Noriko Hidaka (born May 31, 1962) is a Japanese voice actress, most famous as Mikage Matsunaga (Miracle Girls), Minami Asakura (Touch (1981)), Akane Tendo (Ranma ½), Satsuki Kusakabe (My Neighbor Totoro), Near (Death Note), Sēta Sojiro (Rurouni Kenshin), Jean (Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water), Kikyo (Inuyasha), Masumi Sera (Case Closed), Erica Fontaine (Sakura Wars), and Noriko Takaya (GunBuster).
Hidaka was a former child actress who went onto becoming an on-screen Idol Singer durning her teenage years. But her popularity never improved, and was out of the spotlight for a few years; it wasn't until she took note of a fan indicating her voice as "quite unique," that she considered transferring into the voice acting field. She had a good range from Genki Girls to cute boys to Yamato Nadeshikos.
Notable roles by Noriko Hidaka:
- Ah in Kyousogiga
- Akane Tendo in Ranma ½
- Amane Inaba in Super Robot Wars NEO
- Aphrodite in Suite Pretty Cure ♪
- Belle-mere in One Piece
- Chiaki Honda in Major
- Claudia Strife in Final Fantasy VII Remake
- Cora Munro (Madeleine Stowe) in the Japanese dub of The Last of the Mohicans (Fuji TV dub)
- Di Gi Charat's Mother in Di Gi Charat
- Director Minami in Love Live!
- Dominator AI/ Sibyl System in Psycho-Pass
- Emma Pillsbury (Jayma Mays) in the Japanese dub of Glee
- Erica Fontaine in Sakura Wars and Project × Zone
- "Eua" in Higurashi: When They Cry - Gou
- Feena in Grandia
- Helen in Sonic X
- Herself in Seiyu's Life!
- Jean in Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water
- Junko Tange in Wake Up, Girls!
- Kaori Sakuragi in Yarudora series vol.4: Yukiwari No Hana
- Keiko Nakahara in Battle Fever J (one of her few live-action roles)
- Kikyo in Inuyasha and Onmyoji
- The Spirit of the Tree of Ages, who takes Kikyo's appearance, in Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon
- Lady Gritta from Ressha Sentai ToQger
- Leni Ai in Ninja Senshi Tobikage
- Lorrie Berlinetta in ViVid Strike!
- Lostbelt Aphrodite in Fate/Grand Order
- Maddie Buckley (Jennifer Love Hewitt) in the Japanese dub of 9-1-1
- Mama in I'm Gonna Be an Angel!
- Marie in Granblue Fantasy
- Martha in Honoo no Alpen Rose
- Masumi Sera in Case Closed
- Midori Himeno in Evil Zone
- Mina Likering in Super Robot Wars F and F Final
- Mikage Matsunaga in Miracle Girls
- Minami Asakura in Touch (1981)
- Musicaa in Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross [her debut as a voice actress]
- Near in Death Note
- Nerþuz in Fire Emblem Heroes
- Noriko Takaya in GunBuster
- Osanai Syouko in Aoi Shiro
- Peter Pan in The Adventures of Peter Pan
- Pipimi in episode 1 of Pop Team Epic
- Princess Starla in Nichijou
- Reese in Zoids: Chaotic Century
- Reiko Hinomoto in Rumble Roses
- Satsuki Kusakabe in My Neighbor Totoro
- Seta Sojiro in Rurouni Kenshin
- Shalnarck in Hunter × Hunter (2011)note
- Shem-Ha (Original Self) in Symphogear
- Shiine in Akazukin Chacha
- Sumi Saimori in My Happy Marriage
- The System in the Japanese dub of The Scum Villain's Self Saving System
- Ursula Callistis/"Shiny" Chariot Du Nord in Little Witch Academia
- Tokiko Chida in Revolutionary Girl Utena
- Wise-N in Senjin Aleste
- Yatsuha in Samurai Champloo
- Yuki Tsukumo in Jujutsu Kaisen
- Zat in Kamen Rider Zero-One
