Kae Araki

Kae Araki
Kae Araki
荒木香恵
Born	November 6, 1963 (age 60); Osaka, Japan
Occupation	Voice actress
Years active	1986–present
Notable credits	Fushigi Yûgi as Miaka Yūki; Sailor Moon as Chibiusa; Darkstalkers as Felicia; Digimon Adventure as Hikari Yagami;

Kae Araki (荒木香恵, Araki Kae, born November 6, 1963) is a Japanese voice actress from Osaka, Japan. After standing in for Kotono Mitsuishi, the voice of Usagi Tsukino in the series Sailor Moon, when she had appendicitis, Araki was given the role of Chibiusa in the same series. While training at a voice acting school, Araki acted as senpai to fellow voice actress Konami Yoshida, and they have since maintained a close relationship.

Early life[edit]

She was born in Osaka Prefecture. She moved to Hokkaido in second grade, to Kagawa Prefecture in the third grade and Kadoma in Osaka and Tomakomai in Hokkaido in the fourth grade.^[2] Due to the work of her father, she moved seven times before graduating from high school.^[2]

Since childhood, she longed for the theater world due to the influence of television.^[3] She didn't want to be the main actress and just wanted to play.^[2] She decided to follow the theatrical path in the fall of the third year of high school.

Career[edit]

After finishing high school in Hokkaido, she moved to Tokyo to become a stage actress. She entered the training school of the Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society (Haikyō) and enrolled in the acting department for half a year. She joined the theater company because she could not get into the upper class on the advanced exam. Her voice work began after she was discovered by a voice actor office manager who saw Araki on stage.^[2] Her first anime work was Maison Ikkoku. After that, Araki affiliated with Ken Production. Instead of voice work, the NHK reporter and scene moderators focused mainly on face-to-face work. She then transferred to Arts Vision, where animation was the main focus.^[2]

In 1993, she played the main character Usagi Tsukino in the Sailor Moon anime series, for 7 episodes replacing Kotono Mitsuishi who was hospitalized.^[4] The scheduled required a substitute and Araki was selected.^[4] Later, in the sequel to the series, she played Sailor Chibi Moon.^[4] Her role was decided without an audition.^[5] In 1995, she played Miaka Yūki in Fushigi Yûgi, her first leading role in television animation.^[4]

She was affiliated with 81 Produce from August 2003 to May 2010 and currently is freelancing.^[6]

Filmography[edit]

Anime[edit]

Television[edit]

Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory (1991–1992) as Jacqueline Simone^[7]
Mischievous Twins: The Tales of St. Clare's (1991) as Sheila Neira
Armored Police Metal Jack (1991) as Sayuri Kamizaki
Chikyū SOS Sore Ike Kororin (1992) as Ozon Eko
Sailor Moon (1992–1997) as Usagi Tsukino (eps. 44–50), Chibiusa
YAWARA! Special: Zutto Kimi no Koto ga… (1992) as Marusō
Tama of 3rd Street: Do You Know My Tama? (1993) as Koma
Little Women II: Jo's Boys (1993) as Daisy
Mobile Suit Victory Gundam (1993) as Peggy Lee
Mobile Fighter G Gundam (1994) as Cath Ronary
Bonobono (1995) as Chirabi-chan
Gunsmith Cats (1995–1996) as "Minnie" May Hopkins
Fushigi Yûgi (1995) as Miaka Yūki
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing (1995) as Hilde Schbeiker, Schoolgirl G^[7]
Fushigi Yûgi (1996–2002) series as Miaka Yūki
Remi, Nobody's Girl (1996) as Maria
Mysterious Thieft Saint Tail (1996) as Sayaka
Kodocha (1996–1998) as Shizu
Flame of Recca (1997) as Yōko
Gestalt (1997) as Ōri
Pocket Monsters (1997) as Natsume (Sabrina)
Slayers Try (1997) as Anna
Cardcaptor Sakura (1998–2000) as Akane
Let's Nupu Nupu (1998) as Hamster / Kyouzame-chan / Mari-chan
Super Radical Gag Family (1998) as Noriko Nishikawa
Bomberman B-Daman Bakugaiden V (1999) as Mermaid Bon
Corrector Yui (1999–2000) as Ai Shinozaki
Digimon Adventure (1999) as Hikari Yagami
Great Teacher Onizuka (1999–2000) as Nagisa Nagase^[7]
Iketeru Futari (1999) as Akira Koizumi
Medabots (1999) as Nadako
Monster Rancher (1999) as Michelle
Shin Hakkenden (1999) as Tamazusa
Ceres, Celestial Legend (2000) as Shōta Kurima
Digimon Adventure 02 (2000) as Hikari Yagami
Hand Maid May (2000) as Chigusa Tani
Doki Doki♡Densetsu Mahōjin Guru Guru (2000) as Juju Kū Shunamuru
Go! Go! Itsutsugo Land (2001) as Kodama Morino
Digimon Frontier (2002) as Patamon
Hungry Heart Wild Striker (2002-2003) as Kaori Doumoto
Mirmo! (2002) as Otome, Marina
RahXephon (2002) as Cathy McMahon
Ashita no Nadja (2003) as Simone Monterran
Gilgamesh (2003) as Reiko Yushiro
Zoids: Fuzors (2003) as Rebecca
Guardian Hearts (2003) as Maya Ōba
Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters GX (2004–2008) as Maiden of the Aqua
Guardian Hearts: Power Up! (2005) as Maya Ōba
Love Com (2007) as Mimi Yoshioka

Film[edit]

Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: The Last Blitz of Zeon (1992) as Jacqueline Simone
I Can Hear the Sea (1993) – Yumi Kohama
Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon R The Movie (1993) – Chibiusa^[7]
Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon S The Movie (1994) – Chibiusa^[7]
Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon SuperS: The Nine Sailor Soldiers Unite! Miracle of the Black Dream Hole (1995) – Chibiusa^[7]
Digimon Adventure (1999) – Hikari Yagami

Video games[edit]

Super Robot Wars series as Kukuru, Jacqueline Simone, Hilde Schubeiker
Variable Geo series – Manami Kusunoki
Vampire: The Night Warriors (1994) as Felicia, Snowmen
Cyberbots: Full Metal Madness (1995) as Mao
Megami Paradise (1995) as Maharaja
Sailor Moon: Another Story (1995) as Chibiusa
Vampire Hunter: Darkstalkers' Revenge (1995) as Felicia, Snowmen
Fūun Gokū Ninden (1996) as Sanzō
Megami Paradise II (1996) as Maharaja
Riglord Saga 2 (1996) as Female Thief Shiranami
Super Puzzle Fighter II X (1996) as Felicia, Hsien-Ko
Alnam no Tsubasa (1997) as Kureha
Metal Angel 3 (1997) as Kumi Kochō, Isabella Iceberg
Pocket Fighter (1997) as Felicia, narration, Lilith
Tilk: Aoi Umi kara Kita Shōjo (1997)
Vampire Savior: The Lord of Vampire (1997) as Felicia
Kindaichi Shōnen no Jikenbo 2: Jigoku Yūenchi Satsujin Jiken (1998) as Kayo Minamoto
Next King: Koi no Sennen Ōkoku (1998) as Ginger Bībām
Prism Court (1998) as Akari Okajima
Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth (1999) as Jelanda
Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes (2000) as Felicia
Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean (2003) as Lady Melodia^[7]
Mobile Suit Gundam: Meguri Ai Uchū (2003) as Jacqueline Simone, Riria Furōbēru
Star Ocean 3: Till the End of Time (2003) as Freya
Capcom Fighting Jam (2004) as Felicia
Cross Edge (2004) as Felicia
Namco × Capcom (2005) as Felicia, Fong Ling^[7]
Tales of the Tempest (2006) as Arria Ekberg^[7]
Samurai Shodown: Edge of Destiny (2009) as Suzuhime
Solatorobo: Red The Hunter (2010) as Nero
GUNbare! Game Tengoku (2017) as Sakura

Dubbing[edit]

Original year	Title	Role	Original actor	Notes
	Jōnetsu no Meisō	Natalie
	Taiketsu Spellbinder	Ben
	Amitie			CD drama
1983–1987	Fraggle Rock	Red Fraggle
1989–1991	Babar	Flora	Lisa Yamanaka, Lea-Helen Weir
1991	CD Theater: Dragon Quest	Poppy		CD drama
1993–2000	Boy Meets World	Morgan Matthews	Lily Nicksay
1994–1995	Blossom	Kennedy	Courtney Chase
1997	AIKa: Little Trigger Girl	Felnand Mizusumashi		CD drama
1999–2009	Ed, Edd n Eddy	Sarah	Janyse Jaud
2007–2010	The Tudors	Catherine of Aragon, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Parr	Maria Doyle Kennedy, Joss Stone, Joely Richardson
2001–present	Totally Spies!	Phoebe Simpson
1992–1995	Batman: The Animated Series	Baby-Doll	Alison LaPlaca
1997–1999	The New Batman Adventures	Baby-Doll	Laraine Newman
2003	Ouran High School Host Club	Ayanokōji		CD drama

References[edit]

^ 『日本音声製作者名鑑2007』、Shogakukan、2007年、ISBN 978-4095263021
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e 声優ヒストリー 1997, p. 60.
^ 声優ヒストリー 1997, p. 56.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d 声優ヒストリー 1997, p. 58.
^ 『アニメージュ12月号増刊ボイスアニメージュ VOL.5 』徳間書店、1995年、102頁。
^ "告知っぽいこと - 荒木香衣の言い条". 告知っぽいこと - 荒木香衣の言い条 (in Japanese). 10 December 2015. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Kae Araki (visual voices guide)". behindthevoiceactors.com. Retrieved 13 March 2023. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)

Notes[edit]

ロマンアルバム声優ヒストリー SAY YOU HISTORY. Tokuma Shoten. 1997. ISBN 4-19-720015-3.

External links[edit]

Kae Araki Archived 2015-06-06 at the Wayback Machine at GamePlaza-Haruka Voice Acting Database (in Japanese)
Kae Araki at Hitoshi Doi's Seiyuu Database
Kae Araki at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
Kae Araki at IMDb

[1] 『日本音声製作者名鑑2007』、Shogakukan、2007年、ISBN 978-4095263021

[FOOTNOTE声優ヒストリー199760-2] 声優ヒストリー 1997, p. 60.

[FOOTNOTE声優ヒストリー199756-3] 声優ヒストリー 1997, p. 56.

[FOOTNOTE声優ヒストリー199758-4] 声優ヒストリー 1997, p. 58.

[5] 『アニメージュ12月号増刊ボイスアニメージュ VOL.5 』徳間書店、1995年、102頁。

[6] "告知っぽいこと - 荒木香衣の言い条". 告知っぽいこと - 荒木香衣の言い条 (in Japanese). 10 December 2015. Retrieved 10 October 2019.

[btva-7] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Kae Araki (visual voices guide)". behindthevoiceactors.com. Retrieved 13 March 2023. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)

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