Eriko Hirata

(born December 3, 1977 in Tokyo) is a Japanese voice and motion capture actress with aksent. She provided the voice of the female Operator in Metroid: Other M, during a flashback cutscene. This character, who only has two lines, was voiced by Erika Webright in the English version. Hirata has provided motion capture for several characters in the Metal Gear Solid series, such as The Boss in Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, Meryl Silverburgh and Crying Wolf in Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots and Paz in Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker. It is said that during the filming of the Operation Snake Eater scene in Snake Eater, Hirata burst into tears, having discovered her character's ultimate fate.
She shares her name with the development codename of Spore Spawn from Super Metroid, "Eriko Flower".
==Other credits==
===Anime===
*Kaleido Star - Interviewer (voice; season 1 episode 24: "Mada Tsuzuku Sugoi Tokkun")
*Transformers: Cybertron - Gloria Jiménez (voice)
*Naruto - Hostess (voice, episode 137, "A Town of Outlaws, the Shadow of the Fuma Clan")
*Jyu-Oh-Sei - Mao (voice, episodes "Companion" and "Challenge")
*Ghost Slayers Ayashi - Yodaka (voice, episode 1, "The Youi Cometh")
*Highlander: The Search for Vengeance - Announcer (voice)
*Gunslinger Girl -II Teatrino- - Franca (voice, 7 episodes)
*Loups=Garous - Shizue Fuwa (voice)
*Moshi koukou yakyuu no joshi manêjâ ga Dorakkâ no 'Manejimento' wo yondara - Yasuyo Miyata (3 episodes)
===Video games===
*Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of the Moon - Sai (motion capture)
*Ace Combat: Joint Assault - Kyoka Hazawa (voice)
*God of War: Ghost of Sparta - voice actress
*Dishonored: Death of the Outsider - Japanese voice actress
*Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World - motion capture actress
*Tales of Xillia - Presa (motion capture)
*Tales of Xillia 2 - Milla (motion capture)
*Tales of Graces f - Emeraude (voice)
*Monster Hunter: World - Provisions Manager (voice)
==External links==
*aksent profile
*Hirata on MobyGames
*Hirata on IMDb
*Hirata on MyAnimeList
*Hirata on Anime News Network
*Hirata on Behind the Voice Actors