Yumiko Shibata is a Japanese voice actress born on November 21, 1964, in Tokyo. She began her career in the mid-1980s and was active in the industry for approximately two decades, with her last credited roles appearing around 2005. Throughout her career, she was affiliated with the talent management firm 81 Produce.

Shibata's filmography is extensive and spans a wide variety of anime television series, original video animations (OVAs), and films from the 1980s and 1990s. She is perhaps best known for her long-running role as Shunrei in the popular franchise Saint Seiya, a part she played in both the original television series and subsequent films. She also provided the voice for another character in the series, Mimiko.

Another significant role early in her career was as Ran Wakato in the long-running series High School! Kimenguni. She also voiced the character Kan Kumaoff in the Maple Town series. Her voice work was not limited to television, as she took on roles in numerous OVAs, a popular format during that era.

The user's query correctly identifies many of the roles she played. In the Super Real Mahjong series of OVAs, she voiced the character Kasumi Serizawa, a role credited under slightly varying titles. She played Maki in the original Burn Up! OVA and its sequel, Burn Up W. In the comedy series Mashin Hero Wataru, she was the voice of EX Man B and also played the protagonist's mother. Her other listed roles are also confirmed: Chipple in the Magical Twilight OVA series, Santa in Bug tte Honey, Sheri in the OVA The Humanoid, Sana Fujisawa in the Cool Devices OVA series, Yurie in Erotic Torture Chamber, and Miharu Yamada in Puttsun Make LOVE. She also voiced Makiba Hokkai in the film Running Boy Star Soldier no Himitsu.

Shibata's work was not confined to a single genre; she voiced characters in family-oriented anime, action series, science fiction, and comedies. Beyond acting, she also contributed her singing voice, performing theme songs for the OVAs Burn Up! and Twinkle Heart. Her career reflects the work of a busy and versatile character actor in the Japanese animation industry during its period of significant growth and change in the late 20th century.