Tomoko Sasaki

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Tomoko Sasaki (佐々木朋子, Sasaki Tomoko^?) is a Japanese musician and voice actress who has done voice work for the Japanese version of the Sonic the Hedgehog series.

History

During the production period of Sonic X, the role for the Chao was recast to Ryo Hirohashi, who also played the species in the main series games released during that time (Sonic Heroes and Shadow the Hedgehog). Sega has since returned to using Sasaki's clips starting from 2009.

Credits

Voice acting

Sonic the Hedgehog series:
- Chao (1998-2004; 2009-present)

Trivia

Sasaki is married to Naofumi Hataya.^[1]

References

↑ SPACE CHANNEL 5 UKIUKI MUSIC FESTIVAL ONLINE Digest Movie [for J-LODlive]. YouTube. 4GamerMovie (16 December 2020). Retrieved on 8 July 2021.

External links

Tomoko Sasaki on Behind the Voice Actors

Current voice actors

English

Aaron LaPlante - Bryce Papenbrook - Colleen O'Shaughnessey - Dave Mitchell - Erica Lindbeck - Karen Strassman - Kate Higgins - Keith Silverstein - Kirk Thornton - Kyle Hebert - Liam O'Brien - Matthew Mercer - Michael Yurchak - Michelle Ruff - Mike Pollock - Patrick Seitz - Roger Craig Smith - Sam Riegel - Stephanie Sheh - Wally Wingert

Japanese

Chafūrin - Chie Nakamura - Daisuke Kishio - Daisuke Ono - Fumihiko Tachiki - Jōji Nakata - Jun'ichi Kanemaru - Katsuhisa Hōki - Kenji Nomura - Kenta Miyake - Kotaro Nakamura - Kōji Yusa - Mugihito - Nao Takamori - Nobutoshi Canna - Rumi Ochiai - Ryō Hirohashi - Sayaka Aoki - Taeko Kawata - Takashi Nagasako - Tomoko Sasaki - Wataru Takagi - Yōko Teppōzuka - Yūki Masuda - Yūki Tai - Yumi Tōma - Yutaka Aoyama

Sonic Adventure

Playable characters		Sonic (Super Sonic) \| Tails \| Knuckles \| Amy \| E-102 Gamma \| Big \| Metal Sonic*
Non-playable characters		Dr. Eggman \| Beta (Mark II) \| Chao \| Chaos (Chaos 1, Chaos 2, Chaos 4, Chaos 6, Perfect Chaos) \| Cream* \| Delta \| Epsilon \| Froggy \| Grandma \| Mr. Know-It-All \| NiGHTS \| Pachacamac \| Tikal \| Unnamed Sonic robot* \| ZERO \| Zeta \| Animals (Deer, Elephant, Gorilla, Kangaroo, Koala, Lion, Mole, Parrot, Peacock, Penguin, Rabbit, Robin, Seal, Sea Otter, Skunk)
Adventure Fields		Egg Carrier \| Mystic Ruins \| Station Square
Action Stages		Emerald Coast \| Windy Valley \| Casinopolis \| IceCap \| Twinkle Park \| Speed Highway \| Red Mountain \| Sky Deck \| Lost World \| Hot Shelter \| Final Egg
Sub Games		Sky Chase \| Sand Hill \| Hedgehog Hammer \| Twinkle Circuit \| Boss
Enemies		Beat \| Bladed Spinner \| Boa-Boa \| Buyoon \| Cart Kiki \| Cop Speeder \| Egg Keeper \| Electro Spinner \| Fighter Aircraft A \| Fighter Aircraft B \| Gola \| Ice Ball \| Icecap's unnamed aircraft \| Kiki \| Leon \| Mechanical fish \| Pirate \| Rhinotank \| Sky Deck's unnamed jet fighter \| Spiky Spinner \| Sweeper
Bosses		Chaos 0 \| Chaos 2 \| Chaos 4 \| Chaos 6 \| E-101 Beta \| E-101 Mark II \| E-102 Gamma \| E-103 Delta \| E-104 Epsilon \| E-105 Zeta \| Egg Carrier \| Egg Hornet \| Egg Viper \| Egg Walker \| Knuckles the Echidna \| Perfect Chaos \| Sonic the Hedgehog \| ZERO
Moves/ Techniques	Playable characters	Bolt of lightning \| Climb \| Dig \| Flight Mode \| Glide \| Hammer Attack \| Hammer Jump \| Hover \| Homing Attack \| Homing Missile Launch \| Jump Attack \| Laser Gun \| Light Speed Attack \| Light Speed Dash \| Lure Attack \| Maximum Heat Knuckles Attack \| Pick \| Propeller Flight \| Punch Attack \| Rapid Tails Attack \| Spin Attack \| Spin Dash \| Spin Hammer Attack \| Spin Jump \| Tails Attack
Moves/ Techniques	NPCs	Arm Punch \| Bomb Attack \| Bomb Gun Attack \| Charge \| Double Punch \| Earthquake Attack \| Electric Arm \| Energy Ball Attack \| Flame Thrower Attack \| Guiding Missiles \| Instantaneous Liquefaction \| Laser Beam Attack \| Homing Tail Slice \| Inhale Attack \| Marble Attack \| Phantom Shadow Move \| Punch \| Quarter Attack \| Scorpion Attack \| Shockwave Attack (Chaos 6) \| Sonic Boom \| Spin Attack \| Spinning Spike Attack \| Spouting Attack \| Squash Roll Attack \| Swing Punch
Gimmicks and obstacles		Bumper \| Bumper Car \| Cannon \| Capsule \| Conveyor Belt \| Crank \| Dash Panel \| Dash Ring \| Drum Can \| Explosion Trap \| Fan \| Flipper \| Fountain \| Goal Balloon \| Hanging Bell \| Helicopter \| Hint Box \| Hint Orb \| Icicle \| Iron ball \| Jump Panel (plate) \| Jump Panel (ramp) \| Jump Ramp \| Laser field \| Lit Panel \| Mirror \| Monkey Detonation Switch \| Orca \| Point Marker \| Power cube \| Rocket \| Satellite \| Slot machine \| Spiked bar \| Spring \| Spring Catapult \| Switch \| Teleporter \| Wide spring \| Wind Path \| Zip Line
Items	General	Air Bubble \| Cart pass \| Chao Egg \| Chaos Emerald \| Doll \| Emblem \| Emerald Shard \| Employee ID Card \| Item Box (5 Rings, 10 Rings, Extra Life, High-Speed Shoes, Invincibility, Magnetic Shield, Random Rings, Shield, Smart Bomb) \| Key Stone (Gold statue, Ice Stone, Silver statue, Wind Stone) \| Ring \| Sandboard \| Snowboard \| Sonic Token
Items	Level Up Items	Ancient Light \| Crystal Ring \| Fighting Gloves \| Jet Anklet \| Jet Booster \| Laser Blaster \| Life Belt \| Light Speed Shoes \| Long Hammer \| Lure \| Power Rod \| Rhythm Badge \| Shovel Claw \| Warrior Feather
English voice actors		Ryan Drummond (Sonic) \| Corey Bringas (Tails) \| Michael McGaharn (Knuckles) \| Deem Bristow (Eggman) \| Jennifer Douillard (Amy) \| Jon St. John (Big) \| Elara Distler (Tikal, Station Square Train Voice, Default Menu Voice) \| Steve Broadie (Gamma, Pachacamac, Mystic Ruins Train Voice) \| Tomoko Sasaki (Chao)
Japanese voice actors		Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Sonic) \| Kazuki Hayashi (Tails) \| Nobutoshi Canna (Knuckles) \| Chikao Ōtsuka (Eggman) \| Taeko Kawata (Amy) \| Shun Yashiro (Big) \| Kaori Asoh (Tikal) \| Jōji Nakata (Gamma) \| Tōru Ōkawa (Pachacamac) \| Kaho Kōda (Station Square Train Voice) \| Nobutoshi Canna (Mystic Ruins Train Voice) \| Elara Distler (Default Menu Voice) \| Tomoko Sasaki (Chao)
Music	Songs	Believe In Myself \| It Doesn't Matter \| Lazy Days \| My Sweet Passion \| Open Your Heart \| Unknown from M.E.
Music	Albums	Sonic Adventure Original Sound Track (Digi-Log Conversation) \| Sonic Adventure Remix \| Sonic Adventure: Songs With Attitude Vocal Mini-Album \| Sonic Adventure Original Soundtrack 20th Anniversary Edition \| Passion & Pride: Anthems with Attitude from the Sonic Adventure Era
Other		777 Slots Pinball \| Angel Island \| Auto Running \| Black Market \| Card & Pinball \| Chao Adventure^ \| Chao Garden (Station Square Garden, Mystic Ruins Garden, Egg Carrier Island) \| Chao Race \| Chao Stadium \| Chao in Space \| Chao Machine \| Chao Search* \| Corkscrew loop \| Debug Mode \| E-100 Series \| Egg Carrier \| Egg Carrier 2 \| Emerald Radar \| Freeze \| Life gauge \| Mission Mode \| Mystic Ruins \| Shrine of Knuckles's race \| Shuttle loop \| Sonic Adventure (LCD) \| Station Square \| Station Square Police Department \| Tails' Lab \| Tornado \| Tornado 2 \| Transporter Machine Exclusive to Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut* ^Exclusive to Dreamcast version of Sonic Adventure

Team Sonic Racing

Playable characters	Team Sonic	Sonic \| Tails \| Knuckles
	Team Rose	Amy \| Chao (Dark Chao, Hero Chao, Neutral Chao, Omochao) \| Big
	Team Vector	Blaze \| Silver \| Vector
	Team Dark	Shadow \| Rouge \| Omega
	Team Eggman	Metal Sonic \| Dr. Eggman \| Zavok \| Eggpawn \| Death Egg
Non-playable characters		Boo \| Boom Boo \| Buzzer \| Chopper \| Crabmeat \| Cubot \| Dodon Pa \| Egg Squid \| Froggy \| King Boom Boo \| Mother Wisp \| Orbot \| Orca \| Sandworm
Wisps		Black \| Blue \| Crimson \| Cyan \| Ivory \| Jade \| Magenta \| Orange \| Pink \| Gray \| Red \| Violet \| White \| Yellow
Tracks	Planet Wisp	Wisp Circuit \| Mother's Canyon \| Doctor's Mine
	Seaside Hill	Ocean View \| Lost Palace \| Whale Lagoon
	Glacierland	Ice Mountain \| Frozen Junkyard \| Hidden Volcano
	Casino Park	Roulette Road \| Bingo Party \| Pinball Highway
	Sandopolis	Sand Road \| Boo's House \| Clockwork Pyramid
	Rooftop Run	Market Street \| Sky Road \| Haunted Castle
	Final Fortress	Thunder Deck \| Dark Arsenal \| Turbine Loop
Events		Boost Race \| Daredevil \| Destruction \| Eggpawn Assault \| Grand Prix \| King of the Hill \| Lightning Race \| Ring Challenge \| Rocket Race \| Showdown Race \| Survival Race \| Team Boost Race \| Team Grand Prix \| Team King of the Hill \| Team Lightning Race \| Team Race \| Team Rocket Race \| Team Vampire Race \| Time Trial \| Traffic Attack \| Vampire Race
Enemies		Eggpawn \| Eggsplosive Eggpawn \| Hard-boiled Eggpawn \| Melee Eggpawn \| Standard Eggpawn
Moves/Techniques		Drift \| Item Box Transfer \| Radial Burst \| Rival Takedown \| Skim Boost \| Slingshot \| Start Line Boost \| Stunt \| Team Ultimate
Color Powers		Black Bomb \| Blue Cube \| Crimson Eagle \| Cyan Laser \| Gray Quake \| Ivory Lightning \| Jade Ghost \| Magenta Rhythm \| Orange Rocket \| Pink Spikes \| Red Burst \| Violet Void \| Yellow Drill
Vehicles		Beat Monster \| Chao Pod \| Cross Dozer \| Dark Reaper \| Egg Booster \| Formula M \| Frog Cruiser \| Land Breaker \| Lightron \| Lip Spyder \| Pink Cabriolet \| Road Dragoon \| Royal Chariot \| Speed Star \| Whirlwind Sport
Gimmicks and obstacles		Boost Pad \| Kao \| Spring \| Star Post \| Wide spring
Items		Bonus Box \| Credit \| Item Box (Invincibility) \| Key \| Medal \| Mod (Car Cosmetic (Horn, Paint Kit, Vinyl), Performance Part) \| Mod Pod \| Ring
English voice actors		Roger Craig Smith (Sonic, Wisp announcer) \| Mike Pollock (Eggman) \| Kyle Hebert (Big, Dodon Pa) \| Colleen O'Shaughnessey (Tails) \| Dave Mitchell (Knuckles) \| Patrick Seitz (Zavok) \| Cindy Robinson (Amy) \| Kirk Thornton (Shadow, Orbot) \| Karen Strassman (Rouge) \| Aaron LaPlante (Omega) \| Bryce Papenbrook (Silver) \| Keith Silverstein (Vector) \| Erica Lindbeck (Blaze, Omochao) \| Wally Wingert (Cubot) \| Tomoko Sasaki (Chao)
Japanese voice actors		Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Sonic) \| Kotaro Nakamura (Eggman) \| Katsuhisa Hōki (Dodon Pa) \| Ryō Hirohashi (Tails) \| Nobutoshi Canna (Knuckles) \| Taeko Kawata (Amy) \| Takashi Nagasako (Big) \| Etsuko Kozakura (Omochao) \| Kōji Yusa (Shadow) \| Rumi Ochiai (Rouge) \| Taiten Kusunoki (Omega) \| Daisuke Ono (Silver) \| Kenta Miyake (Vector) \| Nao Takamori (Blaze) \| Jōji Nakata (Zavok) \| Mitsuo Iwata (Orbot) \| Wataru Takagi (Cubot) \| Tomoko Sasaki (Chao) \| Fumihiko Tachiki (Wisp announcer)
Music	Songs	"Green Light Ride"
Music	Albums	Maximum Overdrive - Team Sonic Racing Original Soundtrack \| Team Sonic Racing Trailer Music Selection
Other		Death Egg Robot \| Donpa Kingdom \| Donpa Motors \| Egg Squid \| Orca \| Power-Type \| Sonic Racing \| Speed-Type \| Team Sonic Racing Overdrive ("Dangerous Distractions", "Eyes on the Prize", "The Complete Race") \| Technique-Type \| Ultimate Meter \| Team Sonic Racing One-shot \| Team Sonic Racing Plus Deluxe Turbo Championship Edition one-shot \| Ultimate Energy Engine \| Ultimate Team Energy

[YT-1] SPACE CHANNEL 5 UKIUKI MUSIC FESTIVAL ONLINE Digest Movie [for J-LODlive]. YouTube. 4GamerMovie (16 December 2020). Retrieved on 8 July 2021.

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