, known professionally as , was a Japanese voice actress from Fukushima Prefecture. At the time of her death, she was affiliated with 81 Produce. She was best known for voicing Sailor Jupiter in the first anime adaptation of Sailor Moon, Kaho Mizuki in Cardcaptor Sakura and its sequel Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card, and Kushina Uzumaki in Naruto: Shippuden. She was married to tokusatsu actor Hiroshi Watari, best known for playing the titular hero in Space Sheriff Sharivan.
Biography Shinohara was born in Fukushima Prefecture on August 8, 1963, and raised in Ueda, Nagano. She joined the drama and choir clubs during her later years in elementary school. Since junior high school, she had always wanted to become an actor, and after graduating from Ueda High School, she thought that "singing can also be a way to study acting", and she was subsequently educated at the Kunitachi College of Music Department of Music Education. While at the college, she joined an off-campus club and performed in musicals.
While aiming to become an actress, she joined a study group called Voice Arts, and she took part in an audition at the invitation of sound director Yasunori Honda, who was a teacher of hers at Voice Arts, and passed, and she was cast as B-ko Daitokuji in the 1986 film Project A-ko. Subsequently, she joined Arts Vision and then 81 Produce.
In 1992, Shinohara began starring as Sailor Jupiter, one of the major characters in the first anime adaptation of Sailor Moon. According to Megan Peters of ComicBook.com, Shinohara's "work on Sailor Moon helped kickstart one of anime's most magical stories" and she "brought that headstrong performance to life with ease." In addition to Sailor Jupiter, she also voiced other background characters.
In addition to Sailor Jupiter, she also voiced Presea in Magic Knight Rayearth, Kaho Mizuki in Cardcaptor Sakura, Yayoi Matsunaga in Nightwalker: The Midnight Detective, Charlotte Elbourne in Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (2000), Yōko Mizuno in Maria-sama ga Miteru, Ophelia in Claymore, and Kushina Uzumaki in Naruto: Shippuden. She also voiced Agarte Lindblum in the video game Tales of Rebirth and Bakuryū Pteranodon in the tokusatsu series Bakuryū Sentai Abaranger. She would often voice "older sister" or "mother" characters in anime. In the last few years of her career, she reprised her role as Kaho in the 2018 sequel series Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card, and she voiced Sachiko in the 2020 film A Whisker Away.
She released three albums through Apollon (now ): Windows (1994), Street (1994), and Ashita e (1996). In 1997, she released another album from Nippon Columbia, Missing Piece.
Her husband was tokusatsu actor Hiroshi Watari. She had an older brother. She also shared the same birth date as her Sailor Moon co-star Rika Fukami, and they even had a joint birthday concert together, performing as the duo Funky Twins on their 33rd birthday in 1996. She also worked at Senzoku Gakuen College of Music as a voice acting and anison teacher.
Death Shinohara died on September 8, 2024, at the age of 61.声優・篠原恵美さん、病気療養中に死去 61歳 『セーラームーン』木野まこと/セーラージュピターなど Undergoing treatment for an unspecified illness at the time, she reportedly had recently been on a respirator and wheelchair and some of her bones had fractured. Sailor Moon creator Naoko Takeuchi and her husband, YuYu Hakusho and Hunter × Hunter creator Yoshihiro Togashi both drew Sailor Jupiter as a tribute to Shinohara.
Filmography
Animated television Year Work Role Source 1986 Dream Hunter Rem Elizabeth 1988 Sonic Soldier Borgman Haruka Misaki 1989 Akuma-kun Lilith 1989 Dragon Quest Queen, Martina 1990 Iczer Reborn Candy 1991 The Twins at St. Clare's Wella 1992 Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair Margaret 1992 Master Keaton Sofia 1992–1997 Sailor Moon Makoto Kino/Sailor Jupiter, Kyurene (ep. 6), Jumeau (ep. 18) 1993 Miracle Girls Kanako (Kana-chan) 1993 Mobile Suit Victory Gundam Maria Pia Armonia 1993 Super Bikkuriman Mecha Turtle 1994 Crayon Shin-chan Sailor Bakaan 1994 Ghost Sweeper Mikami Female teacher 1994 Jungle King Tar-chan Dorothy 1994 Magic Knight Rayearth Presea and Sierra 1994 Metal Fighter Miku Youko Shibano 1996 Case Closed Noriko Okatani 1997 Burn-Up Excess Ruby 1997 Hakugei: Legend of the Moby Dick Sarah 1997 Kindaichi Case Files Ruiko Sakuragi 1997 Lupin III: Island of Assassins Ellen 1997 Twilight of the Dark Master Shizuka Tachibana 1998 Cardcaptor Sakura Kaho Mizuki 1998 Nightwalker Yayoi Matsunaga 1998 Shima Shima Tora no Shimajirō Sakura Shimano (ep. 205 - 230) 1998 Sentimental Journey Aoi 1998 Sorcerous Stabber Orphen Azalie Cait Sith 1998 The Adventures of Mini-Goddess Kodama 1999 The Big O Angel 2000 Ceres, Celestial Legend Miori's mother 2001 Banner of the Stars Lala Shangal 2001 Hajime no Ippo Mari Īmura 2001 Kaze no Yojimbo Sanae Araki 2001 Najica Blitz Tactics XXX 2001 Noir Marennes 2003–2004 Maburaho Karei Hirozaki 2003 Saiyuki Reload Suika 2003 Space Pirate Captain Herlock Shizuka Namio 2003 UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie Princess Mehm 2004 Fafner in the Azure Chizuru Toomi 2004 Maria-sama ga Miteru Yōko Mizuno 2005 Hell Girl Namiko Todaka 2005–2006 Honey and Clover Mitsuko Aida 2005 Immortal Grand Prix Michiru Satomi 2005 Karin Carrera Marker 2005 Loveless Katsuko-sensei 2006 Ah! My Goddess Kodama 2006 Nana Ms. Sakagami 2007 Claymore Ophelia 2007 Naruto: Shippuden Kushina Uzumaki 2007 Shigurui Iku 2009 Umineko no Naku Koro ni Natsuhi Ushiromiya 2010 Toaru Majutsu no Index II Misuzu Misaka 2012 Smile PreCure! Shizuko Aoki 2017 Little Witch Academia Lotte's mother 2018 Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card Kaho Mizuki 2018 Oshiri Tantei Moko Benii 2022 Shikimori's Not Just a Cutie Izumi Motoko
Animated film Year Work Role Source 1986 Project A-Ko B-Ko Daitokuji 1993 Ninja Scroll Kagero 1993 Sailor Moon R: The Movie Makoto Kino/Sailor Jupiter 1994 Sailor Moon S: The Movie Makoto Kino/Sailor Jupiter 1994 Soreike! Anpanman: Lyrical Magical Mahō no Gakkō Mimi 1995 Sailor Moon SuperS: The Movie Makoto Kino/Sailor Jupiter 1996 X Arashi Kishū 1997 Perfect Blue Eri Ochiai 2000 Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust Charlotte Elbourne 2000 Cardcaptor Sakura Movie 2: The Sealed Card Kaho Mizuki 2000 Pokémon the Movie 2000 Computer 2004 Appleseed Dr. Gilliam Knute 2018 Engimon Nami Amanogawa 2020 A Whisker Away Sachiko Hinode 2022 Case Closed: The Culprit Hanzawa Ikumi Soda
Original video animation Year Work Role Source 1989 Angel Cop 1990 AD Police Files Venessa Buck 1990 Cyber City Oedo 808 Remi Masuda 1991 Detonator Orgun Yoko Mitsurugi 1991 Kekko Kamen Kekko Kamen 1992 Hayō no Tsurugi Cheriku, Ouhi 1992 Oz Android 1030 1992 Ruri-iro Princess Mother 1993 Moldiver Isabelle 1993 Please Save My Earth Mokuren 1993 The Cockpit Marchenna 1994 B.B. Fish Sara Kannazuki 1994 Tokyo Babylon Mirei 1994 Otaku no Seiza: An Adventure in the Otaku Galaxy Yun 1995 Miyuki-chan in Wonderland The Mad Hatter 1995 Iczer Girl Iczelion Iczelion 1996 Mutant Turtles: Superman Legend April O'Neil 1997 Saber Marionette J Again Panther 1999 Harlock Saga Freya 2003 Submarine 707 Miyuki Hayami 2016–2017 Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki 4 Tennyo Masaki 2021 Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki 5 Tennyo Masaki 2023 Fafner in the Azure: Behind the Line Chizuru Tōmi
Tokusatsu Year Work Role Source 2003–2004 Bakuryū Sentai Abaranger Bakuryū Pteranodon
Video games Year Work Role Source 1997 Ayakashi Ninden Kunoichiban Tsubura Ise 1998 Princess Quest Prince Tapioca 2003 Star Ocean: Till the End of Time Mirage Koas 2004 Tales of Rebirth Agarte Lindblum 2004 Stella Deus: The Gate of Eternity Nebula 2005 Romancing SaGa Barbara 2005 Mabino X Style Mary Nenem Kinoshita 2006 Wrestle Angels: Survivor Panther Risako and Royal Hojo 2007 Snow Portable Sayori Yukizuki 2008 Wrestle Angels: Survivor 2 Panther Risako and Royal Hojo 2010 Solatorobo: Red the Hunter Merveille Million 2014 Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution Kushina Uzumaki 2015 Robot Girls Z Online Emperor Ryuma 2016 Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 Kushina Uzumaki 2019 A Certain Magical Index: Imaginary Fest Misuzu Misaka 2024 Mobile Suit Gundam U.C. Engage Maria Pia Armonia
Dubbing Live-action 54 – Anita Randazzo (Salma Hayek) Black Beauty – Mrs. Winthorp (Claire Forlani) Blackjack – Cinder James (Kam Heskin) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2008 NTV edition) – Mrs. Beauregarde (Missi Pyle) The Comebacks – Barb Fields (Melora Hardin) Hollow Man – Dr. Sarah Kennedy (Kim Dickens) Léon: The Professional (1996 TV Asahi edition) – Mathilda Lando (Natalie Portman) Melinda and Melinda – Laurel (Chloë Sevigny) Rumble in the Bronx – Nancy (Françoise Yip) The Guest – Laura Peterson (Sheila Kelley) Trainspotting – Diane Coulston (Kelly Macdonald) T2 Trainspotting – Diane Coulston (Kelly Macdonald)
Discography Albums Title Year Details Peak chart positions Sales Ref. JPN JPNComb. Windows (stylized in all-caps) 1994 Released: February 21, 1994 Label: Apollon — — — Street (stylized in all-caps) 1994 Released: September 21, 1994 Label: Apollon — — — 1996 Released: January 21, 1996 Label: Apollon — — — Missing Piece (stylized as Missing piece) 1997 Released: September 20, 1997 Label: Nippon Columbia — — —
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References
External links 81 Produce