Noriko Ohara

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Noriko Ohara
小原 乃梨子
Born	Noriko Tobe (1935-10-02)October 2, 1935 Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Died	July 12, 2024(2024-07-12) (aged 88)
Occupations	Actress voice actress narrator
Years active	1955–2024
Agent	81 Produce
Spouse	Shinichi Tobe
Children	Atsuo Tobe
Website	www.oharanoriko.com

Noriko Tobe (戸部 法子, Tobe Noriko; October 2, 1935 – July 12, 2024), née Ohara, better known by her stage name Noriko Ohara (小原 乃梨子, Ohara Noriko), was a Japanese actress and narrator.^[1]

She was previously represented by Aoni Production, then Production Baobab, but was later freelance.^[2]

She is best known for the roles of Nobita Nobi (Doraemon), all of the female lead villains in the Time Bokan series (including Doronjo in both the original Yatterman and its remake), Conan (Future Boy Conan), Peter (Heidi, Girl of the Alps), Penelope Pitstop (Wacky Races), Oyuki (Urusei Yatsura), and Claudia LaSalle (Super Dimension Fortress Macross).

In the first ever Seiyu Awards in 2007, she won the Achievement Award.^[3] In the 7th Seiyu Awards in 2013, she won the Synergy Award for maximizing the appeal of voice-acting in a work as a whole.^[4]

Her son is Sunrise animator Atsuo Tobe (戸部敦夫, Tobe Atsuo).

Ohara died after an unsuccessful treatment for an illness she had on July 12, 2024, at the age of 88.^[5][6]

Tributes to her from other Japanese voice actors and fans were shared the following days after her death was officially announced on July 23, 2024.^[7][8]

The ongoing 2005 Doraemon series paid tribute and honored her 26 years as Nobita Nobi in the original 1979 Doraemon series with a mini tribute^[9][10] at the end of the premiere of episode 821, which aired July 27, 2024.

Ohara is known to many Doraemon fans for voicing Doraemon's second character, Nobita Nobi.

In January 2025, she and Doraemon co-star Nobuyo Ōyama were posthumously awarded the "Chairman's Prize" in the 48th Japan Academy Film Prize for "outstanding contributions and outstanding results in the film industry over many years".^[11][12]

• Attack No. 1 (1969) (Cathy)
• Sazae-san (1969) (Kōichi Ishida)
• Andersen Stories (1971) (Ferone the Ice Maiden)
• Doraemon (1973) (Tamako Nobi)
• Wansa-kun (1973) (Wansa)
• Alps no Shōjo Heidi (1974) (Peter)
• La Seine no Hoshi (1975) (Catherine)
• Time Bokan series (1975) (Maajo, Doronjo, Muujo, Ataasha, Mirenjo, Munmun, Yanyan, Ruuju)
• Chōdenji Machine Voltes V (1977) (Hiyoshi Gō)
• Yatterman (1977) (Doronjo)
• Nobody's Boy: Remi (1978) (Mattia)
• Future Boy Conan (1978) (Conan)
• Space Battleship Yamato II (1978) (Sabera, Jiro Shima)
• Space Pirate Captain Harlock (1978) (Mime)
• Starzinger (1978) (Beramis)
• Doraemon (1979) (Nobita Nobi, Nobisuke Nobi (child))
• Urusei Yatsura (1981) (Oyuki)
• Tokimeki Tonight (1982) (Shiira Eto)
• The Super Dimension Fortress Macross (1982) (Claudia LaSalle, Narrator)
• Crusher Joe (1983) (Ricky)
• Genesis Climber Mospeada (1983) (Refless)
• Soreike! Anpanman (1988) (Black Rose Queen, Snow Queen)
• Yatterman Night (2015) (Doronjo)

List of voice performances in theatrical animation

Year	Title	Role	Source
1968	The Great Adventure of Horus, Prince of the Sun	Chiro the Squirrel
1980	Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur	Nobita Nobi
1981	Doraemon: The Records of Nobita, Spaceblazer
1981	What Am I for Momotaro
1982	Doraemon: Nobita and the Haunts of Evil
1983	Doraemon: Nobita and the Castle of the Undersea Devil
1984	Doraemon: Nobita's Great Adventure into the Underworld
1985	Doraemon: Nobita's Little Star Wars
1986	Doraemon: Nobita and the Steel Troops
1987	Doraemon: Nobita and the Knights on Dinosaurs
1988	Doraemon: The Record of Nobita's Parallel Visit to the West
1989	Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan
1990	Doraemon: Nobita and the Animal Planet
1991	Doraemon: Nobita's Dorabian Nights
1992	Doraemon: Nobita and the Kingdom of Clouds
1993	Doraemon: Nobita and the Tin Labyrinth
1994	Doraemon: Nobita's Three Visionary Swordsmen
1995	Doraemon: Nobita's Diary of the Creation of the World
1996	Doraemon: Nobita and the Galaxy Super-express
1996	Dorami & Doraemons: Robot School's Seven Mysteries
1997	Doraemon: Nobita and the Spiral City
1997	The Puzzling Challenge Letter of the Mysterious Thief Dorapan
1998	Doraemon: Nobita's Great Adventure in the South Seas
1998	Doraemon Comes Back
1999	Doraemon: Nobita Drifts in the Universe
1999	Funny Candy of Okashinana!?
1999	Doraemon: Nobita's the Night Before a Wedding
2000	Doraemon: Nobita and the Legend of the Sun King
2000	Doki Doki Wildcat Engine
2000	Doraemon: A Grandmother's Recollections
2001	Doraemon: Nobita and the Winged Braves
2001	Ganbare! Gian!!
2002	Doraemon: Nobita in the Robot Kingdom
2002	Doraemon: The Day When I Was Born
2003	Doraemon: Nobita and the Windmasters
2004	Doraemon: Nobita in the Wan-Nyan Spacetime Odyssey

• Kaze to Ki no Uta: Sanctus (1987) (Serge Battour)
• Urusei Yatsura: Inaba the Dreammaker (1987) (Oyuki)
• Urusei Yatsura: Raging Sherbet (1988) (Oyuki)
• Crusher Joe: The Ice Prison (1989) (Ricky)
• Crusher Joe: The Ultimate Weapon: Ash (1989) (Ricky)
• Doraemon: Nobita to Mirai Note (1994) (Nobita Nobi)
• Urusei Yatsura: The Obstacle Course Swim Meet (2008) (Oyuki)

• Doraemon Haha ni Naru: Ōyama Nobuyo Monogatari (2015) (Nobita Nobi, Narrator)

• Gunbird (Rouge)
• Gunbird 2 (Shark)
• Tatsunoko vs. Capcom (Doronjo)

• Frankenstein's Army (Sacha (Luke Newberry))^[13]
• Frankenstein Created Woman (1970 TV Asahi edition) (Christina Kleve (Susan Denberg))^[14]
• Seven Golden Men (1982 TV Tokyo edition) (Giorgia (Rossana Podestà))^[15]

• Josie and the Pussycats (Valerie Brown)
• The Perils of Penelope Pitstop (Penelope Pitstop)
• The Rescuers (Miss Bianca)
• Wacky Races (Penelope Pitstop)

• Official website (in Japanese)
• Official agency profile (in Japanese)
• Noriko Ohara at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Noriko Ohara at IMDb
• Noriko Ohara at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)