Houko Kuwashima

Houko Kuwashima
桑島 法子
Born (1975-12-12) 12 December 1975 (age 48)[1]
Kanegasaki, Iwate, Japan[1]
Occupations
Years active1995–present
AgentAoni Production
Height158 cm (5 ft 2 in)[1]
Musical career
Genres
InstrumentVocals
Years active1996–present
Labels

Houko Kuwashima (桑島 法子, Kuwashima Hōko, born 12 December 1975) is a Japanese voice actress and singer. She is capable of playing a variety of roles, ranging from young boys to feminine women. She is affiliated with Aoni Production.[2] Her first major role was as Yurika Misumaru in Martian Successor Nadesico and she has had lead or major roles in a number of others.

She has voiced characters in several video games. On film, she has had voice roles as the title character in Princess Arete and in Space Battleship Yamato 2199, Fullmetal Alchemist: Conqueror of Shamballa and Doraemon: Nobita in the Robot Kingdom.

She has performed songs for anime, such as "Tokihanate!" (解き放て), which was used as the opening theme to Blue Gender.[3]

  1. ^ a b c 桑島 法子｜日本タレント名鑑. Nihon Tarento Meikan (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2 September 2019. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  2. ^ Doi, Hitoshi. "Kuwashima Houko". Seiyuu Database. 3 January 2011. Retrieved 9 January 2011. Archived 24 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ 解き放て! (in Japanese). Oricon. Archived from the original on 13 February 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2018.