RyÅka Yuzuki
Ryōka Yuzuki (柚木 涼香 Yuzuki Ryōka, born January 10, 1974) is a Japanese voice actress who was born in Anjo, Aichi, Japan. She was originally a live-action actress; Beast Wars was one of her first voiceover gigs. Some of her most notable anime roles include Ino Yamanaka in Naruto and Naruto Shippuden, Minagi Tohno in Air, Temari and Nana in Shugo Chara, Ruby Moon/Nakuru Akizuki in Cardcaptor Sakura, Tetsuko in The Super Milk Chan Show, Oriana Thomson in A Certain Magical Index, Shizuka Hiratsuka in My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU and most famously Satsuki Kiryuin in Kill la Kill.
In the world of dubbing, Yuzuki has been Regan (Linda Blair) in The Exorcist: The Version You've Never Seen Before, the Great and Powerful Trixie in My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic and the Equestria Girls films, and was the official voice of Barbie in all related media for several years.
She did the first season of Beast Wars credited as Ayumi Nagashii (永椎 あゆ美 Nagashii Ayumi). She previously had been a model under the name Kanori Kadomatsu (角松 かのり Kadomatsu Kanori). On November 1, 1998 she changed her name to Ryōka Yuzuki.
Voice roles
[edit]Beast Wars
[edit]Beast Wars Metals
[edit]- Blackwidow
- NAVI-ko
- Una
Transformers: Beast Wars Metals: Clash! Intense Battle
[edit]- Blackwidow
- NAVI-ko
Beast Wars Returns
[edit]- Blackwidow
Transformers: Animated
[edit]- Blackarachnia/Elita-1
- Narration in Otoboto family segments
Transformers: Prime
[edit]Transformers: EarthSpark
[edit]Notes
[edit]- In one of the MP-43 Megatron's hidden voice clips, one of Ryōka Yuzuki's voice clips as NAVI-ko was reused.
External links
[edit]- Official 81 Produce page (Japanese)
- YouTube - Ryōka talks about Beast Wars (Japanese)
- Ryouka Yuzuki at the Anime News Network