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Hisako Kyōda

Japanese actress and voice actress

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 2, 2026
Entity authorityQ9102508 ↗
Source-derived summary

Hisako Kyōda (京田 尚子, Kyōda Hisako; born February 22, 1935) is a Japanese actress and voice actress. Some of her major voice roles include Genkai in Yu Yu Hakusho, Omusubiman in Soreike! Anpanman and Yukari Godai in Maison Ikkoku. Kyōda is affiliated with the talent agency Haikyō.

Filmography

Television animation

Maison Ikkoku (1986) (Yukari Godai)

Anpanman (1988) (Omusubiman)

Ranma ½ (1989) (Sentarō's Grandmother)

Moomin (1990) (The Witch)

Floral Magician Mary Bell (1992) (Grandma Rose)

Yu Yu Hakusho (1992) (Genkai)

Fushigi Yūgi (1995) (Taiitsu-kun)

Sailor Moon SuperS (1995) (Zirconia)

Ojarumaru (1998) (Yoshiko Tanaka)

Vandread (2000) (Magno Vivan)

Inuyasha (2000) (Kaede)

Ashita no Nadja (2003) (Anna Petrova / Granny)

Paranoia Agent (2004) (Old Woman)

Sgt. Frog (2004) (Akina Hinata)

Fafner in the Azure (2004) (Ikumi Nishio)

Tweeny Witches (2004) (Presatio)

D.Grayman (2006) (Mother)

Blade of the Immortal (2008) (Yaobikuni)

Stitch! (2008) (Obaa Kamihara (Grandma))

Shangri-La (2009) (Nagiko Hojo)

Hunter × Hunter (2011) (Ging and Mito's Grandmother)

Natsume Yūjin-chō (2011) (Aokuchinashi)

Yokai Watch (2014) (Narration)

Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon (Kaede)

OVA

Tenchi Muyo! (1992) (Innkeeper)

Theatrical animation

Urusei Yatsura: Only You (1983) (Babara)

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984) (Ōbaba)

Memories (1995) (Grand Mother)

Escaflowne (2000) (Old woman)

Millennium Actress (2001) (Chiyoko's mother)

Fafner in the Azure: Heaven and Earth (2010) (Ikumi Nishio)

Shōwa Monogatari (2011) (Yoshi Yamazaki)

Towa no Quon (2011) (Mayumi Sanada)

Little Witch Academia (2013) (Old teacher)

In This Corner of the World (2016) (Ito Morita)

My Oni Girl (2024) (Gozen)

Video games

Kingdom Hearts II (2005) (Fauna)

Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep (2010) (Fairy Godmother, Fauna)

Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance (2012) (Laverne)

Granblue Fantasy (2016) (Rosine)

Kingdom Hearts III Re Mind (2020) (Fairy Godmother)

Tokusatsu

Android Kikaider (1972) (Crimson Jellyfish (ep. 16), Violet Turban shell (ep. 27))

Ultraman Taro (1973) Piccolo (ep.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Hisako Kyōda” as japanese actress and voice actress. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1935, 1986, 1988, 1989—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1935-02-22. The account is most persuasive where Hisako, Kyōda and Japanese can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as japanese actress and voice actress. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 2, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q9102508. VIAF identifies the subject as 4484164782082308600004. The Library of Congress control number is no2022033476. 3 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1935, 1986, 1988 and 1989.

Critical limits

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This entry incorporates text from “Hisako Kyōda” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.