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 Digimon Adventure and Jiyu Nanohana in Jubei-chan.
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.
However, in 2018 and 2019, 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.
↑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. This is the related Japanese newspaper article
and Yahoo News and Otapol.Some of her roles include:
- Bridget in Guilty Gear
- Jiyu Nanohana in Jubei-chan
- Lilith Aensland in Darkstalkers
- Lisa Silverman from Persona 2
- Miho Hamaoka in If I See You In My Dreams
- Minako Hashiba in Brave Command Dagwon
- Nene Romanova in Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040
- Ojarumaru in Ojarumaru (first voice)
- Rion Aida in Agent Aika
- Roll in Mega Man 8 and Battle and Chase
- Sae Sawanoguchi in Magic User's Club (Mahou Tsukai Tai)
- Shiori Misaka in the original Kanon game
- Silky in I'm Gonna Be an Angel!
- Sophia Robelingue in Mitsumete Knight
- Takeru Takaishi in Digimon Adventure
- Tohru Honda in the first Fruits Basket drama CD
