is a Japanese actress, voice actress and narrator.

Career

In 1981, Yoshiko made her voice acting debut as Flore in Six God Combination Godmars.

In addition to her voice acting roles, she has worked as a narrator for various news programs, including a long term position on TV Asahi News Station, where she narrated for over 10 years.

She has been interested in theatrical performance since elementary school, and after gaining experience in the theater club in the middle and high school era, she majored in the theater department. While working with various theater companies, voice actors set up a new agency, and she joined upon invitation from a person who was the husband and teacher of Mari Shimizu, a participant in the launch. The president of the agency and senior colleagues also encouraged her to be a voice actor.

Filmography

Anime

;1980s

  • 1981 Six God Combination Godmars – Flore
  • 1981 Urusei Yatsura – Otama
  • 1982 Space Cobra – Armaroid Lady
  • 1983 Cat's Eye – Mitsuko Asatani
  • 1983 Mirai Keisatsu Urashiman – Josephine Catsburg
  • 1984 God Mazinger – Aira
  • 1984 Yoroshiku Mechadock – Asami
  • 1984 Elves of the Forest – ???
  • 1985 Dancouga – Super Beast Machine God – Reimi
  • 1985 Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam – Haman Karn, Mouar Pharaoh
  • 1986 Maison Ikkoku – Ayako
  • 1986 Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ – Haman Karn
  • 1987 Kimagure Orange Road – Madoka's mother
  • 1987 Mami the Psychic – Mama
  • 1988 City Hunter 2 – Tachiki Sayuri
  • 1988 Go! Anpanman – Tekka no Makichan
  • 1989 Idol Densetsu Eriko – Ryoko Asagiri
  • 1989 Blue Blink – ???
  • 1989 The Adventures of Hutch the Honeybee – Mama
  • 1989 Patlabor: The TV Series – Shinobu Nagumo

;1990s

  • 1990 Idol Angel Yokoso Yoko – Keiko Matsushima
  • 1994 Blue Seed – Azusa Matsudaira
  • 1995 Sailor Moon SuperS – Queen Nehelenia
  • 1995 Fushigi Yûgi: The Mysterious Play – Shouka
  • 1996 Kodocha – Michelle
  • 1996 Sailor Moon Sailor Stars – Queen Nehelenia
  • 1996 You're Under Arrest – Kaoruko Kinoshita
  • 1996 The Vision of Escaflowne – Varie
  • 1997 Clamp School Detectives – Casablanca
  • 1997 Don't Leave Me Alone, Daisy – Mother
  • 1998 Princess Nine – Keiko Himuro
  • 1998 Fancy Lala – Mamiko Shinohara

;2000s

  • 2001 Hellsing – Sir Integra
  • 2001 PaRappa the Rapper – Hairdresser Octopus Ep.27
  • 2002 Tenchi Muyo! GXP – Misaki Masaki Jurai
  • 2003 Chrono Crusade – Kate Valentine
  • 2004 Sgt. Frog – Oka Nishizawa
  • 2004 Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG – Yoko Kayabuki
  • 2005 Moeyo Ken – Oryou
  • 2005 Tide-Line Blue – Aoi
  • 2009 Inuyasha: The Final Act – Sesshōmaru's Mother
  • 2009 Kiddy Girl-and – Arnice

;2010s

  • 2010 Cobra The Animation – Armaroid Lady
  • 2010 Highschool of the Dead – Yuriko Takagi
  • 2011 Nichijou – Oil in episode 15
  • 2012 From the New World – Tomiko Asahina
  • 2012 Saint Seiya Omega – Medea
  • 2012 Psycho-Pass – Joshu Kasei
  • 2014 Riddle Story of Devil – Yuri Meichi
  • 2014 Bonjour♪Sweet Love Patisserie – Nadeshiko Minagawa
  • 2015 Kantai Collection – Narrator, Hikōjō Ki, Chūkan Seiki
  • 2015 Yona of the Dawn – Gigan
  • 2015 Go! Princess PreCure – Dyspear
  • 2015 Gangsta – Gina Paulklee
  • 2016 The Great Passage – Kaoru Sasaki
  • 2017 Grimoire of Zero – Sorena

;2020s

  • 2020 Akudama Drive – Boss
  • 2021 Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon – Sesshōmaru's Mother
  • 2021 Blade Runner: Black Lotus – Josephine Grant
  • 2023 The Fire Hunter – Narrator
  • 2023 Jujutsu Kaisen – Tengen / Narrator
  • 2025 Once Upon a Witch's Death – Faust
  • 2025 Apocalypse Hotel – Mujina
  • 2025 Lazarus – Millie
  • 2026 Daemons of the Shadow Realm – Break

OVA

  • 1983 Dallos – Melinda Hearst
  • 1985 Greed – Mimau
  • 1985 Area 88 – Yasuda
  • 2008 Cobra the Animation: The Psychogun – Armaroid Lady
  • 2009 Cobra the Space Pirate: Time Drive – Armaroid Lady
  • 2011 Supernatural: The Animation – Mysterious Beautiful Lady

Film

  • 1982 Space Adventure Cobra – Armaroid Lady
  • 1983 Urusei Yatsura: Only You – Elle
  • 1984 Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind – Lady Kushana
  • 1987 Bats & Terry – Aya
  • 1988 Maison Ikkoku: The Final Chapter – Kuroki
  • 1988 Mami the Psychic: Dancing Doll of the Starry Sky – Mama
  • 1988 Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack – Nanai Miguel
  • 1990 Go! Anpanman: Baikinman no Gyakushuu – Tekka no Makichan
  • 1993 Patlabor 2: The Movie – Shinobu Nagumo

Video games

  • 1998 Sakura Wars 2: Thou Shalt Not Die – Carino Soletta
  • Connie Nielsen
  • Justice League – Hippolyta<!--2017-->
  • Wonder Woman – Hippolyta<!--2017-->
  • Wonder Woman 1984 – Hippolyta<!--2020-->
  • Zack Snyder's Justice League – Hippolyta<!--2021-->
  • Annette Bening
  • Love Affair – Terry McKay<!--1994-->
  • Captain Marvel – Supreme Intelligence and Dr. Wendy Lawson / Mar-Vell<!--2019-->
  • Death on the Nile – Euphemia<!--2022-->
  • The 100 – Dr. Abigail "Abby" Griffin (Paige Turco)
  • Airplane! (1983 TBS edition) – Randy (Lorna Patterson)
  • Airport '77 (1987 TV Asahi edition) – Lisa Stevens (Pamela Bellwood)
  • Alien (1992 VHS/DVD edition) – Joan Lambert (Veronica Cartwright)
  • Barbie – Narrator (Helen Mirren)
  • The Basketball Diaries – Mrs. Carroll (Lorraine Bracco)
  • Clarice – Ruth Martin (Jayne Atkinson)
  • Coogan's Bluff (1984 Nippon TV edition) – Linny Raven (Tisha Sterling)
  • Crocodile Dundee (1990 Fuji TV edition) – Sue Charlton (Linda Kozlowski)
  • Crocodile Dundee II (1991 Fuji TV edition) – Sue Charlton (Linda Kozlowski)
  • The Elephant Man (1982 TBS edition) – Ann Treves (Hannah Gordon)
  • ER – Elizabeth Corday (Alex Kingston)
  • The Final Countdown (1989 TBS edition) – Laurel Scott (Katharine Ross)
  • Heart of Stone – Nomad (Sophie Okonedo)
  • Heaven's Gate (1988 TBS edition) – Ella Watson (Isabelle Huppert)
  • Humanoids from the Deep (1984 TBS edition) – Carol Hill (Cindy Weintraub)
  • The Man with the Golden Gun (1982 TBS edition) – Saida (Carmen du Sautoy)
  • No Man's Land (1991 TV Asahi edition) – Ann Varrick (Lara Harris)
  • Octopussy (1988 TBS edition) – Magda (Kristina Wayborn)
  • Over the Top (1989 Fuji TV edition) – Christina Hawk (Susan Blakely)
  • Piranha (1982 TBS edition) – Laura Dickinson (Melody Thomas Scott)
  • Project A Part II (1989 Fuji TV edition) – Miss Pak (Rosamund Kwan)
  • Romeo and Juliet (1982 TV Asahi edition) – Juliet (Olivia Hussey)
  • Shout at the Devil (1985 TBS edition) – Rosa O'Flynn (Barbara Parkins)
  • The Spy Who Loved Me (1983 TBS edition) – Log Cabin Girl (Sue Vanner)
  • To Kill with Intrigue (1986 TBS edition) – Chin Chin (Jeong Hee)
  • Year of the Dragon (1988 TBS edition) – Tracy Tzu (Ariane Koizumi)
  • Zombi 2 (1982 TBS edition) – Susan Barrett (Auretta Gay)

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  • 9 to 5 – Roz (Elizabeth Wilson)
  • American Graffiti – Laurie Henderson (Cindy Williams)
  • Annie – Cecile (Colleen Zenk)
  • Arthur – Susan Johnson (Jill Eikenberry)
  • The Beach (2003 NTV edition) – Sal (Tilda Swinton)
  • The Bible: In the Beginning... – Eve (Ulla Bergryd)
  • Bird on a Wire – Rachel Varney (Joan Severance)
  • Body Parts – Karen Chrushank (Kim Delaney)
  • The Burning – Karen (Carolyn Houlihan)
  • The Burning of Imperial Palace – Empress Dowager Ci'an (Chan Wah)
  • Cocoon: The Return – Sara (Courteney Cox)
  • Crackerjack – Katia 'K.C.' Koslovska (Nastassja Kinski)
  • Delta Force 3: The Killing Game – Irenia Usuri (Hanna Azoulay Hasfari)
  • The Dream Team – Riley (Lorraine Bracco)
  • The Eagle Has Landed – Pamela Verecker (Judy Geeson)
  • Flipper – Cathy (Chelsea Field)
  • Four Rooms – Angela (Jennifer Beals)
  • Frankenstein Unbound – Mary Shelley (Bridget Fonda)
  • Front Page – Sandy Cheung (Catherine Hung)
  • Giant – Luz Benedict II (Carroll Baker)
  • Guns – Donna Hamilton (Dona Speir)
  • Hannibal Brooks – Vronia (Karin Baal)
  • Hard Ticket to Hawaii – Donna (Dona Speir)
  • Harry and Walter Go to New York – Lissa Chestnut (Diane Keaton)
  • Honeymoon in Vegas – Betsy Nolan / Donna Korman (Sarah Jessica Parker)
  • Inferno – Elisa De Longvalle Adler (Daria Nicolodi)
  • Knight Without Armour – Countess Alexandra Vladinoff (Marlene Dietrich)
  • L.A. Story – Trudi (Marilu Henner)
  • The Little Drummer Girl – Charlie (Diane Keaton)
  • Losing Isaiah – Margaret Lewin (Jessica Lange)
  • Major League II – Nicki Reese (Michelle Burke)
  • Miami Vice – Sarah MacPhail (Kyra Sedgwick), Dr. Theresa Lyons (Helena Bonham Carter), Caitlin Davies (Sheena Easton)
  • National Lampoon's Animal House – Mandy Pepperidge (Mary Louise Weller)
  • Nine Lives – Maggie (Glenn Close)
  • No Mercy – Alice Collins (Marita Geraghty)
  • Oliver's Story – Joanna Stone (Nicola Pagett)
  • On Deadly Ground – Liles (Shari Shattuck)
  • Orpheus – Aglaonice (Juliette Gréco)
  • Parenthood – Susan Buckman-Huffner (Harley Jane Kozak)
  • Patriot Games – Annette (Polly Walker)
  • The Player – Bonnie Sherow (Cynthia Stevenson)
  • Purple Noon – Marge Duval (Marie Laforêt)
  • Rabid – Rose (Marilyn Chambers)
  • Raise the Titanic – Dana Archibald (Anne Archer)
  • The Scarlet and the Black – Minna Kappler (Barbara Bouchet)
  • The Secret of My Success – Christy Wills (Helen Slater)
  • The Sentinel – Jennifer (Deborah Raffin)
  • The Shootist – Serepta (Sheree North)
  • The Star Chamber – Emily Hardin (Sharon Gless)
  • Stealing Home – Katie Chandler (Jodie Foster)
  • Steel Magnolias – Annelle Dupuy-DeSoto (Daryl Hannah)
  • Tenebrae – Detective Altieri (Carola Stagnaro)
  • Terms of Endearment – Patsy Clark (Lisa Hart Carroll)
  • To Live and Die in L.A. – Ruth Lanier (Darlanne Fluegel)
  • Trading Places – Penelope Witherspoon (Kristin Holby)
  • Twin Peaks – Shelly Johnson (Mädchen Amick)
  • Ultraman: Towards the Future – Jean Echo (Gia Carides)
  • Whose Life Is It Anyway? – Claire Scott (Christine Lahti)
  • Worth Winning – Eleanor Larimore (Lesley Ann Warren)

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Animation

  • The Brave Little Toaster – Rob's Mother

Awards

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| 2021

| 15th Seiyu Awards

| Kazue Takahashi Memorial Award

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References

  • Official agency profile
  • Yoshiko Sakakibara at GamePlaza-Haruka Voice Acting Database
  • Yoshiko Sakakibara at Hitoshi Doi's Seiyuu Database