is a Japanese actress and voice actress employed by Ogipro The Next Co. Inc. & BQMAP. Taking a well-trod path by many voice actresses, she often voices young male characters with generally very quirky and goofy personalities. One of her most well-known roles includes Naruto Uzumaki from the popular anime series Naruto. She has played Takuya Kanbara in Digimon Frontier, Rin Natsuki/Cure Rouge in Yes! PreCure 5, Metabee in Medabots, Mamoru Endou in Inazuma Eleven and Inazuma Eleven GO, Gon Freecss in the 1999 version of Hunter × Hunter, and GingerBrave in Cookie Run: Kingdom. Personal life She is the youngest of three children. As a child she studied ballet and piano for seven and a half years. She enrolled in 1991 at Nihon University, College of Art but dropped out two years later. For several years she worked as a shoe salesperson and gave piano lessons at a private school in Tokyo. Originally she wanted to work in a bank office. In 1996 she joined BQ MAP Theater Company where she had several stage appearances. She met voice actor Kenji Hamada in 1999. They married in 2006. Their first child was born in 2012 and the other one in 2017. Filmography Anime Film Naruto the Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow (2004) – Naruto Uzumaki Naruto the Movie: Legend of the Stone of Gelel (2005) – Naruto Uzumaki Naruto the Movie: Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom (2006) – Naruto Uzumaki Naruto Shippuden the Movie (2007) – Naruto Uzumaki Yes! PreCure 5 the Movie: Great Miraculous Adventure in the Mirror Kingdom! (2007) – Rin Natsuki/Cure Rouge Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Bonds (2008) – Naruto Uzumaki Yes! PreCure 5 GoGo! the Movie: Happy Birthday in the Sweets Kingdom (2008) – Rin Natsuki/Cure Rouge Tamagotchi: Happiest Story in the Universe! (2008) – Kikitchi Naruto Shippuden the Movie: The Will of Fire (2009) – Naruto Uzumaki Pretty Cure All Stars DX: Minna Tomodachi— Kiseki no Zenin Daishūgō (2009) – Rin Natsuki/Cure Rouge Naruto Shippuden the Movie: The Lost Tower (2010) – Naruto Uzumaki Inazuma Eleven The Movie: The Final Force, The Ogre Team Strikes (2010) – Mamoru Endō Pretty Cure All Stars DX2: Kibō no Hikari— Rainbow Jewel o Mamore! (2010) – Rin Natsuki/Cure Rouge Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Blood Prison (2011) – Naruto Uzumaki Pretty Cure All-Stars DX3 Mirai ni Todoke! Sekai o Tsunagu Niji-Iro no Hana (2011) –