori Sugimoto Passes Away at 58". Anime News Network. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
^ Harding, Daryl (28 October 2021). "Gundam Wing Voice Actor Saori Sugimoto Passes Away Aged 58". Crunchyroll News. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Saori Sugimoto (visual voices guide)". behindthevoiceactors.com. Retrieved 27 April 2024. Check mark indicates role has been confirmed using screenshots of closing credits and other reliable sources.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)

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[1] "杉本沙織". Animate Times (in Japanese). Retrieved 27 April 2024.

[2] "忍たま乱太郎」声優の杉本沙織さん死去、食思不振症に伴ううっ血性心不全". Nikkan Sports. 30 October 2021. Retrieved 4 April 2024.

[ANN_20211029-3] Pineda, Rafael Antonio (29 October 2021). "Shimajirō Voice Actress Saori Sugimoto Passes Away at 58". Anime News Network. Retrieved 27 April 2024.

[Crunchyroll_2021-4] Harding, Daryl (28 October 2021). "Gundam Wing Voice Actor Saori Sugimoto Passes Away Aged 58". Crunchyroll News. Retrieved 27 April 2024.

[btva-5] "Saori Sugimoto (visual voices guide)". behindthevoiceactors.com. Retrieved 27 April 2024. Check mark indicates role has been confirmed using screenshots of closing credits and other reliable sources.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)

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