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, Haruka Tenoh/Sailor Uranus in Sailor Moon Crystal, and Yun in Akatsuki no Yona.

Junko Minagawa
皆川 純子
BornNovember 22
Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
OccupationVoice actress
Years active2001–present
AgentHaikyo

Biography

Before becoming a voice actor

During childhood, Junko actively participated in school plays. In kindergarten, she plays the difficult role of a duck in The Ugly Duckling, and in elementary school, she was in Kaguya-hime.

During junior and senior high school, Junko devoted herself to volleyball club activities. While practicing volleyball, coaching was very strict and there was no break. She soon retired from volleyball because the excessive practices were undermining her social life. Her experiences in these club activities were beneficially healthy both mentally and physically, though, the training was tiring. After graduating high school, looked towards work outside of Japan and becoming a stewardesses. Junko attended an English vocational school to become a stewardess, but she neglected her studies and did not attend classes, so no airline would accept her.

After that, Junko got a job at a regular company. The social interactions at the company was enjoyable, but from the thought of doing the same job for the rest of her life scared her, and she tried to do what she dreamt of doing her whole life; she decided to become an actress. Initially, she tried to join the theater training program, shortly gave up due to financial difficulties such as tuition and living expenses. During her search, she found a voice actor training facility. At first, she liked manga and animation, but then became interested in voice acting and was recruited by the Tohokushinsha Film Company.

After becoming a voice actor

Junko's debut as a voice actor was in a radio commercial for a hairdressing company. Her first job as a voice actor in an Anime was in a show called Soreike! Anpanman where she played the role of a decal. After 3 months of working for Haka-kyo, she found a voice acting job for a game called Tokimeki Memorial 3 released for the PlayStation 2 where she played the role of Shinrikyo Seika. In 2001, she appeared on TV as Ryoma Echizen, the protagonist of a TV anime called The Prince of Tennis. When Junko was accepted to play Ryoma's role, she was so excited, and it was said that it was a miracle that an unnamed newcomer received the main character of the Weekly Shōnen Jump. Playing the role of Ryoma's had a big influence on Junko; she says playing that role changed her life an actress, and it has shaped who she is now. The original Manga author, Takeshi Konomi, says that Junko has become Ryoma herself, and that Ryoma was being played exactly as portrayed in the Manga. Ryoma Echizen has continued playing seamlessly for more than 10 years since the debut in 2001.

Live Activity

Junko has also released CDs of original songs performed at live events. On August 18, 2004 she performed as a live Ryoma Echizen at Zepp Tokyo.

Filmography

Animation
List of voice performances in animation
Year Series Role Notes Source[1][2][3]
2001-2012The Prince of TennisRyoma Echizen[4][5]
2002-2010Duel Masters seriesHakuoh
2003.hack//Legend of the TwilightShugo Kunisaki
2003The World of NarueKanaka Nanase
2003CroketWiener
2003GodannarShinobu Saruwatari
2003Uninhabited Planet Survive!Shingo[6]
2003Requiem from the DarknessYanagi Onna[6]
2003Full-Blast Science Adventure – So That's How It IsYukio[6]
2004Chrono CrusadeJoshua Christopher[6]
2004Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi PitchMikeru
2004Daphne in the Brilliant Blue
2004 Space Symphony MaetelOriba[6]
2004Fantastic ChildrenThomas , Soran (10 years old)[6]
2005Negima!: Magister Negi MagiAyaka Yukihiro[6]
2005Jinki: ExtendMel J. Vanette[6]
2005Trinity BloodIon Fortuna[6]
2005Loveless (manga)Ritsuka Aoyagi[6]
2005Fushigiboshi no FutagohimeEclipse
2005He Is My MasterYoshitaka Nakabayashi
2005Strawberry MarshmallowSasatsuka, Ana's mother[6]
2005–08Aria seriesAkira E. Ferrari[6][7]
2006Fighting Beauty WulongXiao Chun Yan[6]
2006Black CatLeon Elliott and Silphy
2006Tactical RoarKanshu Shimabara
2006Shakugan no Shana seriesKhamsin Nbh'w
2006Saru Get You -On Air-Hiroki
2006Tsubasa: Reservoir ChronicleRyuuou[6]
2006Fighting Beauty WulongSoshunyo
2006Negima!?Ayaka Yukihiro[6]
2006Strain: Strategic Armored InfantryMelchisedec
2006Shōnen OnmyōjiGenbu
2006Kenichi: The Mightiest DiscipleShiratori
2006Code GeassCornelia Li Britannia
2007BokuranoJun Ushiro
2007Treasure GaustNorihito
2007Sakura Wars: New York NYSagitta Weinberg[6]
2008TytaniaMiranda Casimir
2009Pandora HeartsOz Vessalius
2009Basquash!Slash Keenz[6]
2009JewelpetDomajo
2009A Certain Scientific RailgunKounoe Haruki[6]
2010Digimon FusionRiborumon
2012Battle Spirits: Sword EyesTsurugi Tatewaki[6]
2013Arata: The LegendKanate[6]
2013Hyperdimension Neptunia the AnimationUnderling[6]
2014Akatsuki no Yona: Yona of the DawnYun[8]
2015Aria the AvvenireAkira E. Ferrari[7]
2016Super LoversRen Kaidou
2016Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal Season IIIHaruka Tenoh/Sailor UranusTV Anime,
Season 3		[9]
2016DriftersJeanne d'Arc
2016Magic⭐Kyun! RenaissanceJuri Chikamatsu
2017ID-0Amanza Volchkova
2017Kirakira PreCure a la ModeJulio
2017Katsugeki/Touken RanbuSaniwa
2017Land of the LustrousYellow Diamond
2017Super Lovers 2Ren Kaidou
2019Black Clover Mereoleona Vermillion
20197 SeedsNijiko
2019Kemono Michi: Rise UpKobold wife


Film
List of voice performances in film
Year Series Role Notes Source
2003Crayon Shin-chan: Arashi o Yobu Eikō no Yakiniku RoadAmagi
2005The Prince of Tennis: Two Samurais, The First GameRyoma Echizen
2005The Prince of Tennis: A Gift from AtobeRyoma Echizen
2005Duel Masters: Curse of the Death PhoenixHakuoh[10]
2007Sword of the StrangerMu-You (Mokuryū)
2009Duel Masters: Lunatic God SagaHakuoh[11]
2009Naruto Shippūden: The Will of FireNi
2010Daimajin KanonBuchinko (voice), Narrator26 episode TV series
2011The Prince of Tennis: Eikoku-shiki Teikyū-jō Kessen!Ryoma Echizen
2012Resident Evil: DamnationAda Wong[12]
2019Code Geass: Lelouch of the Re;surrectionCornelia Li Britannia
2019Doraemon: Nobita's Chronicle of the Moon ExplorationLuca
2021Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon EternalHaruka Tenoh/Sailor Uranus2-Part Film,
Season 4 of Sailor Moon Crystal

OVA

Vomic

Video games
List of voice performances in video games
Year Series Role Notes Source[1]
2001Tokimeki Memorial 3: Yakusoku no Ano Basho deSerika ShinjoPS2[6]
2004Remember 11: The Age of InfinityYuni KusudaPS2[6]
2005NanaNana OsakiPS2[6]
2005Romancing SaGaConstance, Schiele, Schirach[14]
2005Sakura Wars: So Long, My LoveSagiitta Weinberg
2005Fatal Frame III: The TormentedRei Kurosawa, Reika KuzePS2
2005Dead or Alive 4Eliot[14]
2006Fighting Beauty WulongXiao Chun YanPS2[6]
2007Eternal SonataWaltz[14]
2008Fushigi Yūgi: Suzaku IbunNurikoPS2
2008Tales of HeartsIncarose[14]
Mahou Sensei Negima 1Jikanme Ayaka YukihiroPS2[6]
2011CatherineErica Anderson, Rue Ishida, AstarothAlso Full Body[14]
2011El Shaddai: Ascension of the MetatronIshtar[14]
2011Dead or Alive: DimensionsEliot[14]
2011Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor OverclockedYoshino Haruzawa[14]
2012Kid Icarus: UprisingDark Lord Gaol[14]
2012Dead or Alive 5Eliot[15]
2013Resident Evil 6Ada Wong[16]
2014Bayonetta 2Loki[14]
2015Project X Zone 2Ada Wong3DS[17]
2016Guilty Gear Xrd -Revelator-Ariels (non-playable guest)PS3/PS4[18]
2016Magic⭐Kyun! RenaissanceJuri ChikamatsuPS Vita
2019Resident Evil 2Ada Wong[19]
2019Dead or Alive 6Eliot[20]
2020World's End ClubTattsuniOS, Switch[21]
2020 Genshin Impact Xingqiu Android, iOS, PC, PS4, Switch [22][23]
2020 Captain Tsubasa: Dream Team Alfredo Di Piazzolla Android, iOS [24]


Overseas dubbing
List of voice dub performances in overseas productions (live-action)
Series Role Voice dub for Notes Source
AlcatrazRebecca MadsenSarah Jones[25]
All We HadRita CarmichaelKatie Holmes[26]
The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime StoryDonatella VersacePenélope Cruz[27]
Black PantherNakiaLupita Nyong'o[28]
Blue CrushEdenMichelle Rodriguez[29]
CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationRileyLauren Lee Smithseason 9[30]
Deadpool 2Russell Collins / FirefistJulian Dennison[31]
Doctor SleepRose the HatRebecca Ferguson[32]
Frank Herbert's DunePrincess IrulanJulie Cox[33]
Lie to MeRia TorresMonica Raymund[34]
MeadowlandSarahOlivia Wilde[35]
The Mountain Between UsAlex MartinKate Winslet[36]
PredatorsIsabelleAlice Braga[37]
List of voice dub performances in overseas productions (animation)
Series Role Notes Source
Hey Arnold!: The MovieArnold[38]

Discography

Drama CD
List of voice performances in drama CDs
Series Role Notes Source[1][39]
Almighty X 10[6]
Anime Store Manager B
Aria seriesAkira
Ashitahe Strike
Code Geass[6]
Fookies
Godannar[6]
Hayate X BladeMikado Akira[6]
Jinki: Akaban
Kamiyomi[40]
Kimi to BokuYuki
Korega Watashino Goshujin-sama [6]
Loveless
Negima[6]
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[41]


Singles
No.Release dateTitleCatalog No.Peak position[42]
1st June 4, 2003"Say Hello"[43]KICM-1072
2nd April 21, 2004"Truth/Darkness of chaos"[44]KICM-1104–
3rd January 26, 2005"Endless way"[45]KICM-1128
4th February 22, 2006[46]"Deja Vu"KICM-1160129
5th January 24, 2007"Shout It Loud"[47]KICM-1193115
6th March 14, 2008"Forever & ever"[48]DAKYAMS-1

Character singles
Release dateTitleCatalog No.Peak position[42]
March 30, 2016"Anata Ni"
あなたに
by Ryoma Echizen[49]		NECM-1023558
April 8, 2015"Yakusoku now and forever"
約束-now and forever-
by Ryoma Echizen[50]		NECM-1022245
April 30, 2008"Ichigan ~2008 version~"
Ichigan ~2008バージョン～
by Ryoma Echizen[51]		NECM-1010552
May 9, 2012"Still"
by Ryoma Echizen[52]		NECM-1017842
August 6, 2008"Across My Line"
by Ryoma Echizen[53]		NECM-1011061
May 1, 2003"future/White line C"
by Ryoma Echizen[54]		NECM-10002 
September 26, 2007"Wonder Land"
by Ryoma Echizen[55]		NECM-1007545
December 16, 2006"Everything"
by Ryoma Echizen[56]		NECM-1005649
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[57]		NECM-10013 
April 28, 2004"Dreaming on the Radio"
by Ryoma Echizen[58]		NECM-10004 
July 3, 2002"Rising ~The Best of Seigaku Players~
by Ryoma Echizen (Junko Minagawa)[59]		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)[60]		KICM-3057 

Albums
No.Release dateTitleCatalog No.Peak position[61]
1st August 23, 2003Future of Blue[62]KICA-1303
2nd April 27, 2005Aikotoba
アイコトバ[63][64]		KICA-1363–
3rd May 10, 2007Vitamin J
ビタミンJ[65]		YAMA-0001280
4th November 22, 2007My Journey[66]YAMA-0002

Character albums
Release dateTitleCatalog No.Peak position[61]
March 5, 2003Cool E
by Ryoma Echizen[67][68]		NECA-30080 
July 7, 2004SR
by Ryoma Echizen[69]		NECA-50001/2 
December 24, 2005Progress
by Ryoma Echizen[70]		NECA-2002155
May 13, 2009J
by Ryoma Echizen[71]		NECA-3024662
December 24, 2012Ryoma
by Ryoma Echizen[72]		NECA-3029493

Compilation albums
Release dateTitleCatalog No.Peak position[61]
January 24, 2008Minagawa Junko no Vitamin R+ Vol. 1[73]DAKYAMA-5 
January 24, 2008Minagawa Junko no Vitamin R+ Vol. 2[74]DAKYAMA-6 
January 24, 2008Minagawa Junko no Vitamin R+ Vol. 3[75]DAKYAMA-7 


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