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alttitle=Dawn's Buneary voice actress passes away | | |||
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caption= | caption=One of Tomoko Kawakami's many characters | | ||
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sourcename=Don't Hug Lucario! | | sourcename=Don't Hug Lucario! | | ||
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tagline= | tagline=Tomoko Kawakami succumbs to cancer | | ||
blurb=Former | blurb=Former Japanese voice actor Tomoko Kawakami has passed away after losing her battle with ovarian cancer. }} | ||
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[[File:Kawakami.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Rest in peace, Tomoko Kawakami.]] | |||
Former | Former Japanese voice actor Tomoko Kawakami has passed away after losing her battle with ovarian cancer. She was 40. | ||
Kawakami worked on the Pokémon anime during the first two years of the {{series|Diamond & Pearl}}, voicing a range of characters including both humans and Pokémon. One of her most famous roles on this series was that of {{bp|Dawn's Buneary}}, but she also voiced the Diamond and Pearl Pokédex. She left the show on 19 August, 2008, having admitted herself to hospital with an unknown illness. During her 20-month sick leave, {{bp|Satsuki Yukino}} took over her roles. | |||
Kawakami has voiced many other characters in other anime series including the titular roles in ''{{wp|Revolutionary Girl Utena}}'' and ''{{wp|Hikaru no Go}}''. She also played characters in Japanese dubs of American TV shows, and in video games. | |||
A full list of her roles can be seen {{wp|Tomoko_Kawakami#Voice_roles|here}}. |
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