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Ai Orikasa (折笠 愛, Orikasa Ai; born Kikue Orikasa (折笠 きく江, Orikasa Kikue) on December 12, 1963) is a Japanese actress, voice actress, and singer.[3]

Born
Kikue Orikasa (折笠 きく江)[1][2]

(1963-12-12) 12 December 1963 (age 62)[3]
Tokyo,[4] Japan
OthernameOrion (オリオン)[5]
Occupations
Yearsactive1980–present
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Ai Orikasa
折笠 愛
Born
Kikue Orikasa (折笠 きく江)[1][2]

(1963-12-12) 12 December 1963 (age 62)[3]
Tokyo,[4] Japan
Other nameOrion (オリオン)[5]
Occupations
Years active1980–present
AgentAxlone[6][4]
Known forKyatto Ninden Teyandee as Pururun
Tenchi Muyo! as Ryoko
Sakura Wars as Ayame Fujieda/Kaede Fujieda
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing as Quatre Raberba Winner
One Piece as Kozuki Momonosuke
Height154[3] cm (5 ft 1 in)
Websiteorikasa.chu.jp
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She has played a variety of characters, from young girls to women and boys. In her leading roles, she often voiced boys, and has also voiced mothers. She voiced Hagu-Hagu in the TV series Haō Taikei Ryū Knight and Shizuka's mother Michiko Minamoto in Doraemon, and also provided the Japanese dub voice for Jessica Rabbit in Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

Biography

Orikasa is from Tokyo, Japan. After moving on from high school in 1982, she graduated from the drama department of the Nihon Denshikōgakuin College, now Nihon Kogakuin College.[1] After performing on stage as an actress with the Bungeiza Theater Company and the Sōhen Theater Company, she participated in an audition for the TV series Little Lord Fauntleroy out of a desire to broaden her work. After several rounds of auditions, she made her debut as a voice actress in 1988, playing the main character, Cedie.[1][7] According to Orikasa, Minami Takayama and Megumi Hayashibara were the other finalists in the audition for the role of Cedie, and she was chosen for the role of Cedie because of her innocence rather than her acting ability.

Her stage name, "Ai Orikasa," implies her wish to be loved by everyone. The staff came up with her stage name after going to the restroom while thinking of it.[8]

Early on, she appeared in many works of Nippon Animation. Especially in the World Masterpiece Theater, she was among the frequently appearing voice actors such as Kazue Ikura, Ginga Banjō, and Ken'ichi Ogata, alongside the "three major voice actors" Mitsuko Horie, Eiko Yamada, and Keiko Han.

Of all the characters she has played in anime, she cites Ryōko from the Tenchi Muyo! series as her most memorable character. She has also dubbed for dramas, movies, and animation produced overseas, and has been active as a singer.

At the end of September 2011, it was announced that she had left Production Baobab, where she had belonged for many years since her debut, and moved to Axlone, Toshiyuki Morikawa's agency.

Filmography

Television animation

1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
  • PriPara (Mirei's Mother)
  • Wasimo (Mom)
2015
2017
2020
2021

ONA

OVA

Films

Tokusatsu

Drama CDs

  • Kami-Kaze (????) as Kaede
  • Mobile Suit Gundam Wing: Blind Target (????) as Quatre Raberba Winner

Video games

Dubbing

Live-action

Animation

Selected discography

  • Shukujo Choutokkyu [淑女超特級]
  • Moonlight Café
  • Room Service
  • Mitsumete [みつめて]
  • I
  • Truth
  • LeTTer
  • BREATH
  • Popolocrois Monogatari

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