Biography
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Born
6 June 1965 (age 58)
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Born In
Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
Megumi Ogata (緒方 恵美 Ogata Megumi, born June 6, 1965, making her a Gemini. Her first name (Megumi) is sometimes mistranslated as Emi. She is a well known seiyū and J-pop singer. Ogata was born in Tokyo. Her height is 168cm and her blood type is B.
When Megumi Ogata was in primary school, she loved acting but stopped in junior high school with interests of sports such as basketball. In high school, she acted as a boy in a school play. She was not interested in university, but her father wanted her to study. She stopped studying at university after only 1 year.
After disagreements and arguments with her father, she moved away from her family and began a new life following her seiyū path.
Before she had been a voice actor, she was an actress of 'Neverland Musical Community', but it was closed down when Ogata was 24. Soon after, she started working in a seiyū/voice acting company named 'Aoni Production', which became the height of her seiyū career. Her debut came from the character of Yu Yu Hakusho, Kurama.
In 2000, she also started working as an indie musician, using "em;ou" as her alias in order to distingish from Megumi Ogata the seiyū.
She is married and has a son.
Notable Anime Voice Roles:
young Keiichi Morisato in Oh My Goddess!
Sailor Uranus, Petz and young Mamoru Chiba in Sailor Moon
Shinji Ikari in Neon Genesis Evangelion
Princess Esmeraude and Eagle Vision in Magic Knight Rayearth
Kurama in Yu Yu Hakusho
Yugi Mutou in Toei's Yu-Gi-Oh! (Not released outside of Japan)
Yukito Tsukishiro and Yue in Cardcaptor Sakura
Julian Moore in Armitage III (original)
Seeds in Twinbee Paradise audio drama
Fallen Angel Sizer in The Violinist of Hameln
Masaya Aoyama/Deep Blue in Tokyo Mew Mew
Hayama Akito in Kodomo no Omocha (Kodocha) OVA
Sanada Yukimura in Samurai Deeper Kyo
Himura Kenshin in Rurouni Kenshin (CD Drama)
Sizer in Violinist of Hameln (TV)
Reiha, Matsukaze in Vampire Princess Miyu (TV)
Rasati Tigres in Elemental Gelade
Izumi in Full Moon o Sagashite (Full Moon)
Melvina MacGarren in Meltylancer series
Kenshou Harpuia in Rockman Zero series
Julia Murai in Great Teacher Onizuka
Clayman in Get Backers
Valkyrie in UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie
Jun Ebisudani in Tokimeki Memorial
Temari in Naruto
Oosaki Nana in NANA
Internet Radio Show
Ogata vs Domon MOEMOEWoo!toko-gumi!
Personal Show
Love Letter
Ogata Megumi no Tsuki no Yoru ni Ai ma Show
Trivia
Ogata has a deep voice that stands out from the higher voices of many female seiyū. Although Ms. Ogata has played some feminine characters, such as Esmeraude in Magic Knight Rayearth, she is best known for playing young men and boys (i.e. Shinji Ikari) and boyish women (most famously Haruka Tenoh (Amara Tenoh in the English anime), a.k.a. Sailor Uranus of Sailor Moon).
It is also because of her deep voice, she is sometimes referred as "Aniki" (Big brother in Japanese, usually used in gangs) by fans.
In Samurai Deeper Kyo, she provided the voice for Sanada Yukimura, who is a 35 years old male in the story. This is an unique case of a female voice actress provide the voice for a male adult character. However, a close contender will be Pak Romi (tipped by many to be Megumi's successor) voicing Uesugi Kenshin in the game Sengoku Basara. Coincidently, both characters are from the Sengoku period of Japan's history.
Here are some interesting cases of other actors she had worked with and interesting relation of the characters they worked for:
She worked with Kotono Mitsuishi together in Sailor Moon, Neon Genesis Evangelion and Detective Academy Q (but had no interaction between characters), while Misato Katsuragi(Mitsushi) is the guardian of Shinji Ikari (Ogata) in Eva but Haruka Tenoh (Ogata) is a keen protector of Usagi Tsukino (Mitsuishi) (especially from Sailor Starlight/Three Light)
She worked with Akira Ishida and Tomokazu Seki together in Neon Genesis Evangelion and Samurai Deeper Kyo: Kaworu Nagisa (Ishida) is Shinji's friend/enemy, while Touji Suzuhara (Seki) is a close friend of Shinji. But in Kyo, Sasuke Sarutobi (Ishida) is under the order of (or protected by) Yukimura Sanada (Ogata), while Shinrei (Seki) is Yukimura's friend/enemy.
She worked with Tomokazu Seki together in Neon Genesis Evangelion and Cardcaptor Sakura and the relationship between their characters gets more closer (from friends to possible homosexual relationship ). However, in Getbackers, their characters are on opposing sides (Tomokazu voices Miroku Natsuhiko while Megumi voices Clayman).
She is a good friend of the late Shiho Niiyama, and they worked together in Sailor Moon's final season.
Her most respectful teacher is the late Kaneto Shiozawa.
She shares several links with seiyū Hoshi Soichiro.
Both have voiced the main character in hit mecha anime serieses. (Soichiro in GS, Megumi in Evangelion)
Both have voiced Sanada Yukimura, a famous general from the Sengoku period. (Soichiro in Sengoku Basara, Megumi in Samurai Deeper Kyo).
Both have also voiced characters who have strong interactions with characters voiced by fellow seiyū Ishida Akira.
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