Ikue Otani
Ikue Ōtani (Japanese: 大谷育江 Ōtani Ikue; also seen as Ikue Ohtani, Ikue Ootani and Ikue Otani) is a voice actress who provides the voice of Ash's Pikachu.
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Ikue Ohtani, visiting the Sakura-Con in Seattle, Washington as guest of honor in 2005.
Biography
Ōtani was born August 18, 1965 in Tokyo. She currently works for マウスプロモーション Mausu Promotion.
For health reasons, she took leave from her work from January to May 2006. The voice credit for Pikachu did not change during this period. However, Mime Jr. was played by Tomoe Hanba (半場友恵) from AG161 to AG175, and other characters have also been voiced by other actors.
Pokémon roles
Ōtani's most famous role on Pokémon is that of Ash's Pikachu. She has also provided a handful of minor voices.
Humans
- Suzie
- One of Gary's cheerleaders
- Crystal
- Red (AG086)
- Annie
- Zachary Evans
- Tommy
- Charity
- Sue
- Female Team Galactic Grunt (DP036; DP060)
- Whitney's Gym assistant
- Ghost girl
- Keiko
- Various guest characters
Pokémon
Major
- Ash's Pikachu
- James's Mime Jr.
- Misty's Corsola
- Misty's Starmie
- Misty's Goldeen
- Drew's Roselia
- Zoey's Glameow
- Harley's Banette
- Mesprit
Minor
- Max's Ralts
- Squirtle (Squirtle Squad)
- Barry's Roserade
- Sumomo's Vaporeon
- Juan's Azurill
- Nando's Lopunny
- Sentret
- Bellossom
- Wobbuffet
- Shuckle
- Oddish
- Swinub
- Breloom
- Nuzleaf
- Dugtrio
- Hitmontop
- Clamperl
- Mudkip
- Flaaffy (Hannah)
- Meganium
- Vileplume
- Wooper
- Horsea
- Chikorita
- Mismagius
- Misdreavus
- Kirlia
- Roselia
- Marill
- Frillish (BW069)
- Litwick (BW069)
Voices on games
She has voiced Pikachu in some games, including:
Famous non-Pokémon roles
In anime and video games
- Vivi Ornitier (Kingdom Hearts II)
- Bon Bonne (Megaman Legends)
- Tony Tony Chopper and Sanji (child) (One Piece)
- Merle (Vision of Escaflowne)
- Yukina Shiratori (Martian Successor Nadesico)
- Sailor Tin Nyanko (Sailor Moon: Sailor Stars)
- Sora Hasegawa (Oh My Goddess!)
- Fon Master Ion, Sync the Tempest, Florian (Tales of the Abyss)
- Konohamaru (Naruto)
- Zatch Bell (Zatch Bell!)
- Rita (Ashita no Nadja)
- Sayaka (Tournament of the Gods)
- Seelnay (Crest of the Stars)
- Ayane Isuzu (Gatekeepers 21)
- Himeko Nonohara and Erika (Hime-chan's Ribbon)
- Hana-Chan and Majo Monroe (Ojamajo Doremi) Magical DoReMi)
- Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya (Detective Conan)
- Tiki (Fire Emblem: Kakusei)
In dubbed productions of English shows
- Dot Warner (Animaniacs)
- Stephanie Tanner (Full House)
- Jazz Fenton, Kitty and Tiffany Snow (Danny Phantom)
- Pucca (Pucca)
- Chomper (Land Before Time)
Pokémon Live
- Ōtani and Maddie Blaustein are the only actors listed as reprising their anime roles (Pikachu and Meowth, respectively) in Pokémon Live!. However, since the show was a US produced show and Ōtani's role in the dub is a reuse of her work on the Japanese version, it's more likely that archive recordings were used for Pikachu.
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