Tamie Kubota is a Japanese actress and voice actress born on October 1, 1945, in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. Her career in the performing arts began in the late 1960s, with her initial focus on stage and television drama. She trained with several prominent theater troupes, including Gekidan Kumo and Gekidan Keyaki, before becoming affiliated with Gekidan Subaru. In 1998, she was selected as a trainee by the Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs, which allowed her to study in New York and London. Her voice acting career took off in the 1990s, and she has since become a familiar presence in anime, often cast in roles of mothers, grandmothers, and other wise, maternal figures.

Kubota's filmography includes a wide array of anime roles across several decades. She is known to a broad audience for her performances as Sui Shijima, the strong-willed grandmother of the main character, in both the Hanasaku Iroha - Blossoms for Tomorrow television series and its film sequel, Hanasaku Iroha: Home Sweet Home. In the fantasy series The Executioner and Her Way of Life, she provided the voice for the character Orwell. She also took on the role of Shizuki Ugaya in the supernatural series Hiiro no Kakera - The Tamayori Princess Saga and its second season. Other notable anime credits include the role of Hatsu Kominato in the Selector Infected WIXOSS series and its related films, Keiko in My Happy Marriage, a stubborn old woman in Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, and various roles in long-running series such as Case Closed (known as Detective Conan) and Ojamajo Doremi.

Beyond anime, Kubota has built a substantial career in voice dubbing for foreign films and television series. She is recognized as the regular Japanese dubbing voice for acclaimed actresses such as Vanessa Redgrave and Dianne Wiest. Her dubbing work includes voicing Ambassador Selick in the Japanese version of the animated film The Incredibles 2 and providing a voice for the video game Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne HD Remaster. Her work outside of animation has also earned her significant public recognition, most notably for her long-running role in a series of television commercials for Harada Seicha that began in 1999.

Kubota's extensive contributions to the performing arts have been recognized with notable accolades. She received the Individual Prize at the 49th Kinokuniya Theatre Awards, a prestigious honor celebrating excellence in stage acting. Her career is marked by a versatility that spans live-action television dramas, theater productions, anime voice acting, and foreign language dubbing, demonstrating her sustained impact on Japanese popular culture.