Yumi Kakazu

Yumi Kakazu

Yumi Kakazu (かかず　ゆみ Kakazu Yumi) is a Japanese seiyū for the Pokémon anime.

Biography

Kakazu was born on June 18, 1973, in what was once Kamifukuoka, Saitama, Japan, with the kanji of 嘉数由美. She became a seiyū as an adult and voiced several roles in Japanese anime series. She joined the Pokémon anime during the original series, most notably voicing Olivine City Gym Leader Jasmine in the original and Diamond & Pearl series. Kakazu is currently affiliated with Atomic Monkey. She was married and has two children.

Pokémon roles

• Jasmine
• Kay
• Annie Proctor
• Princess Salvia

Other non-Pokémon roles

• Akari Fujisaki (Hikaru no Go)
• Anzu Mazaki (Yu-Gi-Oh!)
• Aya Mikage (Ceres, Celestial Legend)
• Ayame (InuYasha)
• Kula Diamond (The King of Fighters)
• Hiroko Asahina (RahXephon)
• Seolla Schweitzer (Super Robot Wars Original Generation: Divine Wars)
• Mint Aizawa (Tokyo Mew Mew)
• Sayuki (Initial D)
• Shizuka Minamoto (since April 2005) (Doraemon)
• Yuffie Kisaragi (Final Fantasy series and Kingdom Hearts series)
• Oshaki (Kamisama Minarai: Himitsu no Cocotama)
• Ojou (Kira Kira Happy Hirake! Cocotama)

External links

• Atomic Monkey profile
• Twitter

This article is part of Project VA, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on voice actors in Pokémon animation and Pokémon games.