Saori Sugimoto (17 November 1964 – 21 October 2021) was a Japanese voice actress who known for voicing Ramurin Makiba and Nikki in the Anime TV show Shimajiro and in the Shimajiro films, She also voiced Kisanta Yamamura in the Nintama Rantaro anime, taking over the role from Tomiko Suzuki. In Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, she voiced the character Catherine Bloom.

Death

On 21 October 2021, Saori Sugimoto died due to congestive heart failure associated with anorexia. She was 56. Her family held a private funeral.^[1]

Filmography

Television

Armor Hunter Mellowlink (OAV) as Dancing Girl B (episode 6)
Bikkuri-Man as Chakkun Cutter; Joshi Suisai
The Brave Fighter of Sun Fighbird
Chibi Maruko-chan as Ruriko; Toshiko-chan; Yurie Hayashi
Chibi Maruko-chan as Toshiko Tsuchihashi (ep 265)
City Hunter 2 as Child (episode 46); Girl A (episode 33); Girl B (episode 37); Hostess B (ep 43); Little Girl (episode 30); Nurse B (episode 20); Woman (episode 22, 29); Woman A (episode 24–25, 31)
Daddy Long-Legs; Female student A (episode 6); Girl (episode 1); Operator (episode 22)
Fist of the North Star 2 as Asuka (episode 8, 11–13); Tetsu (episode 33)
Fortune Quest L as Cathy (episode 23)
Funky Fables as Girl (Christmas Carol)
Galaxy Fraulein Yuna Returns (OAV) as Malina
Genki Bakuhatsu Ganbaruger as School announcement (episode 29); School Announcer
Green Green (OAV) as Sanae Minami
Green Green as Sanae Minami
Green Green Character DVD (OAV) as Sanae Minami
Green Green Thirteen: Erolutions (OAV) as Sanae Minami
Hakken Taiken Daisuki! Shimajirō as Ramurin Makiba
Hello! Lady Lin as Female Student; Nancy
Kamen no Ninja Akakage as O-Kiku
Kariage-kun as Kimura Takashi
Kiteretsu Daihyakka as Fuyumi; Kayo; Masako; Reiko
Lomien Man
Madonna (OAV) as High School Girl (episode 1)
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing (TV) as Catherine Bloom
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz (OAV) as Caroline Bloom^[2]
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing: Operation Meteor (OAV) as Catherine Bloom
Mock & Sweet as butterfly (episode 34); Kiki's mother (episode 41); villager (episode 43); weasel child (episode 36)
Ninja Ryūkenden (OAV) as Katherine Friedman
Orphen as Ruru
Romeo and the Black Brothers as Nana
Sakigake!! Otoko Juku
Sans Famille as Jeanne (episode 19)
Sazae-san
Shimajiro (1993–2021) Ramurin Makiba, Nyakkii Momoyama
Shin Bikkuriman as 1-2 Sansuke; Besutaniya ; Carnivon; Chakkun Cutter; Joshi Suisai; Kaanibon ; Meidon Reishi; Vestanya
Shin chan as Kutsuzoko Atsumi (episode 400)
Shōnan Bakusōzoku (OAV) as Girl 2 (episode 4)
Sonic X as Boom 1 (episode 19)
Super Mario no Shōbōtai (OAV) as Kaoru
Takoyaki Mant-Man as Princess
Three Little Ghosts as baby (episode 1–2); Sansan (episode 17)
Trapp Ikka Monogatari as Girl (episode 2); Martina
The Chronicles of Narnia as Jill Pole (BBC Serial Drama dub) (Japanese Dub)

Film

Bikkuriman: Taiichiji Seima Taisen as Baby
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz Special Edition (movie) as Caroline Bloom
Sangokushi [2] as Chōkō Moyu!
Shimajiro and Fufu's Big Adventure (2013) as Nyakkii Momoyama
Shimajiro and the Whale's Song (2014) as Nyakkii Momoyama
Shimajiro and the Mother Tree (2015) as Nyakkii Momoyama
Shimajiro in Bookland (2016) as Nyakkii Momoyama
Shimajiro and the Rainbow Oasis (2017) as Nyakkii Momoyama
Shimajiro the Movie: Adventures on Magic Island (2018) as Nyakkii Momoyama, Ramurin
Shimajiro and Ururu's Hero Island (2019) as Nyakkii Momoyama
Shimajiro to Sora Tobufune (2021) as Nyakkii Momoyama
Shin Maple Town Monogatari as Home Town Hen
Shimajirō to Kirakira Ōkoku no Ōji-sama (2022) as Nyakkii Momoyama (Posthumous release)

Video games

Kunio no Oden as Hasebe, Momozono^[2]

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References

^ "Shimajirō Voice Actress Saori Sugimoto Passes Away at 58".
^ ^a ^b "Saori Sugimoto (visual voices guide)". behindthevoiceactors.com. Retrieved 26 February 2022. Check mark indicates role has been confirmed using screenshots of closing credits and other reliable sources.((cite web)): CS1 maint: postscript (link)
^ "Saori SUGIMOTO - Anime News Network".