KAORI.
- If you were looking for the character of the day from Dreaming a Performer's Dream! with the Japanese name of Kaori, see Kayleigh.
KAORI. (born February 28, 1976) is a Japanese voice actress for the Pokémon anime.
Biography
KAORI. was born in Kanagawa, Japan.
She had used the stage name Midori Kawana (Japanese: 川菜翠 Kawana Midori) until December 1999; she had used the name Akiko Kawana (Japanese: 川菜明子 Kawana Akiko) prior. In Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl she is credited as Kaori Suzuki.
Pokémon roles
KAORI.'s most prominent role in the Pokémon anime is May. She played that character until the end of Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire, when May left the series. She returned to voicing May briefly during Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl.
Human
Pokémon
Musical appearances in Pokémon
- It's the Start of an Adventure!! (Japanese: 冒険の始まりだ!!)
- I Won't Lose! ~Haruka's Theme~ (Japanese: 私、負けない！ 〜ハルカのテーマ〜)
Other non-Pokémon roles
- Hatoko Konoha (Akiba Girls)
- Marin Asagi (Brigadoon)
- Le Silviana (Cosmo Warrior Zero)
- Lou Lupus (Final Fantasy: Unlimited)
- Milo (Kaleido Star)
- Nana "Hachi" Komatsu (NANA)
Trivia
- She was credited as 鈴木カオリ Kaori Suzuki when May returned during Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl.
- She is currently a member and singer of Spunky Strider.
- It has been reported in 2012 that KAORI has been diagnosed with a severe health condition affecting her larynx known as spasmodic dysphonia, severely impairing her ability to speak. As a result, due to the fact that in Japan, voice actors are often highly respected and therefore it would be disrepectful to replace a voice actor who retired from production and is still alive, the only exception being if the actor dies, meaning that their characters will either have to be retired or killed off (essentially reversing a similar situation in Western-produced movies and TV shows where the retirement or even death of an actor would result in their characters either being recast, retired, or even killed off out of respect for the latter), neither May nor Max have made any further appearances in the anime following Pokémon: The Series: Diamond and Pearl except in either flashbacks or brief, non-speaking cameos.
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