Megumi Tano
Description
Megumi Tano is a Japanese voice actress born on December 28, 1968, in Fukushima Prefecture. She began her career in the late 1980s after attending the Tokyo Broadcast Academy. Initially, she was affiliated with the talent management firm ARTSVISION, but in 1997, she moved to the Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society, also known as Haikyo, where she continues her career. Her stage name is often written in hiragana as 田野めぐみ, while her birth name and former stage name use the kanji characters 田野恵.
Tano has built a substantial career portraying a wide variety of characters, with a particular focus on young boys and unique supporting roles. One of her most recognized and long-running roles is that of the quietly enigmatic Emiko Noguchi, the classmate who loves creepy jokes, in the enduringly popular series Chibi Maruko-chan. She began voicing this character in 1995 and has continued the role in subsequent productions, including the 2015 film Eiga Chibi Maruko-chan: Italia kara Kita Shōnen, where she also voiced Emiko's sister, Shouko Noguchi.
Another cornerstone of her career is her work in the Inazuma Eleven franchise. She voices the gentle giant and powerhouse defender Heigorou Kabeyama, a role she has played across multiple television series, including the original Inazuma Eleven, Inazuma Eleven GO, and Inazuma Eleven: Ares no Tenbin. She also provided her voice for Kabeyama in several related films, such as Gekijouban Inazuma Eleven: Saikyō Gundan Ogre Shūrai, and various video games based on the series.
Her other notable anime roles from the early part of her career include Osamu in the 1990 television anime adaptation of Osamu Tezuka's The Three-eyed One and Kanbei in the 1992 original video animation Raven Tengu Kabuto. In more recent years, she took on the role of Tarō in the 2017 film Genbanojō.
Beyond these specific credits, Tano has demonstrated her versatility in a range of other productions. Her filmography includes a role in Satoshi Kon's acclaimed psychological thriller film Perfect Blue, where she voiced a child character. She has also lent her voice to foreign language dubs of Western animations, such as providing the Japanese voice for the character Henry Hawk in various Looney Tunes productions. Her work across television, film, and video games highlights a consistent and reliable presence in the voice acting industry since the early 1990s.
Tano has built a substantial career portraying a wide variety of characters, with a particular focus on young boys and unique supporting roles. One of her most recognized and long-running roles is that of the quietly enigmatic Emiko Noguchi, the classmate who loves creepy jokes, in the enduringly popular series Chibi Maruko-chan. She began voicing this character in 1995 and has continued the role in subsequent productions, including the 2015 film Eiga Chibi Maruko-chan: Italia kara Kita Shōnen, where she also voiced Emiko's sister, Shouko Noguchi.
Another cornerstone of her career is her work in the Inazuma Eleven franchise. She voices the gentle giant and powerhouse defender Heigorou Kabeyama, a role she has played across multiple television series, including the original Inazuma Eleven, Inazuma Eleven GO, and Inazuma Eleven: Ares no Tenbin. She also provided her voice for Kabeyama in several related films, such as Gekijouban Inazuma Eleven: Saikyō Gundan Ogre Shūrai, and various video games based on the series.
Her other notable anime roles from the early part of her career include Osamu in the 1990 television anime adaptation of Osamu Tezuka's The Three-eyed One and Kanbei in the 1992 original video animation Raven Tengu Kabuto. In more recent years, she took on the role of Tarō in the 2017 film Genbanojō.
Beyond these specific credits, Tano has demonstrated her versatility in a range of other productions. Her filmography includes a role in Satoshi Kon's acclaimed psychological thriller film Perfect Blue, where she voiced a child character. She has also lent her voice to foreign language dubs of Western animations, such as providing the Japanese voice for the character Henry Hawk in various Looney Tunes productions. Her work across television, film, and video games highlights a consistent and reliable presence in the voice acting industry since the early 1990s.
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- Japanese
- JapaneseAnime overview: Inazuma Eleven: Saikyō Gundan Ogre Shūrai
- JapaneseAnime overview: The Three-eyed One
- JapaneseAnime overview: Raven Tengu Kabuto
- JapaneseAnime overview: Chibi Maruko-chan
- JapaneseAnime overview: Eiga Chibi Maruko-chan: Italia kara Kita Shōnen
- JapaneseAnime overview: Eiga Chibi Maruko-chan: Italia kara Kita Shōnen