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name: "Yuko Kobayashi"
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born: "6 February 1961"
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# Yuko Kobayashi

Actor. Born 6 February 1961 in Tokyo, Japan.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 6 February 1961, Tokyo, Japan
- **Also known as:** Yūko Kobayashi, 小林 優子, Yuuko Kobayashi

## Biography

Yuko Kobayashi is a Japanese actress, voice actress and narrator. She has been affiliated with the agency 81 Produce since the early 1980s and is married to voice actor Mitsuaki Hoshino.

Her film and television credits include the voice of Young Senpai Witch in *Kiki's Delivery Service* (1989), Marron in *Dragon Ball Z* (1989), multiple characters in *Ranma ½* (1989), Gary Oak in *Pokémon* (1997) and Washu Hakubi in the *Tenchi Muyo!* series. She has also provided voices for *Death Parade* (2015) and *TRIGUN* (1998), among many other anime productions, and has worked as a narrator and in live-action dubbing.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, watch.plex.tv.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Kiki's Delivery Service* (1989), Fi1m 86, as Young Senpai Witch (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/kikis-delivery-service.md)

## Also known for

- *Dragon Ball Z* (1989), Marron (voice)
- *Pokémon* (1997), Shigeru Oak (voice)
- *Ranma ½* (1989), Atsuko (voice), Lang-Lang (voice), Young Cologne (voice)
- *Death Parade* (2015), Yumi (voice)
- *Naruto Shippuden the Movie: The Lost Tower* (2010), Masakô (voice)
- *TRIGUN* (1998), Karen (voice)
- *Magic Knight Rayearth* (1994)
- *Pokémon Chronicles* (2002)

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