Ai Orikasa
Her real name's Kikue Orikasa, but this voice-over actor is plenty popular amongst some veterans and fans (and a singer to boot). For v/o actors to compare with Ai, look no further than Megumi Ogata and Romi Paku, due to that semi-masculine voice of hers, perfect for roles intended for teenage boys and young men. Then again, she does voice some rather sultry characters like Ryoko of Tenchi Muyo! and the Japanese dub for Jessica Rabbit in Who Framed Roger Rabbit? and voices quite a few evil women. Expect to have Yumi Touma alongside Ai in some of her works, voicing a character that's an older sibling to Ai's (Raine Sage in Tales of Symphonia and Aya Kobayashi in Super Robot Wars, for instance).
Not related in any way to Fumiko Orikasa.
Ai Orikasa has performed in the following roles:
- Genis Sage in Tales of Symphonia
- Jakotsu in Inuyasha
- Jessica Rabbit in the Japanese dub of Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
- Kotaro Kirigakure in Genki Bakuhatsu Ganbaruger
- Mai Kobayashi/Levi Tolar in Super Robot Wars
- Max Mizuhara in Beyblade
- Quatre Raberba Winner in Gundam Wing
- Fuala Griffin in Victory Gundam
- Rockman/Mega Man in Mega Man 8
- Romeo in Romeo no Aoi Sora
- Ryoko in Tenchi Muyo!
- Tommy Pickles in the Japanese dub of Rugrats
- Tohma Seguchi in Gravitation
- Ginko from Metal Fighter Miku
- Ayame and Kaede Fujieda from Sakura Taisen
- Baiko from Saber Marionette J
- Foxxy Love in the Japanese dub of Drawn Together
- Fee from Planetes
- Jun Kubota from the Variable Geo OVAs
- Astronema/Karone in the Japanese dubs of Power Rangers in Space and Power Rangers Lost Galaxy
- Anesthesia from Rumble Roses
- Galatea from Claymore
- Saya in Namco X Capcom
- Aoi "Zaki" Himezaki in Project Justice
- Sealand in Axis Powers Hetalia
- The one-off characters Orikasa played in Detective Conan pretty much exemplified her voice acting: her semi-masculinity meant the males she played (outside her brief stint of playing Mitsuhiko when Ikue Ohtani was on leave) were mainly Ill Boys like Seiji Asou/Narumi Asai or Hiroki Sawada; while the major female character she played, Mrs. Midori Megure, is a pretty badass Japanese Delinquent.
- Pururun (Polly Esther) in Kyattou Ninden Teyandee
- Nyarlathotep in Deus Machina Demonbane
- Zenon Hojo in Cubex Cursedx Curious
- Colonel Cassandra Moore in the Japanese Dub of Fallout: New Vegas
- Dr. Morishima in Yarudora series vol.1: Double Cast