Ikue Ōtani

**Ikue Ōtani** (大谷 育江 *Ōtani Ikue*, born August 18, 1965) is a Japanese actress, voice actress and narrator from Tokyo.She is best known for her roles in the *Pokémon* series (as Pikachu), *One Piece* (as Tony Tony Chopper), *Naruto* (as Konohamaru Sarutobi), *Detective Conan* (as Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya), *Uchi no Sanshimai* (as Fu), and Konjiki no Gash Bell(as Gash). She is currently attached to Mausu Promotion. Her pet name is "Iku-chan". She is known for playing both male and female roles, and sometimes plays multiple roles in one production. She is a native of Tokyo, but grew up in Niigata Prefecture.

## Filmography[edit]

### Theatrical animation[edit]

* *Luxo, Jr.* (1986) – Luxo, Sr.
* *My Neighbor Totoro* (1988) – A Girl
* *Detective Conan* films (1997–) – Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya (except for *Detective Conan: The Private Eyes' Requiem*)
* *Martian Successor Nadesico: The Motion Picture – Prince of Darkness* (1998) – Yukina Shiratori
* *Pokemon* films (1998–) – Satoshi's Pikachu
* *Oh My Goddess!* (2000) – Sora Hasegawa
* *Ojamajo Doremi #: The Movie* (2000) – Hana-chan
* *One Piece* films (2002–) – Tony Tony Chopper (except for *Giant Mecha Soldier of Karakuri Castle*)
* *Konjiki no Gash Bell!!: 101 Banme no Mamono* (2004) – Gash Bell
* *Konjiki no Gash Bell!! Movie 2: Attack of the Mecha-Vulcan* (2005) – Gash Bell
* *Keroro Gunso the Super Movie 4: Gekishin Dragon Warriors* (2009) – Terara
* *Gothicmade* (2012) – Love
* *Pretty Cure All Stars New Stage: Mirai no Tomodachi* (2012) - Candy
* *Smile PreCure! The Movie: Big Mismatch in a Picture Book* - (2012) - Candy
* *Pretty Cure All Stars New Stage 2: Kokoro no Tomodachi* (2013) - Candy
* *Mary and the Witch's Flower* (2017)

### Video games[edit]

* *Ar tonelico Qoga* (Mute)
* *Blood Will Tell* (Dororo)
* *Brave Fencer Musashi* (Topo, Jam)
* *Corpse Party: Blood Covered Repeated Fear* (Sachiko Shinozaki)
* *Corpse Party: Book of Shadows* (Sachiko Shinozaki)
* *Corpse Party:Blood Drive* (Sachiko Shinozaki)
* *Corpse Party - The Anthology - Sachiko’s Game of Love Hysteric Birthday 2U* (Sachiko Shinozaki)
* *Daraku Tenshi - The Fallen Angels* (Musuran (Yuiran)
* *Detective Conan: Tsuioku no Mirajiyu* (Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya)
* *Fire Emblem Awakening* (Tiki)
* *Fire Emblem Heroes* (Adult Tiki)
* *FIST* (Ai Momoyama)
* *Guardian Heroes* (Nicole Neil)
* *Gulliver Boy* (Edison)
* *Gunbird 2* (Marion)
* *Gunparade March* (Isizu)
* *Harukanaru Toki no Naka de* as Fuji-hime
* *Harukanaru Toki no Naka de 2* as Fujiwara no Yukari and Misono
* *Harukanaru Toki no Naka de 3* as Hakuryuu (Child)
* *Kingdom Hearts II* (Vivi Orunitia)
* *Konjiki no Gash Bell!!* series (Gash Bell)
* *League of Legends* (Teemo)
* *Martian Successor Nadesico* (Yukina)
* *Marvel vs. Capcom* series (Hoover)
* *Mega Man Legends* series (Data, Bon Bonne)
* *Musashi: Samurai Legend* (Amestris)
* *Ojamajo Doremi* series (Hana-chan)
* *One Piece* series (Tony Tony Chopper)
* *Persona 5* (Morgana)
* *Pokémon* series (Pikachu)
* *Popolocrois: Narcia's Tears And The Fairy's Flute* (Kirara)
* *Pretty Fighter* (Ai Momoyama)
* *Project X Zone 2* (Tiki)
* *Shenmue II* (Fangmei)
* *Shironeko Project* (Nanahoshi)
* *Sonic Shuffle* (Lumina)
* *Super Smash Bros.* series (Pikachu)
* *Tales of the Abyss* (Ion, Sync, Florian)
* *ToHeart* (Rio Hinayama)
* *Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side* (Mizuki Sudou)
* *Wild Arms Alter Code: F* (Jane Maxwell)
* *Nora to Toki no Kōbō: Kiri no Mori no Majo (Keke)*

### Drama CD[edit]

* *Ouran High School Host Club* (Mitsukuni Haninozuka)
* *Elemental Gelade* (Cisqua)

### Successors[edit]

* Ai Orikasa (*Case Closed*: Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya)
* Tomoe Hanba (*Pokemon Advanced Generation*: Manene)
* Kazue Ikura (*One Piece*: Tony Tony Chopper)
* Konami Yoshida (*Zatch Bell!*: Zatch Bell)
* Satomi Korogi (*Ah! My Goddess*: Hasegawa, *Haruka: Beyond the Stream of Time*: Fujihime)
* Junko Noda (*Shonen Onmyoji*: Mokkun)
* Akiko Koike (*Naruto*: Konohamaru)
* Rie Kugimiya (*Tales of the Abyss (Drama CD)*: Ion/Sink)
* Etsuko Kozakura (*Super Stylish Doctor's Story*: Bamboo-Chan)

## References[edit]

1. ^ Jump up to:***a*** ***b*** ***c*** http://www.vip-times.co.jp/?talent\_id=W94-0101 (in Japanese)

## External links[edit]

* Official agency profile (in Japanese)
* Ikue Ōtani at Ryu's Seiyuu Info
* Ikue Ōtani at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
* Ikue Ōtani on IMDb