Junko Takeuchi

Junko Takeuchi (竹内 順子, Takeuchi Junko, born April 5, 1972) is a Japanese actress and voice actress employed by Ogipro The Next Co. Inc. & BQMAP. Taking a well-trod path by many voice actresses, she often voices young male characters with generally very quirky and goofy personalities. One of her most well-known roles includes Naruto Uzumaki from the popular anime series Naruto. She has played Takuya Kanbara in Digimon Frontier, Rin Natsuki/Cure Rouge in Yes! PreCure 5, Metabee in Medabots, Mamoru Endou in Inazuma Eleven and Inazuma Eleven GO, Gon Freecss in the 1999 version of Hunter × Hunter, MrBeast in the Japanese dub of MrBeast and GingerBrave in the Japanese dub of Cookie Run: Kingdom.

Personal life

She is the youngest of three children. As a child she studied ballet and piano for seven and a half years. She enrolled in 1991 at Nihon University, College of Art but dropped out two years later. For several years she worked as a shoe salesperson and gave piano lessons at a private school in Tokyo. Originally she wanted to work in a bank office. In 1996 she joined BQ MAP Theater Company where she had several stage appearances. She met voice actor Kenji Hamada in 1999. They married in 2006. Their first child was born in 2012 and the other one in 2017.

Filmography

Anime

Film

• Naruto the Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow (2004) – Naruto Uzumaki
• Naruto the Movie: Legend of the Stone of Gelel (2005) – Naruto Uzumaki
• Naruto the Movie: Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom (2006) – Naruto Uzumaki
• Naruto Shippuden the Movie (2007) – Naruto Uzumaki
• Yes! PreCure 5 the Movie: Great Miraculous Adventure in the Mirror Kingdom! (2007) – Rin Natsuki/Cure Rouge
• Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Bonds (2008) – Naruto Uzumaki
• Yes! PreCure 5 GoGo! the Movie: Happy Birthday in the Sweets Kingdom (2008) – Rin Natsuki/Cure Rouge
• Tamagotchi: Happiest Story in the Universe! (2008) – Kikitchi
• Naruto Shippuden the Movie: The Will of Fire (2009) – Naruto Uzumaki
• Pretty Cure All Stars DX: Minna Tomodachi— Kiseki no Zenin Daishūgō (2009) – Rin Natsuki/Cure Rouge
• Naruto Shippuden the Movie: The Lost Tower (2010) – Naruto Uzumaki
• Inazuma Eleven The Movie: The Final Force, The Ogre Team Strikes (2010) – Mamoru Endō
• Pretty Cure All Stars DX2: Kibō no Hikari— Rainbow Jewel o Mamore! (2010) – Rin Natsuki/Cure Rouge
• Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Blood Prison (2011) – Naruto Uzumaki
• Pretty Cure All-Stars DX3 Mirai ni Todoke! Sekai o Tsunagu Niji-Iro no Hana (2011) – Rin Natsuki/Cure Rouge
• Onegai My Melody: Yu&Ai (2012) – Kuromi
• Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie (2012) – Naruto Uzumaki
• Inazuma Eleven GO vs Danball Senki W (2012) – Mamoru Endō
• Pretty Cure All-Stars New Stage 3: Eien no Tomodachi (2014) – Rin Natsuki/Cure Rouge
• Inazuma Eleven Chou Jigen Dream Match (2014) – Mamoru Endō
• The Last: Naruto the Movie (2014) – Naruto Uzumaki
• Boruto: Naruto the Movie (2015) – Naruto Uzumaki
• Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna (2020) – Gomamon
• Healin' Good Pretty Cure GoGo! Big Transformation! The Town of Dreams (2021) – Rin Natsuki/Cure Rouge

Drama CDs

• Mainichi Seiten! – Mayumi Obinata
• Soul Eater – Maka Albarn
• The Day of Revolution – Kei/Megumi Yoshikawa
• Yours For An Hour – Haru Hinomoto

Video games

• Puzzle Star Sweep (1997) – Domingo
• Street Fighter Zero 3 (1998) – R. Mika
• Garou: Mark of the Wolves (1999) – Hokutomaru
• Hunter × Hunter: Altar of Dragon Vein (2001) – Gon Freecss
• Naruto video games (2003–present) – Naruto Uzumaki
• Radiata Stories (2005) – Jack Russell
• Ape Escape 3 (2005) – Satoru
• Quantum Leap Layzelber (2005) – Chyota
• Corpse Seed (2007) – Honoka Yamato
• Inazuma Eleven (2008) – Mamoru Endō
• Inazuma Eleven 2 (2009) – Mamoru Endō
• Inazuma Eleven 3 (2010) – Mamoru Endō, Kanon Endō
• Inazuma Eleven Strikers (2011) – Mamoru Endō, Kanon Endō
• Inazuma Eleven Strikers 2012 Xtreme (2011) – Mamoru Endō, Kanon Endō
• Inazuma Eleven GO (2011) – Mamoru Endō
• Inazuma Eleven GO 2: Chrono Stone (2012) – Mamoru Endō
• Inazuma Eleven GO: Galaxy (2013) – Mamoru Endō
• Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links (2016) – Mokuba Kaiba
• Onmyoji (2016) – Zashiki Warashi
• Yo-kai Watch: Wibble Wobble (2017-2019) – Kuromi, Mamoru Endō
• Fire Emblem Heroes (2019) – Louise, Lugh
• Inazuma Eleven SD (2020) – Mamoru Endō
• Cookie Run: Kingdom (2021) – GingerBrave

Dubbing

Live-action

• Bull – Marissa Morgan (Geneva Carr)
• Cop Car – Travis (James Freedson-Jackson)
• Frailty – young Fenton (Matt O'Leary)
• The Golden Compass (2010 TV Asahi edition) – Billy Costa (Charlie Rowe)
• A Lot like Love – Emily Friehl (Amanda Peet)
• Snake Eyes – Ana DeCobray / Baroness (Úrsula Corberó)
• The Thing About Pam – Leah Askey (Judy Greer)
• Touch – Jacob Bohm (David Mazouz)
• MrBeast – MrBeast (Jimmy Donaldson)

Animation

• The Amazing World of Gumball – Gumball Watterson
• Beat Bugs – Jay
• Curious George – Bill
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem – Wingnut
• Toy Story 4 – Giggle McDimples
• W.I.T.C.H. – Taranee Cook
• Zootopia – Dawn Bellwether

Discography

Songs

• "Oh! Enka!" (Naruto)
• "Life Goes On" (Naruto)
• "Naruto's Neko Song" (Naruto)
• "Gyu-ru-ru" (as Naruto Uzumaki) (Naruto)
• "Touki ~Fighting Spirits~" (Naruto)
• "Naruto Ondo" (as Naruto Uzumaki) (Naruto (with Chie Nakamura and Showtaro Morikubo))
• "Distance" (as Naruto Uzumaki) (Naruto All Stars)
• "Tsubomi" (as Naruto Uzumaki) (Naruto All Stars)
• "Salamander" (as Takuya Kanbara) (Digimon Frontier)
• Secret Rendezvous (as Takuya Kanbara) (Digimon Frontier)
• "Muteki na Bataashi" (as Gomamon) (Digimon Adventure 02)
• "Sora wo Kurooru (as Gomamon) (Digimon Adventure 02 (with Masami Kikuchi))
• "Chie to Yuuki da! Medarotto" (as Metabee) (Medarot)
• Kaze no Muki ga Kattara (as Gon) (Hunter x Hunter)
• Tobira (Gon and Killua version) (Hunter x Hunter (with Mitsuhashi Kanako))
• Hunter Ondo (Hunter x Hunter (with Mitsuhashi Kanako and Kaida Yuki and Goda Hozumi))
• GONtte yatsu wa (Hunter x Hunter (with Mitsuhashi Kanako and Kaida Yuki and Goda Hozumi))
• ONNAtte subarashii (as Jango-sama) (Hunter x Hunter)
• Tabidachi (as Gon) (Hunter x Hunter)
• Taisetsuna koto (as Gon) (Hunter x Hunter (with Mitsuhashi Kanako))
• Te o Tsunaide (as Gon) (Hunter x Hunter (with Mitsuhashi Kanako))
• Futari (Ask Dr. Rin! (with Kana Kouguchi))
• Tomo Yo (as Ted) (Konjiki no Gash Bell!!)
• Kuroi Hitomi (as Kuromi) (Onegai My Melody)
• Kuromi Rondo (as Kuromi) (Onegai My Melody)
• Kuromi Punk (as Kuromi) (Onegai My Melody)
• Lambo-san's Ambition (as Lambo) (Reborn)
• Gyouza Gyuudon no Uta (as Lambo ) ("Reborn") (with Li Mei Chan)
• Yakusoku no Bashou (as Lambo ) ("Reborn") (with Vongola's Family)
• A fun song (as Lambo ) ("Reborn") (with Li Mei Chan)
• Tatta Latta (as Lambo ) ("Reborn") (with Li Mei Chan, Yuuna Inamura, Satomi Akesaka and Hitomi Yoshida
• Mirai no Oozora e (as Lambo ) ("Reborn") (with Vongola's Family)
• Mata ne no Kisetsu – 7th ending to Inazuma Eleven (as Endou Mamoru)
• Mamotte Miseru! – (Inazuma Eleven CD – Endou Mamoru Character Songs)
• Dakara Zettai Daijoubu – (Inazuma Eleven) as Endou Mamoru
• Maji de Kansha (as Endou Mamoru) (Inazuma Eleven cast)
• Reversible – (as Rin Natsuki) (Yes! PreCure 5)
• Jounetsu – (as Rin Natsuki) (Yes! PreCure 5)
• Okaerinasai – (as Rin Natsuki) (Yes! PreCure 5 GoGo!) (with Yūko Sanpei)

References

• Nakagami, Yoshikatsu et al. "Voice Actress Spotlight". (June 2007) Newtype USA. pp. 112–113.
• Yegulalp, Serdar (October 14, 2011). "Junko Takeuchi: New York Comic-Con / Anime Festival 2011 Interview". About.com. p. 1. Archived from the original on February 16, 2017. Retrieved October 23, 2011.
• Hodgkins, Crystalyn (October 31, 2011). "Interview: Junko Takeuchi". Anime News Network. Retrieved November 1, 2011.
• Hodgkins, Crystalyn (October 14, 2011). "Naruto Shippuden Panel". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 21, 2011.

External links

• Official blog (in Japanese)
• Junko Takeuchi Archived 2017-03-16 at the Wayback Machine at GamePlaza-Haruka Voice Acting Database (in Japanese)
• Junko Takeuchi at Hitoshi Doi's Seiyuu Database
• Junko Takeuchi Archived 2018-05-22 at the Wayback Machine at Ryu's Seiyuu Info
• Junko Takeuchi at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Junko Takeuchi at IMDb