Tomoko Kawakami (April 25, 1970 - June 9, 2011) was one of the versatile voice actors who boomed in the 90's. Her voice range was impressive — she could voice boys, cute girls or even super tough girls.
She became sick with ovarian cancer in 2008; some of her roles got replaced by other voice actors in the meantime. Unfortunately, she lost the battle
on June 9th, 2011.
Notable roles by Tomoko Kawakami:
- Aika in Skies of Arcadia
- Athena Glory in ARIA (succeeded by Rina Sato)
- Ayame (Violet), Momoan (Marian), Mimirol (Buneary), and the Sinnoh Pokedex in Pokémon: The Series (all of her roles succeeded by Satsuki Yukino)
- Ivysaur in Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Japanese version) (succeeded by Inuko Inuyama in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)
- Ayame in Power Stone (Japanese)
- Chiriko in Fushigi Yuugi (Star-Making Role)
- Cynthia Finder in Cyborg 009
- Fujii Natsumi in Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side
- Fuyuki Hinata in Sgt. Frog (succeeded by Houko Kuwashima)
- Hayami Bashin in Battle Spirits Shonen Toppa Bashin (succeeded by Akiko Kimura)
- Hikaru Shindou in Hikaru no Go
- Itsuki in the Sengoku Basara series (succeeded by Miyuki Sawashiro)
- Karna from Niea_7
- Kazuma Narusawa in Detective School Q
- She's played roles in all three of Kyoto Animation's Key/Visual Arts adaptations:
- Misuzu Kamio in Air (succeeded by Asami Sanada in Kaginado)
- Sayuri Kurata in Kanon (as well as the earlier Toei adaptation) (also succeeded by Asami Sanada in Kaginado)
- The Girl from the Illusionary World in CLANNAD
- Linen in Lime-iro Ryukitan X
- Lirin in Saiyuki (starting from Reload)
- Lolo in the Klonoa series
- Luna in Godannar
- The main character (Akane, Karin, Nozomi) in various anime adaptations of the Harukanaru Toki no Naka de series.
- Maki Hirose in One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e (PlayStation port)
- Marie in the Japanese dub of The Nuttiest Nutcracker
- Mariko Kurama in Elfen Lied.
- May Lee in The King of Fighters (Succeeded by Aimi Tanaka in mostly mobile spin-offs, she hasn't made an appearance in any further mainline KOF game for many fans to realize)
- Megumi Hiramoto in Wangan Midnight
- Mika Asagi in the Gungrave video game series
- Miu Furinji in Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple (succeeded by Rie Kugimiya)
- Nanaly Fletch in Tales of Destiny 2 (succeeded by Yumi Kakazu)
- Natsumi/Natalie and Charu/Casi in Ape Escape
- Noelle in I'm Gonna Be an Angel!
- Reana in Radiant Silvergun
- Rena Yamada in Mister Mosquito
- Rosette Christopher and Mary Magdalene in Chrono Crusade
- Ruru in Gaiking: Legend of Daiku Maryu
- Ryougi Shiki in the The Garden of Sinners Drama CD (succeeded by Maaya Sakamoto)
- Satsuki Miyanoshita in Ghost Stories
- Sasha Phyronix in the Japanese dub of Ratchet & Clank
- Seeme and Li-chan in Betterman
- Sugar in A Little Snow Fairy Sugar
- Sui-Feng in Bleach (succeeded by Houko Kuwashima)
- Sumi Ikuina in Ah My Buddha
- Trumpet in VS Knight Lamune & 40 FIRE
- Utena Tenjou in Revolutionary Girl Utena
- White Bomberman in Bomberman Generation (Japanese)
- Yoko in Tactics
- Yura Onoda in Futari Ecchi
- ...Goal.
