Anko Minami
Description
Anko Minami is the professional name of a Japanese voice actor born on December 14, 1962, in Tokyo, Japan. She was formerly affiliated with the talent agency Production Baobab. In addition to her voice work, she holds a regular driver's license and has listed jazz dance and taiko drumming as her special skills.
Minami is best known for portraying bright, energetic female characters, though she has also played many young male roles throughout her career. Her most notable role is in the early 1990s mecha anime series Matchless Raijin-Oh, also known as Zettai Muteki Raijin-Oh. In that series, she voiced two distinct characters: Kirara Haruno, a member of the Earth Defense Class, and Akira Imamura, another student. She reprised these roles in several subsequent OVA episodes and drama CDs related to the series.
Her extensive career includes a wide variety of supporting and guest roles in numerous anime titles. In the 1980s and 1990s, she appeared in series such as Magical Princess Minky Momo, The Jungle Book, and the long-running children's show Anpanman, where she voiced several characters including Koyuki-chan and a young Kappa. In the early 1990s, her work included roles in Magical Angel Sweet Mint, The Brave Fighter of Legend Da-Garn, and the OVA Dragon Knight.
Minami also took on roles in several acclaimed World Masterpiece Theater productions. She played Teddy in the 1993 series Little Women Nan and Jo, and later voiced Pietro in the 1995 drama Romeo's Blue Skies. Her other television anime credits include roles in Cooking Papa, Magical Circle Guru Guru, The Snow Queen, and the action series s-CRY-ed.
Beyond television, her voice acting work extends to animated films, video games, and foreign dubbing. She appeared in the 1989 Doraemon film Mini-Dora SOS, the 1991 film Gamba and the Otter's Adventure, and the 2002 Crayon Shin-chan film The Storm Called: The Battle of the Warring States. Her video game roles include characters in Puyo Puyon and Terra Fantastica. For dubbing work, she provided the Japanese voice for the character Lal in an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation and for the character Yani in the animated series Aladdin.
Minami is best known for portraying bright, energetic female characters, though she has also played many young male roles throughout her career. Her most notable role is in the early 1990s mecha anime series Matchless Raijin-Oh, also known as Zettai Muteki Raijin-Oh. In that series, she voiced two distinct characters: Kirara Haruno, a member of the Earth Defense Class, and Akira Imamura, another student. She reprised these roles in several subsequent OVA episodes and drama CDs related to the series.
Her extensive career includes a wide variety of supporting and guest roles in numerous anime titles. In the 1980s and 1990s, she appeared in series such as Magical Princess Minky Momo, The Jungle Book, and the long-running children's show Anpanman, where she voiced several characters including Koyuki-chan and a young Kappa. In the early 1990s, her work included roles in Magical Angel Sweet Mint, The Brave Fighter of Legend Da-Garn, and the OVA Dragon Knight.
Minami also took on roles in several acclaimed World Masterpiece Theater productions. She played Teddy in the 1993 series Little Women Nan and Jo, and later voiced Pietro in the 1995 drama Romeo's Blue Skies. Her other television anime credits include roles in Cooking Papa, Magical Circle Guru Guru, The Snow Queen, and the action series s-CRY-ed.
Beyond television, her voice acting work extends to animated films, video games, and foreign dubbing. She appeared in the 1989 Doraemon film Mini-Dora SOS, the 1991 film Gamba and the Otter's Adventure, and the 2002 Crayon Shin-chan film The Storm Called: The Battle of the Warring States. Her video game roles include characters in Puyo Puyon and Terra Fantastica. For dubbing work, she provided the Japanese voice for the character Lal in an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation and for the character Yani in the animated series Aladdin.
All Characters
- JapaneseAnime overview: Matchless Raijin-Oh