Takako Sasuga
貴家 堂子
Born(1936-02-04)February 4, 1936
Tokyo, Japan
DiedFebruary 5, 2023(2023-02-05) (aged 87)
Tokyo, Japan
OccupationVoice actress
Years active1963–2023
AgentHaikyō
Height1.53 m (5 ft 0 in)

Takako Sasuga (貴家 堂子, Sasuga Takako, February 4, 1936 – February 5, 2023) was a Japanese actress and voice actress from Tokyo.

Career

Sasuga was born and raised in Tokyo in a family that runs a hospital. Her career began after high school when, because she did not want to practice cooking and cleaning ready for bridal training, a friend invited her to audition for a Radio drama, which she passed and debuted.[1]

Sasuga then experienced opposition from her parents and actual marriage, and considered retiring from her career several times, but continued to work, as she had never lost any regular appearances since her debut.[1]

Sasuga specialized in playing the roles of infants and young girls, taking advantage of her cutie voice. Because most of these roles were performed with her natural voice, a recording staff member once told her, "You can't play adult roles," which troubled her for a time, but this became an opportunity for her to master such roles. In 2012 she said in a conversation, "My voice is weird. The truth is, I am not good at listening to my voice, but I am responsible for the work I perform in and I always check them out".[2]

In 1961, she took on the role of dubbing Jay North's Dennis Mitchell in the Japanese dub of "Dennis the Menace," which was her breakout role. As such, she was dubbed for the same role in the 1993 film by John Hughes.

Sasuga was cast as Sazae-san's character, Tarao Fuguta, Sazae's son in the longest running Anime in 1969. After that, she continued to play the role without ever being replaced, and this became her signature character.[1] In 2019, she was recognized by Guinness World Records alongside co-stars Midori Katō (Sazae) as the "Longest career as a voice actor for the same character of an animated TV series".[3]

From 2012 she played the role of Monomi in "Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair". This was the first time in her career that she appeared in a game.

Sasuga died on February 5, 2023, at the age of 87.[4] The cause of death was undisclosed, but she was not ill and died suddenly in good health.[5][6] Her posthumous work was "Sazae-san," which was recorded as usual three days before her death and broadcast on February 26.[5][6]

Filmography

Television animation

Film animation

Games

Dubbing

Live-action film

Television

Animation

References

  1. 1 2 3 Takako, Sasuga (2022-01-02). "時代を創った声 貴家堂子". "ラジオ深夜便" (Radio). Interviewed by Kotaro Ishikawa. NHK.
  2. ↑ Takako, Sasuga (2012-07-30). "An Interview with Takako Sasuga". "スーパーダンガンラジオ 緒方恵美の絶望学園放送部 第2回" (Internet radio). Interviewed by Megumi Ogata. Animate.
  3. ↑ "Longest career as a voice actor for the same character of an animated TV series". Guinness World Records. 2019-10-06. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  4. ↑ "Sazae-san, Danganronpa Voice Actress Takako Sasuga Passes Away". Anime News Network. 10 February 2023. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  5. 1 2 "貴家堂子さん所属・俳協関係者「2日の『サザエさん』収録に通常通り参加」突然の死に驚き隠せず". 日刊スポーツ (in Japanese). 2023-02-10. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  6. 1 2 "「サザエさん」タラちゃん声優・貴家堂子さん死去 87歳 加藤みどりら共演者悲痛「大切な宝物を失った」". スポニチ (in Japanese). 2023-02-10. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
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