Utena voice actress passes away

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The agency Production baobab announced on Friday that voice actress Tomoko Kawakami passed away on Thursday, June 9 at 4:45 p.m. after a long bout with illness. She was 41.

Kawakami was the lead voice actress in La fillette révolutionaire Utena (Revolutionary Girl Utena), Hikaru no Go, Sugar: A Little Snow Fairy, Air, and many other anime titles. She had made her debut in 1994 with the anime Metal Fighter Miku, and her roles included Fuyuki Hinata in Keroro Gunsō (Sgt. Frog) and Miu Furinji in KenIchi the Mightiest Disciple.

Kawakami had been hospitalized since August of 2008 for an unspecified illness and had undergone surgery at the time. As a result of her illness, she had to relinquish roles such as Kaoru in the video adaptation of Yamane's Ikoku Irokoi Romantan boys-love comedy manga.

Thank you to dormcat for the news tip.

Update: The Sankei Shimbun newspaper reported that Kawakami had been undergoing treatment for ovarian cancer.
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What a shame! I've enjoyed a large number of her roles and she also participated in some lovely character songs :(

She had a distinctive voice and I think there would have been even more great performances from her had she had the chance.

R (and Parcelforce finally brought me my first Nozomi Utena set today, too)
 
A lot a very big roles under her belt, and one of the few veteran seiyuu.
She'll be missed greatly, guess it's time to rewatch AIR.

RIP
 
RIP

Sad news indeed as she had voiced some of my favourite anime characters :cry: I know that when I rewatch AIR, I will be crying a lot more during the last episode
 
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Shocking news and she was so young but voiced so many great characters,really eerie as i just finished watching Utena boxset 1 just before i read this news.R.I.P. another legend gone. :(
 
the least i can do as a anime fan is to look up the work this person has done and see what animes she worked on and il see which animes il buy air will be one of them.
RIP (moment of silence)...................................................................
 
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