Iconic Sailor Moon and Naruto star dies at 61 Pierrot\/IMDbEmi Shinohara, the beloved voice actor of Sailor Moon and Naruto characters, died at the age of 61 on September 8, 2024. The heartbreaking news was announced by 81 Produce, Shinohara\u2019s talent agency, on their official website. The voice actor, who\u2019s featured in many prominent anime shows, was suffering from an unknown condition and died while under treatment. The company\u2019s website states: \u201c[Sad news] Shinohara Emi (real name Watanabe Emiko), an actor affiliated with our company, passed away on September 8, 2024, at the age of 61, while undergoing medical treatment. We would like to express our deepest gratitude for the kindness shown to us during her lifetime.\u201d This is a blow to the anime industry as the late actor lent her voice to many iconic anime characters including Sailor Moon\u2019s Sailor Jupiter, Naruto Shippuden\u2019s Kushina Uzumaki, Cardcaptor Sakura\u2019s Mizuki Kaho, and Loveless\u2019 Katsuko. Apart from her anime credits, Shinohara also dubbed foreign movies into Japanese. Some of her most well-known dubbing gigs include The Wizard of Oz\u2019s Dorothy (originally played by Judy Garland), The King and I\u2019s Taptip (Rita Moreno), and Leon\u2019s Matilda (Natalie Portman). Following this announcement, fans are grieving her death and paying respect to her illustrious career on social media. One such fan wrote on X, \u201cRip Emi Shinohara, Kushina, Natsuhi, and Misuzu, thanks for voicing so many great mom characters.\u201d \u201cMy deepest condolences to families, friends, and relatives. Last month too, Atsuko Tanaka passed away. This is unreal,\u201d commented another user, referring to Ghost in the Shell voice actor\u2019s death in August 2024. Coincidentally, Tanaka also voiced a female character from Naruto Shippuden \u2013 Konan. \u201cRest in peace, Shinohara-san. She has more noteworthy roles than Kushina, like Umineko\u2019s Natsuhi, Project A-Ko\u2019s Biko, & Kekkou Kamen by the way,\u201d added a third. \u201cNOOOOOO. 61?!! She was young af, man. we are having an awful year with so many legends passing,\u201d said one user. As we remember Shinohara and her contribution to the anime industry, we can revisit some of her best works. Our guides on Naruto episodes and Naruto filler will help you with that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Iconic Sailor Moon and Naruto star dies at 61 Pierrot\/IMDbEmi Shinohara, the beloved voice actor of Sailor Moon and Naruto characters, died at the age of 61 on September 8, 2024. The heartbreaking news was announced by 81 Produce, Shinohara\u2019s talent agency, on their official website. The voice actor, who\u2019s featured in many prominent anime […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11865\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}