Hiroko Konishi


Hiroko Konishi is a Japanese voice actress and musician. Some of her major roles are Jiyuu Nanohana in Jubei-chan, Sae Sawanoguchi in Magic User's Club, Nene Romanova in Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040, Akane Kimidori in the 1997 remake of Dr. Slump, the title character Ojarumaru, and the original Takeru Takaishi in Digimon Adventure. In video games she voiced Shiori Misaka in the original Kanon visual novel, Lilith Aensland in Darkstalkers, Bridget in Guilty Gear X2, and Sophia Roberinge in Mitsumete Knight. After leaving voice acting in the mid 2000s, Konishi has returned to become a singer and musician, releasing songs on her independent label Squirrel Records.

Life and career

Konishi formed a budding interest in stage acting as a junior high student, and as a high schooler, received voice training at the.
She released NOVELETTE, her first album under her own identity. She teamed up with Ryo Arshe, her musical collaborator since 1998 and the artist NAOMI, forming the musical unit Little Cure.
As a TV personality, she has appeared on both NHK and public sector network shows. She had been a regular on the TV Tokyo-syndicated variety show Ichioshi Kiss, where she was portrayed as the youngest of three sisters, with co-stars and Hinako Saeki. She was also narrator for the short-lived "pick of the week" show. She also acted in live action TV Commercials for "Dial 104", as keitai detective PI Hiroko.
In 2018, Konishi claimed that she was replaced as Ojarumaru in Prince Mackaroo from disputes over her voice recording on Ojarumaru dolls and other merchandise. Motivated by the Me Too movement, Konishi shared that she left voice acting after being sexually harassed and witnessing her other female peers abused by their agencies. She also alleged that she was propositioned by her manager Hara to enter a mixed bath in the nude with Akitaro Daichi and claimed that she was unable to get voice acting work after she refused.

Personal life

After she transferred to Chuo University's law department, earning an LL.B. degree, and qualifying in the.

Filmography

Anime

Film

Video games

Audio dramas

Discography

;Albums
;Singles