Ikue Otani

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Ikue Ohtani, visiting the Sakuracon in Seattle Washington as guest of honor in 2005.

Ikue Ohtani (Japanese: 大谷育江 Ikue Ōtani, also seen as Ikue Otani) is a voice actress who provides the voice of Ash's Pikachu.

Biography

Ohtani was born August 18, 1965 in Tokyo. She currently works for マウスプロモーション Mausu Promotion.

For health reasons, she took leave from her work from January to May 2006. The voice credit for Pikachu did not change during this period, however, Mime Jr. was played by Tomoe Hanba (半場友恵) from AG161 to AG175; other characters have also been voiced by other actors.

Pokémon

Ohtani's most famous role on Pokémon is that of Ash's Pikachu. She has also provided a handful of minor voices.

Voices on Pokémon

Humans

Pokémon

Voices on Games

She has voiced Pikachu in some games, including:

Famous non-Pokémon roles

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