Shiho Niiyama
Encyclopedia
was a Japanese
voice actress
who was affiliated with Aoni Production
. Niiyama was most known for voicing Kō Seiya, otherwise known as Sailor Star Fighter, in Sailor Stars
and Deedlit from Record of Lodoss War
among other character roles (see below). She was also involved in one voice actor group, Virgo, who are the voice actresses of the anime and game, Ojōsama Sōsamō. She was diagnosed with leukemia
in 1998, and died of internal bleeding following pneumonia
in 2000. She was 29 years old. After her death, her ongoing roles went to Tarako
, Satsuki Yukino
, Makiko Ōmoto
, Junko Noda
, and Minako Arakawa. Niiyama's last work was the voice of Deedlit in Record of Lodoss War
.
Japanese people
The are an ethnic group originating in the Japanese archipelago and are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries...
voice actress
Seiyu
Voice acting in Japan has far greater prominence than in most other countries. Japan's large animation industry produces 60% of the animated series in the world; as a result, Japanese voice actors, or , are able to achieve fame on a national and international level.Besides acting as narrators and...
who was affiliated with Aoni Production
Aoni Production
Aoni Production is a Japanese talent agency representing a fair number of voice actors and other Japanese entertainers.-Voice actors currently affiliated with Aoni:...
. Niiyama was most known for voicing Kō Seiya, otherwise known as Sailor Star Fighter, in Sailor Stars
Sailor Stars
The following list of episodes of the Sailor Moon anime series covers , the fifth season of the series. Children's TV Asahi, Toei Agency and Toei Animation co-produced the episodes; Takuya Igarashi directed. The series originally aired on Children's TV Asahi between March 9, 1996 and February 8, 1997...
and Deedlit from Record of Lodoss War
Record of Lodoss War
is a franchise of fantasy novels by Ryo Mizuno based around the work he originally created for a world called Forcelia for role-playing games . There have since been multiple manga, anime and computer game adaptations, several of which have been translated into English...
among other character roles (see below). She was also involved in one voice actor group, Virgo, who are the voice actresses of the anime and game, Ojōsama Sōsamō. She was diagnosed with leukemia
Leukemia
Leukemia or leukaemia is a type of cancer of the blood or bone marrow characterized by an abnormal increase of immature white blood cells called "blasts". Leukemia is a broad term covering a spectrum of diseases...
in 1998, and died of internal bleeding following pneumonia
Pneumonia
Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung—especially affecting the microscopic air sacs —associated with fever, chest symptoms, and a lack of air space on a chest X-ray. Pneumonia is typically caused by an infection but there are a number of other causes...
in 2000. She was 29 years old. After her death, her ongoing roles went to Tarako
Tarako
, known simply as Tarako, is a Japanese voice actress and singer-songwriter. Her debut role was as a preschooler on Urusei Yatsura. Tarako is currently employed by the talent management firm Troubadour Musique Office.- TV :...
, Satsuki Yukino
Satsuki Yukino
Satsuki Yukino , real name Yuki Inoue , is a popular Japanese voice actress from Ōtsu, Shiga. Yukino is also a singer as part of the Hinata Girls...
, Makiko Ōmoto
Makiko Omoto
is a Japanese voice actress from Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, affiliated with Aoni Production.She is best known for her work in the Kirby's Dream Land series , Corrector Yui , Zoids: Chaotic Century , Cheeky Angel , Cutie Honey Flash , Onmyou Taisenki , and Battle B-Daman: Fire Spirits .-TV...
, Junko Noda
Junko Noda
is a Japanese voice actress. Noda is formerly affiliated with Aoni Production. In addition, Noda is part of the Hinata Girls and she is best known for her work in the Love Hina anime series...
, and Minako Arakawa. Niiyama's last work was the voice of Deedlit in Record of Lodoss War
Record of Lodoss War
is a franchise of fantasy novels by Ryo Mizuno based around the work he originally created for a world called Forcelia for role-playing games . There have since been multiple manga, anime and computer game adaptations, several of which have been translated into English...
.
Notable roles
- Seiya KouSailor StarlightsThe Sailor Starlights are a group of three fictional characters introduced in the Sailor Stars of the Sailor Moon metaseries. In the manga, they were relatively minor characters, many of which appeared toward the end of the series to represent the vast number of Sailor Senshi spread out across the...
(Sailor Star Fighter) in Sailor Moon Sailor Stars - Fuyumi in Sailor Moon Supers (prod. code 139)
- Blue delmo Valerie in Agent AikaAgent AikaAgent Aika, known in Japan as simply , is an adventure anime OVA series. Aika Sumeragi is a Japanese woman who works as a salvager for hire, but gets caught up in a plot for world domination...
- Hiroko in Aoki Densetsu Shoot!Aoki Densetsu Shoot!is a Japanese anime produced by Toei Animation between November 7, 1993 and December 25, 1994 on the Fuji TV television network; there were fifty-eight episodes. The story revolves around a boy named Toshihiko Tanaka, who has just started at Kakegawa High School in order to play soccer with his...
- Dorm Chief in Battle Athletes
- Rie Shibusawa in Battle SkipperBattle Skipperis a Japanese direct-to-video animated series based on the small toy mecha action figures by Tomy. The series was released in the US by Central Park Media-Plot:The OVA focuses mostly on the girls of St Ignacio's School for girls than the mecha itself...
- Ōzora Tsubasa's mother in Captain Tsubasa J
- Sakada no Jiisan no Tsuma in Chibi Maruko-chanChibi Maruko-chanis a shōjo manga series by Momoko Sakura, later adapted into an anime TV series by Nippon Animation, which originally aired on Fuji Television from January 7, 1990 to September 27, 1992. The series depicts the simple, everyday life of a little girl nicknamed Maruko and her family in suburban...
- Suou Takamura in CLAMP School DetectivesCLAMP School Detectivesis a manga series by Clamp, which was adapted into a 26-episode anime series, produced by Bandai Visual and Pierrot. The manga series was serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's Monthly Asuka manga magazine between January 1992 and October 1993, spanning three tankōbon, while the anime premiered in Japan...
- Kimiko Ayanokōji in Debutante Detective CorpsDebutante Detective Corpsis an anime OVA, and was released on VHS and DVD in North America by ADV Films.-Voice actors and their characters:* Dara Aylor - Kimiko* Larissa Wolcott - Reika* Lindsay Doleshal - Nina* Missy Atwood - Youko* Shana McClendon - Miyuki...
- Juai in Detatoko PrincessDetatoko Princessis a Japanese manga written by Hitoshi Okuda and serialised in Dragon Comics from 1994 to 1999. The individual chapters were published in six bound volumes volumes by Fujimi Shobo....
- Myonsaku Kim in Fatal Fury: The Motion PictureFatal Fury: The Motion Pictureis a 1994 Japanese animated feature film based on the SNK video game series Fatal Fury originally released in Japan on July 16, 1994. It was directed by character designer Masami Ōbari and follows the same continuity as the preceding two TV specials, Fatal Fury: Legend of the Hungry Wolf and Fatal...
- Risa Kanzaki in Gokinjo Monogatari
- Atore in Hakugei: Legend of the Moby DickHakugei: Legend of the Moby Dickis an animated Japanese television series, based on Herman Melville's original novel Moby-Dick. However, this adaptation used futuristic outer space as the setting, with "whales" being large abandoned spaceships instead. It aired from 1997 to 1999, albeit with a suspension of new episodes from...
- Mao in Hyper PoliceHyper Policeis the name of a manga and anime series created by Minoru Tachikawa under the pseudonym MEE. It is a comic science fiction, set in a period in the far future, in which humanity is almost extinct and most of the population are monsters...
(ep 19) - Dealer (ep 12) & Jude's mother (ep 23) in Kuso Kagaku Sekai Gulliver Boy
- Doris in Marmalade BoyMarmalade Boyis a shōjo manga by Wataru Yoshizumi. It was published by Shueisha in the magazine Ribon from May 1992 to October 1995 and collected in eight tankōbon volumes. The series was adapted by Toei Animation as a 76-episode anime television series which aired on TV Asahi and Fuji TV in 1994 to 1995. This...
- Announcer A in Nanatsu no Umi no TicoNanatsu no Umi no Ticois a Japanese anime series by Nippon Animation. It is about a girl of eleven with her best friend Tico, a female orca.-Characters:Nanami SimpsonScott SimpsonMetal ClawTopiaEnrico-Music:Opening Theme*Sea Loves You...
(ep 36) - Nursery School Teacher in Ogre Slayer
- Rei in Perfect BluePerfect Blueis a 1997 Japanese animated psychological thriller film directed by Satoshi Kon and written by Kon and Sadayuki Murai based on the novel of the same name by Yoshikazu Takeuchi. Junko Iwao plays Mima Kirigoe, a member of a Japanese pop-idol group called "CHAM!", who decides to pursue her career as...
(movie) - Deedlit in Record of Lodoss War: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight
- Kobachi-chan in Soreike! Anpanman
- Momiji Kagariya in Starship Girl Yamamoto YohkoStarship Girl Yamamoto Yohkois a sci-fi anime series based on novels by Shoji Takashi. There have been two 3-episode OVAs from J.C.Staff. The series was released in the United States by The Right Stuf International on DVD in 2003...
- Tachiki's wife in Vampire Princess MiyuVampire Princess Miyuis a Japanese horror manga series by Narumi Kakinouchi and Toshiki Hirano, as well as an anime adaptation by the same creators. The anime was originally presented in a 4-episode OVA licenced by AnimEigo in 1988, and was later adapted into a 26-episode television series licensed by Tokyopop and...
(ep 17) - Hidenori in You're Under Arrest (Ep 46)
- Narrator in BS Tantei Club: Yuki ni Kieta KakoBS Tantei Club: Yuki ni Kieta Kakois a text-based adventure game developed and published by Nintendo for the Satellaview in 1997. It is the third game in the Famicom Tantei Club series, following Famicom Tantei Club: Kieta Kōkeisha and Part II: Ushiro ni Tatsu Shōjo. The game is made up of 3 chapters; the first was broadcast from...
- Fake Goddess Althena in Lunar 2: Eternal BlueLunar 2: Eternal Blue CompleteLunar 2: Eternal Blue Complete is a retitled version of , a Japanese role-playing video game. It is the sequel to Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete. Originally released in 1998 for the Sega Saturn console in Japan, it was ported to the PlayStation in 1999 and translated for the North American...
Trivia
- Provided both the acting and singing voice of Seiya, part of the singing group "Three Lights" in Sailor Stars.
- Part of the singing group Virgo in Ojōsama Sōsamō
- Released a CD single Koi no Sousamou in 1996
Death
Niiyama had been hospitalized in July 1998 for acute leukemia and had returned for a bone marrow transplant. Her symptoms persisted for an hour, but she was suffering from pneumonia due to a drop in blood pressure caused by internal hemorrahaging. Having failed to respond to medication, she died at 6:23 AM, February 7, 2000.External links
- Niiyama Shiho at Hitoshi DoiHitoshi Doiwas born October 17, 1963 in Chigasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Doi was a Japanese baseball player, winning several awards during his career. He also runs an English language anime and seiyū information website, which was established on June 10, 1994....
's site - Eternal Voice - Information on the actress
- http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0631577/
- http://web.archive.org/web/20091026153913/http://geocities.com/uk-smfc/notice.htm (Memorial Page to Shiho Niiyama)
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