Rumi Ochiai
Japanese actress and voice actress
Rumi Ochiai (落合 るみ, Ochiai Rumi) is a Japanese actress and voice actress from Aichi Prefecture, Japan. She is currently affiliated with Theatre Company Subaru. After the death of Sumiko Shirakawa in 2015, she took over her role as Hiroshi Nakajima in Sazae-san. She is best known as being the Japanese voice of Rouge the Bat in the Sonic franchise, since the character's introduction in Sonic Adventure 2.
Biography
Ochiai was raised in Kanazawa, Nishinomiya and Yokohama and graduated from Yokohama Seiryo High School. She owns a dog named Lomé (ロメ).
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