I am a Teacher who started creating online content for my students from 2016 so that they can get access to free knowledge online.
Tomoko Kawakami
Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share
Sign in
Native name
川上 とも子
Years active
1994–2010
Albums
ADOLESCENCE DOLL
Occupation
Voice actress
Role
Voice actress
Ethnicity
Japanese
Name
Tomoko Kawakami
Cause of death
Ovarian cancer
Agent
Production Baobab
Born
April 25, 1970 (
1970-04-25
)
Tokyo, Japan
Died
June 9, 2011, Tokyo, Japan
Movies
Air, Revolutionary Girl Utena, Keroro Gunso the Super Mo, Bleach: The Diamond, Bleach: Memories of Nobody
Tomoko kawakami r i p
Tomoko Kawakami(川上 とも子,Kawakami Tomoko, April 25, 1970 – June 9, 2011) was a Japanese voice actress from Tokyo. Having graduated from the Toho Gakuen College of Drama and Music, she was affiliated with Production Baobab at the time of her death.
1997 interview with tomoko kawakami voice of utena tenjou
Career
Kawakami debuted in 1994 as a role of a boy in Metal Fighter Miku. Her first regular performance was in 1995 as Chiriko in Fushigi Yuugi. Two years after, she landed her first starring voice role as Utena Tenjou in Revolutionary Girl Utena. Aside from Chiriko and Utena, her famous roles are in Air (Misuzu Kamio), Bleach (Soifon), Chrono Crusade (Rosette Christopher), Hikaru no Go (Hikaru Shindou), Sgt. Frog (Fuyuki Hinata) and Ape Escape (Natsumi).
Kawakami provided voices for young boys, girls and comical characters. The best-known genre of her roles are tomboyish characters (Soifon, Utena Tenjou). With such a powerful voice, she was often affiliated in paranormal and yuri-themed anime. She also made her name voicing the heroine in the Harukanaru Toki no Naka de series, based from the Neoromance game with the same title produced by Koei in 2000.
Illness and death
In August 2008, Kawakami was diagnosed with ovarian cancer, which required surgery. During a three-year battle with cancer, most of her ongoing roles were replaced by other voice actresses, although Kawakami was able to do some voice work. She died on June 9, 2011 at the age of 41.
