Kumiko Watanabe

• Name — Kumiko Watanabe • Native Name — 渡辺 久美子 • Born — 7 October 1965 • Birthplace — Chiba Prefecture, Japan • Other Names — * Nabekumi (ナベクミ) • Kumin (くーみん) • Kumio (久美男) • Coo (クー) • Occupation — Voice actress • Years Active — 1984–present • Agent — Sigma Seven • Notable Works — Klonoa as Klonoa Digimon Frontier as Tomoki Himi Inuyasha as Shippō Sgt. Frog as Sergeant Keroro Tales of Vesperia as Karoi born October 7, 1965 is a Japanese voice actress. Her most notable voice roles include the eponymous protagonist of the Klonoa franchise, the titular character of the Sgt. Frog franchise, Shippō in InuYasha, Mother in the Atashin'chi series, and Regina in DokiDoki! PreCure. She was married to Kōji Tsujitani.

Watanabe was born on October 7, 1965 in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. Her awareness of becoming a voice actress was sparked by applying for the voice acting contest of the Space Warrior Baldios theatrical version. Although she was not chosen, making it into the final 30 for the studio audition out of the large number of applicants gave her the confidence to think, "Maybe I'm suited for voice acting work". After attending the Japan Narration Actor Institute, she joined Arts Vision. At a point she thought she might not be suited to be a voice actress, deciding, "I'll pay and study here for about a year, and the moment I realize the agency has no intention of promoting me or that I lack the real ability, I'll quit." However, back then Arts Vision had no young actors who could voice young boy roles, so she kept getting called for auditions, leading to her first regular role as Jun Yamano in Ronin Warriors, and her first starring role as Kouta Hoshikawa in Brave Exkaiser. On July 20, 2012, Watanabe announced on her personal blog that she had married voice actor Kōji Tsujitani. She officially transferred from Arts Vision to Sigma Seven on February 1, 2018. Later that same year on October 17, her husband Tsujitani suddenly died of a stroke at the age of 57. In 2023, she officially took over the role of Hanako Hanazawa in the Sazae-san television anime series from Keiko Yamamoto.

List of voice performances in animation • Year — Title — Role — Notes — Source • Uchūsen Sagittarius — Lib — Debut role • Gundam ZZ — Beat • Sonic Soldier Borgman — Jun Momoki (Tooru) • Ronin Warriors — Jun Yamano • Momotaro Densetsu — Kintarou • Brave Exkaiser — Kouta Hoshikawa • –1991 — The Hakkenden — Kurayago — OVA • The Heroic Legend of Arslan — Alfreed — OVA • –1992 — Magical Princess Minky Momo Hold on to Your Dreams — Fairy 2 • Genji Tsūshin Agedama — Wapuro • Condition Green — Barney Page — OVA • Oh! My Konbu • ja:OH!MYコンブ — Musubi • Tekkaman Blade — Jody • Ashita e Free Kick • ja:あしたへフリーキック • Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair — Helen • Babel II — LaShelle — OVA • –1993 — Ys II: Castle in the Heavens — Tarf Hadal • Mobile Suit Victory Gundam — Katejina Loos • Nintama Rantarō — Minamoto Kingo • Muka Muka Paradise — Uiba Shikatani • Tekkaman Blade II — Anita — OVA • Sins of the Sisters — Kozue Takemiya — Eps. 3-4 • Crayon Shin Chan — Kenji — Ep. from January 6, 1995 • Sailor Moon SuperS — JunJun • Soar High! Isami — Onna Karasu Tengu • Bonobono — Bonobono • Sailor Moon SuperS — Kigurumiko — Ep. 133 • Megami Paradise — Rouge • Saint Tail — Kenta — Ep. 19 • Bakusō Kyōdai Let's & Go!! — J • Case Closed — Yuuta Ogawa — Ep. 7 • Ijiwaru Baasan • ja:いじわるばあさん — Tsutomu • Revolutionary Girl Utena — Shadow Girl C-ko • Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go!! Max — Goki Ichimonji (Gou) • Anime Shūkan DX! Mi-Pha-Pu — Pu-chan • Brain Powerd — Quincy Issā/Iiko Isami • Corrector Yui — Eco • Turn A Gundam — Fran Doll • Zoids: Chaotic Century — Moonbay • Gundress — Kei Yung • Hamtaro — Moguru-kun • Inuyasha — Shippō • Gyōten Ningen Batseelor — Tsuchiwarashi • Hikaru no Go — Hideki Isobe • MegaMan NT Warrior series — Tōru Hikawa • Digimon Frontier — Tomoki Himi • –2009 — Atashin'chi — Mother • Beyblade G-Revolution — Julia • Zatch Bell! — Sauza • Rumiko Takahashi Anthology — Ritsuko Hirooka — Ep. 10 • Planetes — Claire Rondo • –2011 — Sgt. Frog — Sergeant Keroro • Doki Doki School Hours — Linda Matsumoto • Samurai 7 — Honoka • Ojamajo Doremi Naisho — Fami Harukaze — OVA • Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo — Héloïse de Villefort • Gun Sword — Catharine • Oku-sama wa Mahō Shōjo: Bewitched Agnes — Miki Sakano • One Piece — Fukurou • Silk Road Kids • ja:シルクロード少年 ユート — Bani • Demashita! Powerpuff Girls Z — Rod — Ep. 23 • –2009 — Yes! Pretty Cure 5 — Yu Natsuki — Also GoGo • You're Under Arrest: Full Throttle — Randi Toranosuke Hamondo • Shangri-La — Klaris Lutz • –present — Working!! series — Kyōko Shirafuji • Digimon Fusion — Gumdramon, Chackmon — Season 3 • Un-Go — Fumihiko Sasa • Tamako Market — Fumiko Mitsumura • –2014 — Dokidoki! Precure — Regina • Inari, Konkon, Koi Iroha — Sanjou Keiko • Keroro — Sergeant Keroro • Shin Atashin'chi — Mother • Duel Masters — Kabamaro • Midnight Occult Civil Servants — Dream Demon — Eps 9-10 • Shachibato! President, It's Time for Battle! — Ruck — Eps 1, 3, 8 • Higurashi When They Cry – GO — Teacher — Eps 19-20 • Cue! — Setsuko Takasaka • –present — Sazae-san — Hanako Hanazawa — Third voice • Butt Detective — Kaitou Q — Eps 129-130

List of voice performances in theatrical animation • Year — Title — Role — Notes — Source • Ronin Warriors: Legend of the Inferno Armor — Jun Yamano • Crayon Shin-chan: Action Mask vs. Leotard Devil — Rope Lady B • 1996 — Hello Kitty: Everyone Protect the Forest! — Ant-san • Nintama Rantarō the Movie — Minamoto Kingo • The Day the Angel Flew — Yū • Let's & Go!! WGP: The Chase of the Uncontrollable Mini 4WD! — J • 1999 — Gundress: The Movie — Yung Kay • Adolescence of Utena — Shadow Girl C-Ko • Inuyasha the Movie: Affections Touching Across Time — Shippō • 2002 — Turn A Gundam: Earth Light — Fran Doll • Turn A Gundam: Moonlight Butterfly — Fran Doll • Digimon Frontier: Island of Lost Digimon — Tomoki Himi — Short film • Inuyasha the Movie: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass — Shippō • 2003 — Atashin'chi the Movie — Mother • Inuyasha the Movie: Swords of an Honorable Ruler — Shippō • Inuyasha the Movie: Fire on the Mystic Island — Shippō • Rockman EXE the Movie: Programs of Light and Darkness — Tōru Hikawa • Majime ni Fumajime Kaiketsu Zorori: Nazo no Otakara Daisakusen — Sergeant Keroro • Keroro Gunso the Super Movie — Sergeant Keroro • Keroro Gunso the Super Movie 2: The Deep Sea Princess — Sergeant Keroro • 2008 — Keroro Gunso the Super Movie 3: Keroro vs. Keroro Great Sky Duel — Sergeant Keroro, Dark Keroro • Mushakero Unveiled! Sengoku Star Big Battle!! — Sergeant Keroro — Short film • 2009 — Keroro Gunso the Super Movie 4: Gekishin Dragon Warriors — Sergeant Keroro • Kero 0: Depart! Assembly of Everyone!! — Sergeant Keroro — Short film • 2010 — Keroro Gunso the Super Movie 5: Creation! Ultimate Keroro, Wonder Space-Time Island — Sergeant Keroro • Atashin'chi: The 3D Movie: Passionate Superpowers♪ Mother Goes Wild! — Mother • Inazuma Eleven: Saikyō Gundan Ōga Shūrai — Mistrene "Mistore" Callous • One Piece Film: Z — Gali • Tamako Love Story — Fumiko Mitsumura • Sound! Euphonium: The Movie – May the Melody Reach You! — Akemi Tanaka • Crayon Shin-chan: Honeymoon Hurricane ~The Lost Hiroshi~ — Kaō Kosugi • One Piece Film: Red — Mini Bruno • Butt Detective the Movie: Star and Moon — Additional voice • New Theatrical Movie Keroro Gunso: Upon Revival, Immediately Facing the Threat of Earth's Destruction! — Sergeant Keroro

List of voice performances in audio dramas • Title — Role — Notes — Source • Chivas 1-2-3 — Hop • Doki Doki School Hours — Linda Matsumoto • Hanasaki Komachi Girls — Sakurako Natsukawa • Little Princess: Marl Ōkoku no Ningyō Hime 2 — Gao, Tea • Little Princess: Marl Ōkoku no Ningyō Hime 2: Another Diary • Megami Paradise — Rouge • Pathway for Santa Claus -Santa ga kureta okurimono- • s-CRY-ed — Ryuko Saekki • Silent Mobius: Silent Lovers — Minazuki Saya • Wrestle Angels — Bomber Kijima

List of dub performances in overseas productions • Title — Role — Notes — Source • Die Hard with a Vengeance — Raymond — 1999 TV Asahi edition • Pororo the Little Penguin — Pororo • Racing Stripes — Stripes children • The Simpsons • Woody Woodpecker — Woody

List of voice performances in tokusatsu • Year — Title — Role — Notes — Source • 2014 — Ressha Sentai ToQger — Mikey — Also in ToQger vs. Kyoryuger • 2026 — Super Space Sheriff Gavan Infinity — Patran's Mother

Kumiko Watanabe is recorded as seiyū and actress.