DoCo (pop group)
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Noriko Hidaka (Akane Tendo),
Minami Takayama (Nabiki Tendo),
Kikuko Inoue (Kasumi Tendo),
Rei Sakuma (Shampoo)
DoCo | |
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| Genres | Pop |
| Past members | Megumi Hayashibara (voice of female Ranma), Noriko Hidaka (Akane Tendo), Minami Takayama (Nabiki Tendo), Kikuko Inoue (Kasumi Tendo), Rei Sakuma (Shampoo) |
DoCo is a pop group composed of five female Ranma ½ voice actresses. The performances are done in-character. DoCo has released three albums: DoCo★First, DoCo☆Second, and DoCo Original Karaoke. Some of the songs were translated and performed in English by DoCo U.S.A., the corresponding English language voice actors. Some of their songs were used as the opening and ending themes for the Ranma ½ OVA, as well as in music videos that accompanied the OVAs. A few songs (such as the DoCo version of CoCo's "Equal Romance") also appear on various Ranma ½ musical albums.
DoCo is in some sense a parody of CoCo. As "CoCo" can be taken to mean ここ (koko, here), "DoCo" can be taken to mean どこ (doko, where?).
- Megumi Hayashibara, as female Ranma
- Noriko Hidaka, as Akane Tendo
- Minami Takayama, as Nabiki Tendo
- Kikuko Inoue, as Kasumi Tendo
- Rei Sakuma, as Shampoo
DoCo U.S.A.
- Rose Hastreiter, as female Ranma
- Tanya Hancheroff, as Akane Tendo
- Saffron Henderson, as Nabiki Tendo
- Willow Johnson, as Kasumi Tendo
- Cathy Weseluck, as Shampoo
Before becoming a voice actress, Hidaka got her start in the 1980s as a tarento and pop singer. Takayama is one half of the electronic pop duo Two-Mix.
