is a Japanese actress, voice actress, singer and narrator.
Her most famous role is as the voice of the titular character of Anpanman in the long-running children's television anime Let's Go! Anpanman. She also voiced Kiki of Sanrio's Little Twin Stars and the titular character Thomas the Tank Engine in the Japanese dub of Thomas & Friends for the first eight seasons before being replaced by Kumiko Higa. She had been once married to Shuichi Ikeda and Junichi Inoue.
Career Toda first became an actress in fifth grade and then relocated to Tokyo in 1973 to become an idol singer. She then later joined Nachi Nozawa's theatre company. Also a musical theatre actress, she has appeared in musicals like "Sweet Charity" and "Dance of the Fleet Lady". She won Japanese Academy Award as the supporting actress for Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald in 1997.
Toda has dubbed over actresses like Jodie Foster, Linda Hamilton, Sigourney Weaver, Sandra Bullock, Michelle Pfeiffer and Carrie-Anne Moss for dubs of American live-action movies. She's voiced Rui Kisugi for the new animated City Hunter movie, taking over from fellow voice actress Toshiko Fujita, whom she had a sister-like relationship with. Her hobbies include dancing, singing, driving, watching Broadway musicals and poem chanting.
Filmography Television drama Sōrito Yobanaide (1997) Power Office Girls (1998), Azusa Tokunaga Hero (2001), Kanako Moriwaki Shinsengumi! (2004), Otose Densha Otoko (2005), Kasumi Yamada Kimi ga Kureta Natsu (2007), The Nurse Taiyo to Umi no Kyoshitsu (2008), Kyoka Hasebe Wagaya no Rekishi (2010), Shizuko Kasagi 5→9 From Five to Nine (2015), Keiko Kakuraba Natsuzora: Natsu's Sky (2019), Kasumi Kemuri Koeharu! (2021), Meiko's grandmother The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House (2023), Kimie Sakurai Our Happy Family (2025), Fumie Hirayama Anpan (2025), Tetsuko Maki and Yoshiko Tobe (voice) Soda Master (2026), Mysterious Woman (Ep. 11)
Other television 76th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen (2025), Performer of Anpanman theme song along Ryusei Nakao, Koichi Yamadera, and others.
Film Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald (1997), Nokko Senbon Tales of the Unusual (2000), Riku Minna no Ie (2001), Customer Nin x Nin (2004), Taeko Mitsuba The Uchōten Hotel (2006), Tokiko Yabe Kabei: Our Mother (2008), Teruyo Nogami (adult) Into the White Night (2011), Yaiko Kirihara A Ghost of a Chance (2011), Landlady The Kiyosu Conference (2013), Naka Stardust Over the Town (2020) Good-Bye (2020) His (2020), Sakurai We Made a Beautiful Bouquet (2021), Sachiko Hachiya Sono Koe no Anata e (2022), Herself Yudo: The Way of the Bath (2023) Detective of Joshidaikoji (2023)
Television animation Mobile Suit Gundam (1979), Matilda Ajan Space Runaway Ideon (1980), Karala Ajiba Queen Millennia (1981), Hajime Amamori Maya the Honey Bee (1982), Alexander the Mouse (Maushii) Cat's Eye (1983–85), Hitomi Kisugi GeGeGe no Kitarō (3rd Series) (1985), Kitarō Let's Go! Anpanman (1988), Anpanman Oniisama e... (1991), Kaoru Orihara City Hunter: The Secret Service (1996), Rosa Martinez Lupin III: The Columbus Files (1999), Rosalia Requiem from the Darkness (2004), Tatsuta Healin' Good Pretty Cure (2020), Tiatine Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai (2021), Dragon Crystal and Mother Dragon Urusei Yatsura (2022), Ataru's mom
Theatrical animation Mobile Suit Gundam (1981), Matilda Ajan Mobile Suit Gundam: Soldiers of Sorrow (1981), Matilda Ajan Space Runaway Ideon: A Contact (1982), Karala Ajiba Space Runaway Ideon: Be Invoked (1982), Karala Ajiba Bio Booster Armor Guyver (1986), Valcuria Toki no Tabibito -Time Stranger- (1986), Agino Jiro Kiki's Delivery Service (1989), Osono A Wind Named Amnesia (1990), Sophia Pokémon 4Ever (2001), Yukinari Anpanman: Apple Boy and Everyone's Hope (2014), Anpanman City Hunter: Shinjuku Private Eyes (2019), Hitomi Kisugi and Rui Kisugi Code Geass: Lelouch of the Re;surrection (2019), Shamna Gold Kingdom and Water Kingdom (2023), Leopoldine City Hunter: Angel Dust (2023), Hitomi Kisugi The Colors Within (2024), Shino Sakunaga Anpanman: Baikinman and Lulun in the Picture Book (2024), Anpanman Dive in Wonderland (2025)
Original video animation (OVA) Fight! Iczer One (1985), Icier Two Vampire Hunter D (1985), Dan Yōtōden (1987), Ayanosuke Iczer Reborn (1990), Iczer Two
Original net animation (ONA) Lupin the 3rd vs. Cat's Eye (2023), Hitomi Kisugi
Video games Popful Mail (1994), Tatto (PC Engine version) Gulliver Boy (1995), Nikita Jade Cocoon (1998), Garai Mobile Suit Gundam: Journey to Jaburo (2000), Matilda Ajan Everybody's Golf 5 (2007), Teana
Puppetry The Three Musketeers (2009), Milady de Winter Sherlock Holmes (2014), Isadora Klein
Dubbing Live-action Jodie Foster The Accused (1998 TV Asahi version), Sarah Tobias The Silence of the Lambs (1995 TV Asahi version), Clarice Starling Maverick (1997 NTV version), Annabelle Bransford Nell, Nell Kellty Contact (2001 TV Tokyo version), Dr. Eleanor Arroway Anna and the King (2007 TV Tokyo version), Anna Leonowens Flightplan, Kyle Pratt Elysium, Defense Secretary Delacourt Julia Roberts Pretty Woman, Vivian Ward Dying Young, Hilary O'Neil My Best Friend's Wedding, Julianne Potter Notting Hill, Anna Scott Erin Brockovich (2003 TV Asahi version), Erin Brockovich Full Frontal, Catherine/Francesca Larry Crowne, Mercedes Tainot Sigourney Weaver Alien (1992 TV Asahi version), Ellen Ripley Aliens (1989 TV Asahi version), Ellen Ripley Alien 3 (1998 TV Asahi version), Ellen Ripley Alien: Resurrection (1997 Fuji TV version), Ellen Ripley Political Animals, Elaine Barrish 12 Monkeys, Kathryn Railly (Madeleine Stowe) American Graffiti (1984 TBS version), Laurie Henderson (Cindy Williams) Back to the Future Part III (2018 BS Japan version), Clara Clayton (Mary Steenburgen) Beauty and the Beast, Agathe (Hattie Morahan) Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Delia Deetz (Catherine O'Hara) A Better Tomorrow III: Love & Death in Saigon, Chow Ying-kit (Anita Mui) The Big C, Cathy Jamison (Laura Linney) Blade Runner (1986 TBS version), Rachael (Sean Young) Cat People (1985 Fuji TV edition), Irena Gallier (Nastassja Kinski) Charlie's Angels, Julie Rogers (Tanya Roberts) Conan the Barbarian (1989 TV Asahi version), Valeria (Sandahl Bergman) Days of Thunder (1993 TBS version), Dr. Claire Lewicki (Nicole Kidman) The English Patient, Katharine Clifton (Kristin Scott Thomas) Eternals, Ajak (Salma Hayek) The First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt (Gillian Anderson) Flashdance, Alexandra "Alex" Owens (Jennifer Beals) Flubber, Dr. Sara Jean Reynolds (Marcia Gay Harden) Gone with the Wind (1988 NTV version), Scarlett O'Hara (Vivien Leigh) The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, Mrs. Mott (Rebecca De Mornay) Hard to Kill, Andy Stewart (Kelly LeBrock) Home Alone 3 (2019 NTV edition), Karen Pruitt (Haviland Morris) I Am Sam (2005 NTV edition), Rita Harrison Williams (Michelle Pfeiffer) The Last Emperor (1989 TV Asahi edition), Yoshiko Kawashima (Maggie Han) Malcolm X, Betty Shabazz (Angela Bassett) The Matrix trilogy (Fuji TV version), Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss) Medicine Man, Dr. Rae Crane (Lorraine Bracco) My Big Fat Greek Life, Nia Miller (Nia Vardalos) Never Talk to Strangers (Dr. Sarah Taylor (Rebecca De Mornay)) The NeverEnding Story (Atreyu (Noah Hathaway) Nine Months, Rebecca Taylor-Faulkner (Julianne Moore) The Nude Bomb (1988 TV Asahi edition), Agent 22 (Andrea Howard) Only Murders in the Building, Jan Bellows (Amy Ryan) The Others, Grace Stewart (Nicole Kidman) Playing by Heart, Meredith (Gillian Anderson) Predator 2, Detective Leona Cantrell (María Conchita Alonso) Raiders of the Lost Ark (1985 Nippon TV edition), Marion Ravenwood (Karen Allen) Red Sonja, Red Sonja (Brigitte Nielsen) Rumble in the Bronx, Elaine (Anita Mui) Scarface (1989 TV Asahi version), Elvira Hancock (Michelle Pfeiffer) Shazam! Fury of the Gods, Hespera (Helen Mirren) Showgirls, Cristal Connors (Gina Gershon) The Sound of Music (2011 TV Tokyo edition), Baroness Elsa von Schraeder (Eleanor Parker) Speed, Annie Porter (Sandra Bullock) Speed 2: Cruise Control, Annie Porter (Sandra Bullock) The Terminator (1987 TV Asahi version), Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) Terminator: Dark Fate, Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) Thomas and the Magic Railroad, Lily's Mother (Lori Hallier) Trading Places (1986 NTV/1992 Fuji TV edition), Ophelia (Jamie Lee Curtis) True Lies, Helen Tasker (Jamie Lee Curtis) Trust the Man, Rebecca (Julianne Moore) The X-Files (TV Asahi version), Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson)
Animation A Boy Named Charlie Brown, Schroeder Balto, Jenna Cars, Sally Carrera Cars 2, Sally Carrera Cars 3, Sally Carrera Coraline, Mel Jones and Other Mother/The Beldam Early Man, the Queen Oofeefa Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, Aki Ross Lady and the Tramp, Darling The Simpsons, Dana Scully Strings, Eike Thomas & Friends, Thomas the Tank Engine (1990 to 2007) Thomas and the Magic Railroad, Thomas the Tank Engine Toy Story, Bo Peep Toy Story 2, Bo Peep Toy Story 4, Bo Peep Toy Story 5, Bo Peep
References
External links Official blog