Miyoko Asō

Miyoko Asō
Born	(1926-04-07) April 7, 1926 Tokyo, Japan
Occupation	Actress, Voice actress
Years active	1949–present
Spouse(s)	Hiroshi Sakonjō (–2008)
Website
Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society profile

Miyoko Asō (麻生 美代子, Asō Miyoko, born April 7, 1926 in Tokyo) is a Japanese voice actress. She is best known for the role of Fune Isono in the longest-running Japanese anime series Sazae-san that began in 1969 and recently celebrated its 40 year anniversary. Her recent works include Dr. Pinako Rockbell in the 2009–2010 anime series Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. Asō also starred as an actress in cinema, in the 2006 movie Aogeba Tōtoshi, directed by Jun Ichikawa.

Filmography

Television

• Gegege no Kitarō (1968)
• Akane-chan (1968)
• Sazae-san (1969), Fune, Fune Isono
• Sasurai no Taiyō (1971)
• Marvelous Melmo (1971), Melmo's aunt (first version) (eps 1, 21)
• Kashi no Ki Mokku (1972)
• Science Ninja Team Gatchaman (1972)
• Kerokko Demetan (1973)
• Fables of the Green Forest (1973), Narrator
• Wansa-kun (1973), Animal hospital director
• Alps no Shōjo Heidi (1974), Miss Rottenmeier
• Maya the Bee (1975), Cassandra-sensei
• Huckleberry no Bōken (1976)
• From the Apennines to the Andes (1976)
• Piccolino no Bōken (1976), Giulietta the cat
• Candy Candy (1976), Mary Jane
• Attack on Tomorrow (1977), Kada sei
• Ippatsu Kanta-kun (1977), Kumiko Tabase
• Angie Girl (1977), Barbara
• The Perrine Story (1978)
• Tōshō Daimos (1978), Margarete, Okane
• Galaxy Express 999 (1978), Boarding old lady (eps 60–61), Fimeru (ep 42)
• Anne of Green Gables (1979), Rachel Lynde
• Maegami-Taro (1979 special), Grandma
• Captain (1980 special), Takao's Mother
• Botchan (1980 special), Kiyoshi
• Hello! Sandybell (1981), Scott's wife
• Meiken Jolie (1981)
• Andromeda Stories (1982 special), Tarama (Jimsa's nurse)
• Captain (1983), Takao's Mother
• Mori no Tonto-tachi (1984), Muori (Santa's wife)
• Harp Burma (1986 special), Old Woman
• Ranma ½ (1989), Cologne, Faith curer (ep 127), Theme Song Performance (eps 42–56)
• YuYu Hakusho (1992), Elder Ice Maiden
• Romeo and the Black Brothers (1995), Mimi Rossi
• Vampire Princess Miyu (1997), aquarium director (ep 15)
• Master Keaton (1998), Mrs. Burnham (ep 12)
• InuYasha (2000), Shoga (ep 65)
• The Galaxy Railways (2003), Ine (ep 12)
• Fullmetal Alchemist (2003), Pinako Rockbell
• Maria Watches Over Us (2004), Academy Principal (ep 11)
• Maria Watches Over Us: Printemps (2004), Academy Principal (ep 2)
• El Cazador de la Bruja (2007), Salma (special guest; ep 1)
• Devil May Cry (2007), Margret (ep 8)
• Kure-nai (2008), Old woman (ep 3)
• Clannad After Story (2008), Shino Okazaki (ep 18)
• Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (2009), Pinako Rockbell

Original video animations

• Yamataro Comes Back (1986), Woman
• Xanadu Dragonslayer Densetsu (1987), Sherin
• Fievel's American Tails (1992), Fievel
• Little Twins (1992), Hara
• Ranma ½ (1993), Cologne
• The Final Flight of the Osiris (2003)
• Xam'd: Lost Memories (2008), Sannova
• Fairy Tail (2011), Hilda

Dubbing roles

• An American Tail (1986), Mama Mousekewitz
• An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991), Mama Mousekewitz
• Fievel's American Tails (1992), Mama Mousekewitz

Films

• Galaxy Express 999 (1979), Tochiro's Mother
• Captain (1981), Takao's mother
• Doraemon: Nobita and the Haunts of Evil (1982), Maid
• Ranma ½: Big Trouble in Nekonron, China (1991), Cologne
• Doraemon: Nobita and the Legend of the Sun King (2000), Maid
• Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa (2005), Pinako Rockbell

External links

• 『サザエさん』フネ役の麻生美代子が急病のため急遽代役で放送 News article about Miyoko Asō on Oricon
• HAIKYO profile (Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society profile, it also includes a voice sample)
• Oricon profile
• Miyoko Asō at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
• Miyoko Asō at the Internet Movie Database