Kanako Tōjō
Description
Kanako Tōjō is a Japanese voice actress known for her work in anime, video games, and foreign film dubbing. She was born on March 3 in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, and is a graduate of the Katsuta Voice Actors Academy. She is affiliated with the talent agency Axl-One and also speaks the Kagoshima dialect of her home region.
Tōjō began her professional voice acting career in the mid-2000s. Her body of work includes a wide range of supporting and lead roles across various genres. In anime, she is known for portraying Karin in Naruto: Shippuden, Satoru Asahina in From the New World, and Nadia in Mobile Suit Gundam AGE. She also voiced Junko Ōsawagi in the series Maido! Urayasu Tekkin Kazoku and Chikumi Munamori in Manyū Hiken-chō. Her film work includes the role of Princess Pajapati in Buddha 2: Tezuka Osamu no Buddha - Owarinaki Tabi.
One of her significant recurring roles is Lady Kawaguchi in the Gundam Build Fighters Try series. This character is a skilled and elegant Gunpla fighter who has inherited a legendary name in the Gunpla community, acting as a mentor-like figure to younger competitors.
Beyond traditional anime, Tōjō has an extensive career in dubbing foreign language media into Japanese. She provided the Japanese voice for Sergeant Rita Vrataski, the character played by Emily Blunt in the film Edge of Tomorrow, and for Mikaela Banes, the character played by Megan Fox in the Transformers films. Her other dubbing roles include Layla in Cobra The Animation: Time Drive and Hiromi Shirahane in Kuromukuro.
In the field of video games, Tōjō is recognized as the voice of Ivy Valentine in the Soulcalibur series. She also voiced Lexine Murdoch in Dead Space: Extraction.
In 2016, Tōjō announced her marriage. She later relocated overseas due to her spouse's work and continues to perform voice acting roles through remote recording sessions.
Tōjō began her professional voice acting career in the mid-2000s. Her body of work includes a wide range of supporting and lead roles across various genres. In anime, she is known for portraying Karin in Naruto: Shippuden, Satoru Asahina in From the New World, and Nadia in Mobile Suit Gundam AGE. She also voiced Junko Ōsawagi in the series Maido! Urayasu Tekkin Kazoku and Chikumi Munamori in Manyū Hiken-chō. Her film work includes the role of Princess Pajapati in Buddha 2: Tezuka Osamu no Buddha - Owarinaki Tabi.
One of her significant recurring roles is Lady Kawaguchi in the Gundam Build Fighters Try series. This character is a skilled and elegant Gunpla fighter who has inherited a legendary name in the Gunpla community, acting as a mentor-like figure to younger competitors.
Beyond traditional anime, Tōjō has an extensive career in dubbing foreign language media into Japanese. She provided the Japanese voice for Sergeant Rita Vrataski, the character played by Emily Blunt in the film Edge of Tomorrow, and for Mikaela Banes, the character played by Megan Fox in the Transformers films. Her other dubbing roles include Layla in Cobra The Animation: Time Drive and Hiromi Shirahane in Kuromukuro.
In the field of video games, Tōjō is recognized as the voice of Ivy Valentine in the Soulcalibur series. She also voiced Lexine Murdoch in Dead Space: Extraction.
In 2016, Tōjō announced her marriage. She later relocated overseas due to her spouse's work and continues to perform voice acting roles through remote recording sessions.
All Characters
- JapaneseAnime overview: Edge of Tomorrow
- JapaneseAnime overview: Maido! Urayasu Tekkin Kazoku
- JapaneseAnime overview: Cobra The Animation: Time Drive
- JapaneseAnime overview: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
- JapaneseAnime overview: Transformers
- JapaneseAnime overview: Kuromukuro
- JapaneseAnime overview: Tonkatsu DJ Agetarō
- JapaneseAnime overview: Gundam Build Fighters Try
- Japanese
- JapaneseAnime overview: Manyū Hiken-chō