Noriko Ohara, The Voice Actress For Nobita Nobi In 'Doraemon', Has Passed Away At The Age Of 88
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Noriko Ohara, known for being the voice of Nobita Noby (or Noby in the English versions of the anime and manga) from 1979 until 2005, passed away on July 12th at the age of 88. Her agency announced that she was undergoing treatment for an undisclosed disease prior to her death.
Born Noriko Tobe on October 2nd, 1935, in Tokyo, Japan, the actress had quite a prolific voice-over career. Ohara’s first credited role was as Chiro the Squirrel in the 1968 movie The Great Adventure of Horus, Prince of the Sun. Her first role in the Doraemon series was actually Nobita’s mother, Tamako Nobi, in the 1973 Doraemon anime. She would take over for Yoshiko Ohta as Nobita in the following 1979 anime, similar to how she took over for Ohta in episodes 14-78 in the 1969 anime Marine Boy.
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Other anime roles include Wansa in Wansa-Kun, Conan in Hayao Miyazaki’s Future Boy Conan, Sabera and Jiro Shima in Space Battleship Yamato II, and Oyuki and Urusei Yatsura. Ohara also provided the Japanese voice for actresses Shirley MacLaine and Catherine Deneuve in the Japanese dubs of their movies. She also voiced Penelope Pitstop in the Japanese dubs of Wacky Races and The Perils of Penelope Pitstop respectively. Ohara was represented by Aoni Production and then Production Baobab before going freelance.
At the first-ever Seiyuu Awards in 2007, she was awarded the Achievement Award, and she also won the Synergy Award at the 7th Seiyuu Awards in 2013. Her son, Atsuo Tobe, is an animator at Sunrise.
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Sources: Nippon.com, Wikipedia, [1], [2], Dubbing Wikia
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