Junko Minagawa

Junko Minagawa (皆川 純子, Minagawa Junko; born November 22) is a Japanese voice actress affiliated with Haikyo. Her best-known role is Ryoma Echizen, the title character in The Prince of Tennis anime series. She sang some of the show's theme songs, insert songs, and character singles, some of which have charted in Oricon's single rankings. Other major roles include Ayaka Yukihiro in the Negima series, Akira in Aria, Cao Chun Yan in Fighting Beauty Wulong, Cornelia Li Britannia in Code Geass, Khamsin in Shakugan no Shana, Yoshitaka Nakabayashi in He Is My Master, Sailor Uranus in Sailor Moon Crystal, Mereoleona Vermillion in Black Clover, and Yun in Yona of the Dawn.

Junko Minagawa
皆川 純子
Born	November 22[when?] Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
Occupation	Voice actress
Years active	2001–present
Agent	Haikyo

Filmography

Animation

List of voice performances in animation

Year	Series	Role	Notes	Source[1][2][3]
2001–12	The Prince of Tennis	Ryoma Echizen		[4][5]
2002–10	Duel Masters series	Hakuoh
2003	.hack//Legend of the Twilight	Shugo Kunisaki
	The World of Narue	Kanaka Nanase
	Croket!	Wiener
	Godannar	Shinobu Saruwatari
	Uninhabited Planet Survive!	Shingo		[6]
	Requiem from the Darkness	Yanagi Onna		[6]
	Full-Blast Science Adventure – So That's How It Is	Yukio		[6]
2004	Chrono Crusade	Joshua Christopher		[6]
	Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch	Mikeru
	Daphne in the Brilliant Blue
	Space Symphony Maetel	Oriba		[6]
	Fantastic Children	Thomas , Soran (10 years old)		[6]
2005	Negima!: Magister Negi Magi	Ayaka Yukihiro		[6]
	Jinki: Extend	Mel J. Vanette		[6]
	Trinity Blood	Ion Fortuna		[6]
	Loveless (manga)	Ritsuka Aoyagi		[6]
	Fushigiboshi no Futagohime	Eclipse
	He Is My Master	Yoshitaka Nakabayashi
	Strawberry Marshmallow	Sasatsuka, Ana's mother		[6]
2005–08	Aria series	Akira E. Ferrari		[6][7]
2006	Fighting Beauty Wulong	Xiao Chun Yan		[6]
	Black Cat	Leon Elliott and Silphy
	Tactical Roar	Kanshu Shimabara
	Shakugan no Shana series	Khamsin Nbh'w
	Saru Get You -On Air-	Hiroki
	Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle	Ryuuou		[6]
	Fighting Beauty Wulong	Soshunyo
	Negima!?	Ayaka Yukihiro		[6]
	Strain: Strategic Armored Infantry	Melchisedec
	Shōnen Onmyōji	Genbu
	Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple	Kaoru Shiratori
	Code Geass	Cornelia Li Britannia
2007	Bokurano	Jun Ushiro
	Treasure Guest [ja]	Norihito
	Sakura Wars: New York NY	Sagitta Weinberg		[6]
2008	Tytania	Miranda Casimir
2009	Pandora Hearts	Oz Vessalius
	Basquash!	Slash Keenz		[6]
	Jewelpet	Domajo
	A Certain Scientific Railgun	Kounoe Haruki		[6]
2010	Digimon Fusion	Riborumon
2012	Battle Spirits: Sword Eyes	Tsurugi Tatewaki		[6]
2013	Arata: The Legend	Kanate		[6]
	Hyperdimension Neptunia the Animation	Underling		[6]
2014	Yona of the Dawn	Yun		[8]
2015	Yo-kai Watch	Fumika's Mother		[7]
2016	Super Lovers	Ren Kaidou		[9]
	Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal Season III	Haruka Tenoh/Sailor Uranus	Death Busters arc	[10]
	Drifters	Jeanne d'Arc		[11]
	Magic⭐Kyun! Renaissance	Juri Chikamatsu		[12]
2017	ID-0	Amanza Volchkova		[13]
	Kirakira Pretty Cure a la Mode	Julio/Pikario
	Katsugeki/Touken Ranbu	Saniwa		[14]
	Land of the Lustrous	Yellow Diamond		[15]
	Super Lovers 2	Ren Kaidou
	Duel Masters (2017)	Hakuoh
2019	Black Clover	Mereoleona Vermillion		[16]
	7 Seeds	Nijiko		[17]
	Kemono Michi: Rise Up	Kobold wife
2021	Duel Masters King!	Hakuoh
2022	Ninjala	Jane		[18]
	The Prince of Tennis II: U-17 World Cup	Ryoma Echizen		[19]
	Akiba Maid War	Nagi		[20]
2024	The Witch and the Beast	Kiera Haines		[21]

Anime film

List of voice performances in film

Year	Series	Role	Notes	Source
2003	Crayon Shin-chan: Arashi o Yobu Eikō no Yakiniku Road	Amagi
2005	The Prince of Tennis: Two Samurais, The First Game	Ryoma Echizen
	The Prince of Tennis: A Gift from Atobe
	Duel Masters: Curse of the Death Phoenix	Hakuoh		[22]
2007	Sword of the Stranger	Mu-You (Mokuryū)
2009	Duel Masters: Lunatic God Saga	Hakuoh		[23]
	Naruto Shippuden the Movie: The Will of Fire	Ni
2011	The Prince of Tennis: Eikoku-shiki Teikyū-jō Kessen!	Ryoma Echizen
2012	Resident Evil: Damnation	Ada Wong		[24]
2017	Kirakira Pretty Cure a la Mode the Movie: Crisply! The Memory of Mille-feuille!	Pikario
2017–18	Code Geass Lelouch of the Rebellion	Cornelia li Britannia	3-part compilation film of the anime television series New dialogues recorded	[25]
2019	Code Geass Lelouch of the Re;surrection
	Doraemon: Nobita's Chronicle of the Moon Exploration	Luca
2021	Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal The Movie	Haruka Tenoh / Super Sailor Uranus	2-Part Film, Season 4 of Sailor Moon Crystal (Dead Moon arc)	[26]
2023	Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Cosmos The Movie	Haruka Tenoh / Eternal Sailor Uranus	2-Part Film, Season 5 of Sailor Moon Crystal (Shadow Galactica arc)	[27][28]
2024	Code Geass: Rozé of the Recapture	Cornelia li Britannia	Four-part film series

OVA

• Code Geass: Akito the Exiled (2012), Shin Hyuuga (young)
• Akatsuki no Yona: Sono se Niwa (2015), Yun
• Pandora Hearts: Oz Vessalius (2009-2010)

Vomic

• World Trigger (2014), Yūma Kuga^[29]

Video games

List of voice performances in video games

Year	Series	Role	Notes	Source[1]
2001	Tokimeki Memorial 3: Yakusoku no Ano Basho de	Serika Shinjo	PS2	[6]
2004	Remember 11: The Age of Infinity	Yuni Kusuda		[6]
2005	Nana	Nana Osaki		[6]
	Romancing SaGa	Constance, Schiele, Schirach		[30]
	Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love	Sagiitta Weinberg
	Fatal Frame III: The Tormented	Rei Kurosawa, Reika Kuze	PS2
	Dead or Alive 4	Eliot		[30]
2006	Fighting Beauty Wulong	Xiao Chun-yan	PS2	[6]
2007	Eternal Sonata	Waltz		[30]
2008	Fushigi Yūgi: Suzaku Ibun	Nuriko	PS2
	Tales of Hearts	Incarose		[30]
	Mahou Sensei Negima 1Jikanme	Ayaka Yukihiro	PS2	[6]
2010	The Legend of Heroes: Trails from Zero	Wazy Hemisphere	PSP, PS Vita, PS4, PC, Switch	[30]
2011	Catherine	Erica Anderson, Rue Ishida, Astaroth	Also Full Body	[30]
	El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron	Ishtar		[30]
	Dead or Alive: Dimensions	Eliot		[30]
	Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor Overclocked	Yoshino Haruzawa		[30]
	The Legend of Heroes: Trails to Azure	Wazy Hemisphere	PSP, PS Vita, PS4, PC, Switch	[30]
2012	Kid Icarus: Uprising	Dark Lord Gaol		[30]
	Dead or Alive 5	Eliot		[31]
2013	Resident Evil 6	Ada Wong		[32]
2014	Bayonetta 2	Loki		[30]
2015	Project X Zone 2	Ada Wong	3DS	[33]
2016	Guilty Gear Xrd -Revelator-	Ariels (non-playable guest)	PS3, PS4	[34]
	The Legend of Heroes: Trails at Sunrise	Wazy Hemisphere	Web Browser, PS Vita, PS4, Android, iOS, Switch	[30]
	Magic⭐Kyun! Renaissance	Juri Chikamatsu	PS Vita
2017	Captain Tsubasa: Dream Team	Alfredo Di Piazzolla	Android, iOS	[35]
2019	Resident Evil 2	Ada Wong		[36]
	Dead or Alive 6	Eliot		[37]
	Arknights	Catapult, Bison		[38]
2020	The Legend of Heroes: Trails into Reverie	Wazy Hemisphere	PS4, PS5, PC, Switch	[30]
	World's End Club	Tattsun	iOS, Switch	[39]
	Genshin Impact	Xingqiu	Android, iOS, PC, PS4, Switch	[40][41]
2021	Teppen	Ada Wong	Android, iOS	[42]
2022	Monochrome Mobius: Rights and Wrongs Forgotten	Murasame	PC, PS4, PS5	[43]
2023	Resident Evil 4	Ada Wong		[44]

Overseas dubbing

List of voice dub performances in overseas productions (live-action)

Series	Role	Voice dub for	Notes	Source
Alcatraz	Rebecca Madsen	Sarah Jones		[45]
All We Had	Rita Carmichael	Katie Holmes		[46]
The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story	Donatella Versace	Penélope Cruz		[47]
Black Panther	Nakia	Lupita Nyong'o		[48]
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever				[49]
Blue Crush	Eden	Michelle Rodriguez		[50]
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Riley	Lauren Lee Smith	Season 9	[51]
Deadpool 2	Russell Collins / Firefist	Julian Dennison		[52]
Doctor Sleep	Rose the Hat	Rebecca Ferguson		[53]
Dune	Lady Jessica			[54]
Dune: Part Two				[55]
The First Lady	Michelle Obama	Viola Davis		[56]
Frank Herbert's Dune	Princess Irulan	Julie Cox		[57]
Lie to Me	Ria Torres	Monica Raymund		[58]
Mare of Easttown	Marianne "Mare" Sheehan	Kate Winslet		[59]
Meadowland	Sarah	Olivia Wilde		[60]
The Mountain Between Us	Alex Martin	Kate Winslet		[61]
The Originals	Camille O'Connell	Leah Pipes		[62]
The Pembrokeshire Murders	Detective Inspector Ella Richards	Alexandria Riley		[63]
Predators	Isabelle	Alice Braga		[64]
Safe House	DCI Jane Burr	Sunetra Sarker		[65]
Scandal	Olivia Pope	Kerry Washington		[66]

List of voice dub performances in overseas productions (animation)

Series	Role	Notes	Source
Hey Arnold!: The Movie	Arnold		[67]
PAW Patrol: The Movie	Kendra Wilson		[68]

Discography

Drama CD

List of voice performances in drama CDs

Series	Role	Notes	Source[1][69]
Almighty X 10			[6]
Anime Store Manager B
Aria series	Akira
Ashitahe Strike
Code Geass			[6]
Fookies
Godannar			[6]
Hayate X Blade	Mikado Akira		[6]
Jinki: Akaban
Kamiyomi			[70]
Kimi to Boku	Yuki
Korega Watashino Goshujin-sama			[6]
Loveless
Negima			[6]
Pandora Hearts	Oz Vessalius
Pearls of Mermaid
Remember 11			[6]
Rosen Kreuz Albion Knight
Sakura Wars			[6]
Shakugan no Shana
Shonen Onmyoji series			[6]
Sword World Heppoko Boukentai			[6]
Vie Durant
The World of Narue

Other recordings

• Minna Genki by Junko Minagawa, Ryo Hirohashi and Friends^[71]

Singles

No.	Release date	Title	Catalog No.	Peak position[72]
1st	June 4, 2003	"Say Hello"[73]	KICM-1072
2nd	April 21, 2004	"Truth/Darkness of chaos"[74]	KICM-1104	–
3rd	January 26, 2005	"Endless way"[75]	KICM-1128
4th	February 22, 2006[76]	"Deja Vu"	KICM-1160	129
5th	January 24, 2007	"Shout It Loud"[77]	KICM-1193	115
6th	March 14, 2008	"Forever & Ever"[78]	DAKYAMS-1

Character singles

Release date	Title	Catalog No.	Peak position[72]
March 30, 2016	"Anata ni" あなたに by Ryoma Echizen[79]	NECM-10235	58
April 8, 2015	"Yakusoku Now & Forever" 約束-now and forever- by Ryoma Echizen[80]	NECM-10222	45
April 30, 2008	"Ichigan (2008 version)" Ichigan ~2008バージョン～ by Ryoma Echizen[81]	NECM-10105	52
May 9, 2012	"Still" by Ryoma Echizen[82]	NECM-10178	42
August 6, 2008	"Across My Line" by Ryoma Echizen[83]	NECM-10110	61
May 1, 2003	"future/White line C" by Ryoma Echizen[84]	NECM-10002
September 26, 2007	"Wonder Land" by Ryoma Echizen[85]	NECM-10075	45
December 16, 2006	"Everything" by Ryoma Echizen[86]	NECM-10056	49
August 18, 2004	"Minna Kokoni Ita ~2004.8.18 live memorial version~" ミンナココニイタ-2004.8.18 ライヴメモリアルヴァージョン-" by Ryoma Echizen[87]	NECM-10013
April 28, 2004	"Dreaming on the Radio" by Ryoma Echizen[88]	NECM-10004
July 3, 2002	"Rising ~The Best of Seigaku Players~ by Ryoma Echizen (Junko Minagawa)[89]	NECM-11001
September 23, 2004	"Negima! Mahora Academy Middle School 2-A December: Ayaka Yukihiro "ネギま!麻帆良学園中等部2-A 12月:雪広あやか" by Ayaka Yukihiro (Junko Minagawa)[90]	KICM-3057
July 27, 2009	"Swear to..." by Oz Vessalius (Junko Minagawa)

Albums

No.	Release date	Title	Catalog No.	Peak position[91]
1st	August 23, 2003	Future of Blue[92]	KICA-1303
2nd	April 27, 2005	Aikotoba アイコトバ[93][94]	KICA-1363	–
3rd	May 10, 2007	Vitamin J ビタミンJ[95]	YAMA-0001	280
4th	November 22, 2007	My Journey[96]	YAMA-0002

Character albums

Release date	Title	Catalog No.	Peak position[91]
March 5, 2003	Cool E by Ryoma Echizen[97][98]	NECA-30080
July 7, 2004	SR by Ryoma Echizen[99]	NECA-50001/2
December 24, 2005	Progress by Ryoma Echizen[100]	NECA-20021	55
May 13, 2009	J by Ryoma Echizen[101]	NECA-30246	62
December 24, 2012	Ryoma by Ryoma Echizen[102]	NECA-30294	93

Compilation albums

Release date	Title	Catalog No.	Peak position[91]
January 24, 2008	Minagawa Junko no Vitamin R+ Vol. 1[103]	DAKYAMA-5
January 24, 2008	Minagawa Junko no Vitamin R+ Vol. 2[104]	DAKYAMA-6
January 24, 2008	Minagawa Junko no Vitamin R+ Vol. 3[105]	DAKYAMA-7