Yoshiko Sakakibara

Acting

Yoshiko Sakakibara

Born 1956-05-31 · Senzoku, Taito, Tokyo, Japan

Yoshiko Sakakibara (榊原 良子, Sakakibara Yoshiko, May 31, 1956) is a Japanese actress, voice actress (seiyuu) and narrator. She was born in Senzoku, Taitō City, Tokyo, and grew up in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture. She was formerly affiliated with Production Baobab, Tokyo Actor's Life Cooperative (Haikyo) and Combination (until November 1, 2017). She is currently freelance. On February 16, 2021, she received the Kazue Takahashi Award at the 15th Seiyuu Awards. Her notable roles include Furōre in God Mars (her debut as a seiyuu), Lady Armaroid in Space Adventure Cobra, Kushana in Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Haman Karn in Mobile Suit Z Gundam and Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ, and Nagumo Shinobu in Patlabor.

Acting credits

Warriors of the Wind poster
7.9

After a global war, the seaside kingdom known as the Valley of the Wind remains one of the last strongholds on Earth untouched by a poisonous jungle and the powerful insects that guard it. Led by the courageous Princess Nausicaä, the people of the Valley engage in an epic struggle to restore the bond between humanity and Earth.

Warriors of the Wind

1984

Mononoke the Movie: Chapter II - The Ashes of Rage poster
7.2

The Medicine Seller returns as the Edo harem faces a new crisis, with family feuds, inner turmoil and fiery envy igniting the birth of a raging spirit.

Mononoke the Movie: Chapter II - The Ashes of Rage

2025

Ghost in the Shell 2.0 poster
7.4

In the year 2029, Section 9, a group of cybernetically enhanced cops, are called in to investigate and stop a highly-wanted hacker known as 'The Puppetmaster'.

Ghost in the Shell 2.0

2008

Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence poster
7.4

Cyborg detective Batou is assigned to investigate a series of murders committed by gynoids—doll-like cyborgs, which all malfunctioned, killed, then self-destructed afterwards. The brains of the gynoids initialize in order to protect their manufacturer's software, but in one gynoid, which Batou himself neutralized, one file remains: a voice speaking the phrase "Help me."

Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence

2004

Detective Conan: Sunflowers of Inferno poster
6.1

Conan tries to track down Kaito Kid, who supposedly steals a replica of one of Van Gogh's Sunflowers paintings during an auction.

Detective Conan: Sunflowers of Inferno

2015

Vampire Hunter D poster
6.6

In a far-future time ruled by the supernatural, a young girl requests the help of a vampire hunter to kill the vampire who has bitten her and thus prevent her from becoming a vampire herself.

Vampire Hunter D

1985

PSYCHO-PASS: The Movie poster
7.0

In a futuristic Japan, the Sibyl System is charged with keeping the peace. When the state of SEAUn brings the Sibyl System in to test its effectiveness, it becomes a haven of peace and safety—for a time. Eventually, terrorists from SEAUn begin appearing in Japan, somehow slipping through the System's security and attacking from within. Desperate for answers, Inspector Akane Tsunemori is sent overseas to bring the terrorists to justice. But when her investigation forces her into a standoff with an old ally, will she be able to pull the trigger?

PSYCHO-PASS: The Movie

2015

Patlabor: The Movie poster
6.9

A mysterious suicide and a series of unmanned robot run-aways sparks off a Police investigation into the suspicious software on-board thousands of industrial robots around Tokyo.

Patlabor: The Movie

1989

Detective Conan: Strategy Above the Depths poster
6.9

Fifteen years ago in a barren stretch of the Pacific, a cruise ship collided with an iceberg and was lost at sea. More than a decade later, Hideto Yashiro—a ship engineer—died in a fatal car accident. The unlikely connection between these events only comes to light on the luxury liner St. Aphrodite during her maiden voyage. Aboard it on a much needed vacation, Kogorou Mouri, his daughter Ran, Conan Edogawa, and the Detective Boys enjoy a trip provided by Sonoko Suzuki's family. But their fun is soon cut short when a game of hide-and-seek leads to Sonoko's disappearance.

Detective Conan: Strategy Above the Depths

2005

Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack poster
7.2

In UC 0093, the Federation has recovered from its defeat and has created a new anti-colonial special forces unit to deal with rebel forces: Londo Bell. Elsewhere in space, Char Aznable reappears out of self-imposed hiding with a declaration that he now commands his own Neo-Zeon movement, and intends to force the emigration of Earth's inhabitants to space by bringing about an apocalypse.

Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack

1988

Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam - A New Translation III: Love is the Pulse of the Stars poster
6.1

Universal Century 0087, Char Aznable has now become the leader of the AEUG. Scirocco, the man from Jupiter, schemes to seize control of the Titans. Haman, the Axis leader, is attempting to restore the Zabi family. Through politics and strategy, these three powers struggle for dominion over the Earth Sphere. The war builds to a deadly endgame around the space colony Gryps 2, which has been converted into a giant laser cannon. What destiny awaits Kamille at the end of the conflict? This is the final part of the Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam feature trilogy, which features enhanced animation and theme songs by GACKT.

Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam - A New Translation III: Love is the Pulse of the Stars

2006

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society poster
7.5

The story takes place in the year 2034, two years after the events in Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG. Female cyborg Major Motoko Kusanagi has left Public Security Section 9, an elite counter-terrorist and anti-crime unit specializing in cyber-warfare, which has expanded to a team of 20 field operatives with Togusa acting as the field lead.

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society

2007

Mononoke the Movie: Chapter III - The Curse of the Serpent poster
10.0

Peace returns to Edo Castle's Ooku, but ominous signs persist. The Medicine Seller uncovers the origins of a deadly conspiracy rooted in a 150-year-old secret involving the Ooku's creation, ancient grudges, and hidden truths. He faces the powerful serpent god, embodying the Ooku's dark history, risking everything to stop it.

Mononoke the Movie: Chapter III - The Curse of the Serpent

2026

Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam - A New Translation II: Lovers poster
6.3

Universal Century 0087. As the civil war between the AEUG and the Titans continues, Kamille meets a mysterious girl named Four. But his encounter with Four, one of the Titans' "cyber-Newtypes," fills his heart with anguish. The grief-stricken Kamille fights his way back to space to find the new mobile suit Zeta Gundam waiting for him. Meanwhile, Paptimus Scirocco, the man from Jupiter, has added his strength to that of the Titans. And a third power is finally making its move, in the form of the Zeon remnants of Axis... With enhanced animation and a theme song by GACKT, the tragic romance of Kamille and Four unfolds in this second part of the Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam feature trilogy.

Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam - A New Translation II: Lovers

2005

Mobile Suit SD Gundam's Counterattack poster
6.1

The first theatrically release of the SD Gundam series. Contains two shorts, "The Storm-Calling School Festival" and "The Tale of the SD Warring States: The Chapter of the Violent Final Sky Castle".

Mobile Suit SD Gundam's Counterattack

1989

Patlabor 2: The Movie poster
7.4

A Japanese police unit who use giant anthropomorphic robots (called Labors) is caught up in a political struggle between the civilian authorities and the military when a terrorist act is blamed on an Air Force jet. With the aid of a government agent, the team gets close to a terrorist leader to stop things from going out of control when after the military is impelled to impose martial law.

Patlabor 2: The Movie

1993

Devilman - Volume 2: Demon Bird poster
7.0

Akira Fudo (aka Devil Man) fights more demons trying to kill him. The strongest enemy sent from the demon's world is Silen, the demon bird.

Devilman - Volume 2: Demon Bird

1990

Digimon Adventure poster
7.6

Two children receive a strange egg that hatches into their very first Digimon, leading to the night that would change their lives forever.

Digimon Adventure

1999

Psalms of Planets Eureka Seven: Good Night, Sleep Tight, Young Lovers poster
6.3

Renton, son of scientists, and Eureka, a girl who can't live under the sun, are raised together when very young and become very attached to each other. One day, Eureka is taken away. Powerless at the time, Renton vows to rescue her. He enters the military and is soon is assigned to the Independent Youths Unit 303 of the First Mobile Forces thanks to his exceptional performance alongside his Nirvash, a bio-mechanical armor/control system. Unknown to Renton, lies a plot to extinguish the alien invasion that is currently happening involving not only him, but Eureka too.

Psalms of Planets Eureka Seven: Good Night, Sleep Tight, Young Lovers

2009

Space Adventure Cobra poster
6.7

Cobra, a notorious space pirate, is enlisted by bounty hunter Jane to rescue her sister from the strange being known as Crystal Bowie, but then finds himself drawn into a complex struggle over the fate of a mysterious wandering planet.

Space Adventure Cobra

1982

Black Magic M-66 poster
6.3

A top-secret weapon escapes from military custody ready to destroy its pre-programmed target. The nosy freelance reporter who shows up to cover the story lands herself at the center of something even more dangerous than the international scandal she signed up for.

Black Magic M-66

1987

Port Arthur poster
7.4

Depicts the bloody siege of the fortress of Port Arthur, one of the most strongly fortified positions in the world, during the Russo-Japanese War of (1904 - 1905). In the story dominated the character Lt Takeshi Kogyo (Teruhiko Aoi), teachers, and a reserve officer who became commander of the platoon and later company. At the same time monitors the conduct of the army commander general Nogi (Tatsuya Nakadai), which was commissioned of the emperor Matsuhito (Toshirô Mifune) to the conquest of the fort.

Port Arthur

1980

You're Under Arrest: The Motion Picture poster
6.0

Officers Tsujimoto and Kobayakawa are transferred back to Bokuto Police Station after stints in other police departments. Shortly after this, the discovery of smuggled firearms and the recovery of a magnetic disc herald new troubles for Bokuto station as the Chief is thrown in jail for keeping silent over "Bee Number One", developed by Detective Emoto who went missing two years ago.

You're Under Arrest: The Motion Picture

1999

Harmony poster
6.8

Set in a future world. Japan has created a great medical technology that controls ethics, health, and social interaction to create a perfect world. Three young girls attempt to stand up to this by committing suicide, but it doesn't work. Years later, Tuan, one of the girls who attempted suicide must prevent a crisis that threatens this "perfect" world.

Harmony

2015