Miyuki Ichijō was a Japanese voice actress and singer known for a career that spanned over five decades. Born Hiroko Chieda on August 23, 1947, in Mizusawa, Iwate, she initially pursued a path in music. After training at the Shochiku Music and Dance School, she became a member of the performing group Young 101 and appeared on the NHK music variety show Stage 101 beginning in 1970. Following her time on the show, she worked on the children's program Okaasan to Issho, where her exposure to puppetry and voice actors inspired her to pursue voice acting as a profession.

Ichijō made her debut as a voice actor with the Japanese-language dub of the American television series Man from Atlantis in 1977. She went on to build an extensive filmography in anime, foreign film dubbing, and educational recordings. Her early anime roles included Julie Braun in Julie the Wild Rose and the character Kufuremu in Galaxy Express 999. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, she took on prominent roles such as Wakiko Obō in Obocchama-kun, Jody Rockwell in Yawara!, Howmei in Martian Successor Nadesico, and Misa Takatsuki in Project ARMS.

Ichijō is perhaps best known for her long-running role as Jodie Starling, an English teacher and FBI agent, in the Detective Conan franchise. She voiced the character for over two decades, appearing in the television series and numerous theatrical films, including Detective Conan: Episode One: The Great Detective Turned Small, Detective Conan: Dimensional Sniper, and her final credit, Detective Conan: Black Iron Submarine, released in April 2023. Her other notable anime roles included Tsubasa Nishikiori in Mazinger Edition Z: The Impact, Ana in Cowboy Bebop, Chiya's grandmother in Is the order a rabbit? BLOOM, Huci in Golden Kamuy, Martha in Maria the Virgin Witch, Ryūko Kamikura in Minami Kamakura High School Girls Cycling Club, Misae Kannazuki in Twin Angel: Twinkle Paradise, and Cardo Nabo in Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury - Prologue. She also provided the voice for Osono in Sword for Truth, Manisha Tove in The Super Dimension Century Orguss, and narration for The Princess of the Desert Kingdom.

Beyond anime, Ichijō was highly respected for her dubbing work, most notably as the long-standing Japanese voice of Marge Simpson on The Simpsons. She also dubbed roles for Western films and series, including Beverly Crusher on Star Trek: The Next Generation. Her voice was versatile, allowing her to portray a wide range of characters from mothers and grandmothers to career women and authoritative figures. In 2007, she served as a director of the Japan Actors Union.

Miyuki Ichijō passed away on October 24, 2023, at the age of 76. Her final voice acting credit was in the Detective Conan film released earlier that year, marking the end of a prolific and influential career in the Japanese voice acting industry.