Overview, character, and career

• She has a wide vocal range, ranging from boys and girls to middle-aged women. She is also known to be a large professional wrestling
  Professional wrestling
  Professional wrestling is a mode of spectacle, combining athletics and theatrical performance.Roland Barthes, "The World of Wrestling", Mythologies, 1957 It takes the form of events, held by touring companies, which mimic a title match combat sport...
  
   fan, especially of Pro Wrestling Noah
  Pro Wrestling Noah
  is a major Japanese professional wrestling promotion, founded in 2000 by former All Japan Pro Wrestling ace Mitsuharu Misawa. NOAH is broadcast weekly in Japan...
  
  's Kenta Kobashi
  Kenta Kobashi
  Not to be confused with his protégé Kenta Kobayashi is a Japanese professional wrestler currently under contract to Pro Wrestling Noah. He worked for All Japan Pro Wrestling from 1988–2000, where he became one of the promotion's top stars....
  
  .
• She is best known for her roles in Atashin'chi
  Atashin'chi
  is a comedy manga by Eiko Kera, and an anime adaptation that was produced from 2002 to 2009. It is an episode-based animated sitcom of the daily experiences of a family of four .-The Tachibanas:*Father...
  
  (Mother) and Sgt. Frog
  Sgt. Frog
  Sgt. Frog, known in Japan as , is a manga series by Mine Yoshizaki. It was later serialized into a TV anime series directed by Junichi Sato. Both the anime and manga are comedies that follow the attempts of a platoon of frog-like alien invaders to conquer Earth...
  
  (Sergeant Keroro/Keroro Gunso), as well as Shippo in InuYasha
  InuYasha
  , also known as , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi. It premiered in Weekly Shōnen Sunday on November 13, 1996 and concluded on June 18, 2008...
  
  and Klonoa
  Klonoa
  is a video game series created by Namco and Klonoa Works, as well as the name of the titular character of the series.-Setting and gameplay:The games are set in different worlds, though the primary and known ones are Phantomile and Lunatea. It revolves around Klonoa and how he, the Dream Traveler,...
  
   in the Kaze No Klonoa
  Klonoa
  is a video game series created by Namco and Klonoa Works, as well as the name of the titular character of the series.-Setting and gameplay:The games are set in different worlds, though the primary and known ones are Phantomile and Lunatea. It revolves around Klonoa and how he, the Dream Traveler,...
  
  series.
• She is a good friend of Zoids castmate Makiko Ohmoto. Their characters in the said anime are also good friends and allies.

Television animation

• Ashita no Nadja
  Ashita no Nadja
  , is a romance manga by Izumi Todo. It was serialized by Kodansha in the manga magazine Nakayoshi and collected in two bound volumes.The series was adapted as an anime series produced by Toei Animation, which premiered in Japan on the anime satellite television network Animax and the terrestrial TV...
  
  (Mario)
• Atashin'chi
  Atashin'chi
  is a comedy manga by Eiko Kera, and an anime adaptation that was produced from 2002 to 2009. It is an episode-based animated sitcom of the daily experiences of a family of four .-The Tachibanas:*Father...
  
  (Mother)
• Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go!! (J)
• Beyblade G-Revolution (Julia)
• Bonobono
  Bonobono
  is a yonkoma manga series by Mikio Igarashi. From March 1986 to March 1987, the series ran in the Takeshobo manga magazine Tensai Club before the magazine was replaced with Manga Club, where it has been serialized since April 1987. It has also been serialized in Manga Life since April 1986...
  
  (Bonobono)
• Brain Powerd
  Brain Powerd
  is a Japanese anime television series created by Sunrise. The series is set on a future, decimated Earth after the discovery of a mysterious, alien spacecraft dubbed "Orphan". A group of researchers scour the planet for Orphan's disc plates using mecha called "Antibodies" in order to revive the...
  
  (Eiko Isami (Quincy Issā), Kumazō)
• Brave Exkaiser
  Brave Exkaiser
  is a Japanese animated television series that began in 1990, created by Sunrise under the direction of Katsuyoshi Yatabe, and is the first of the long running Yuusha or "Brave" metaseries funded by Takara and produced by Sunrise.-Story:...
  
  (Kouta Hoshikawa)
• Corrector Yui
  Corrector Yui
  is a magical girl anime series created by Kia Asamiya. The anime series was produced by Nippon Animation and Studio Pierrot. Broadcast on NHK from 1999 to 2000. It was licensed for North American release by Viz Media...
  
  (Eco)
• Demashita! Powerpuff Girls Z
  Demashita! Powerpuff Girls Z
  Powerpuff Girls Z, known in Japan as or PPGZ for short, is a magical girl anime series based on the American animated television series The Powerpuff Girls. The anime is co-produced by Cartoon Network Japan and Aniplex and was animated by Toei Animation, featuring character design by Miho Shimogasa...
  
  (Rod)
• Digimon Frontier
  Digimon Frontier
  is the 4th Digimon TV series first broadcast in 2002. After prompted to do so by unusual phone messages, the five main characters go to a subway station and take a train to the Digital World. Once there, they meet two secondary characters, Bokomon and Neemon, who act as guides, and tell the...
  
  (Tomoki Himi
  Tommy Himi
  Tommy Himi, known in Japan as "Tommy" , is a main character in the Digimon anime series Digimon Frontier. In this series, a group of chosen human children were given the ability to turn into Digimon.-Description:...
  
  )
• Doki Doki School Hours
  Doki Doki School Hours
  is a four panel manga series and anime series by Tamami Momose.Sensei no Ojikan was serialised in Bamboo Comics from 1997, published by Takeshobō. A 13 episode anime TV series adaptation was created by J.C.Staff. It was aired on TV Tokyo from April 4, 2004 to June 27, 2004, A 7 episode OVA, Sensei...
  
  (Linda Matsumoto)
• Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo
  Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo
  is an anime series loosely based on Alexandre Dumas, père's classic French novel, Le Comte de Monte-Cristo. Spanning 24 episodes, it was produced by Gonzo, directed by Mahiro Maeda and broadcast by Animax across its respective networks in Japan, East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, Latin America,...
  
  (Héloïse de Villefort)
• GUN×SWORD (Catharine)
• Hamtaro
  Hamtaro
  is a Japanese anime series. The main character is a hamster named Hamtaro who has a variety of adventures with other hamsters, called "Ham-Hams" . The show is based on a manga series by Ritsuko Kawai, Hamtaro Gets Lost and Other Stories, and Jealous Hamtaro and Other Stories...
  
  (Moguru-kun)
• Hikaru no Go
  Hikaru no Go
  is a manga series, a coming of age story based on the board game Go written by Yumi Hotta and illustrated by Takeshi Obata with an anime adaptation. The production of the series' Go games was supervised by Go professional Yukari Umezawa...
  
  (Hideki Isobe)
• InuYasha
  InuYasha
  , also known as , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi. It premiered in Weekly Shōnen Sunday on November 13, 1996 and concluded on June 18, 2008...
  
  (Shippo)
• InuYasha: Kanketsu-hen
  InuYasha
  , also known as , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi. It premiered in Weekly Shōnen Sunday on November 13, 1996 and concluded on June 18, 2008...
  
  (Shippo)
• Juuni Senshi Bakuretsu Eto Ranger
  Juuni Senshi Bakuretsu Eto Ranger
  is a 1995 Japanese anime television series. The Eto Rangers are based on the twelve animals of the Chinese Zodiac.- Summary :The Eto Rangers ride in Space-Time Transmitting Machine Kirinda to repair the Novel Worlds of Mugen. The Eto Rangers are anthropomorphic animals, each representing one of the...
  
   (Bītābin)
• Kirby: Right Back at Ya!
  Kirby: Right Back at Ya!
  Kirby: of the stars, known in Japan Kirby right back at ya!', is an anime series based on Nintendo's Kirby franchise. The series was produced by Warpstar Inc., a company formed between a joint investment between Nintendo and HAL Laboratory, Inc.The series, which takes place in a village called...
  
  (Benikage)
• Kocchi Muite! Miiko
  Kocchi Muite! Miiko
  is an ongoing shōjo comedy manga series by Eriko Ono. It has been published by Shogakukan in Ciao since 1995 and collected in 20 bound volumes as of July 2008. It is a sequel to an earlier series, , and depicts the home and school life of a cheerful and energetic fourth-grade girl named Miiko. The...
  
  (Shimura Mari)
• Konjiki no Gash Bell!!
  Zatch Bell!
  Zatch Bell!, known in Japan as is a shōnen manga series written and illustrated by Makoto Raiku. It was published in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday...
  
  (Alm, Sauza, younger brother)
• Lucky Star (Female Animate Worker)
• MegaMan NT Warrior
  MegaMan NT Warrior
  Mega Man NT Warrior or Mega Man Battle Network, known in Japan as , is an anime and manga series based on the Mega Man Battle Network video game series...
  
  series (Tōru Hikawa)
• Mobile Suit Victory Gundam
  Mobile Suit Victory Gundam
  , is a 1993 Japanese science fiction anime television series. It consists of 51 episodes, and was directed by Gundam creator Yoshiyuki Tomino. The series was first broadcast on TV Asahi and later by the anime satellite television network, Animax, across Japan and later its respective networks...
  
  (Katejina Loos
  Katejina Loos
  Katejina Loos is a character and an antagonist from the anime series Mobile Suit Victory Gundam. She is voiced by Kumiko Watanabe. In the english version of Dynasty Warriors Gundam 2 & 3, she is voiced by Nicole Oliver....
  
  )
• Muka Muka Paradise
  Muka Muka Paradise
  is a manga series by Yumiko Igarashi and Fumiko Shiba, serialized between March 1993 and September 1994 in Shogakukan's Ciao magazine. It was later adapted into a 51 episode anime that aired in Japan between September 4, 1993 and August 27, 1994...
  
  (Shikatani)
• Nintama Rantarō
  Nintama Rantaro
  is a Japanese anime series based on Sōbē Amako's manga Rakudai Ninja Rantarō. It was produced by Ajia-do Animation Works and originally broadcast on NHK. It is aimed at young children, featuring the adventures of Rantarō and his friends and teachers at Ninja school. The fact that glasses are worn...
  
  (Kingo Minamoto)
• One Piece
  One Piece
  is a Japanese shōnen manga series written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda. It has been serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump since August 4, 1997; the individual chapters are being published in tankōbon volumes by Shueisha, with the first released on December 24, 1997, and the 64th volume released as...
  
  (Fukurou)
• Planetes
  Planetes
  is a Japanese hard science fiction manga by Makoto Yukimura. It was adapted as a 26-episode television anime by Sunrise, which was broadcast on NHK from October 2003 through April 2004...
  
  (Claire Rondo)
• Revolutionary Girl Utena
  Revolutionary Girl Utena
  is a manga by Chiho Saito and anime directed by Kunihiko Ikuhara. The manga serial began in the June 1996 issue of Ciao and the anime was first broadcast in 1997. The anime and manga were created simultaneously, but, despite some similarities, they progressed in different directions. A movie, was...
  
  (Shadow girl C-ko)
• Ronin Warriors
  Ronin Warriors
  Ronin Warriors, known in Japan as , is a Japanese anime series and manga adaptation created by Hajime Yatate. The anime was produced and animated by Sunrise, and aired across Japan on Nagoya Television from April 30, 1988 to March 4, 1989 and has a total of 39 episodes.Ronin Warriors was produced...
  
  (Yamano Jun)
• Sailor Moon
  Sailor Moon
  Sailor Moon, known as , is a media franchise created by manga artist Naoko Takeuchi. Fred Patten credits Takeuchi with popularizing the concept of a team of magical girls, and Paul Gravett credits the series with "revitalizing" the magical-girl genre itself...
  
  (JunJun, Kigurumiko)
• Samurai 7
  Samurai 7
  is a 2004 anime TV series, produced by Gonzo and based on Akira Kurosawa's highly regarded 1954 movie Seven Samurai. The series was directed by Toshifumi Takizawa and its music was composed by Kaoru Wada and Eitetsu Hayashi...
  
  (Honoka)
• Sgt. Frog
  Sgt. Frog
  Sgt. Frog, known in Japan as , is a manga series by Mine Yoshizaki. It was later serialized into a TV anime series directed by Junichi Sato. Both the anime and manga are comedies that follow the attempts of a platoon of frog-like alien invaders to conquer Earth...
  
  (Keroro, Dororo's mother, Captain Geroro, Space Kumiko Watanabe)
• Shangri-La
  Shangri-La (novel)
  is a Japanese science fiction light novel, written by Eiichi Ikegami and illustrated by Ken'ichi Yoshida. The novel was initially serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's Newtype magazine between April 2004 and May 2005. The chapters were collected into a single bound volume on September 23, 2005, and was...
  
  (Klaris Lutz)
• Turn A Gundam
  Turn A Gundam
  is a 50 episode anime series that aired between 1999 and 2000 on Japan's FNN networks and on the anime satellite television network, Animax, which was created for the Gundam Big Bang 20th Anniversary celebration...
  
  (Fran Doll)
• Working!!
  Working!!
  Working!! is a Japanese four-panel comic strip manga series written and illustrated by Karino Takatsu, and concerns the activities of the unusual employees at the Wagnaria family restaurant. It began serialization in the January 2005 issue of Square Enix's Young Gangan seinen manga magazine...
  
  (Kyōko Shirafuji)
• Working'!! (Kyōko Shirafuji)
• Zoids: Chaotic Century
  Zoids: Chaotic Century
  Zoids: Chaotic Century, simply titled in Japan, is the first of Five anime series based on the Zoids range of mecha model kits produced by TOMY. The series was animated by XEBEC, and aired from 1999-09-04 to 2000-12-23 on TBS...
  
  (Moonbey)

OVA

• The Heroic Legend of Arslan
  The Heroic Legend of Arslan
  is the title of a Japanese fantasy novel series. The author, Yoshiki Tanaka, started writing Arslan in 1986 and is still writing it as of 2008, with the current number of books at 13 novels and one side story in the official guidebook Arslan senki tokuhon...
  
  (Alfreed)
• Lucky Star: Original Video Animation (Keroro)
• Ojamajo Doremi Naisho (Fami Harukaze)
• Ronin Warriors
  Ronin Warriors
  Ronin Warriors, known in Japan as , is a Japanese anime series and manga adaptation created by Hajime Yatate. The anime was produced and animated by Sunrise, and aired across Japan on Nagoya Television from April 30, 1988 to March 4, 1989 and has a total of 39 episodes.Ronin Warriors was produced...
  
  series (Yamano Jun)
• Tekkaman Blade II
  Tekkaman Blade II
  is a six-episode original video animation.Ten years have passed since the end of the original Tekkaman Blade, and a new generation of Tekkaman must confront a powerful new enemy while rebuilding their forces....
  
  (Anita)

Theater animation

• Atashin'chi
  Atashin'chi
  is a comedy manga by Eiko Kera, and an anime adaptation that was produced from 2002 to 2009. It is an episode-based animated sitcom of the daily experiences of a family of four .-The Tachibanas:*Father...
  
  (Mother)
• InuYasha
  InuYasha
  , also known as , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi. It premiered in Weekly Shōnen Sunday on November 13, 1996 and concluded on June 18, 2008...
  
  series (Shippo)
• Sgt. Frog
  Sgt. Frog
  Sgt. Frog, known in Japan as , is a manga series by Mine Yoshizaki. It was later serialized into a TV anime series directed by Junichi Sato. Both the anime and manga are comedies that follow the attempts of a platoon of frog-like alien invaders to conquer Earth...
  
  Movie (Keroro Gunso)
• Inazuma Eleven
  Inazuma Eleven
  is a role-playing and sports video game for the Nintendo DS developed and published by Level-5. It was released on August 22, 2008 in Japan. A European release was confirmed by Nintendo and was released on January 29, 2011, three years after the Japanese release...
  
  Movie (Mistore)

Video games

• Ace Combat 3
  Ace Combat 3
  is the third installment in the Ace Combat series of games. A major departure from every other game in the series, it featured a futuristic storyline involving a war between a group of multinational corporations.-Plot:...
  
  (Fiona Chris Fitzgerald)
• Armored Core: Master of Arena
  Armored Core: Master of Arena
  Armored Core: Master of Arena is a PlayStation video game. It is part of the Armored Core series. Master of Arena is the last Armored Core game to appear on the original PlayStation.-Storyline:...
  
  (Lana Neilson)
• Battle Tycoon: Flash Hiders SFX
  Battle Tycoon: Flash Hiders SFX
  is a fighting video game developed and published by Right Stuff for the Super Famicom on May 19, 1995. It is an alleged sequel to the PC Engine CD-ROM ² title Flash Hiders...
  
  (Calnarsa Lue Bonn)
• Breath of Fire IV
  Breath of Fire IV
  Breath of Fire IV, originally released in Japan as is a role-playing video game developed by Capcom, and is the fourth game in the Breath of Fire series. It was originally released for the Sony PlayStation home console in Japan and North America in 2000, and the PAL region in 2001...
  
  (Ursula)
• Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter
  Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter
  Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter, known in Japan as , is a PlayStation 2 game originally released on November 14, 2002. It is the fifth role-playing game in the Breath of Fire series.-Gameplay:...
  
  (Lin)
• Flash Hiders
  Flash Hiders
  is a fighting video game developed and published exclusively in Japan on December 19, 1993.Flash Hiders was followed by a sequel titled Battle Tycoon: Flash Hiders SFX, which was also released exclusively in Japan, but developed for the Super Famicom....
  
  (Calnarsa Lue Bonn)
• Klonoa
  Klonoa
  is a video game series created by Namco and Klonoa Works, as well as the name of the titular character of the series.-Setting and gameplay:The games are set in different worlds, though the primary and known ones are Phantomile and Lunatea. It revolves around Klonoa and how he, the Dream Traveler,...
  
  series (Klonoa)
• The Neverhood
  The Neverhood
  The Neverhood is a 1996 PC CD-ROM adventure video game created by animator Doug TenNapel and released by DreamWorks Studios. It features claymation graphics and music by composer Terry Scott Taylor...
  
  (Willy Trombone)[Japanese version only]
• Lunar: Eternal Blue
  Lunar: Eternal Blue
  is a role-playing video game developed by Game Arts and Studio Alex for the Mega-CD as the sequel to Lunar: The Silver Star. The game was originally released in December 1994 in Japan, and later in North America in September 1995 by Working Designs...
  
  (Red Priest Mauri)
• Muv-Luv Alternative
  Muv-Luv
  is a Japanese visual novel developed by âge, which was originally released as an adult game for the PC in February 28, 2003. Subsequent versions with the adult content removed were sold for the PC and Xbox 360...
  
  (Isumi Michiru)
• Namco x Capcom
  Namco x Capcom
  is an action RPG/tactical RPG hybrid game for the PlayStation 2 console, developed by Monolith Soft and featuring characters from games produced by companies Namco and Capcom.- Storyline :...
  
  (Klonoa, Amazona)
• Tales of Vesperia
  Tales of Vesperia
  is the tenth main title in the Tales series. It was developed by Namco Tales Studio and published by Namco Bandai Games for the Xbox 360. The title was announced on December 22, 2007 at Jump Festa, and was released on August 7, 2008 in Asia, and on August 26, 2008 in North America...
  
  (Karol Capel)
• Xenogears
  Xenogears
  is a science-fiction console role-playing game developed and published by Square for Sony's PlayStation. It was released on February 11, 1998 in Japan and on October 20, 1998 in North America. The game was never released in PAL territories...
  
  (Chu-Chu, Dan)
• Keroro RPG: Kishi to Musha to Densetsu no Kaizoku
  Keroro RPG: Kishi to Musha to Densetsu no Kaizoku
  is an Role Playing Game exclusively for the Nintendo DS, which was released on March 4, 2010 in Japan. Developed by Namco Tales Studio and published by Namco Bandai, The game is based on the popular Sgt...
  
  (Keroro)
• SD Gundam G Generation
  SD Gundam G Generation
  SD Gundam G Generation is a series of strategy-RPG video games that focus on the Gundam anime franchise.-History:The G Generation series technically began in 1996, when Bandai released a series of six games for Nintendo's Super Famicom console's Sufami Turbo add-on, each focusing on a particular...
  
  (Ellis Claude)

Anime CDs

• Kouji Tsujitani feat. Houko Kuwashima
  Houko Kuwashima
  is a Japanese voice actress and singer. She is capable of playing a variety of roles, ranging from young boys to feminine women. Kuwashima is currently affiliated with Aoni Production. Her given name, , is sometimes misread as Noriko, even in Japan...
  
   and Kumiko Watanabe in 風のなかへ - Into the Wind (Kaze no Naka e)

External links

• Meriken Blow Kumiko's Blog
• Kumiko Watanabe at Seiyuu.Info
• Profile at Arts Vision