Megumi Odaka

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Megumi Odaka (小高恵美 Odaka Megumi?) started her career in 1984 as a voice-actress (seiyū) for the animation-TV-Series Fushigi na koala Blinky aka Noozles (USA) aka The Wonderous Koala Blinky (USA), where she dubbed the character Sandy Brown. In 1987 she started her film career at Toho with the movie "Taketori monogatari" aka "Princess from the Moon", where she played the role of the blind girl Akeno along with Yasuko Sawaguchi, who played Kaguya, the princess. Then she starred as Asuka along with Natsuki Ozawa and Hikari Ishida in the TV-Series Hana no Asuka Gumi aka "Radiant Akusa Class" (1988), a junior high school version of Sukeban Deka (1985/1986) and based on a Japanese Manga. Her next role was in the NHK TV-Series "Youth Family" (1989).

After the "TOHO Cinderella Contest" in 1989, where she took place with Yasuko Sawaguchi, she landed the role of Miki Saegusa in Godzilla vs. Biollante. At this time she was a second year high school student and was first afraid of the Godzilla costume. But she quickly befriended suit-actor Kenpachiro Satsuma. However, TOHO was impressed with her acting skills and she also played Miki Saegusa in the following Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah and the rest of the Heisei Series: Godzilla vs. Mothra, Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II, Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla and Godzilla vs. Destoroyah.

So she was the first actress to appear in and play the same role in more than one Godzilla film (Bar the American's Raymond Burr).

At the end of the Heisei Series she said: "He (actor Akira Takarada) was in the first Godzilla nearly 40 years ago, before I was even born. I want to be like him at that age--if Toho is still making Godzilla movies then, I`d like to come back and appear in them as Miki Saegusa."

Megumi was also a singer and released several singles, two videos, two photobooks and the two albums Milky Cotton (1988) and Powder Snow (1989). She also acted in several Live Stage Productions such as "Peter Pan", "Anne no aijou" (or "Anne no ai") aka "Anne's Love" or "Anne's Affection" in 1989 and 1996 and "Yana no ue no Violinjiki" ("Violin Player on top of the Roof" or "Fiddler on the Roof") in 1994, 1996 and 1998. Megumi's last noticeable appearance was at G-Fest 2000. The last known was on 25th of April 2001, which can be seen here: http://www.geocities.co.jp/MusicStar-Drum/5154/yubin.html

When Megumi was supposed to perform in the stageplay "The bird of fire", her physical condition was bad. She went sick for a time, but she's supposed to be better now. Megumi left the Toho-Office and actually retired, although she didn't carry it out properly.

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[edit] Filmography

[edit] Discography

  • Sousha no Eki / Doushite desu ka (21.03.1988) (single)
  • Blue Wind / Tsuna no Jiki (06.07.1988) (single)
  • Milky Cotton (07.09.1988) (album)
  • Autabi Anata o Suki ni naru / Koi ga Samui November (21.11.1988) (single)
  • Jounetsu no Sasayaki / Harukaze Memory (21.03.1989) (single)
  • Shumatsu no Cinderella tachi / Stance (30.08.1989) (single)
  • Powder Snow (29.11.1989) (album)
  • Ima, Kaze no Naka de / Umi o Futari jime (21.02.1991) (single)
  • Odaka Megumi Best (aka: Emi Odaka Best) (21.08.2002) (best-of album) available at www.cdjapan.co.jp

[edit] Trivia

  • Date of birth: May 9, 1972
  • Place of birth: Kanagawa, Japan
  • Height: 5' 1¾" (1.57 m)
  • Weight: 110lbs. (46 kg)
  • Blood Type: A
  • "Megumi" is Japanese for "Grace"
  • Horikoshi high school Graduation
  • Uncle is Yuji Odaka also an actor
  • Aunt is Mayumi Shimizu also an actress
  • Her best of album "Odaka Megumi Best", which was released in August of 2002, was sold more than any of her other albums. It was also her most sold album in just one day.
  • The song "BLUE WIND" was also for the soundtrack of "Hana no Asuka Gumi".


[edit] External links

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