Masako Nozawa (野沢 雅子, Nozawa Masako, born October 25, 1936) is a Japanese actress and narrator. Throughout her life, she has been affiliated with Production Baobab, 81 Produce and self-owned Office Nozawa; she is also affiliated with Aoni Production. Her late husband, Masaaki Tsukada, was also a voice actor.
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Born | (1936-10-25) October 25, 1936 (age 87)
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Other names | Masako Tsukada (塚田 雅子) |
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Years active | 1939–present[1] |
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Agent | Aoni Production |
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Spouse | Masaaki Tsukada |
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Nozawa is the voice of Son Goku, Son Gohan, and Son Goten in the popular anime franchise Dragon Ball. She has also voiced Tetsurō Hoshino [jp] (Galaxy Express 999) and Kitarō (GeGeGe no Kitarō, first and second series and Hakaba Kitarō). In addition, she has also voiced two separate characters named "Hiroshi"; a character in Dokonjō Gaeru, and the characters known in the U.S. as "Pidge" and "Haggar" in Beast King GoLion. She also voiced Doraemon in the 1973 anime, replacing Kōsei Tomita, who voiced the character in the first 26 episodes. In the 1979 anime, she was replaced by Nobuyo Ōyama.[2]
Throughout her career as a voice actress, she has performed many male roles (most notably as all the male members of Son Goku's family in every piece of Japanese Dragon Ball media, with the exception of Raditz), leading Japanese fans to give her the nickname "The Eternal Boy". These days, however, she prefers the roles of elderly woman characters, although she continues to perform other roles (including young boys) occasionally. On April 1, 2006, she resigned from 81 Produce to establish office Nozawa. In 2012, Nozawa closed her Talent Agency. A number of voice actors who were affiliated with her agency went on to affiliate with Media Force. In 2017, it was revealed she had achieved two Guinness World Records; both of which were related to voicing the character Son Goku in Dragon Ball video games for 23 years and 218 days.[3]
Nozawa's first career to play main characters was Kitarō for Gegege no Kitarō.[4]
Although Nozawa was disappointed that she couldn't reprise her role of Kitarō for the 1985 anime adaptation due to a rule that voice actors can't play more than one of main characters within the same television station at the same time, she noted that this eventually resulted in her casting of Son Goku for Dragon Ball series.[5]
She has been noted for the longest video game voice acting career and for being the voice actor who played the same character in a video game for the longest period, holding two Guinness World Records.[6]
Anime television series
- 1960s
- 1970s
- 1980s
- 1990s
- 2000s
- 2010s
- Yumeiro Patissiere (2010) (French Chairwoman)
- Keroro Gunso (2011) (Orara)
- Nichijou (2011) (Frill-necked lizard in episode 10)
- Tanken Driland (2012) (Bonny)
- One Piece (2013) (Goku, Gohan, Goten)
- Toriko (2013) (Goku, Gohan, Goten)
- Ping Pong (2014) (Obaba)
- Dragon Ball Super (2015) (Son Goku, Son Gohan, Son Goten, Gotenks, Goku Black, Vegetto)
- Seiyu's Life! (2015) (Herself)
- Rage of Bahamut (TV series) (2017) (Ryuuzoku Zokuchou)
- Overlord (2018) Rigrit - Episode 01 - Season 2
- GeGeGe no Kitarō (2018) (Medama-oyaji)
- Mr. Tonegawa: Middle Management Blues (2018) Zawa Voice (001) - Episode 24
- Dragon Ball Heroes (2018) (Son Goku, Son Goku (xeno), tbd)[7]
- Shinya! Tensai Bakabon (2018) Herself - Episode 01
- 2020s
Original video animation (OVA)
Original net animation (ONA)
Theatrical animation
- Flying Phantom Ship (1969) (Hayato)
- 30,000 Miles Under the Sea (1970) (Isamu)
- Galaxy Express 999 (1979) (Tetsurō Hoshino)
- Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies (1986) (Son Goku)
- Dragon Ball: Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle (1987) (Son Goku)
- Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure (1988) (Son Goku)
- Hare Tokidoki Buta (1988) (Yamada-san)
- Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone (1989) (Son Goku, Son Gohan)
- Kiki's Delivery Service (1989) (Tombo's friend with pink shirt and red jacket)
- Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest (1990) (Son Goku, Son Gohan)
- Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might (1990) (Son Goku, Son Gohan, Tullece)
- Kim's Cross (1990) (Kim Sae-Fan)
- Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug (1991) (Son Goku, Son Gohan)
- Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge (1991) (Son Goku, Son Gohan, Bardock)
- Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler (1992) (Son Goku, Son Gohan)
- Dragon Ball Z: Super Android 13! (1992) (Son Goku, Son Gohan)
- Dragon Ball Z: Broly – The Legendary Super Saiyan (1993) (Son Goku, Son Gohan)
- Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound (1993) (Son Goku, Son Gohan)
- Dragon Ball Z: Broly – Second Coming (1994) (Son Goku, Son Gohan, Son Goten)
- Dragon Ball Z: Bio-Broly (1994) (Son Goku, Son Goten)
- Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn (1995) (Son Goku, Son Gohan, Son Goten, Gogeta, Gotenks)
- Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon (1995) (Son Goku, Son Gohan, Son Goten, Gotenks)
- Dragon Ball: The Path to Power (1996) (Son Goku)
- Doraemon: Nobita Drifts in the Universe (1999) (Rogu)
- Ojarumaru (2000) (Semira)
- Digimon Tamers: Battle of Adventurers (2001) (Guilmon)
- Digimon Tamers: Runaway Locomon (2002) (Guilmon)
- Doraemon: Nobita in the Robot Kingdom (2002) (Kururimpa)
- Oshare Majo Love and Berry: Shiawase no Mahou (2007) (Headmistress Izabera)
- Asura (2012) (Asura)
- Doraemon: Nobita and the Island of Miracles—Animal Adventure (2012) (Nobisuke)
- Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods (2013) (Son Goku, Son Gohan, Son Goten, Gotenks)
- Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F' (2015) (Son Goku, Son Gohan)
- GAMBA (2015) (Tsuburi)
- Kaze no Yō ni (2016) (Sanpei)
- Kimi no Koe wo Todoketai (2017) (Nagisa's grandmother)
- Yo-kai Watch Shadowside: Oni-ō no Fukkatsu (2017) (Kitaro)
- Pokémon the Movie: Everyone's Story (2018) (Hisui)
- Dragon Ball Super: Broly (2018) (Son Goku, Son Goten, Gogeta, Bardock)
- Weathering with You (2019) (Fortune-teller)
- Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero (2022) (Son Goku, Son Gohan, Son Goten, Gotenks)
- Birth of Kitarō: The Mystery of GeGeGe (2023) (Medama-oyaji)
Computer and video games
- Battle Stadium D.O.N (Son Goku, Son Gohan)
- Super Robot Wars series (Oreana, Ropet, Cyclaminos)
- Digimon Park (Guilmon)
- Digimon Tamers Battle Evolution (Guilmon)
- Digimon Racing (Guilmon)
- Digimon Battle Chronicle (Guilmon)
- Dragon Ball series (Son Goku, Son Gohan, Bardock, Son Goten, Turles, Vegetto, Gotenks, Gogeta, Goku Black)
- Egg Monster Hero 4 (Four-Dimensional Empress)
- Final Fantasy Type-0 (Commissar, Eumgyeong)
- Kingdom Hearts series (Merryweather)
- League of Legends (Wukong)
- The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Old Woman)
- PoPoRoGue (Gilda)
- J-Stars Victory VS (Son Goku)
- Jump Force (Son Goku)
Puppet shows
- Nobi Nobi Non-chan (1990–1996) (Tame-kun, Ana-chan's mother, Kitsune's granny)
- Zawa Zawa Mori no Ganko-chan (1996–) (Kero-chan)
- Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths (2007, TV) (Kitarō's voice)
- Super Voice World: Yume to Jiyū to Happening (????, DVD)
- Sono Koe no Anata e (2022, Film) (Herself)[22]
- Let's Talk About the Old Times (2022, Film) (Herself)[23]
- Seishun Adventure: Fūshin Engi (NHK-FM) (Nataku)
- Law of Ueki commercial for Shōnen Sunday (Kousuke Ueki)
- Naruhodo! The World (narration)
- NHK Kyōiku: Kagaku Daisukishi you Jaku (narration)
- Toriko, One Piece and Dragon Ball Z Collaboration Special (Goku, Gohan and Goten)
- Wakasa Seikatsu commercial (narration)
- The Wide Friday Ranking (narration)
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"グーニーズ". Fukikaeru. Archived from the original on July 17, 2020. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
"リセット[吹]". Star Channel. Archived from the original on September 24, 2020. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
"眠れる森の美女". The Cinema. Archived from the original on January 31, 2023. Retrieved January 30, 2023.
"クルードさんちのあたらしい冒険". NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan. Archived from the original on December 6, 2021. Retrieved December 5, 2021.