Takako Honda

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| **Takako Honda** | |
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| Gender: | Female |
| Date of birth: | August 14, 1972 |
| Place of birth: | Tokyo Metropolis |
| Location: | Tokyo, Japan |
| Voice of: | [Mary Sera](/wiki/Mary_Sera "Mary Sera") (since [episode 1144](/wiki/Episode_1144 "Episode 1144"))   [Ninzaburo Shiratori](/wiki/Ninzaburo_Shiratori "Ninzaburo Shiratori") (young) |
| Website: | <http://osawa-inc.co.jp/blocks/index/talent00137.html> |
**Takako Honda** (本田 貴子 ,*Honda Takako*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")), born August 14, 1972 in Tokyo, is a Japanese voice actress affiliated with [Office Osawa](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ja:%E5%A4%A7%E6%B2%A2%E4%BA%8B%E5%8B%99%E6%89%80 "wikipedia:ja:大沢事務所").
In **[Detective Conan](/wiki/Detective_Conan "Detective Conan")**, she voices [Mary Sera](/wiki/Mary_Sera "Mary Sera") as of December 2024, following the death of [Atsuko Tanaka](/wiki/Atsuko_Tanaka "Atsuko Tanaka") in August 2024. She also voices [Ninzaburo Shiratori](/wiki/Ninzaburo_Shiratori "Ninzaburo Shiratori")'s younger self.
## Contents
* [1 Biography](#Biography)
* [2 Other roles in Detective Conan](#Other_roles_in_Detective_Conan)
* [3 Other notable roles](#Other_notable_roles)
+ [3.1 Anime](#Anime)
* [4 References](#References)
* [5 See also](#See_also)
## Biography[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Takako_Honda&action=edit&section=1 "Edit section: Biography")]
Takako Honda started aiming to become a voice actress after watching the Japanese dub of [Dirty Harry](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirty_Harry "wikipedia:Dirty Harry") with her father, who asked her if she knew who played [Inspector Callahan](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirty_Harry_(character) "wikipedia:Dirty Harry (character)"), the main character in the movie. He then told her it was the same voice actor as [Lupin III](/wiki/Lupin_III "Lupin III"), [Yasuo Yamada](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasuo_Yamada "wikipedia:Yasuo Yamada"), and this revelation made her want to become a voice actress[](#cite_note-1). She graduated with the 10th class of [Katsuta Voice Acting Academy](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ja:%E5%8B%9D%E7%94%B0%E5%A3%B0%E5%84%AA%E5%AD%A6%E9%99%A2 "wikipedia:ja:勝田声優学院"). When she started her voice acting career, she was first affiliated with voice acting agency [Office Kaoru](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ja:%E3%82%AA%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%82%B9%E8%96%AB "wikipedia:ja:オフィス薫")[](#cite_note-2).
She is known for dubbing the roles of [Milla Jovovich](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milla_Jovovich "wikipedia:Milla Jovovich"), which the latter praises for the quality of Honda's acting, notably in the [Resident Evil](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resident_Evil "wikipedia:Resident Evil") franchise[](#cite_note-3)[](#cite_note-4)[](#cite_note-5). Starting in 2006, she starting dubbing the voice of [Lara Croft](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lara_Croft "wikipedia:Lara Croft"), formerly dubbed in Japanese by Atsuko Tanaka. She will later take up other roles from Tanaka and after Tanaka's death as well.
## Other roles in Detective Conan[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Takako_Honda&action=edit&section=2 "Edit section: Other roles in Detective Conan")]
* [Heiji Hattori and the Vampire Mansion](/wiki/Heiji_Hattori_and_the_Vampire_Mansion "Heiji Hattori and the Vampire Mansion") (episodes 712-715): Mina Torakura
* [The Murderous Carpool](/wiki/The_Murderous_Carpool "The Murderous Carpool") (episode 921): [Haruka Inoue](/wiki/Haruka_Inoue "Haruka Inoue")
## Other notable roles[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Takako_Honda&action=edit&section=3 "Edit section: Other notable roles")]
### Anime[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Takako_Honda&action=edit&section=4 "Edit section: Anime")]
* *Hamtaro* (2000): Noppo–kun
* *Tokyo Mew Mew* (2002): Sakura Momomiya
* *Naruto* (2003, 2007, 2017): Anko Mitarashi
* *Bleach* (2004, 2006): Jinta Hanakari, Dalk
* *D.Gray–man* (2007): Mahoja
* *Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood* (2009): Martel
* *Fairy Tail* (2019): Irene Belserion
* *My Hero Academia* (2021): Chitose Kizuki
* *Ranking of Kings* (2021): Shiina
* *Soaring Sky! Pretty Cure* (2023): Empress Underg