History Creator / MegumiHayashibara

* {{Hotblooded}}: Out of her entire resume, her {{Genki Girl}}s tend to be the most remembered not only because of [[StarMakingRole the roles that made her famous]], but also due to her own personality being outgoing and energetic to begin with.

* BreadEggsBreadedEggs: She has voiced a [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion mother (Yui Ikari), a bird (Pen-Pen),]] and a [[WebAnimation/{{RWBY}} mother who is also a bird (Raven Branwen)]]

* {{Hotblooded}}:
** Out of her entire resume, her {{Genki Girl}}s tend to be the most remembered not only because of [[StarMakingRole the roles that made her famous]], but also due to her own personality being outgoing and energetic to begin with.
** Her original career plan was to save human lives, and that alone requires a good sum of compassion and [[{{Determinator}} determination]] to pursue.
** Her fiery personality was what got her to her WhatCouldHaveBeen case, as she caught herself into voice acting by pure accident due to submitting a stress-release cassette tape for a voice acting school application (that she randomly caught eye from a magazine ad) of her swearing UnstoppableRage just for the hell of it because all of the medical schools she applied at the time completely rejected her. She later received admission letters from one medical school, and ''that'' voice acting school with free tuition grant, leading her [[{{Determinator}} determined]] to attend both schools at once, mainly to one, take advantage of the voice acting class she received for free, and two, to fulfill her promise towards her parents in getting her medical license.

** This is the lady whose voice can range from [[GenkiGirl hyperactive]] to [[EmotionlessGirl emotionless]] and sometimes even the cold, harsh one. Oh? Her HotBlooded voice is also a hearing to behold. She also has a few male roles.

A [[JapanesePopMusic pop/rock performer]] of substantial fame and talent with an international following, nurse wannabe, Megumi Hayashibara (born March 30, 1967) is probably best known in the United States for the hundreds of anime and video gaming roles she's portrayed; reading her resume is like reading a history of the best in Japanese animation.

** Pokémon: Bulbasaur, Pidgeotto, Mudkip, Chimchar, Snivy, Fennekin, and [[Characters/PokemonGenerationVIIRowletToComfey Rowlet]].

** Sailor Galaxia in ''Anime/SailorMoonCosmos''

* RelationshipVoiceActor: She and Creator/KoichiYamadera made their names known through ''[[Anime/MashinHeroWataruSeries Mashin Hero Wataru]]'', became domestically famous through ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'', and internationally famous through ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''. The two are also officially the highest paid voice actor and actress of the Japanese voice acting industry, reigning as King and Queen of the industry.
%%** With Creator/KenichiOgata (Father vs. Daughter)

* Sailor Galaxia in ''Anime/SailorMoonCosmos''

Megumi double-majored in voice acting and nursing as she debuted into the voice acting business, and earned her nursing qualification upon medical school graduation, but decided to stay on voice-acting as her career and never got the chance to work in a hospital-based setting.

Debuted while double majoring in voice-acting training school and medical school as a kindergartener from ''Manga/MaisonIkkoku'', she received her first official gig and StarMakingRole as Himiko Shinobibe of ''[[Anime/MashinHeroWataruSeries Mashin Hero Wataru]]''; which led to her stardom as girl-form Ranma of ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' shortly after.

Megumi also studied nursing and was granted qualification, but never got a chance to work in a hospital-based setting. She did, however, studied nursing while waiting to see if it was worth doing it after she submitted her application to attend a voice actor academy in the same day.

* FieryRedhead: A lot of her characters are this. There's [[{{Manga/RanmaOneHalf}} Girl!Ranma]], [[{{Anime/PokemonTheSeries}} Jessie]], and [[{{Literature/Slayers}} Lina Inverse]].

* FieryRedhead: A lot of her characters are this. There's [[{{Manga/RanmaOneHalf}} Girl!Ranma]], [[{{Anime/PokemonTheSeries}} Jessie]], and [[{{Anime/Slayers}} Lina Inverse]].

* Irina Luminesk in ''LightNovel/IrinaTheVampireCosmonaut''

Whenever she takes part in an anime project, she would frequently take on the case to perform its [[AnimeThemeSong theme song]], most notably for the ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'' series, ''Anime/SaberMarionetteJ'', and ''Manga/ShamanKing''. She was also noted to take part in "voice actress idol groups," such as [=DoCo=] for promoting ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf''. Her accomplishment in breaking into mainstream [[JapanesePopMusic J-pop]] as a voice actress paved the successful singing careers for the generation of voice actresses after her, namely Creator/NanaMizuki, Creator/YukariTamura, and Creator/YuiHorie.

* Kyouko Yuuki in ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline''
* Leila in ''LightNovel/VampireHunterD''

* Lina Inverse in ''Anime/{{Slayers}}''

** A very quick example of her range is when Lina Inverse is possessed by four different ghosts in the first season of ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}''. Megumi runs through each ghost's vastly different personality, plus Lina herself, in rapid succession.

** A very quick example of her range is when Lina Inverse is possessed by four different ghosts in the first season of ''Franchise/((Slayers}}''. Megumi runs through each ghost's vastly different personality, plus Lina herself, in rapid succession.

** A very quick example of her range is when Lina Inverse is possessed by four different ghosts in the first season of ''LightNovel/((Slayers}}''. Megumi runs through each ghost's vastly different personality, plus Lina herself, in rapid succession.

* PlayingAgainstType: Plays an abusive [[MyBelovedSmother smother]] in ''Anime/WolfChildren''

* Takashi Shimamura in ''Anime/GhostInTheShell2045''

** This is the lady whose voice can range from [[GenkiGirl hyperactive]] to [[EmotionlessGirl emotionless]] and sometimes even the cold, harsh one. Oh? Her HotBlooded voice is also a hearing to behold.

* Faye Valentine in ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' and ''Series/CowboyBebop2021''

* Faye Valentine in ''Anime/CowboyBebop''

* Mako Mori in the Japanese dub of ''Film/PacificRim''

* Nagisa Nagase in ''Manga/ShonanJunaiGumi''