Kazue Takahashi

Kazue Oizumi (大泉 和枝, Ōizumi Kazue; March 20, 1929 – March 23, 1999), known by the stage name Kazue Takahashi (高橋 和枝, Takahashi Kazue), was a Japanese actress and voice actress. Kazue was best known as the voice of Shoutarou Kaneda ("Jimmy Sparks") in Tetsujin 28-go ("Gigantor"). She debuted in 1949.

Kazue Takahashi
高橋 和枝
Kazue Takahashi in 1952
Born	Kazue Oizumi (1929-03-20)March 20, 1929 Ōtawara, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan
Died	March 23, 1999(1999-03-23) (aged 70) Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan
Occupations	Actress voice actress
Years active	1949–1998

Kazue was also known for roles in Kaiju Booska and Sazae-san.

Kazue graduated from Kasei-Gakuin University.

In February 1998, she came down with myelodysplastic syndrome and was transported to the Bunkyo-ku Tokyo University hospital. Three days after her 70th birthday, Kazue died in the Bunkyo-ku Tokyo University hospital annex. She presumably died from bone marrow cancer.

In February 2010, she received a posthumous "Special Merit Award" from the 4th Seiyū Awards.^[1]

Voice roles

Anime

• Andersen Stories as Evil Queen, Kirt
• Akane-chan as Hidemaro
• Chibikko Remi to Meiken Kapi as Pepe
• Dokonjo Gaeru as Goro
• Doraemon (1973) as Suneo's Mother
• F as Sayuri
• Gauche the Cellist as Child tanuki
• Gegege no Kitaro
• Giant Robo as Rudo
• Tetsujin 28-go as Shoutarou Kaneda
• Kashi no Ki Mokku
• Katri, Girl of the Meadows as Gunilla
• Kikansha Yaemon D51 no Daiboken as Chuuko
• Steel Jeeg as Queen Himika & Mayumi Shiba
• Kujira no Josephina as Josephina
• Dinosaur War Izenborg as Witch Zobina
• Kyoryu Tankentai Born Free as Masao Masaki
• Meiken Jolie
• Trider G7 as Okane
• Nagagutsu Sanjyuushi as Jane
• Ogon Bat as Takeru Yamato
• Osomatsu-kun as Chibita
• Phoenix 2772 as Pincho
• Sazae-san as Katsuo (2nd voice)
• Shin Mitsubachi Maaya no Boken as Thekla
• Moomin as Jane
• Tonde Mon Pe as Lady Kamata
• Brave Raideen

Dub

• ALF as Raquel Ochmonek
• Atom Ant as Atom Ant
• The Magilla Gorilla Show as Magilla Gorilla
• E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial as E.T. (VHS Dub)
• Tom and Jerry as one of the voices of Tom
• Suspiria as Miss Tanner^[2] (1979 TBS Dub)
• The Bugs Bunny Show as Bugs Bunny
• Daddy Long Legs as Alicia Pritchard (1970 TBS Dub)
• The Mirror Crack'd as Miss Marple (1983 TBS Dub)
• Johnny Dangerously as Ma Kelly (1991 NTV Dub)
• Willow as Queen Bavmorda (DVD Dub)
• The Glass Slipper as Widow Sonder (1969 NHK Dub)
• Witness for the Prosecution as Miss Plimsoll (1972 NET Dub)
• Every Which Way But Loose as Herb (1983 NTV Dub)
• Any Which Way You Can as Ma Boggs (1985 TV Asahi Dub)
• The Champ as Dolly Kenyon (1981 TV Asahi Dub)
• Deadly Friend as Elvira Parker (1990 TBS Dub)
• Bell, Book and Candle as Queenie Holroyd (1970 NET Dub)
• Strangers on a Train as Barbara Morton (1966 NET Dub)
• Murder by Death as Jessica Marbles (1981 TBS Dub)
• The Cheap Detective as Betty Deboop (1982 TBS Dub)
• Limelight as Mrs. Alsop (1977 TBS Dub)
• Throw Momma from the Train as Mrs. "Momma" Lift^[3]

Successors

• Rica Matsumoto — E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial as E.T.
• Chisa Yokoyama — 2112: The Birth of Doraemon, The Great Operating of Springing Insects as Yellow Doraemon
• Miina Tominaga — Sazae-san as Katsuo Isono
• Kazue Komiya — Columbo as Ms. Brady
• Mami Horikoshi — Anpanman as Aunt Yarn Maki
• Haruka Kudo — Anpanman as Enpitsuman
• Yoshiko Asai — Super Robot Wars as Himika
• Yasuhiro Takato — Booska! Booska! as Booska
• Misato Okano — Flash the Booska as Booska