Emiko Hagiwara is a Japanese voice actress and narrator affiliated with the Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society. She was born on September 19, 1971, in Kanagawa Prefecture. Her career in the voice acting industry began after she enrolled as an 11th-term student at the Katsuta Voice Actor Academy in 1993, followed by training at the agency's Voice Actors Studio as a 7th-term student in 1996. Throughout her career, she has also worked under several different stage names, most notably Imuraya Honoka (井村屋ほのか), particularly for her extensive work in video games.

Hagiwara has built a versatile career spanning television animation, original video animations, and video games. Her voice is characterized as mezzo-soprano, and she is known for frequently portraying characters who are quiet, cool, or have a "kuudere" disposition, often with a soft and gentle vocal quality. She has been a regular presence in the industry since the late 1990s, with many of her roles concentrated in the 2000s.

Among her most prominent anime roles are several that were specifically noted. She is well known for voicing the character Ilfa (HMX-17a) across multiple adaptations of the ToHeart2 franchise, including the television anime, various OVAs such as ToHeart2 ad and ToHeart2 adplus, and several related games. In the series We Without Wings - Under the Innocent Sky, she provided the voice for Yū Yoneda. Another significant role was as Fantine in the 2007 world masterpiece theater anime Les Misérables - Shōjo Cosette. She also voiced Clair Barton in The Maiden Diaries, and her filmography includes roles such as Eri Takabe in Shusaku the Letch: Liberty and Yuri Himeno in Kisaku Spirit - The Letch Lives. Her other notable television anime credits include Mayu in Elfen Lied,吕布 (Ryomo) in the恋姫†无双 series, and百野栞 (Shiori Momono) in 11eyes.

In the realm of video games, where she often uses her alias Imuraya Honoka, Hagiwara's body of work is substantial. She is known for roles such as仁礼栖香 (Suka Nire) in遥かに仰ぎ、麗しの (Haruka ni Aogi, Uruwashi no) and桐島レイン (Rei Kirishima) in the Baldr Sky series. She also voiced the character of Elfina in the game Servant Princess. Her collaborations with other voice actors include frequent work with小野涼子 (Ono Ryouko) and後藤邑子 (Gotou Yuko), among others, particularly on projects like the We Without Wings series.

Beyond character voicing, Hagiwara's work includes narration for numerous television programs and providing the station announcement voice for the Shin-Keisei Electric Railway. Her skills also include kimono dressing and the tea ceremony.