Naoko Sakakibara
Description
Naoko Sakakibara is a Japanese voice actress affiliated with the talent agency Production Ace. She was born on June 11 in Tokyo, though her birth year has not been publicly disclosed. Her professional background includes holding a librarian qualification, and she lists competitive skiing as a hobby and special skill.
Sakakibara began her voice acting career in the mid-2000s. Her early anime work includes a guest role as a female customer in the 2005 series Angel Heart and providing the voice of a young Isono Funé in a 2008 special episode of Sazae-san. In 2009, she had a role as a student in the anime series Summer Storm.
She gained wider recognition in the early 2010s. In 2011, she voiced Yosuke Yosano, a teacher, in the comedy anime R-15. The following year, she was cast in her most prominent role as Reiko Mikami, the mysterious aunt of the protagonist, in the horror mystery series Another. Her performance as Reiko, a character who is both a caring family member and a teacher at the local middle school, remains one of her most notable credits.
Her career extends beyond Japanese anime into dubbing for foreign television series and films. She has provided Japanese voices for characters in numerous international productions. In Korean dramas, she has dubbed roles including the heroine Kang Sola in Please Miss the Lady, Yoo Hyewon in Scent of a Woman, and Seo Nayoon in Protect the Boss. Her film dubbing work includes voicing the heroine Sasha in The Eichmann Show and the heroine Cat in No Escape. She also dubbed the role of Raven Queen for the Japanese version of the animated series Ever After High.
In the field of video games, Sakakibara voiced Yosuke Yosano again in the 2011 portable version of R-15. She is also credited for her work as the voice of Curie, a companion character, in the Japanese localization of the 2015 role-playing game Fallout 4.
Sakakibara began her voice acting career in the mid-2000s. Her early anime work includes a guest role as a female customer in the 2005 series Angel Heart and providing the voice of a young Isono Funé in a 2008 special episode of Sazae-san. In 2009, she had a role as a student in the anime series Summer Storm.
She gained wider recognition in the early 2010s. In 2011, she voiced Yosuke Yosano, a teacher, in the comedy anime R-15. The following year, she was cast in her most prominent role as Reiko Mikami, the mysterious aunt of the protagonist, in the horror mystery series Another. Her performance as Reiko, a character who is both a caring family member and a teacher at the local middle school, remains one of her most notable credits.
Her career extends beyond Japanese anime into dubbing for foreign television series and films. She has provided Japanese voices for characters in numerous international productions. In Korean dramas, she has dubbed roles including the heroine Kang Sola in Please Miss the Lady, Yoo Hyewon in Scent of a Woman, and Seo Nayoon in Protect the Boss. Her film dubbing work includes voicing the heroine Sasha in The Eichmann Show and the heroine Cat in No Escape. She also dubbed the role of Raven Queen for the Japanese version of the animated series Ever After High.
In the field of video games, Sakakibara voiced Yosuke Yosano again in the 2011 portable version of R-15. She is also credited for her work as the voice of Curie, a companion character, in the Japanese localization of the 2015 role-playing game Fallout 4.