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Ryōko Shintani

Japanese voice actress and singer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 5, 2026
Entity authorityQ1143698
Source-derived summary

Ryōko Shintani (新谷良子, Shintani Ryōko; born March 31, 1981) is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Kanazawa, Ishikawa. She is under the Lantis and Vi-vo Recording Label and famous as the voice of Milfeulle Sakuraba in the Galaxy Angel Series. She also sang along with Yukari Tamura, Miyuki Sawashiro, Mayumi Yamaguchi and Mika Kanai as the group Angel-Tai.

Filmography

Dubbing

The Big Bang Theory, Penny (Kaley Cuoco)

Greta, Erica Penn (Maika Monroe)

Into the Blue, Sam Nicholson (Jessica Alba)

Discography

Singles

2003-08-27: Waga mama date show (ワガママ date show)

2003-09-26: Ai no Uta Dakara (あいのうただから)

2003-10-22: ray of sunshine

2004-09-23: Koi no Kōzō/Trickster (恋の構造 / トリックスター)

2004-11-26: Wonderstory/HAPPY END

2005-03-02: Sekai de Ichiban Boku ga Suki! (世界でいちばんボクが好き!) — theme song for Damekko Doubutsu anime television series

2005-10-05: Happiest Princess — opening theme for White Princess the second PS2 game

2006-05-24: CANDY☆POP☆SWEET☆HEART — ending theme for Hime-sama Goyoujin anime television series

2007-06-27: The Lost Symphonies

2008-05-21: crossing days - ending theme for Kure-nai anime television series

2008-10-22: Tsuki to Orgel (月とオルゴール)

2009-06-03: ReTIME

2009-11-25: Piece of love

2010-03-24: Magic Spell

2010-10-06: HONEY TEE PARTY!

2011-10-26: Euphoric Prayer

2012-02-14: AUTOMATIC SENSATION

2010-08-24: HOSHI

Albums

2003-03-07: Pink no Bambi (ピンクのバンビ)

2004-04-28: Fancy Frill (ファンシー☆フリル)

2005-05-25: Pretty Good!

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Ryōko Shintani” as japanese voice actress and singer. 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—1981, 2003, 2004, 2005—that can be checked directly. The authority record carries competing date values—1981-03-31, 1981-03-30—which should remain separate until their references and qualifiers are resolved. The account is most persuasive where Ryōko, Shintani 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 voice actress and singer. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 5, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1143698. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1981, 2003, 2004 and 2005.

Critical limits

A concise life account rarely captures disputed attribution, private networks or the changing language used to describe a career. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from Ryōko Shintani” 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.