Moneca Stori | |
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Born | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | January 17, 1970
Occupation | Voice actress / actress (formerly) |
Years active | 1997–2018 |
Moneca Stori (born January 17, 1970) is a Canadian former voice actress known mostly for her role as the original voice of Kagome Higurashi in the English version of Inuyasha , [1] as well as her lead role of Laura Haruna from the long running Hamtaro series. [2] She began her career performing for thousands of children in theater for young audience productions and was also seen in the Vancouver TheatreSports' Jessie Award-winning production of Free Willy Shakespeare. Stori is currently retired as an actress. [3]
Inuyasha is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi. It was serialized in Shogakukan's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday from November 1996 to June 2008, with its chapters collected in 56 tankōbon volumes. The series begins with Kagome Higurashi, a fifteen-year-old middle school girl from modern-day Tokyo who is transported to the Sengoku period after falling into a well in her family shrine, where she meets the half-dog demon, half-human Inuyasha. After the sacred Shikon Jewel re-emerges from deep inside Kagome's body, she inadvertently shatters it into dozens of fragments that scatter across Japan. Inuyasha and Kagome set out to recover Jewel's fragments, and through their quest, they are joined by the lecherous monk Miroku, the demon slayer Sango, and the fox demon Shippō. Together, they journey to restore the Shikon Jewel before it falls into the hands of the evil half-demon Naraku.
Yuki Inoue, better known by her stage name Satsuki Yukino, is a Japanese voice actress from Kyoto. She was a member of Ken Production until 2016.
Richard Ian Cox is a Welsh-born Canadian actor. He is best known for his voice work for English language dubs of anime, mainly for Inuyasha. Cox gained prominence for playing the character of Henry Dailey's teenaged traveller and horse rider, Alec Ramsay, in The Family Channel's Adventures of the Black Stallion during the early 1990s. Cox also gained fame for voicing Ian Kelley, the title character in the animated series Being Ian and for voicing Scattershot, one of the Autobots in the CGI-Animated series Transformers: Cybertron. In 2015, he provided the voice of Lofty in the American dubbed version of the 2015 reboot of the British children's animated television series Bob the Builder taking over from both Sonya Leite, Emma Tate and Lizzie Waterworth. He had a prominent live action role alongside Robin Williams in the 2006 comedy RV. He maintains an active online presence on Tumblr and Twitter as well as Facebook. He hosts his own podcast called The Show.
Inuyasha is a fictional character and the titular protagonist of the manga series Inuyasha, created by Rumiko Takahashi. He is a half-demon, half-human from the Sengoku period of Japan. He later appeared in the anime sequel series Yashahime.
Willow Johnson is a Canadian voice actress who has worked in Vancouver, voicing characters in English language versions of anime and cartoons. She is best known for voicing Kasumi Tendo in the Ranma ½ series, Lalah Sune in the Mobile Suit Gundam series, Kikyo in the Inuyasha series, and Starlight in the My Little Pony Tales series. Her first role in animation was when she was 12 years old in a Canadian show called Camp Candy. She is married to musician Ken LaTour and has one child.
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Inuyasha the Movie: Swords of an Honorable Ruler is a 2003 Japanese animated fantasy adventure film based on Inuyasha manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi. The film is directed by Toshiya Shinohara, written by Katsuyuki Sumisawa, and produced by Sunrise. It was released in Japan on December 20, 2003.
Cathy Weseluck is a Canadian actress and comedian who frequently works with Ocean Productions in Vancouver, British Columbia and is known for her roles as Near in Death Note, Cybersix/Adrian Seidelman in Cybersix, and Spike in Discovery Family's My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic.
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Ginzō Matsuo was a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator who was born in Nakatsu, Oita, Japan as Kōichi Matsuo. He was part of Aoni Production at the time of his death, but he established Gin Production in 1997. He was most known for the roles of Hemu-Hemu and Ginnosuke Nohara.
The Japanese anime television series Inuyasha: The Final Act is a direct sequel to the Inuyasha anime series and is based on the last twenty-one volumes of the Inuyasha manga series by Rumiko Takahashi, continuing where the first adaptation left off. The series follows Inuyasha and his friends, as they search for the last fragments of the Sacred Jewel of Four Souls and approach their final battle with Naraku. Viz Media licensed the series as InuYasha: The Final Act. The original staff and cast from the first Inuyasha anime adaptation were brought back together for the new series. The series premiered first on Nippon TV on October 4, 2009, and concluded first on Yomiuri TV on March 30, 2010, due to Nippon finishing its initial series broadcast days behind Yomiuri due to a 1-week broadcast suspension on January 3, 2010.
Viphada Jatuyosporn is a Thai voice actress. Throughout her life, she has been affiliated with Channel 9 ; she is also affiliated with TIGA, and Dream Express (DEX), where she has worked on numerous of Thai dubbed anime. Before started voice acting, she was worked as copywriter and newsreader in the 1980s, she also worked as director and TV producer for Channel 9. Viphada's first major role was Thai dubbed version of Usagi Tsukino in Sailor Moon aired on Channel 9 in the 1990s. Some of her major roles include Ran Mouri, Ai Haibara, Miwako Sato in Detective Conan series, Nami in One Piece series, Ryoma Echizen in The Prince of Tennis series and Kagome Higurashi in InuYasha.
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Kira Tozer is a Canadian voice actress for cartoons, anime and video games. Her major roles include Minka Mark on Littlest Pet Shop and Kagome Higurashi in the 2012 anime, Inuyasha: The Final Act. She married in 2013.
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Samar Kokash is a Syrian actress.