is a freelance Japanese voice actress from Okayama Prefecture.
She is best known for her roles as the titular character Kirby in the Kirby video game series, Inahime in the Samurai Warriors series, Yui Kasuga in Corrector Yui, Micchi Hatogaya in Crayon Shin-chan, Lyn in the Fire Emblem series, Fiona Elisi Linette in Zoids: Chaotic Century, Makino in One Piece, Matatabi in Cyborg Kuro-chan, Sayaka Maizono in the Danganronpa series, Nero Stella Boruzoi in Bakusō Kyōdai Let's & Go!! MAX, Viridi in Kid Icarus: Uprising, and Ness from the EarthBound series in the Super Smash Bros. series.
Biography Ohmoto was born on February 1, 1973 in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, Japan.
Having loved expressing the inexpressible since her childhood, she spent her spare moments drawing. However, upon discovering the profession of voice acting during her second year of junior high school, something clicked. She was drawn to the field because voice work transcends the boundaries of age and gender, allowing for a vast range of expressions. At times, it offers an even greater variety of simulated experiences than on-camera acting, pushing the boundaries of psychological expression. Sensing this immense potential, Ohmoto decided to pursue a career as a voice actress.
After graduating from Shujitsu High School, she entered Saga Art College, formerly known as Saga Art Junior College, and upon graduating, she moved to Tokyo in order to pursue a voice acting career. She enrolled at and after finishing, joined Aoni Production, where she was affiliated with until departing in 2008. She made her voice acting debut in Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie as the Voice on Phone and landed her first regular television anime role in Cutie Honey Flash as Aki Natsuko.
In 1999, she debuted in the role of Kirby in the Nintendo 64 video game Super Smash Bros..
Starting in 2004, she ran her own website "HORSE & HATOOK!!" until her computer broke down on July 24, 2008, causing her to lose her Homepage Builder software, which caused the site to cease updating. She launched a blog titled "Horse & Hatook ∞ -Mugendai-" in September of 2008. In 2009, she published a picture book entitled "Boku no Tabi".
In late 2017, she was appointed as the Goodwill Ambassador for Yashio City, Saitama Prefecture. In February of the following year, Ohmoto joined .
On March 15, 2020, Ohmoto had her appendix removed. Sometime in that same year, she started enrolling at Kokugakuin University.
On June 1, 2022, it was announced that Ohmoto had left Atomic Monkey as of May 31 of that year and started working as a freelancer.
Personal life Her personal hobbies are drawing, visiting art museums, meditating, and singing, and her special talents are calligraphy (8th-degree black belt level) and reciting the Heart Sutra from memory.
Her personal favorite materials include the "Sherlock Holmes" series, Ryotaro Shiba's novel "", the literary of Chūya Nakahara, Shuntaro Tanikawa, and Kenji Miyazawa, and the music of ZABADAK and . Her favorite colors are pink, greenish-brown (uguisu-iro), and plain blue. She dislikes prejudice and preconceptions.
Ohmoto listed Kōtarō Satomi, Tetsurō Tamba, Jeremy Brett, Robin Williams, Tom Hanks, and Haley Joel Osment as some of her favorite actors.
She can produce a voice with the "1/f fluctuation" wavelength, a soothing acoustic trait famously shared by legendary singers such as Misia, Hibari Misora, and Hikaru Utada, as well as actor and narrator .
Episodes Kirby, the main character of the video game series and its anime adaptation Kirby of the Stars, has been voiced by Ohmoto across all versions worldwide, including international releases. She shares a close relationship with Masahiro Sakurai, the creator of the Kirby franchise and a fellow game designer, as she is occasionally invited to attend events hosted by him.
Ohmoto has cited Kirby as the highest pitch role she has voiced and Matatabi from Cyborg Kuro-chan as the deepest pitch role she has voiced.
In the television anime Kirby of the Stars, Kirby is portrayed as a character who barely speaks, a decision based on the idea of "not imposing a fixed image on Kirby, whose appearance varies depending on the player." However, while recording the final episode, during in a scene where Kirby is chasing after Fūmu after she had been snatched by Nightmare, Ohmoto ad-libbed Kirby shouting, "Fūmu!" This ad-lib was cut because "calling out her name would have given it too much significance in terms of the direction".
Matatabi from Cyborg Kuro-chan was a role she had difficulty voicing, as she performed while receiving guidance from the show's audio director , who told her she "had potential for a deeper voice".
When voicing Queen Sectonia in Kirby: Triple Deluxe, Ohmoto focused on portraying her as "noble and sublime, yet filled with a touch of madness and melancholy".
Filmography Television animation + List of voice performances in television animation Year Title Role Notes Source 1994 Tsuyoshi Shikkari Shinasai Hostess 1994 Sailor Moon S Girl, Child, Daimon 1 Girl in Ep. 115, Child in Ep. 116, Daimon 1 in Ep. 124 1995 Shima Shima Tora no Shimajirō Joey, Child B, TV Can, Calf, Flower 1995 Sailor Moon SuperS Ame-tama Ep. 158 1996 Kiteretsu Daihyakka Woman Ep. 317 1996 Sailor Moon Sailor Stars Lily, Manager, Host, Airport Announcer Lily in Ep. 171, Manager in Ep. 174, Host in Ep. 178, Airport Announcer in Ep. 188 1996 Let's Go! Anpanman Candied Apple Girl, Red Rice-Cake Pounder, Komanosuke, Prince Spice, Ginkgo Nut Boy A Second voice of Red Rice-Cake Pounder, Komanosuke, and Prince Spice 1996 Bakusō Kyōdai Let's & Go!! Child A, Borzoi Racer 1996 Jigoku Sensei Nūbē Yoshie Satō, Housewife, Boy, Akane Ōtaki Housewife in Ep. 3, Boy in Ep. 20, Akane Ōtaki in Ep. 22 1997 Cutie Honey Flash Aki Natsuko 1997 You're Under Arrest Kazuyo Kawada Ep. 18 1998 Lost Universe Assistant Nurse, Rob, Policewoman Assistant Nurse in Ep. 6, Rob in Ep. 10, Policewoman in Ep. 17 1998 Bakusō Kyōdai Let's & Go!! MAX Nero Stella Boruzoi 1998 Nightwalker: The Midnight Detective Mikako Debuts Ep. 5 1999 Hakugei: Legend of the Moby Dick Atre Second voice, Eps 20-26 1999 Gokudō the Adventurer Ikkyū 1999 Corrector Yui Yui Kasuga 1999 Super Yo-Yo Mai Kirisaki, Boy 1999 One Piece Makino, Tamanegi, Miss Monday 1999 Zoids: Chaotic Century Fiona Elisi Linette, Sieg Sieg in Ep. 1 only 2000 Cyborg Kuro-chan Matatabi Main role, debuts Ep. 15 2001 Crayon Shin-chan Micchi Hatogaya, Yuu Yakutsukuri Second voice of Micchi Hatogaya 2001 Project ARMS Jeff Bowen, Maya Tomoe Jeff Bowen in Eps 3-7, Maya Tomoe in Eps 3 and 26 2001 Kirby of the Stars Kirby, Rick, Hohhe 2001 Captain Tsubasa: Road to 2002 Yoshiko Fujisawa 2001 Crush Gear Turbo Kishin Ōkawa 2001 s-CRY-ed Shoka, Fani Terakado Shoka in Eps 9, 13-14, 16-17, and 19, Fani Terakado in Ep. 15 2002 Cheeky Angel Miki Hanakain 2002 Mahoro Mikogami 2002 Atashin'chi Rio 2002 Digimon Frontier ToyAgumon 2003 Mermaid's Forest Masato 2003 Great Detective Conan Rumiko Yoshii, Maiko Kuzumi, Child, Reporter, Woman Rumiko Yoshii in Eps 348-349, Maiko Kuzumi in Eps 513-514 2004 Doraemon Fumi Shimada Ep. 1740 2004 Midori Days Makie 2004 Battle B-Daman Mirumasu 2004 Black Jack Mika 2005 Battle B-Daman: Fire Spirits Gunnos 2005 Onmyou Taisenki Shōsetsu no Tankamui, Utsuho 2005 Gun Sword Carossa 2005 Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo LOVE 2006 Yomigaeru Sora – Rescue Wings Yumi, Student volunteer Student volunteer in Ep. 4 2006 Angel Heart Joy Rō 2006 Demashita! Powerpuff Girls Z Ken Kitazawa 2006 Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple Izumi Yuka 2007 Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion SP Ep. 21 2007 Gegege no Kitarō Satoshi, Rina, Yusuke, Kenta, Kōhei, Yobuko Satoshi in Ep. 16, Rina in Ep. 37, Yusuke in Ep. 48, Kenta in Ep. 61, Kōhei in Ep. 65, Yobuko in Ep. 92 2007 The Wallflower Ikeda 2009 Doraemon Eiko, Young Nobirou, Young Nobisuke Nobi, Yasuo 2009 Battle Spirits: Shōnen Toppa Bashin Baito-san 2009 Inuyasha: The Final Act Bone Demon 2012 Makino Television special 2013 Hunter × Hunter Female Writer, Ortho's Sister Female Writer in Ep. 96, Ortho's Sister in Ep. 101 2013 Danganronpa: The Animation Sayaka Maizono 2014 Samurai Warriors Special: Legend of the Sanada Inahime Television special 2015 Samurai Warriors Inahime 2016 Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School Sayaka Maizono 2017 One Piece: Episode of East Blue: Luffy and His Four Friends' Great Adventure Makino, Onion Television special 2018 Conception Ruka, Cancer 2020 Zoids Wild Zero Gene Elisia Linette 2025 Puniru Is a Cute Slime Ice Pudding Ep. 17 2025 Style of Hiroshi Nohara's Lunch Micchi Hatogaya Ep. 9
Unknown date Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo
Theatrical animation + List of voice performances in theatrical animation Year Title Role Notes Source 1994 Street Fighter II: The Movie Voice on Phone Voice acting debut role Osawaga! Super Baby Child 1996 Dragon Quest Saga – The Crest of Roto Kira's Minion 1997 Lucy 1997 Cutie Honey Flash Aki Natsuko 2000 A Grandmother's Recollections Young Nobita Nobi Short film 2000 Sena, Yana, Monju Disciple, Maid, Sally 2004 Doraemon: Nobita in the Wan-Nyan Spacetime Odyssey Young Nobita Nobi 2005 One Piece: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island Rosa 2006 Crayon Shin-chan: The Legend Called: Dance! Amigo! Micchi Hatogaya 2007 Detective Conan: Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure Chinatsu Mabuchi 2009 The Rebirth of Buddha Rina 2010 Detective Conan: The Lost Ship in the Sky Female Announcer 2013 Lupin the 3rd vs. Detective Conan: The Movie Staff B 2019 King of Prism: Shiny Seven Stars Young Jōji Takadanobaba 2022 One Piece Film: Red Makino
Original video animation (OVA) + List of voice performances in original video animation Year Title Role Notes Source 1995 Giant Robo: Gin Rei With Blue Eyes Child B 1995 Armitage III Secretary Ep. 2 1996 Voltage Fighter Gowcaizer Kubira 1998 Spectral Force Little Snow 2001 Puni Puni Poemy Mitsuki Aasu 2004 Interlude Aya's mother Ep. 2 2013 Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple Izumi Yuka
Original net animation (ONA) + List of voice performances in original net animation Year Title Role Notes Source 2006 Bakumatsu Kikansetsu Irohanihoheto Sonosuke Gotō
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