Eiko Yamada

Acting

Eiko Yamada

Born 1953-06-13 · Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

Eiko Yamada (山田 栄子, Yamada Eiko, June 13, 1953) is a Japanese seiyū (voice actress), singer and stage actress born in Koyasu, Kanagawa District, Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture. She is affiliated with 81 Produce. Her real name is Eiko Hisamura (久村 栄子). She has voiced many characters in the World Masterpiece Theater anime series from Nippon Animation, including lead roles such as Anne in Anne of Green Gables and Jo in Little Women. She has also participated in other anime series such as Dragon Ball and Captain Tsubasa, among others.

Acting credits

Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure poster
6.7

Master Roshi has succeeded at the one mission he valued most: to train Goku and Krillin to become ultimate fighters. So, he arranges for them to test their mettle at a competition hosted by Emperor Chiaotzu. Not everyone's playing by the rules, however, as a member of the ruler's household schemes to use the Dragonballs to extort money and power from the royal.

Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure

1988

Ranma 1/2 the Movie: Big Trouble in Nekonron, China poster
7.2

When Prince Kirin of the 7 Lucky Gods shows up at the Tendo dojo looking for his bride-to-be, guess who's accidentally holding the scroll that signifies his future mate? Why, Akane, of course, and the rest of the Ranma crew is forced to take a boat to China in order to save her from the horrors of marriage and a diet of pickled vegetables.

Ranma 1/2 the Movie: Big Trouble in Nekonron, China

1991

Doraemon: The Record of Nobita, Spaceblazer poster
6.8

Lopple and Chammy, two runaway aliens, recruit Doraemon and Nobita to help save their planet from destruction.

Doraemon: The Record of Nobita, Spaceblazer

1981

Ninja Hattori: Picture Diary poster
6.0

Kanzo Hattori, an Iga ninja, and his younger brother Shinzo are training in Tokyo. Kenichi, an elementary school student, lets the two of them stay and lives with them as if they were brothers, and one day he steals a picture diary written by Hattori (Kanzo). What was written there was that Shinzo became friends with a cute girl, Shinobino Ohime, and began to develop a relationship with Robomaru, a robot ninja of machine style ninja...

Ninja Hattori: Picture Diary

1982

Hyper Psychic Geo Garaga poster
5.0

The year is 2755. As a result of a system malfunction, the cargo ship XeBeC goes off-course in a warp gate and ends up within the orbit of the distant planet Garaga. After crashing on Garaga's surface, the crew must find ways to survive from hideous monsters, rabid ape soldiers, and a race of mysterious psychics.

Hyper Psychic Geo Garaga

1989

Legend of Lemnear poster
5.9

After her village is destroyed and all its residents slaughtered by the evil wizard Gardein and his master The Dark Lord, a warrior known as Lemnear, The Silver Champion, vows to find and kill them both to avenge the massacre.

Legend of Lemnear

1989

Lily C.A.T. poster
5.7

The crew of an interplanetary starship fights for survival after an alien force takes control of their craft.

Lily C.A.T.

1987

Andromeda Stories poster
6.8

In the Andromeda galaxy there's a planet of a highly developed human civilisation. The gentle Prince Itaka and another kingdom's beautiful Princess Lilia are about to enter a love-marriage and take over the throne, when they discover a strange object on the nightsky. Later it lands on the planet, and an alien, mechanic civilization invades King Itaka's peaceful country making nearly everybody their slave. On a fateful night Queen Lilia gives birth to twins, and to avoid misfortune, the nanny Tarama takes one of the babies away, and entrusts it to the gladiator Balga. They still don't know, that the children were born with strong powers, and hold the key to the fight against the enemy that's searching to destroy every human civilisation on the planet... (from myanimelist)

Andromeda Stories

1982

Crying Freeman 3: Shades of Death, Part 2 poster
6.4

Ron Tayan now leads the 108 Dragons; Fu Ching Ran is his loyal wife. As their body tattoos show, he's the dragon, she's the tiger. The 108 Dragons are attacked by African Tusk, a syndicate intent on world control. Ron goes to Africa, dealing first with Shicaro, African Tusk's assassin, then with Jagone, its leader. Despite his success, he must still face Bugnug, Jagone's muscular and athletic military commander: Ron gives her a new name, Dark Eyes. Back in Hong Kong, Fu faces danger as well. A Muramasa sword with a dark history and, seemingly, its own demon spirit, falls into her hands. She seeks to tame it, and in the process, discovers her inner warrior identity

Crying Freeman 3: Shades of Death, Part 2

1990

Space Runaway Ideon: Be Invoked poster
7.9

The epic conclusion to the Ideon saga, featuring what was meant to be the final 5 episodes of the TV series. The Solo Ship and its crew continue their intense battle with the Buff Clan leading to a final battle that will determine the fate of all life in the universe. This movie was the second part of a double feature along with "The Ideon: A Contact".

Space Runaway Ideon: Be Invoked

1982

Yu☆Gi☆Oh! poster
6.9

A shy duelist stumbles upon the legendary Red Eyes Black Dragon, with that card in his possession, he must learn to bring out his confidence to duel.

Yu☆Gi☆Oh!

1999

Candy Candy: The Movie poster
7.5

A young girl named Candice White who was left on the doorstep of the "Pony Home", an orphanage, when she was just a baby. The sisters took her first name from a doll she had in her basket, with the name "Candy" on it, and her last name from the snowstorm she was rescued from. Life is quiet and happy.. or.. as quiet as life can be with Candy around. She has a penchant for getting into trouble, climbing trees and tussling with the best of them. However, tragedy begins to strike.

Candy Candy: The Movie

1992

Captain Tsubasa Movie 04: The Great World Competition!! The Junior World Cup poster
7.5

Japan and Europe goes continental! This time, they arrange a tournament with 4 teams: Japan, USA, "All-Europe", and "All-South America". South America is rising to the tops of the bracket with their hidden weapon, Carlos Santana, who manages to avoid the tricks of his international opponents. How will Team Japan counter this impressive player?

Captain Tsubasa Movie 04: The Great World Competition!! The Junior World Cup

1986

Preventing the kidnapping of elementary school student Yumi poster
NR

This is an educational anime short produced to be shown in schools and designed to prevent child abduction. It follows a young girl named Yumi who dreams about a video game she is playing which teaches her what to do if a strange man tries to force her into a car.

Preventing the kidnapping of elementary school student Yumi

1991

ビックリマン 無縁ゾーンの秘宝 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

ビックリマン 無縁ゾーンの秘宝

1988

Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis poster
6.2

A demonic reincarnation of a Japanese general from the 10th century appears in the early 20th century Tokyo with a mission to destroy the blooming city.

Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis

1988

Mini Yon Soldier Rin! poster
NR

Rin Shiguma, a young boy, is a champion in the sport of mini four-wheel drive (Mini 4WD) racing with his favorite electric model car, Soldier. He wins the Grand Prix race against his rival, Waka, and breaks his record for consecutive wins. However, afterwards, a group of mysterious racers hired by Waka appear before Rin. One of them, Mr. Mecharic, who is both a skilled mechanic and a magician, comes forward as the first one to battle Rin. Rin accepts the challenge, but little does he know what Mr. Mecharic has in store...

Mini Yon Soldier Rin!

1989

The Three Musketeers: Adventure of Aramis poster
6.8

In this reimagining of Alexandre Dumas's classic novel, the musketeer Aramis is secretly a woman in disguise, drawn to the elite corps after exacting revenge on her lover's murderer. Years later, plucky musketeer-in-waiting D'Artagnan is to be hanged for a crime he didn't commit. To exonerate her friend, Aramis must uncover the truth by navigating a twisting web of court conspiracies and her own past — without revealing her secret.

The Three Musketeers: Adventure of Aramis

1989

Urban Square: In Pursuit of Amber poster
5.5

Ryou Matsumoto is a screenplay writer that runs into a man and witnesses his murder. Unknown to him, he gets caught up in an illegal antique ring along with a girl he meets named Yuki. In order to survive, he ends up acting out the "action hero" role that he writes in his screenplays.

Urban Square: In Pursuit of Amber

1986

Space Runaway Ideon: Contact poster
6.3

A movie recap of the Space Runaway Ideon TV Series. Humanity's pursuit of knowledge leads them to the planet Solo, where they find mysterious remains of a long dead alien civilization, including the 3 part super robot 'Ideon', and a powerful warship. Using these, the Earthlings sent to investigate the ruins defend themselves in their constant conflicts against powerful aliens called the Buff Clan, who are in pursuit of 'Id', the mysterious energy that powers the Ideon.

Space Runaway Ideon: Contact

1982

Captain Tsubasa Movie 01: The Great Competition of Europe poster
7.6

Tsubasa and his comrades take on the "All-Europe Boy's Soccer Team", a league of players with skills that they have never seen before in previous matches. Will Team Japan come out on top against this diverse group of players?

Captain Tsubasa Movie 01: The Great Competition of Europe

1985

Anne of Green Gables: Road to Green Gables poster
7.1

In this movie that summarizes the first six episodes of Anne of Green Gables, we follow the story of Anne, an orphan full of imagination. When she arrives at her new home, she learns that sometimes you have to be a sensible person, while her unique character changes, or at least attracts, the people around her.

Anne of Green Gables: Road to Green Gables

1990

Delinquent in Drag poster
5.6

Does being the only guy in an all-girl school sound like paradise? It might be, if the girls knew you were a guy, but to stay in school, teenage brawler Banji can't let can't let anyone find out he isn't just another pretty female face. Not only is he at the bottom of the social pecking order, he must also conceal his masculinity from classmate Otoko, who's stolen his heart, while avoiding the many delinquent gangs of girls who threaten to expose his less-than-feminine charms. Oh, and it's actually co-ed, so...

Delinquent in Drag

1992

Makoto-chan poster
9.0

A series of interconnected vignettes regarding Makoto Sawada, an energetic yet socially inept kindergartner, and his long-suffering family. Makoto strives to receive the title of his school's "Best Child" award, resulting in chaos and misunderstandings wherever he goes.

Makoto-chan

1980