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3 | Hiroko Konishi (小西 寛子) is a former seiyuu born on October 26, 1975. Best known for the roles of Sae Sawanoguchi in ''Mahou Tsukai Tai'', Takeru "T.K." Takaishi in ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'' and Jiyu Nanohana in ''Jubei-chan''. |
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5 | Then, in 2000, she announced that she would become a live-action actress. This, however, earned her the ire of her fellow seiyuu groups. This unfortunate event put a lot of stress on her that eventually, she ended up announcing that she retired from showbiz. |
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7 | However, in 2018 and 2019, [[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2019-02-13/former-voice-actress-hiroko-konishi-shares-her-metoo-story/.143311 she revealed she had witnessed and experienced first-hand being mistreated and sexually harassed by her manager and other veterans in the voice acting and anime industry]], and her roles mysteriously dried up after she had spoken out against it. These incidents factor into how she eventually had to quit the scene. |
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11 | As written in various Japanese-newspaper articles, the Public Prosecutors Office built a criminal case on 23 June 2017, against one of the professional writers who have been writing slanders and calumnies, disturbing and untruthful articles from around 2000 about her work as a voice actress; the prosecuted writer was sentenced by the court for criminal penalties. [[http://www.sankei.com/affairs/news/160629/afr1606290007-n1.html This is the related Japanese newspaper article]] and [[http://zasshi.news.yahoo.co.jp/article?a=20160702-00010004-otapolz-ent Yahoo News]] and [[http://otapol.jp/2016/03/post-5973_entry_2.html Otapol]]. |
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14 | !Some of her roles include: |
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17 | * Bridget in ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' |
18 | * Jiyu Nanohana in ''Anime/JubeiChan'' |
19 | * Lilith Aensland in ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'' |
20 | * Lisa Silverman from ''VideoGame/{{Persona 2}}'' |
21 | * Miho Hamaoka in ''Manga/IfISeeYouInMyDreams'' |
22 | * Minako Hashiba in ''Anime/BraveCommandDagwon'' |
23 | * Nene Romanova in ''Anime/BubblegumCrisisTokyo2040'' |
24 | * Ojarumaru in ''Anime/{{Ojarumaru}}'' (first voice) |
25 | * Rion Aida in ''Anime/AgentAika'' |
26 | * Roll in ''VideoGame/MegaMan8'' and ''Battle and Chase'' |
27 | * Sae Sawanoguchi in ''Anime/MagicUsersClub'' (''Mahou Tsukai Tai'') |
28 | * Shiori Misaka in the original ''VisualNovel/{{Kanon}}'' game |
29 | * Silky in ''Anime/ImGonnaBeAnAngel'' |
30 | * Sophia Robelingue in ''VideoGame/MitsumeteKnight'' |
31 | * Takeru Takaishi in ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'' |
32 | * [[Characters/FruitsBasketTohruHonda Tohru Honda]] in the first ''Manga/FruitsBasket'' drama [=CD=] |
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