Ikue Ohtani
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She's mostly known for her rather genki voice and as a result tends to voice young or cute characters. She went on pregnancy leave from January to May 2006, during which her voice roles for Gash Bell, Detective Conan and One Piece were replaced though her voice role for Pikachu wasn't; the studio had many recordings to work with.
Notable roles by Ikue Ohtani:
- Elsa in Monster
- Himeko and Erika from Hime-chan no Ribon
- Gash Bell in Konjiki no Gash Bell
- Ion, Sync, and Florian in Tales of the Abyss
- Guni in Nightwalker
- Konohamaru Sarutobi in Naruto
- Makoto Saotome and Sister Miyako in Kannazuki no Miko
- Sailor Tin Nyanko in Sailor Moon
- Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya in Detective Conan
- Pikachu in Pokémon and Super Smash Bros.
- Notably, Ms. Ohtani's voice for Pikachu is kept in pretty much every foreign dub as well, due to the fact that his Pokémon-Speak makes him The Unintelligible combined with being one of the few Pokémon species not to receive a Dub Name Change.
- Tony Tony Chopper in One Piece
- Vivi Orunitia of Final Fantasy IX fame in Kingdom Hearts
- Merle of Vision of Escaflowne
- Bon Bonne and Data of Mega Man Legends
- Hana-chan and Majo Monroe in Ojamajo Doremi
- Shizuka "Iincho" Nagane in Doki Doki School Hours
- Fuji-hime in Harukanaru Toki no Naka de anime
- Yukina Shiratori in Martian Successor Nadesico
- Koyori Kokubunji in Nurse Witch Komugi
- Dot Warner in the Japanese dub of Animaniacs
- Olivier in Heartcatch Pretty Cure: Hana no Miyako de Fashion Show…Desu ka!?
- Candy in Smile Pretty Cure
- Sachiko Shinozaki in Corpse Party
- Poyo in Poyopoyo Kansatsu Nikki
- Tiki in Fire Emblem: Awakening
- Merrill in the Japanese dub of Dragon Age II
- Jane in Wild ARMs 1
- Mute in Ar Tonelico 3