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Hiromi Tsuru (鶴 ひろみ ''Tsuru Hiromi'', March 29, 1960 -- November 16, 2017) was a voice actress whose roles tended to be {{Shorttank}}s, {{Action Girl}}s, or {{Cool Big Sis}}. She was also known as Naomi Hunter in ''VideoGame/MetalGear'', so beware.
Tsuru focused her career on being a {{narrator}} for news broadcasts and Japanese television shows starting in TheNineties, while keeping her [[LongRunners long-running]] roles - [[Franchise/DragonBall Bulma]] and [[Literature/{{Anpanman}} Dokin-chan]] - as her "lifetime anime roles." Needless to say, thanks to her roles as Bulma and Dokin-chan, her voice was a fixture of the childhoods of entire generations of Japanese kids.
Tsuru was also at one point married to Creator/KeiichiNanba, but they later divorced and Nanba has since married Mayumi Sho.
She [[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-11-16/voice-actress-hiromi-tsuru-passes-away-at-57/ passed away on November 16, 2017,]] at the age of 57, from an [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aortic_dissection aortic dissection.]] [[http://comicbook.com/anime/2018/01/16/dragon-ball-hiromi-tsuru-death-anime-reaction-cast-memorial/ Over four hundred fans gathered for her funeral,]] as well as fellow voice actors and actresses such as Creator/MasakoNozawa and Creator/RyoHorikawa, to mourn her passing and celebrate her life.
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!!Notable roles:
* Akurjo in [[VideoGame/RhapsodyAMusicalAdventure Rhapsody II: Ballad of the Little Princess]]
* Anne in ''VideoGame/BravelySecond''
* Anne Shirley in the first Japanese dub of ''Literature/AnneOfGreenGables'' (Creator/{{CBC}} live-action version; later Darrin'd by Miki Fujitani in the redub for Creator/FujiTV)
* Asuna Kujou in ''Manga/MaisonIkkoku''
* Ayumi Murakoshi in ''Manga/GTOTheEarlyYears''
* [[Characters/DragonBallBulma Bulma]], [[Characters/DragonBallPiccolo Piccolo]] as a child, Baby Trunks, Bra and Tights in ''Manga/DragonBall''
* Chameleon June and Mermaid Thetis in ''Anime/SaintSeiya''
* Hisho, Hinako Hanakoganei [[note]]In the first episode she was voiced by Creator/SakikoTamagawa (who also voiced Miyama Soshigaya/Death Crow in the series) but in all subsequent episodes and the movie, Hinako was voiced by Hiromi Tsuru[[/note]] & Petit Angé in ''Anime/CyberteamInAkihabara''
* Charlotte in ''VideoGame/EarnestEvans''
* Dokin-chan in ''Literature/{{Anpanman}}''
* Elizébet in ''VideoGame/NinjaGaidenII2008''
* Imelda in ''VideoGame/{{Langrisser}} II''
* Joan of Arc in ''Manga/PhantomThiefJeanne''
* Kagari in the OVA of ''Manga/UshioAndTora''
* Kiddy Phenil in ''Manga/SilentMobius''
* Leona Osaki in ''Anime/DominionTankPolice''
* Kim Kabirov in ''Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross''
* Hanegi Manami in Delpower X Bakuhatsu Miracle Genki!
* Lena Brande in ''VideoGame/{{Valis}} IV''
* Lilia in ''VideoGame/{{Ys}}'' (Platform/PCEngine games)
* Lim in the ''VideoGame/CosmicFantasy'' games
* Madoka Ayukawa in ''Manga/KimagureOrangeRoad''
* Mari Oaya in ''Manga/MagicalTarurutoKun''
* Akira Kandori in ''Natsuki Crisis''
* Kiyomi Arai in ''Sailor Victory''
* "Madame Boss" in ''Radio/PokemonTheBirthOfMewtwo''
* Meryl Stryfe in ''Manga/{{Trigun}}''
* Miyuki Kashima in ''Manga/{{Miyuki}}''
* Naomi Hunter in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid''
* Natsuko Shouno in ''Manga/{{Kinnikuman}}''
* Nevanlinna in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsV''
* Perrine Pandavoine in ''Anime/TheStoryOfPerrine''
* Reiko Mikami in ''Manga/GhostSweeperMikami'' (with the exception of the 2009 pachinko game in which '''NONE''' of the show's voice actors returned and she was [[TheOtherDarrin darrin'd]] by Creator/KotonoMitsuishi)
* Reina in ''VideoGame/{{Yakuza 0}}''
* Rufina Argent in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsInTheSky''
* Shakuyaku in ''Manga/OnePiece''
* Ukyo Kuonji in ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf''
* Usapyon in ''Anime/FreshPrettyCure the Movie: The Kingdom of Toys has Lots of Secrets!?''
** [[WorldTree The Tree of Hearts]] ("Kokoro no Taiju") in ''Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure''
* Yubel in ''Anime/YuGiOhGX''
* Jorinde in ''Anime/GrimmsFairyTaleClassics''
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->''[[Anime/DragonBallSuper "Good luck, everyone...I'm counting on you...!"]]'' [[note]]Tsuru's final lines as Bulma, [[Recap/DragonBallSuperUniverseSurvivalArc episode 96]].[[/note]]