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Ikue Otani

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Ikue Otani

Born Aug 18, 1965 · 60 years242 titles 168 movies · 74 TV
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Biography

Ikue Otani is a Japanese voice actress and singer, most famous for providing the voice of Pikachu in Pokémon. She took pregnancy leave from her work from January to May 2006, but her voice credit for Pikachu did not change, as her voice has been recorded many times.

Also known as

Ikue Ohtani · Ikue Ootani · 大谷 育江

Born

Aug 18, 1965

Tokyo, Japan

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

242

Acting credits

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Directing

0

Writing

2

Other crew

Most critically rated

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Most commercially successful

Highest TMDB vote count (attention / reach proxy; not box office)

Career timeline

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1986 1 title(s)

1988 1 title(s)

1991 3 title(s)

1992 4 title(s)

1993 4 title(s)

1994 2 title(s)

1995 3 title(s)

1996 12 title(s)

1997 6 title(s)

1998 10 title(s)

1999 12 title(s)

2000 10 title(s)

2001 5 title(s)

2002 11 title(s)

2003 8 title(s)

2004 8 title(s)

2005 8 title(s)

2006 4 title(s)

2007 6 title(s)

2008 7 title(s)

2009 4 title(s)

2010 3 title(s)

2011 11 title(s)

2012 13 title(s)

2013 8 title(s)

2014 6 title(s)

2015 8 title(s)

2016 9 title(s)

2017 5 title(s)

2018 6 title(s)

2019 9 title(s)

2020 4 title(s)

2021 4 title(s)

2022 8 title(s)

2023 7 title(s)

2024 5 title(s)

2025 5 title(s)

2026 2 title(s)