Nobuyo Ōyama
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| Born | Nobuyo Ōyama (大山羨代) October 16, 1933 |
| Died | September 29, 2024 (aged 90) |
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| Years active | 1956–2016 |
| Agent | Actors Seven |
| Known for | Voice of Doraemon and Monokuma |
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Nobuyo Yamashita (山下羨代, Yamashita Nobuyo, née Ōyama, October 16, 1933 – September 29, 2024), known professionally as Nobuyo Ōyama (大山 のぶ代, Ōyama Nobuyo), was a Japanese actress, voice actress, screenwriter, singer, essayist, and television personality affiliated with Actors Seven. Her husband was the television personality Keisuke Sagawa. She is best known for voicing the title character in the Doraemon anime series that ran from 1979 to 2005, for 26 years.
She also voiced Monokuma, the main villain from the Danganronpa video-game series, from 2010 to 2016 for the first three video games, two Danganronpa stageshows, and Danganronpa: The Animation.
Career
[edit]In 1965, Nobuyo Ōyama began her career in anime voice acting as the character of Punch in Hustle Punch. She later voiced Katsuo Isono in Sazae-san from the show's start in October 1969 to December of that year. After a number of minor roles, she landed the role of the titular character of the long-running anime series Doraemon from April 1979 until March 2005 when she chose to step down due to health problems she developed in 2001. Wasabi Mizuta replaced Ōyama as the voice actress of Doraemon in the new 2005 series. Eight years after Nobuyo Ōyama retired from voicing Doraemon, she made a major comeback by voicing Monokuma, the nemesis of the Danganronpa series from 2010 to 2015.[2]
Illness and death
[edit]On May 13, 2015, her husband Keisuke Sagawa revealed on a radio show that she was living with dementia, putting any planned future work on indefinite hold.[3] This notably prevented her from reprising the role of Monokuma for future Danganronpa projects, and in April 2016, it was announced that Tarako had assumed the role.[4] Tarako voiced Monokuma until her death in March 2024.[5]
In April 2016, Ōyama was moved to live in an undisclosed retirement home, due to Sagawa starting to face health problems while he was taking care of her at their home.[6] When Keisuke Sagawa died on July 11, 2017, her long-time manager Akiko Kobayashi continued to visit and look after her, per Sagawa's wishes before he died.[7] While her dementia had progressed, it was last said in October 2017 that she was in good health despite her condition, and enjoyed interacting with the other residents and partook in activities such as choir.[8]
Ōyama died on September 29, 2024, at the age of 90, in a hospital in Tokyo.[9] Her death was announced by her management company on October 11th.[10][11] It was revealed in articles covering her death that over the past year, she started suffering from health problems and had difficulty speaking due to senility.[12] [13] She kept visiting the hospital repeatedly over the course of the past year and kept getting discharged until her final hospitalization on September 19.[14] [15]
Following her death, a private funeral was held by her relatives before the news was publicized.[11][16] At her funeral, it was said that there was a photograph of her late husband Sagawa, chestnut yokan from Toraya, and a stuffed toy of Doraemon by her side inside the coffin she was in.[17]
At the end of episode 832 of the Doraemon (2005) series, which was broadcast on TV Asahi on October 12, 2024, a message of condolence and gratitude for Nobuyo Ōyama with scenes from the 1979 series playing in a montage were broadcast in her memory.[18] The following day on October 13, the Sazae-san anime had a memorial caption for Ōyama at the start of the first episode broadcast that day.[19] The voice actress for Doraemon since 2005 in the current series, Wasabi Mizuta, expressed grief and condolences over Ōyama's death on her official blog on October 12.[20][21]
Filmography
[edit]Television animation
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source |
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| 1965–1966 | Hustle Punch | Punch | first voice | [22] |
| 1969 | Sazae-san | Katsuo Isono | first voice | |
| 1970–1971 | Norakuro | Norakuro | ||
| 1971–1971 | Andersen Stories | Top | Ep. 20 | |
| 1972–1973 | Hazedon | Hazedon | ||
| 1977–1978 | Invincible Super Man Zambot 3 | Jin Kappei | ||
| 1979–2005 | Doraemon | Doraemon | ||
| 2013 | Danganronpa: The Animation | Monokuma | ||
| 2014 | Wooser's Hand-to-Mouth Life: Awakening Arc | Monokuma | Ep. 10 |
Theatrical animation
[edit]Video games
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source |
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| 1995–2004 | Doraemon video games | Doraemon | [22] | |
| 1997 | Doraemon: Nobita to Mittsu no Seireiseki | Doraemon | [22] | |
| 2010 | Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc | Monokuma | PSP | [22] |
| 2012 | Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair | Monokuma | PSP, also Reload in 2013 | [22][23] |
| 2014 | Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls | Monokuma | PS Vita | [24] |
Other dubbing
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source |
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| 1966 | Night on the Galactic Railroad | Giovanni ジョバンニ |
Radio |
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| 1998 | Hoshin Engi | Hakutsuru Doji 白鶴童子 |
Radio | |
| 1999 | Hoshin Engi Part Two: The Court Army Strikes Back 封神演義 第二部～朝廷軍の逆襲～ |
Hakutsuru Doji 白鶴童子 |
Radio | |
| 2000 | Hoshin Engi Part Three: Dynastic Revolution 封神演義 第三部～易姓革命～ |
Hakutsuru Doji 白鶴童子 |
Radio |
References
[edit]- ^ Okusan Konnichiwa, Vol. 100: Mrs. Keisuke Sunagawa, Mrs. Nobuyo Oyama,” Shukan Heibon, June 3, 1976, Heibon Shuppan, June 1976, pp. 146-151.
- ^ "大山のぶ代が90歳で死去。『ドラえもん』の声優として知られた". cinra (in Japanese). Retrieved October 16, 2024.
- ^ "Doraemon/Danganronpa Voice Actress Nobuyo Oyama Suffering From Dementia". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 13, 2015.
- ^ "TARAKO Replaces Nobuyo Oyama as Monokuma in Danganronpa Franchise".
- ^ "Chibi Maruko-chan Anime's Lead Voice Actress TARAKO Dies at 63".
- ^ "大山のぶ代さん老人ホームへ 介護福祉士が語る認知症の現状". June 9, 2016.
- ^ "ひとりぼっちになった「ドラえもん」大山のぶ代さん 今は時折、笑顔も…". July 19, 2017.
- ^ "大山のぶ代 夫逝去から3カ月「老人ホームのジャイアンに」".
- ^ https://www.chunichi.co.jp/article/970379
- ^ "【速報】ドラえもんの声優大山のぶ代さん死去". 47NEWS (in Japanese). Retrieved October 11, 2024.
- ^ a b Yeung, Jessie; Asada, Yumi. "Nobuyo Oyama, voice of beloved 'Doraemon,' dies aged 90". CNN. Retrieved October 11, 2024.
- ^ https://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/news/202410110001452.html
- ^ https://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2024/10/12/kiji/20241011s000413H4409000c.html
- ^ https://www.chunichi.co.jp/article/970379
- ^ https://hochi.news/articles/20241011-OHT1T51112.html?page=1
- ^ Doraemon, Danganronpa Voice Actress Nobuyo Ōyama Dies at 90
- ^ https://bunshun.jp/articles/-/74445
- ^ "『ドラえもん』大山のぶ代さん出演回が急きょ放送 名場面&歌う名曲「ぼくドラえもん」&追悼テロップ流れる". ORICON NEWS (in Japanese). Retrieved October 12, 2024.
- ^ https://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/news/202410130001469.html
- ^ https://tvablog.tv-asahi.co.jp/reading/wasadora93/107164/
- ^ https://us.oricon-group.com/news/2096/
- ^ a b c d e f g 声優さん出演リスト 個別表示：大山のぶ代 [Voice actor's appearance list individual display: Nobuyo Ohyama]. Voice Artist Database (in Japanese). GamePlaza-HARUKA-. October 26, 2015. Archived from the original on October 5, 2016. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
- ^ "JAPAN GAME AWARDS2013". cesa.or.jp. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
- ^ "The X Button - Havoc Heart". animenewsnetwork.com. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
External links
[edit]- Official agency profile[permanent dead link] (in Japanese)
- Nobuyo Ōyama at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
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