Meiko Kawasaki
Description
Meiko Kawasaki is a Japanese voice actress and stage performer, born on May 1, 1985, in Chiba Prefecture. She is affiliated with the talent agency AIR AGENCY and is known for her versatile voice work across anime, video games, and foreign film dubbing. Standing at 172 cm tall with blood type O, she pursued her training at prestigious institutions including the Katsuta Voice Actor Academy, School Duo, and the AIR AGENCY voice actor training school.
Kawasaki began her professional voice acting career in 2011, with early roles in long-running series such as Soreike! Anpanman and Working!!. Her anime filmography grew throughout the 2010s with a wide range of supporting characters, including roles in major titles like Attack on Titan, where she voiced a mother and various female soldiers, and Black Butler: Book of Murder. She has also appeared in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable, providing the voice for the audio guide, and in The IDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls.
In the context of the user's query, Kawasaki is indeed the voice behind Shino Sosaki, the Pro Hero Mandalay, in the long-running anime My Hero Academia. She has portrayed this character consistently from the third season onward, appearing in subsequent seasons including the fourth, sixth, and seventh. Notably, one source from early 2018 initially announced her involvement with the series as the voice of a different Pussycat member, Ragdoll, highlighting that casting announcements can sometimes precede final production decisions. For the series Danbōru Senki Wars, which translates to LBX Wars, she voiced the character Kirika Sendō. In the CG film Monster Hunter: Legends of the Guild, she provided the Japanese voice for the character Lea, as confirmed in multiple announcements surrounding the film's 2021 release on Netflix.
Beyond these specific credits, Kawasaki has built a substantial career in video games. Her most prominent game role is as Ashe in the Japanese version of the international hit Overwatch. She is also known for playing Jill (Jillyrium Limoneit) in the Ciel nosurge and Ar nosurge series, and Rui Wakanae in Tokyo 7th Sisters, a role for which she performed character songs as part of the unit 7th Sisters. Her other game credits include Diablo III and the mobile game Reverse Othellonia. Her work extends to narration and dubbing roles for overseas films and series, such as NCIS: Hawaiʻi. In addition to voice work, Kawasaki has maintained a connection to stage performance, appearing in productions with groups like Theater Shidai.
Kawasaki began her professional voice acting career in 2011, with early roles in long-running series such as Soreike! Anpanman and Working!!. Her anime filmography grew throughout the 2010s with a wide range of supporting characters, including roles in major titles like Attack on Titan, where she voiced a mother and various female soldiers, and Black Butler: Book of Murder. She has also appeared in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable, providing the voice for the audio guide, and in The IDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls.
In the context of the user's query, Kawasaki is indeed the voice behind Shino Sosaki, the Pro Hero Mandalay, in the long-running anime My Hero Academia. She has portrayed this character consistently from the third season onward, appearing in subsequent seasons including the fourth, sixth, and seventh. Notably, one source from early 2018 initially announced her involvement with the series as the voice of a different Pussycat member, Ragdoll, highlighting that casting announcements can sometimes precede final production decisions. For the series Danbōru Senki Wars, which translates to LBX Wars, she voiced the character Kirika Sendō. In the CG film Monster Hunter: Legends of the Guild, she provided the Japanese voice for the character Lea, as confirmed in multiple announcements surrounding the film's 2021 release on Netflix.
Beyond these specific credits, Kawasaki has built a substantial career in video games. Her most prominent game role is as Ashe in the Japanese version of the international hit Overwatch. She is also known for playing Jill (Jillyrium Limoneit) in the Ciel nosurge and Ar nosurge series, and Rui Wakanae in Tokyo 7th Sisters, a role for which she performed character songs as part of the unit 7th Sisters. Her other game credits include Diablo III and the mobile game Reverse Othellonia. Her work extends to narration and dubbing roles for overseas films and series, such as NCIS: Hawaiʻi. In addition to voice work, Kawasaki has maintained a connection to stage performance, appearing in productions with groups like Theater Shidai.
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- JapaneseAnime overview: My Hero Academia
- JapaneseAnime overview: Monster Hunter: Legends of the Guild
- JapaneseAnime overview: My Hero Academia
- JapaneseAnime overview: Danbōru Senki Wars