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Sumi Koshikawa (越川 須美, Koshikawa Sumi; born December 8, 1954), known professionally as Sumi Shimamoto (島本 須美, Shimamoto Sumi), is a Japanese actress and narrator. She has voice acted in Hayao Miyazaki's movies Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, The Castle of Cagliostro, My Neighbor Totoro, Rumiko Takahashi's Maison Ikkoku, Fire Tripper and Princess Mononoke.

Born
Sumi Koshikawa (越川 須美)

(1954-12-08) December 8, 1954 (age 71)
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Yearsactive1970–present
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Shimamoto at Sakura-Con in April 2007.
Born
Sumi Koshikawa (越川 須美)

(1954-12-08) December 8, 1954 (age 71)
Occupations
Years active1970–present
Notable work
Spouse
Daisuke Koshikawa
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(m. 1984)​
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Biography

Shimamoto was born on December 8, 1954, in Kōchi. After graduating from the Toho Gakuen College of Drama and Music, she joined Gekidan Seinenza, a theatrical acting troupe. She is currently independent of any talent management company.

She is married to Daisuke Koshikawa, one of the founders of the comedy troupe Chibikko Gang. Their first child, Shiori, has also done voice acting.[citation needed]

Roles

Her best-known voice roles include Nausicaä in Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Suzuko in Fire Tripper and Kyoko Otonashi in Maison Ikkoku.[1]

She won the role of Nausicaä after she impressed Hayao Miyazaki with her role as Clarisse in his debut film The Castle of Cagliostro, subsequently appearing in two more of his movies, My Neighbor Totoro and Princess Mononoke.[2]

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  • Insect Land (Earth)[7]
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  • Gōshō Aoyama's Collection of Short Stories (Yukiko Fujimine)
  • Gōshō Aoyama's Collection of Short Stories 2 (Yukiko Kudō)
  • Hello Kitty (Mama)
  • Hello Kitty no Hajimete no Christmas Cake (Mama)
  • Hello Kitty to Issho (Mama)
  • Kitty to Daniel no Suteki na Christmas (Mama)
  • Kamen Rider (Ruriko Midorikawa)
  • Madara (Princess Sakuya)
  • Mikan Enikki: Mikan America e Iku?! ()
  • Salamander (Paola)
  • Sorcerer Hunters (Big Mama)
  • Tetsuwan Gin Rei (Ginrei)
  • Yōchien Sentai Genkizzu (Tomomi-sensei)

ONA

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Radio

  • Seishun Adventure: Hiroshi Mori's "Joō no Hyaku Hisshitsu" (Queen Debō Suho)

CD

  • 20-mensō ni Onegai!! Koi hodo Suteki na Musical ha nai (Utako Ōkawa)
  • Koisuru KI·MO·CHI (as Kyōko Otonashi)

Live action

  • Tarō no Seishun (TV, 1980), Setsuko Muramatsu
  • Let's Talk About the Old Times (Film, 2022), herself[16]
  • Anpan (TV, 2025), Kako Ode[17]
  • Unbound (TV, 2025), Taka[18]

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  • All Finish Tōkyō Midnight: Natsumi's Eye (Natsumi Kawahara)
  • I Can Hear the Sea (dialect coach)

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