Keiko Toda

Keiko Toda (戸田 恵子, Toda Keiko, born September 12, 1957 in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan) is a Japanese actress and voice actress. Her most famous role is being the voice of the children's hero Anpanman on the long running anime Soreike! Anpanman. She was also the voice of Thomas the Tank Engine in the Japanese dub of Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends from Season 1 to Season 8.

She is an acclaimed singer, and also speaks French. In film and theater, she often works with screenwriter / director Mitani Koki. She was married to fellow Gundam voice actor Shūichi Ikeda but then divorced.^{[citation needed]} She later married former idol singer Junichi Inoue.

Roles

Film

• Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald (1997) (Nokko Senbon)
• Minna no Ie (2001) (Customer)
• Nin x Nin (2004) (Taeko Mitsuba)
• The Uchōten Hotel (2006) (Tokiko Yabe)
• A Ghost of a Chance (2011) (Landlady)

Television

• Shomuni (1998) (Azusa Tokunaga)
• Hero (2001) (Kanako Moriwaki)
• Shinsengumi! (2004) (Otose)
• Densha Otoko (2005) (Kasumi Yamada)
• Wagaya no Rekishi (2010) (Shizuko Kasagi)

Television animation

• Mobile Suit Gundam (1979) (Matilda Ajan)
• Space Runaway Ideon (1980) (Karala Ajiba)
• Queen Millennia (1981) (Hajime Amamori)
• Cat's Eye (1983) (Hitomi Kisugi)
• GeGeGe no Kitarō (3rd Series) (1985) (Kitarō)
• Anpanman (1988) (Anpanman)
• Oniisama e... (1991) (Kaoru Orihara)
• Lupin III: The Columbus Files (1999) (Rosalia)
• Requiem from the Darkness (2004) (Tatsuta)

OVA

• Fight! Iczer One (1985) (Iczer Two)
• Yōtōden (1987) (Ayanosuke)
• Iczer Reborn (1990) (Iczer Two)

Theater animation

• Mobile Suit Gundam (1981) (Matilda Ajan)
• Mobile Suit Gundam: Soldiers of Sorrow (1981) (Matilda Ajan)
• 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)

Video games

• Everybody's Golf 5 (Teana)

Dubbing

Live-action

• Jodie Foster
  • The Accused (1998 TV Asashi edition (Sarah Tobias))
  • The Silence of the Lambs (1995 TV Asashi edition (Clarice Starling))
  • Nell (Nell Kellty)
  • Maverick (1997 NTV edition (Annabelle Bransford))
  • Contact (2001 TV Tokyo edition (Dr. Eleanor Arroway))
  • Anna and the King (2007 TV Tokyo edition (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 Asashi edition (Erin Brockovich))
  • Full Frontal (Catherine/Francesca)
  • Larry Crowne (Mercedes Tainot)
• Sigourney Weaver
  • Alien (1992 TV Asashi edition (Ellen Ripley))
  • Aliens (1989 TV Asashi edition (Ellen Ripley))
  • Alien 3 (1998 TV Asashi edition (Ellen Ripley))
  • Alien: Resurrection (Fuji TV edition (Ellen Ripley))
  • Political Animals (Elaine Barrish)
• 12 Monkeys (Kathryn Railly (Madeleine Stowe))
• American Graffiti (1984 TBS edition (Laurie Henderson (Cindy Williams)))
• Blade Runner (1986 TBS edition (Rachael (Sean Young)))
• Conan the Barbarian (1989 TV Asashi edition (Valeria (Sandahl Bergman)))
• Days of Thunder (1993 TBS edition (Dr. Claire Lewicki (Nicole Kidman)))
• The English Patient (Katharine Clifton (Kristin Scott Thomas))
• Flashdance (Alexandra "Alex" Owens (Jennifer Beals))
• Gone with the Wind (1988 NTV edition (Scarlett O'Hara (Vivien Leigh)))
• The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (Mrs. Mott (Rebecca De Mornay))
• I Am Sam (Rita Harrison Williams (Michelle Pfeiffer))
• The NeverEnding Story (Atreyu (Noah Hathaway))
• Nine Months (Rebecca Taylor-Faulkner (Julianne Moore))
• The Matrix trilogy (Fuji TV edition (Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss)))
• Medicine Man (Dr. Rae Crane (Lorraine Bracco))
• The Others (Grace Stewart (Nicole Kidman))
• Predator 2 (Detective Leona Cantrell (María Conchita Alonso))
• Red Sonja (Red Sonja (Brigitte Nielsen))
• Scarface (1989 TV Asashi edition (Elvira Hancock (Michelle Pfeiffer)))
• Speed (Annie Porter (Sandra Bullock))
• Speed 2: Cruise Control (Annie Porter (Sandra Bullock))
• The Terminator (1987 TV Asashi edition (Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton)))
• True Lies (Helen Tasker (Jamie Lee Curtis))
• The X-Files (TV Asashi edition (Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson)))

Animation

• Balto (1995) (Jenna)
• Toy Story (1995) (Bo Peep)
• Toy Story 2 (1999) (Bo Peep)
• Sonic Underground (1999) (Sonic, Sonia)
• Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001) (Aki Ross)
• Strings (2004) (Eike)
• Cars (2006) (Sally Carrera)
• Coraline (2009) (Mel Jones)
• Cars 2 (2011) (Sally Carrera)

Other

• Thomas & Friends (Thomas the Tank Engine) (1990 to 2004)

External links

• Keiko Toda at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
• Keiko Toda at the Internet Movie Database
• JMDb Profile (in Japanese)
• Keiko Toda @ Ameba (blog)