
One of the more popular
seiyuu since about 2000,
Mamiko Noto is known for her soft breathy voice, which is worshiped by some and derided by others as ridiculously "
cute." She tends to play either
Moe or otherwise
Nice Girls but one thing that makes her so famous is her ability to adapt to almost any type of role, even incredibly creepy ones — well, so long as the character is a girl or a young boy. (On occasion, she's played an older woman.) Has a long-standing friendship with fellow
seiyuu Ayako Kawasumi and
Nana Mizuki.
She's a member of the seiyuu group MORE PEACH SUMMER SNOW, alongside
Chiwa Saitou,
Haruna Ikezawa and
Ryo Hirohashi (co-seiyuus in
Keroro Gunsou, the last is also a co-seiyuu in
Clannad and
Taishou Yakyuu Musume, the first two co-seiyuus in
Maria Sama Ga Miteru, and the first a co-seiyuu in
Girls Bravo). She also visited Otakon 2007 in Baltimore (consider yourself lucky if you met her there).
Though they're not THAT closely related, Noto seems to have a
relation with fellow seiyuu
Kaori Shimizu. If the latter appears in one series, the former have a high chance to appear in that series (doesn't work in reverse generally) and it's also probable that Noto's character will be under the care/supervision (or maybe the junior) of Kaori's character (case in points:
School Rumble and
Nogizaka Haruka No Himitsu, other cases they're companions, as in
Mugen no Frontier). It's also listed in
The Other Wiki that Noto's voice is very hard to imitate, but Kaori is the only one to ever come close to imitating it. This feat is also repeated with remarkable results with...
Kikuko Inoue.
She was at one point courted by
Tetsuya Kakihara. While we don't know how Noto reacted, and all ends well for her...
Poor Tetsuya seems to be the sole butt-end for the backlash by the fans. In fact, Noto herself has reached the status of
Even the Girls Want Her, since the likes of
Hitomi Nabatame and
Shizuka Ito (both famous for being
Les Yay in real life), as well as
Nana Mizuki and
Akeno Watanabe (not so known for it) all want a piece of her.
Here is Mamiko
in GPS form
.
Notable roles by Mamiko Noto: