This is a sad news for seiyuu fans and anime fans alike. Tomoko Kawakami, one of the best veteran seiyuus around passed away recently at age 40, battling ovarian cancer. She is best remembered for her roles as the cute fairy Sugar in A Little Snow Fairy Sugar, Soi Fon of Bleach, Rosette Christopher in Chrno Crusade, Hikaru Shindo in Hikaru on Go, Merrill in Rune Soldier Louie, Chiriko in Fushigi Yugi and arguably the role she is known best for, Utena Tenjo in Revolutionary Girl Utena
Tomoko Kwakami is arguably one of the best female seiyuus out there, able to voice a wide variety of characters such as young boys(Hikaru Shindo, Chiriko), teen girls(Rosette Christopher, Utena Tenjo) and comedy characters(Merrill). As a fan of hers, this was just too soon, and she’s only 40.
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