Tomo Sakurai

Tomo Sakurai
is a Japanese actress and singer. Sakurai was a member of I'm Enterprise but later became freelance until her retirement. She previously announced her retirement on September 1, 2016, but on June 1, 2019, she announced that she would return to the entertainment industry.
Career
Debut
At 14, Sakurai debuted as a sub-member for "Kiss Fairlies," a group that worked as campaign girls for the local Kijima Motorcycle Racing Team. All members were over 15 years old, aside from Tomo.
In age of "Lemon Angel"
At 17, she joined the idol-pop unit, Lemon Angel, a counter project of Cream Lemon coordinated by the same company that produced "Kiss Fairlies". The project contained comic, animated, and idol pop units. The unit played themselves in Midnight Anime Lemon Angel. She released 5 albums during her time at Lemon Angel.
After Lemon Angel
Sakurai joined a new video game idol unit and released one album with this unit. After leaving, she focused her career mainly on voice acting work.
Retirement
On September 1, 2016, Sakurai announced her retirement from her professional voice acting and singing careers on her official blog post titled "Arigato/Thank You."
She explained: "I used to have a strong vocal cord that couldn't be broken and became stronger even after singing for hours. But recently, I have realized it's becoming more and more difficult for me to use my important voice as an actress. I know it's a natural thing as time goes by, but I can't accept the change, then I understand it's almost time to retire."
Return
On June 1, 2019, Sakurai announced that she was returning to the entertainment industry.
Play roll are Doll Lica alongside with Neya Michiko in Super Doll Chan, Makimachi Misao of Runrōni Kenshin alongside with Mayo Suzukaze & Miki Fujitani & Meimi Haneoka alongside Kikuko Inoue & Kōsuke Okano in Kaitō Saint Tail.
Filmography
Television animation
Akazukin Chacha (1994), Marin
Macross 7 (1994), Mylene Jenius
El-Hazard (1995), Shayla Shayla
Saint Tail (1995), Meimi Haneoka/Saint Tail
Rurouni Kenshin (1996), Makimachi Misao
Super Doll Licca-chan (1998), Doll Licca
Shakugan no Shana (2005), Chigusa Sakai
My-Otome (2005), Lena Sayers
Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters GX (2006), Mizuchi Saio
Idolmaster: Xenoglossia (2007), Azusa Miura
Pocket Monsters: Diamond & Pearl (2007), Cynthia/Shirona
Gintama (2009), Hinowa
The World God Only Knows (2010), Asuka Sora
Kuromajo-san ga Toru!! (2012), Choco's Mother
Pocket Monsters: Best Wishes! 2 (2012), Cynthia/Shirona
Pocket Monsters (2021), Yoshino, Cynthia/Shirona
Theatrical animation
Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture (1994), Sulia Gaudeamus
Original video animation
Shamanic Princess (1996), Sara
Voltage Fighter Gowcaizer (1996), Karin Son
Rurouni Kenshin: New Kyoto Arc (2011), Makimachi Misao
Video games
Samurai Shodown III (1995), Rimururu
Tengai Makyō: Daiyon no Mokushiroku (1997), Yumemi
The Super Dimension Fortress Macross (2003), Emma Granger
Audio drama
Rurouni Kenshin, Kamiya Kaoru
Dubbing
Live-action
Admission, Portia Nathan (Tina Fey)
The City of Your Final Destination, Arden Langdon (Charlotte Gainsbourg)
Dragon Blade, Parthian Queen (Lorie Pester)
The Monkey King, Chang'e (Gigi Leung)
The Taking of Tiger Mountain, Ma Qinglian (Yu Nan)
Third Person, Julia Weiss (Mila Kunis)
Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon, Yin Ruiji (Angelababy)
Animation
Robinson Crusoe, Kiki
Chaotic, Codemaster Amzen
The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack, Flapjack
References
External links
Tomo Sakurai at GamePlaza-Haruka Voice Acting Database
Tomo Sakurai at Hitoshi Doi's Seiyuu Database
1971 births
Living people
I'm Enterprise voice actors
Japanese female idols
Japanese video game actresses
Japanese voice actresses
Japanese women pop singers
Singers from Ichikawa, Chiba
Voice actresses from Chiba Prefecture
20th-century Japanese women singers
20th-century Japanese singers
21st-century Japanese women singers
21st-century Japanese singers
20th-century Japanese actresses
21st-century Japanese actresses
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