Ikue Ōtani Facts for Kids

In this Japanese name, the family name is Ōtani.

The native form of this personal name is Ōtani Ikue. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Quick facts for kids Ikue Ōtani
大谷育江
Born	(1965-08-18) August 18, 1965 (age 59) Tokyo, Japan
Other names	Ikue Ootani Ikue Ohtani Iku-chan
Occupation	Actress voice actress
Years active	1986–present
Agent	Mausu Promotion
Notable work	Pokémon as Pikachu One Piece as Tony Tony Chopper Detective Conan as Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Persona 5 as Morgana
Height	150 cm (4 ft 11 in)

Ikue Ōtani (大谷育江, born August 18, 1965) is a famous Japanese actress. She is best known for her amazing voice acting in many popular anime shows and movies. She gives life to characters by using her voice.

Ikue Ōtani is especially famous for voicing Pikachu in the Pokémon series. She also voices Tony Tony Chopper in One Piece. Other well-known roles include Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya in Detective Conan and Morgana in Persona 5. She can voice both boy and girl characters. Sometimes, she even voices many different characters in the same show! She was born in Tokyo, Japan, but grew up in Niigata Prefecture. Her nickname is "Iku-chan".

Voice Acting Roles
Other Works
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Voice Acting Roles

Ikue Ōtani has voiced many characters in different types of shows and games. Here are some of her most notable roles.

Anime TV Shows

Ikue Ōtani has been a voice actress for television anime since 1986. She has voiced characters in many long-running and popular series.

Detective Conan (1996–present) as Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya
Pokémon (1997–present) as Pikachu
One Piece (1999–present) as Tony Tony Chopper
Ojamajo Doremi series (1999) as Hana-chan
Naruto (2003) as Konohamaru Sarutobi
Zatch Bell! (2003) as Zatch Bell
Smile PreCure! (2012) as Candy
Persona 5: The Animation (2018–2019) as Morgana
Pokémon Horizons: The Series (2023) as Captain Pikachu

Anime Movies

She has also voiced characters in many animated films. These include movies based on popular TV shows.

My Neighbor Totoro (1988) – A Girl
Detective Conan films (1997–present) – Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya
Pokémon films (1998–present) – Pikachu
One Piece films (2002–present) – Tony Tony Chopper
Mary and the Witch's Flower (2017) – Tib-cat
Doraemon: Nobita's Chronicle of the Moon Exploration (2019) – Aru

Video Games

Ikue Ōtani has lent her voice to many video game characters. Some of these games are very famous worldwide.

Battle Stadium D.O.N as Tony Tony Chopper
Cookie Run: Kingdom as Pancake Cookie
Corpse Party series as Sachiko Shinozaki
Detective Conan: Tsuioku no Mirajiyu as Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya
Fire Emblem Awakening as Tiki
League of Legends as Teemo
Mega Man Legends series as Data, Bon Bonne
One Piece series as Tony Tony Chopper
Persona 5 as Morgana
Pokémon series as Pikachu
Super Smash Bros. series as Pikachu
Tales of the Abyss as Ion, Sync, Florian

Dubbing Roles

Ikue Ōtani also voices characters in Japanese versions of foreign movies and TV shows. This is called dubbing.

The Addams Family (1991) as Pugsley Addams
Forrest Gump (1994) as Forrest Gump Junior
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) as Cindy Lou Who
Stuart Little (1999) as George Little
Uptown Girls (2003) as Laraine "Ray" Schleine
Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015) as Dennis
Detective Pikachu (2019) as Detective Pikachu
Elemental (2023) as Clod
One Piece (2023) as Young Sanji

Other Works

Ikue Ōtani also voices characters for other projects.

Sanrio character ("Cinnamoroll") as Chiffon, Milk

Ikue Ōtani facts for kids

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