, known professionally as , is a Japanese actress and voice actress from Tokyo. She is also the founder of the Wagei-Sha Storytelling School.
She is also very well known for her voice acting roles as Taeko's Grandmother in Only Yesterday, Mombi in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Tsuru Nohara in Crayon Shin-chan: The Storm Called: The Adult Empire Strikes Back, Mini-Dora in Dorami-chan: Mini-Dora SOS!!!, Okanagan in Shadow Hearts: From the New World, Kiyo Shimizu in Disaster Report 4 Plus: Summer Memories, Matsu in Ranma ½, and Hedwig the Sea Witch in Saban's Adventures of the Little Mermaid.
Biography Kitagawa was born on December 14, 1933 in Tokyo, Japan.
She has been affiliated with Kiraboshi.
In film credit names and other places, variations of her name such as "Chie Kitagawa" (北川智絵) and "Chie Kitagawa" (北川知絵) were used. She also formerly performed under the stage name "Chieko Kitagawa" (北川 智恵子).
Kitagawa graduated from Kumagaya High School and joined the Japan Academy of Arts.
She has previously been affiliated with Gekidan Aoi Mi no Kai, Talent Agent, Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society, Dojinsha Production, and Grue.
She currently serves as the director of Wageisha, an organization dedicated to the art of storytelling.
Personality Kitagawa specializes in performing child character roles and old lady character roles.
Her personal hobbies are reading and gardening.
Her favorite color is green.
Her daughter is Mami Kōzuki and her stepson is Tatsuhiko Ito.
Successors The following individuals have taken over Kitagawa's voice acting roles after she stepped down. SuccessorCharacterWorkDebut Kikumi Umeda Tsuru Nohara Crayon Shin-chan Broadcast on July 12, 2013 Ema Kujira Sayuri Tano Nintama Rantarō
Filmography Television drama + List of appearances in television dramas Year Title Role Notes Source 1979 Big Sister Ma 1980 Mr. Kinpachi in Class 3B Takiyo Aoki 1981 Honjitsu mo Seiten Nari Hiroko Yonemura Onna Taikōki Yashio 1983 Oshin Hamamura Sugi Shin On'na Sōsa-Kan Appearance Ep. 8 Mataauhi 1985 Uchi no Ko ni Kagitte... Trimmer Series 2, Ep. 11 Fuufu Seikatsu 1990 Winter Flower: Yuko Oryu 1993 Kasai no Hito Hayabusa Shinpachi Goyoucho 1999 Bayside Shakedown Shimonita Resident 2000 Hanamura Daisuke 2002 Koi wa Sniper Episode 2 2003 Tales of Terror from Tokyo and All Over Japan
Theatrical films + List of appearances in theatrical films Year Title Role Notes Source 1996 Gakkō no Kaidan 2 学校の怪談２ (in Japanese). KINENOTE.学校の怪談２ (in Japanese). allcinema.net.
Television animation Kaminari Boy Pikkari-bee (1967): Grandma Adventure on the Gaboten Island (1967): Kyuuri Princess Knight (1967): Plastic Animal 1 (1968): Saburō Azuma The Monster Kid (1968): Additional voice Star of the Giants (1968): Masahiro Samon Attack No. 1 (1969): Keiko Kudo, Shizuka (Second voice), Yamamoto (Second voice) Sabu to Ichi Torimono Hikae (1969): Maid Chingo Muchabei (1971): Additional voice Akado Suzunosuke (1972): Additional voice Onbu Obake (1972): Gon The Gutsy Frog (1972): Additional voice Jungle Kurobe (1973): Additional voice Majokko Megu-chan (1974): Additional voice My Neighbor Tamageta-kun (1974): Additional voice Laura, the Prairie Girl (1975): Suzie First Human Giatrus (1975): Additional voice 3000 Leagues in Search of Mother (1976): Emilio (First voice) Manga Hana no Kakarichō (1976): Employees Blocker Gundan 4 Machine Blaster (1976): Baaya (Ep. 25) Robokko Beeton (1976): Tonko (First voice) New Star of the Giants II (1979): Additional voice The Monster Kid (1980): Matakuru-san Zukkoke Knight - Don De La Mancha (1980): Additional voice The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1980): Maid, Maggie Belle and Sebastion (1981): Lorenza, Juan Saikyo Robo Daioja (1981): Ryan (childhood) Dash Kappei (1982): Umee Jin (Kappei's Grandma) Yasei no Sakebi (1982): Additional voice Perman (1983): Child B, Grandma, Student, Sub's Mother, Ta-bo, Tatsuo Noozles (1984): Grandma Creamy Mami, the Magic Angel (1984): Bamboo Anmitsu Hime (1986): Tome, Kitōshi The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1986): Mombi Animated Classics of Japanese Literature (1986): Fusa Koga Mami the Psychic (1987): Kadai Hazama (Ep. 6) Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics (1987): Stepmother City Hunter (1987): Ichiro Washio (Ep. 44) Norakuro-kun (1988): Elderly Housekeeper The Adventures of Hutch the Honeybee (1989): Chatty Old Lady Ranma ½ (1989): Matsu (Eps 97, 130, and 152) Oishinbo (1990): Landlady, Etsuko Sekimoto, Osato Doraemon (1990): Mini-Dora (first voice) (Ep. 1074) Saban's Adventures of the Little Mermaid (1991): Hedwig the Sea Witch Crayon Shin-chan (1992): Tsuru Nohara (First voice) Hobberdy Dick (1992): Bob Delightful Moomin Family: Adventure Diary (1992): Mysterious Old Woman Cooking Papa (1993): Koma Nintama Rantarō (1993): Sayuri Tano (First voice) Sorcerer Hunters (1995): Old Woman (Ep. 15) The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (1996): Judy (Ep. 8) Hareluya II Boy (1997): Toshi Great Detective Conan (2001): Mikoto Shimabukuro (Eps 222-224) KochiKame: Tokyo Beat Cops (2003): Countess Chris T (Ep. 302) Mushishi (2005): Old Lady Kaze no Shoujo Emily (2007): Caroline Priest
Theatrical animation + List of voice performances in theatrical animation Year Title Role Notes Source 1970 Attack No. 1: Revolution Additional voice 1989 Dorami-chan: Mini-Dora SOS!!! Mini-Dora Short film 1991 Only Yesterday Taeko's grandmother 2001 Crayon Shin-chan: The Storm Called: The Adult Empire Strikes Back Tsuru Nohara
Video games Doraemon 2: SOS! Otogi no Kuni (1997): Witch Shadow Hearts: From the New World (2005): Okanagan Crayon Shin-Chan Obaka Daininden (2010): Tsuru Nohara Disaster Report 4 Plus: Summer Memories (2018): Kiyo Shimizu
Dubbing Movie Addams Family Reunion (1998): Grandmama Addams (Alice Ghostley) Alligator (1980): Madeline Kendall (Patti Jerome) (Fuji TV version) A Chinese Ghost Story III (1991): Tree Devil (Lao Lao) (Lau Siu-ming) Gone in 60 Seconds (1974) (Nippon Television version) Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol (1987): Mrs. Lois Feldman (Billie Bird) (TBS version)
Drama Columbo (1968): Soul Crusader Tailor
Puppet shows Goronta Theater (from Okaasan to Issho) (1976): Cham Cham King Arthur (1970s)
References
External links Kiraboshi Profile (in Japanese)