#Yuko Minaguchi

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Sailor Moon Infinity Art Book Part 2

Fukami Rica, Sailor Venus

Ogata Megumi, Sailor Uranus

Katsuki Masako, Sailor Neptune

Kawashima Chiyoko, Sailor Pluto

Minaguchi Yuko, Sailor Saturn

Araki Kae, Sailor Chibi Moon

Han Keiko, Luna

Takato Yasuhiro, Artemis

Nishihara Kumiko, DIana

Undersea Princess Serenity drawing by Asamiya Kia, Silent Mobius manga

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In "The Fangirl Diaries," I talk about cosplaying as Nadeshiko Kinomoto because I was cast in a CCS fandub because I had a very softspoken sweet voice. Here's when I met Yuko Minaguchi, the voice actress for Nadeshiko at Anime Boston 2014.

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[Lunar Logs] Yuko Minaguchi On the Challenge of Voicing Hotaru

[Lunar Logs] Yuko Minaguchi On the Challenge of Voicing Hotaru #SailorMoon #セーラームーン

Hotaru does not approve Lunar Logs is a weekly series featuring full translations of interviews with Ms. Takeuchi and others — such as the directors, writers, voice cast, and more — responsible for making Sailor Moon into the massively popular franchise we know it as today. Though not every interview will directly address or even mention Sailor Moon, I find it an interesting look into the minds…

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Never get tired of watching YAWARA!’s Yugoslavia World Championship final! For me, Matsuda-san is one of the best men in Japanese Anime!

this type of man was perfected decades ago and was put in another manga

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Original title: Doragon Bôru Jîtî | ドラゴンボールGT.

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Voice files for Pamela from the Wii version, albeit with no filters applied to them, are found unused in the files of Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series.

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CROSSCANONS: Is your mom voiced by a Precure? (Precure x Love Live)

Upon confirmation of Yukana being another Precure veteran to voice a mom in the Love Live to one of the school idols (Lanzhu, of all people), it reminds me of the other Precure seiyuus who lent their voices to other Love Live mothers.

==Let's start at the beginning with Muse.==

Honoka Kousaka

Honoka's mom is voiced by Masumi Asano (Minami Kaido/Cure Mermaid). Asano still had credit for the LL! movie, when Go! Princess Precure was midway through the season.

Kotori Minami

Believe it or not, Kotori's mother is voiced by a well-known voice actress [Noriko Hidaka] who had a supporting role in the Precure franchise. In Suite Precure, Hidaka played Aphrodite, Cure Muse's mother. Kinda fitting, don't you think?

Maki Nishikino

Maki's mother, voiced by Kikuko Inoue, has a few roles in Precure, but Benigyo (from Maho Tsukai) is the most well-known of the three.

Nico Yazawa

(I have to mention her or else I'd be punished in the name of the moon. No, literally. Nico's mom is voiced by Kotono Mitsuishi.)

Mitsuishi provides the voice of Hummy, the mascot from Suite Precure.

Eli Ayase

While her mother is never seen in the series, her grandmother makes an appearance. She is voiced by Fumi Hirano, who had a minor role in Star Twinkle Precure (that being Lala's mother).

==Moving on, let's get into Aqours.==

Chika Takami

Rie Kugimiya voices Chika's mother, who previously was involved with DokiDoki! Precure as Madoka Aguri/Cure Ace and the Yes! Precure 5 movie as Dark Lemonade.

Riko Sakurauchi

Riko's mother is voiced by singer and voice actress, Nana Mizuki. Prior to Sunshine, she was Tsubomi Hanasaki/Cure Blossom in Heartcatch! Precure.

Yohane Tsushima

Yohane's mother, voiced by Hekiru Shiina, also voices Madoka's mother in Star Twinkle Precure.

Mari Ohara

Mari's mother is voiced by Akiko Yajima. In Futari wa Precure, she is credited as Mipple, Honoka's partner.

==Nijigaku==

Setsuna Yuki

The voice behind Setsuna Yuki's mother, Ryoko Shiraishi, had a minor role in both Smile Precure and Heartcatch! Precure.

Kanata Konoe

Yuko Minaguchi provided the voice for Kanata's mother. She was the seiyuu behind both Dark Mint in the Yes! Precure 5 movie and Flora from Yes! Precure 5 GoGo.

Lanzhu Zhong

As mentioned in the beginning of this post, Lanzhu's mother has been confirmed to be voiced by Yukana. She is best known as Honoka Yukishiro/Cure White in Futari wa Precure.

==Liella==

Kanon Shibuya

Kanon's mother is played by Mamiko Noto, who also voiced Ayumi Sakagami/Cure Echo in the Precure All Stars New Stage movies.

Ren Hazuki

Ren's mother is voiced by Aya Endo. She also voiced Tenjo in Star Twinkle Precure.

Kinako Sakurakoji

Ikue Otani, the voice behind Candy from Smile Precure, is credited as Kinako's mother.

For the meantime, this is every canon LL mother with a literal CV. It is unknown, to my knowledge, if Hasunosora has any yet to be mentioned. Hopefully you enjoy learning something different today!

Til next time, here's to the end of the summer and the start of fall weather, endless pumpkins, and-- OKAY LET ME JUST SAY I'M DESPERATE TO GO PURCHASE A RIKO NESOBERI TO FINISH MY AQOURS NESO COLLECTION.

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Birdie Wing: Golf Girls' Story Season 2 Spoiler-Filled Review [Part 1]

Birdie Wing: Golf Girls' Story is an original (wild) golf anime directed by Takayuki Inagaki, with Yōsuke Kuroda as the series writer. The series is produced by Bandai Namco Pictures, a subsidiary of Bandai Namco Filmworks. The first cour/season of Birdie Wing aired from April to June 2022, and the second season/cour aired from April 2023 to June 2023.

Reprinted from Pop Culture Maniacs and Wayback Machine. This was the thirty-eighth article I wrote for Pop Culture Maniacs. This post was originally published on July 2, 2023.

The first season of this off-the-wall anime centered on Eve (voiced by Kito Akari), a spunky teenage girl from the slums of Nafrece who illegally golfs for money, and a rich Japanese girl named Aoi Amawashi (voiced by Asami Seto), who matches her determination and skill. That season showed that this anime is more than a sports story, which are common these days, with wild underground golf games against organized crime bosses obsessed with solving issues through golf.

Diversity is central to Birdie Wing. Heavy issues like undocumented immigration, corrupt urban renewal, political corruption, and racial injustice are brought to the forefront. Unsurprisingly, yuri subtext is abound in this anime, primarily between Eve and Aoi, especially during their golf games against one another, or together.

The second season picks up where the first one left off, with magical girl-esque golf drives by Eve and Aoi, and continued ridiculousness. This series is more mature than many Western animations. It is even more intense and relatable than the previous season, with Eve remaining at a prestigious Japanese golf academy in the first part of the season. It does this while flaunting rules of the sports genre, mixed with well-placed comedic moments.

Surely, there are terrible women in Birdie Wing, but others are more relatable. In many ways, this series makes the elitist sport of golf interesting to watch. The series goes above and beyond other sports anime focused on girls. The plot and characters remain compelling. The talented crew and cast allow the series to excel. This season went a different direction than I had anticipated in my season one review: that Aoi would lose her privileges, that Eve would become a subservient golf supersoldier doing the bidding of the golf-obsessed Mafia, and that Eve would remain in Japan.

In fact, Aoi never lost her life of privilege while Eve did not remain in Japan. It is heavily implied that she has romantic feelings toward Aoi and vice versa. The first few episodes of the second season show Aoi making mistakes. But Eve did not kiss her since promised to only do so if Aoi did well. On the other hand, Eve's repressed memories began to come back when she did one of her golf power moves, revealing her true identity.

Unlike season one of Birdie Wing, the physical toll of playing golf, at this intense level, is a major theme. At the beginning of the season, Aoi gets a headache and her playing suffers, with Eve filling in for her. Aoi collapses because of the stress she is under. Predictably, Eve declares she will "kill" her opponents in golf. Otherwise, there is a connection between the condition of Aoi's father, and her condition, with the latter a result of overwork.

I liked how the series seemed to imply that Eve and Aoi were half-sisters, then demolished this idea with an absurdly complex web of relationships between the show's characters. It turns out that Leo Millafoden (voiced by Shūichi Ikeda) taught Eve golf at request of Eve's real father, Kazuhika Hodoka (voiced by Kousuke Toriumi). The latter was in a relationship with Eleanor Burton (voiced by Yuko Minaguchi). He later married Aoi's mother, Seira Amawashi (voiced by Yūko Kaida), after she was pregnant with a baby from another man: Reiya Amuro (voiced by Tōru Furuya). Reiya later became a coach of the golf academy which Aoi and Eve attended.

In an intriguing twist, it is revealed that Eve doesn't remember her past because of amnesia. A cruise liner crashed, killing her mother and father, and countless others. When she woke up from the accident, she didn't remember anything, not even her name. So, there wasn't any human experimentation, as I had thought before. Instead, she grew up in the slums. Klein Clare (voiced by Sayaka Kinoshita), Lily Lipman (voiced by Akira Sekine), and others in Nafrece take her in and raise her.

The arc in the first few episodes of Birdie Wing's season 2, with Aoi and Eve playing together, ends abruptly. Seira incorrectly believes that Eve is "bad news". She plans to expel Eve from the country, in an effort to "protect" Aoi, in a decision based on faulty information "proving" Eve is tied to the Mafia. The "deportation" of Eve, as some fans termed it online, results. She is pressured to quit school, kidnapped, and brought to an airport, then told to leave Japan "or else".

The definition of deportation in U.S. law is simple. It refers to the removal of a foreigner from a country. In legal terms, such foreigners have a presence which is "deemed inconsistent with the public welfare and without any punishment...imposed or contemplated". In contrast, expulsion is removal of a person or people, by a governmental act/dictate/declaration, from a territory against their will. A successful expulsion is a deportation.

Eve wasn't pushed out of Japan by a government official or agency. As such, it is either forced migration, forced displacement, or forced relocation. Even those terms don't fit, since the latter applies to people persecuted for one reason or another. On the other hand, what happened to Eve is likely is a form of displacement, which can be caused by conflicts, disasters, development, criminal organizations, political entities, and conflicts.

Moreover, it is accurate to say Eve was displaced, but not deported, as no government official forced her on a plane. Eve left the country of her own free will, although the driver threatened her with violence. This analysis is further confirmed by looking at definitions of "deportation," "expulsion," "immigration," "immigrant," "emigrant," "emigration," "alien," and "illegal alien" in the Third Pocket Edition of Black's Law Dictionary which I have on hand.

By these definitions, Eve would be an "alien", and technically an "illegal alien". She has a passport, but a fraudulent one. It is, ultimately, questionable whether she was deported or expelled, as there isn't enough evidence to say definitively that she was compelled to leave.

Eve's return to Nafrece results in a big reunion. She meets Vipere (voiced by Kaori Nazuka), who she calls the "snake lady", along with her partner-of-sorts, and visits her parents' grave. In a possible commentary on reality of the golf world, she gets sponsored by the Burton family, thanks to former pro golfer Alan Harvey (voiced by Shigeru Ushiyama), allowing her to achieve her goals. She uses her golf skills to destroy her opponents and re-firm support of the Burtons, which may have Mafia connections, in her.

The self-made and ever-changing golf course of Mafia boss Catherine (voiced by Umeka Shouji) reappears with gusto, in a callback to the first season of Birdie Wing. In order to win against Catherine's golfer, Remelda (voiced by Marina Inoue), and possible lover, the caddy of Eve, Ichina Saotome (voiced by Saki Fujita) joins her. In a leap of faith, she even quits school, at the request of Eve, so that she can offer the best advice possible. The savvy well-versed and knowledgeable caddy of Aoi, Amane Shinjō (voiced by Ami Koshimizu) does the same, in a parallel to Ichina's actions.

In many ways, Ichina brings realism to the situation. She realizes the danger in going against Catherine, through her golfer, Remelda, on a golf course that uses an absurd amount of power and energy. Even a hydroelectric dam overflows so the course can move with incredible speed. Ichina is rightly terrified after Catherine threatens Eve with a gun. She puts her hands up in fear. Eve is used to her life being in danger and easily shrugs off the threat. At first, Ichina seems like one of the only people in this series who is above the absurdity. As such, she doesn't recognize what Eve sees: that the course is a place filled with "money and greed". Nor can she could she ever do golf shots which have a ball skip across the water to get to its target!

Eve's victories are paralleled by what Aoi was doing, although there are entire episodes of Birdie Wing's season 2 where Aoi barely appeared! I liked that Aoi had her skill on the decline when Eve isn't there, but builds herself back up. The connection between Eve and Aoi remains, even if they aren't directly talking to one another.

Time and again, Eve doesn't waste any time deeming women as "bellissime", including Remelda, who she plays during the second season, and likely others as well. She even didn't mind when Ichina seemed to have a crush on her, with Ichina declaring that she'd be Eve's caddy "for life". She may have even have some feelings for Aisha Khambatta, who faces Eve later in the second season. Assisted by Leo, Aisha is a person that Eve describes as "incredibly dangerous".

The focus on found and chosen family is a big part of Birdie Wing's story, especially for Eve. Once back in Nafrece, she happily greets Klein, Lilly, and their adopted daughters. Thanks to the actions by Vipere, in season one, they all have legal status in Nafrece! As for Aoi, she has a chosen family as well, represented by assistance from her father, and her loyal caddy, Amane.

Although Seira later supports Aoi, she outs herself as a terrible parent when Aoi travels to a contest where plays Eve, and perhaps golf, for the "last" time. She forced/strong armed Amane to becoming the caddy of Aoi in the first place! Later, Amane decides to stay with Aoi, as her caddy. She does so even though she is no longer forced to do so, as an act of her own free will, indicating her power as a character. She may even have a crush, to some extent, on Aoi.

Birdie Wing is even more compelling when Aoi does her own golf power moves. She calls them Shining Shots, like Eve with her "rainbow bullet", "blue bullet", and so on. The absurdity of Aoi winning because of rain, over her opponent, Shikishima, in a game the announcer declares will go down in Japanese women's golf history, says more about the series than anything else.

The final episodes of the second season push Aoi and Eve to the brink, but especially Eve. She begins to suffer from the physical demands of golf, more than ever before, especially after she does her rainbow burst, combining the styles of Leo and her father. This is the "terrible price" she plays for this form of golf. This makes clear that neither Eve nor Aoi are invincible. They are as fallible as the rest of us, even if they don't want to show "weakness" on camera.

This reminded me of similar themes in Carmen Sandiego. Although Carmen appears to have strength and energy to do everything, this is only based on her own training. She has a terrible wipe out in the episode "The Stockholm Syndrome Caper". It causes her almost life-threatening injuries that she has to recover from. Kim Possible in the series of the same name is similar. She is a cheerleader and uses her skills to fight villains and "save" the world. She is not invincible either.

More than any other character in Birdie Wing, apart from Aoi, Eve is a lesbian icon. She only has eyes for other girls and never for any men, whatsoever. Not even Sumire Heanna in Love Live! Superstar!!, Mari Ohara in Love Live! Sunshine!!, or Nijika Ijichi in Bocchi the Rock! compare to Eve, in the slightest.

Eve might only be rivaled by badass huntress Yang Xiao Long in RWBY. Yang can go super saiyan if she wants and is deeply in love with catgirl Blake Belladonna. Hime Shiraki in Yuri Is My Job! or Anisphia "Anis" Wynn Palettia in The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady are other "rivals".

The final episodes of Birdie Wing's second season are some of the strongest. Eve's body can't sustain the pressure from her intense golf. She even gets acupuncture from Allen Harvey so she can use her Rainbow Burst without grievously hurting herself. Aoi perfects her golf and apologizes for letting everyone down.

The various health issues Aoi experiences don't stop her. She suffers from an awful genetic disease (Tuberous Sclerosis Complex). There are nice montages of both engaged in physical training to make their bodies stronger. They prepare for their match at the Bandai Namaco British Women's Open the following year.

It is powerful for the final episodes of Birdie Wing to center a Black woman, Juha Hamilail (voiced by Yuu Asakawa). She previously had been hinted in the show's opening sequence. In the next-to-last episode, she comes into her own. She plans to take the British Open for herself, putting her face-to-face with Eve and Aoi. Eve expresses the annoyance of yuri fans who may see Juha as a hindrance and believe Juha should get out of the way.

On the one hand, it seems strange, and possibly racially tinged, that the obstacle which impedes the protagonists is represented by a Black woman. Even so, she is not an evil character. Rather, she is out for herself. She believes that the unexpected always happens in golf, making it fun. She expressed this directly in the 24th episode, to her caddy, Karen Lapana (voiced by Shizuka Itou). Juha is a strong and gorgeous final boss, of sorts, making the series that much more dramatic.

The latter is similar to how Aoi feels. She enjoys playing golf with Eve, even though she can barely hold it together. This fallibility is clear when she collapses in the same episode, causing Even to shake her and cry. Not long after, she falls once again. She asks a higher power to give her one more chance to fulfill her promise to Eve.

The role of the two other caddies, Amane and Ichina, come to a fore in the next-to-last episode. For instance, Ichina gives Eve advice on how to get birdies and keep pace with Aoi. Amane helps prop up Aoi, who is faltering. Eve and Aoi express their feelings, in their own way, to another, seeing the golf skills each of them can do. This is something that Juha recognizes, remaining jealous that each of them has a rival which drives them to improve.

Birdie Wing, is, as well-known yuri reviewer Erica Friedman put it, "the shounest anime about women's sports ever made". As such, Eve, Aoi, nor none of the other characters goes the route of golf shown in The Phantom of the Open, or in various other golf manga and anime over the years. There are so many of the latter that "Golf in anime and manga" is a Wikipedia category!

The final episode shows Friedman to be right. Even after Aoi collapses and is taken off the field, Juha keeps swinging her golf clubs. Eve, for her part, openly defends Aoi. Eve visits Aoi in the hospital. To make this even more absurd, she declares their game is still on even though Aoi isn't actively playing her! One of the best parts of the episode is the surprise twist: Aoi cuts her hair and serves as Eve's caddy. Even though they don't win, thanks to sneaky and corrupt shenanigans by Karen, they still go out with a bang. Eve even uses Aoi's golf clubs. She has a new golf move, which combines her skills with Aoi's golf strike. It is named the Shining Rainbow Burst. Of course, her human body can't take all the strain and Juha ends up winning.

In more ways than one, Karen acts like a Karen: she slyly leaks to the media. She received the damning information, from Remelda, "proving" that Eve has Mafia connections. Although this rumor is false (as Eve no longer has such connections), it leads to an investigation. Her professional license is suspended for three years by the golf association! Juha shows a bit of a backbone, for the first time. She doesn't approve of these slimy tactics against Eve. Strangely, she doesn't fire Karen. She lets Karen be her caddy for the rest of the game. After all, she didn't even a bat an eye, and kept playing at full speed after Aoi collapsed. Unsurprisingly, neither Karen nor Remelda face any consequences for their actions.

The final episode of Birdie Wing ends strongly. In the first time skip, set three years later, Eve begins training with her caddy, Ichina, at a golf course in Japan. This happens after Ichina says she won't be a caddy for anyone else because she is Eve's personal caddy. Then, there is yet another time skip, with Eve and Aoi finally facing one another during a golf tournament. It appears that the affliction Aoi suffered from is cured and their scores are close. There is even a great scene showing all of Eve's sisters, from her adopted family, all grown up, and are now teens. The series closes positively, with Eve doing her Rainbow Bullet golf strike and viewers can see the bullet going through the sky, as the credits continue to roll.

[continued in part 2. Tumblr wouldn't let me post the whole review on here as one post, for some reason]

© 2023 Burkely Hermann. All rights reserved.

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【Mega CD】 Earnest Evans Series - Anett Futatabi | アーネスト・エバンス・シリーズ アネット再び ~OP

[ Anett Futatabi | アネット再び ]

// Singer: Yuko Minaguchi | 皆口裕子 // Lyrics: Tomoko Nakajima | 中嶋朋子 // Composition: Shinji Tamuraa | 田村信二

// MiSTer FPGA // MegaCD core // Y/C Composite // Sony KV-13TR20 CRT // Dolby Headphone

There is no clean version of this song that I could find. Please let me know if you have clean version!!

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 Yuko MINAGUCHI voice mrs konoe in Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club season 2 and did precure voice precure twice, dark mint from yes precure 5 movie and flora from yes precure 5 gogo

other anime role

videl and pan from dragonball franchise

original seiyyu of Hotaru Tomoe/Sailor Saturn from sailor moon franchise

Nadeshiko Kinomoto  from cardcaptor sakura

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A Sailor Moon Crossover 

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Yuko Minaguchi - A Dieu (1990)  Source: CD-rip

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Sailor Saturn → Voice Actress: Yūko Minaguchi

It’s crazy how much Hotaru actually resembles her voice actress! An interesting little tidbit I thought I’d point out about my favorite Sailor Scout.

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How Did the Voice Cast React to the End of Sailor Moon?

How Did the Voice Cast React to the End of Sailor Moon? #SailorMoon #SailorMoonCrystal #セーラームーン

The five Inner Senshi the week before their last recording session (flowers from Ms. Takeuchi)

As a wise person[1. And also the title of the final and very heartfelt episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation] once said, “all good things must come to an end.” Sailor Moon was no exception to this rule, and aired (what would then be) its final episode on February 8, 1997. Even though the series…

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Something about the Voice of Videl.

I don’t know if anyone have translated this in English it’s from the up wiki Videl page, and actually from the book about voice of all DB character. Just think this part is funny.

https://ja.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ビーデル

And in wiki the article is...

アニメで声を担当した皆口裕子は「ビーデルはサタンが一番好きで、自分が凄く強くて同い年で自分よりも強い人はいないと信じていたけれど、悟飯と出会ってからだんだんと考えが変わっていったと思う」と語っている。また、悟飯を「くん」付けで呼ぶのが、いかにも同級生という感じで面白かったという。作中の男性キャラクターで結婚するとしたら「トランクスに心が傾くけれど、��っぱり悟飯くん」と答えている[6]。

I think this is interesting and I try typing in English, if someone have the English version pls tell and I replace XD

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Animate Voice of Videl Yūko Minaguchi said: “Videl like Satan the most, she is very strong, she doesn’t think if someone can stronger than her in her age, but when she met Gohan she slowly change her mind.” And, she call Gohan with “kun”, although they are classmate it seems funny (<I am not sure this sentence meaning). And who is the one(in DB) you want to marry? “I am swept of my feet over Trunks, but I choose Gohan-kun(finally).”she answered.

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I think Trunks is so attractive to girls, he is handsome, he is cool, he has a sword, and he is designed to attract the girl audiences(from Toriyama-san) and his is rich(present), well I say so far....

There is no way Videl will fall in Trunks in DB story, but Minaguchi san words make me think that...

May be Gohan is not the best one, but is the PERFECT one and suitable one to Videl. (´°̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥ω°̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥｀)

@hanvi3188 answer from her wiki page

本人のブログによると婚歴は2回ある。24歳の時に結婚し、32歳の時に離婚。36歳で再婚し、40歳の時に再び離婚している[4]。

From her blog she married 2times, 24 the first time and 32 divorced, 36 the second and 40 divorced again.

and now I think she is single? And she is 51 now...

And just say Goku Gohan Gohan 3 Voice is the same one and she is 81...

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