Katsue Miwa

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Katsue Miwa
三輪 勝恵
Born(1943-10-12)October 12, 1943
Osaka Prefecture, Japan
DiedJune 19, 2024(2024-06-19) (aged 80)
Other nameKatsue-chan[1]
OccupationsVoice actress, actress, narrator
Years active1960-2024
AgentAoni Production[2]
Known forVoice of Mitsuo Suwa (Perman #1)

Katsue Uchiyama[3] (内山 かつゑ, Uchiyama Katsue; née Miwa, October 12, 1943 – June 19, 2024), known professionally as Katsue Miwa (三輪 勝恵, Miwa Katsue) was a Japanese voice actress, actress, and narrator from Osaka affiliated with the studio Aoni Production. She began her career in 1960 and starred in a number of voice-over roles for various anime, video games, films, and television commercials.[4][5]

Career

Miwa was born in Osaka Prefecture on October 12, 1943.[6] She moved at four years old and grew up in Minato Ward, Tokyo.

During her childhood, Miwa worked as a child actress at the NHK Tokyo Broadcasting Children's Theatre Company.[7][8] While there, she was cast as the voice of Foo in the puppet show Boo Foo Woo on Okaasan to Issho.

Miwa graduated from Kokugakuin High School[9] and then from the Department of Japanese Literature, Faculty of Letters, Kokugakuin University.[10] She wanted to become a Japanese language teacher and had even done teaching practice at her former junior high school. Despite these hard efforts, she was not able to get a look in the eye and was shocked when students would tease her and tell her that her voice sounded like a manga character. They even referred to her with her first name without using any honorifics, so she gave up on becoming a teacher and would go on to become a voice actress.[11][12]

Death

Miwa died from pulmonary embolism on June 19, 2024, at the age of 80.[13] Her death was announced by Aoni a month later.[14][15][16]

Personality

Her voice range was described as "a fairytale-like, dreamy mezzo-soprano".[17][18] Her vocal range was E-D, and boys' voices (D-B).[19] Her dialects were Kansai dialect[20] and Osaka dialect.[21]

Miwa has appeared in various anime, television shows, and foreign films.[22] With her recognizably cute voice, she portrayed approachable, ordinary boys, but also voiced roles like energetic girls, adult women, and elderly women.[23] She also made appearances in many television commercials and did narration.[24]

Her personal qualifications and licenses included a medium-sized vehicle license and a large motorcycle license. She also had a first-grade junior high school teacher's license and a second-grade senior high school teacher's license.[25]

Her main hobby was admiring wild plants and her special skill was creating small crafts.[26]

Episode

In 2022, she expressed, "I would like to play a cute character like Catherine (played by Manon Gaurin) from the Teijin (CM) again."[27]

In the Perman franchise, Miwa famously provided the voice of the titular character, Mitsuo Suwa (Perman #1). She voiced the role from 1967 until her death in 2024. She reprised the role in short films exclusively screened at the Fujiko F. Fujio Museum[28][29] and the 2005 Doraemon anime.[30] She also performed the Perman anime theme songs "Our Perman" (1967 series) and "Come on, Perman" (1983 series).[31]

Works

Television animation

Original video animation

Short film animation

Films screened at the Fujiko F. Fujio Museum F Theater:

  • Doraemon & Perman: Close Call!? (2011): Mitsuo Suwa (Perman #1)
  • Doraemon & F-character All-Stars: Slightly Mysterious Bullet Train (Express)! (2021): Mitsuo Suwa (Perman #1)[51]
  • Doraemon & F Character All-Stars: Yume no Machi, F Land (2024): Mitsuo Suwa (Perman #1)

Theatrical animation

Puppet shows

Foreign dub roles

Video games

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