# Noriko Ohara

Noriko Tobe (戸部 法子, Tobe Noriko, October 2, 1935 – July 12, 2024), née Ohara, better known by her stage name Noriko Ohara (小原 乃梨子, Ohara Noriko), was a Japanese actress and narrator.

## Career

She was previously represented by Aoni Production, then Production Baobab, but was later freelance.
She is best known for the roles of Nobita Nobi (Doraemon), all of the female lead villains in the Time Bokan series (including Doronjo in both the original Yatterman and its remake), Conan (Future Boy Conan), Peter (Heidi, Girl of the Alps), Penelope Pitstop (Wacky Races), Oyuki (Urusei Yatsura), and Claudia LaSalle (Super Dimension Fortress Macross).
In the first ever Seiyu Awards in 2007, she won the Achievement Award. In the 7th Seiyu Awards in 2013, she won the Synergy Award for maximizing the appeal of voice-acting in a work as a whole.

## Personal life

Her son is Sunrise animator Atsuo Tobe (戸部敦夫, Tobe Atsuo).

## Death and tributes

Ohara died after an unsuccessful treatment for an illness she had on July 12, 2024, at the age of 88.
Tributes to her from other Japanese voice actors and fans were shared the following days after her death was officially announced on July 23, 2024.
The ongoing 2005 Doraemon series paid tribute and honored her 26 years as Nobita Nobi in the original 1979 Doraemon series with a mini tribute at the end of the premiere of episode 821, which aired July 27, 2024.
In January 2025, she and Doraemon co-star Nobuyo Ōyama were posthumously awarded the "Chairman's Prize" in the 48th Japan Academy Film Prize for "outstanding contributions and outstanding results in the film industry over many years".

## Filmography
### Television animation

* Attack No. 1 (1969) (Cathy)
* Sazae-san (1969) (Kōichi Ishida)
* Andersen Stories (1971) (Ferone the Ice Maiden)
* Doraemon (1973) (Tamako Nobi)
* Wansa-kun (1973) (Wansa)
* Alps no Shōjo Heidi (1974) (Peter)
* La Seine no Hoshi (1975) (Catherine)
* Time Bokan series (1975) (Maajo, Doronjo, Muujo, Ataasha, Mirenjo, Munmun, Yanyan, Ruuju)
* Chōdenji Machine Voltes V (1977) (Hiyoshi Gō)
* Yatterman (1977) (Doronjo)
* Nobody's Boy: Remi (1978) (Mattia)
* Future Boy Conan (1978) (Conan)
* Space Battleship Yamato II (1978) (Sabera, Jiro Shima)
* Space Pirate Captain Harlock (1978) (Mime)
* Starzinger (1978) (Beramis)
* Doraemon (1979) (Nobita Nobi, Nobisuke Nobi (child))
* Urusei Yatsura (1981) (Oyuki)
* Tokimeki Tonight (1982) (Shiira Eto)
* The Super Dimension Fortress Macross (1982) (Claudia LaSalle, Narrator)
* Crusher Joe (1983) (Ricky)
* Genesis Climber Mospeada (1983) (Refless)
* Soreike! Anpanman (1988) (Black Rose Queen, Snow Queen)
* Yatterman Night (2015) (Doronjo)

### Theatrical animation

* The Great Adventure of Horus, Prince of the Sun (1968) (Chiro the Squirrel)
* Do It! Yasuji's Pornorama (1971)
* Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur (1980) (Nobita Nobi)
* Doraemon: The Records of Nobita, Spaceblazer (1981) (Nobita Nobi)
* Doraemon: What Am I for Momotaro? (short film) (1981) (Nobita Nobi)
* Doraemon: Nobita and the Haunts of Evil (1982) (Nobita Nobi)
* Doraemon: Nobita and the Castle of the Undersea Devil (1983) (Nobita Nobi)
* Urusei Yatsura: Only You (1983) (Oyuki)
* Doraemon: Nobita's Great Adventure into the Underworld (1984) (Nobita Nobi)
* Doraemon: Nobita's Little Star Wars (1985) (Nobita Nobi)
* Urusei Yatsura 3: Remember My Love (1985) (Oyuki)
* Doraemon: Nobita and the Steel Troops (1986) (Nobita Nobi)
* Doraemon: Nobita and the Knights on Dinosaurs (1987) (Nobita Nobi)
* Doraemon: The Record of Nobita's Parallel Visit to the West (1988) (Nobita Nobi)
* Urusei Yatsura: The Final Chapter (1988) (Oyuki)
* Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan (1989) (Nobita Nobi)
* Doraemon: Nobita and the Animal Planet (1990) (Nobita Nobi)
* Doraemon: Nobita's Dorabian Nights (1991) (Nobita Nobi)
* Urusei Yatsura: Always My Darling (1991) (Oyuki)
* Doraemon: Nobita and the Kingdom of Clouds (1992) (Nobita Nobi)
* Doraemon: Nobita and the Tin Labyrinth (1993) (Nobita Nobi)
* Doraemon: Nobita's Three Visionary Swordsmen (Snemis) (1994) (Nobita Nobi)
* Doraemon: Nobita's Diary of the Creation of the World (1995) (Nobita Nobi)
* Doraemon: Nobita and the Galaxy Super-express (1996) (Nobita Nobi)
* Doraemon: Nobita and the Spiral City (1997) (Nobita Nobi)
* Doraemon: Nobita's Great Adventure in the South Seas (1998) (Nobita Nobi)
* Doraemon Comes Back (short film) (1998) (Nobita Nobi)
* Doraemon: Nobita Drifts in the Universe (1999) (Nobita Nobi)
* Nobita's Night Before A Wedding (short film) (1999) (Nobita Nobi, Adult Nobita Nobi)
* Doraemon: Nobita and the Legend of the Sun King (2000) (Nobita Nobi)
* A Grandmother's Recollections (short film) (2000) (Nobita Nobi)
* Ganbare! Gian!! (short film) (2001) (Nobita Nobi)
* Doraemon: Nobita and the Winged Braves (2001) (Nobita Nobi)
* Doraemon: Nobita in the Robot Kingdom (2002) (Nobita Nobi)
* The Day When I Was Born (short film) (2002) (Nobita Nobi)
* Doraemon: Nobita and the Windmasters (2003) (Nobita Nobi)
* Doraemon: Nobita in the Wan-Nyan Spacetime Odyssey (2004) (Nobita Nobi)

### Original video animation

* Kaze to Ki no Uta: Sanctus (1987) (Serge Battour)
* Urusei Yatsura: Inaba the Dreammaker (1987) (Oyuki)
* Urusei Yatsura: Raging Sherbet (1988) (Oyuki)
* Crusher Joe: The Ice Prison (1989) (Ricky)
* Crusher Joe: The Ultimate Weapon: Ash (1989) (Ricky)
* Doraemon: Nobita to Mirai Note (1994) (Nobita Nobi)
* Urusei Yatsura: The Obstacle Course Swim Meet (2008) (Oyuki)

### Television drama

* Doraemon Haha ni Naru: Ōyama Nobuyo Monogatari (2015) (Nobita Nobi, Narrator)

### Video games

* Gunbird (Rouge)
* Gunbird 2 (Shark)
* Tatsunoko vs. Capcom (Doronjo)

### Dubbing
#### Live-action

* Frankenstein's Army (Sacha (Luke Newberry))
* Frankenstein Created Woman (1970 TV Asahi edition) (Christina Kleve (Susan Denberg))
* Seven Golden Men (1982 TV Tokyo edition) (Giorgia (Rossana Podestà))

#### Animation

* Josie and the Pussycats (Valerie Brown)
* The Perils of Penelope Pitstop (Penelope Pitstop)
* The Rescuers (Miss Bianca)
* Wacky Races (Penelope Pitstop)