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Ikue Ōtani (大谷育江?) is a Japanese actress, voice actress and narrator who has done voice work for the Japanese version of the Sonic the Hedgehog series.

History[]

She is known for playing both male and female roles, and sometimes plays multiple roles in one production. She is a native of Tokyo, but grew up in Niigata Prefecture.

Sonic related roles[]

Video games[]

Year Title Role Notes
2000 Sonic Shuffle Lumina/NiGHTS Original Japanese, NiGHTS reuses voicelines from Lumina
2008 Super Smash Bros. Brawl Pikachu International role, mixture of archive audio and new voice recordings
2014 Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U Pikachu International role, archive audio
2018 Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Pikachu, Morgana International role (Pikachu), archive audio (Pikachu); Original Japanese (Morgana)

Other notable roles[]

Video games[]

Anime[]

Trivia[]

  • In Paramount's Sonic the Hedgehog 3 movie, Knuckles (voiced by Idris Elba) does an impression of Pikachu from the Pokémon series, who Ōtani has voiced internationally across various forms of media for the franchise since 1997.

External links[]

  • 大谷育江 ウィキペディア、 フリー百科事典。