Taeko Kawata

Taeko Kawata
Place of birth: Tokyo, Japan
Date of birth: 1965-03-20 (age 59)
Role(s): Voice actress
Twitter: @fanfunGarden

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Taeko Kawata (川田 妙子), née Taeko Yamada (山田 妙子), is a freelance female seiyū born in Tokyo. Her last name is sometimes misromanized as "Kawada". Some of her favorite foods are the Japanese pancake, burning meat sushi, and soft-serve ice cream. She stands at 155 centimeters tall (5 feet, 1 inch) and her blood type is O. She was previously affiliated with 81 Produce.

In the Sonic the Hedgehog game series and Sonic X, she provides the voice for Amy Rose. Due to being on maternity leave from 2000-2001, her role was temporarily taken over by actress Emi Motoi for Sonic Shuffle.

Production history

Games

• Sonic Adventure (Dreamcast; 1998) — Japanese character voices (as Taeko Kawada)
• Sonic Adventure 2 (Dreamcast; 2001) — Japanese Character Voices
• Sonic Adventure 2: Battle (GameCube; 2001) — Japanese Character Voices
• Sonic Battle (Game Boy Advance; 2003) — Character Voices (Japanese)
• Sonic Advance 3 (Game Boy Advance; 2004) — Voices (Japanese)
• Shadow the Hedgehog (PlayStation 2; 2005) — Japanese Character Voices
• Shadow the Hedgehog (GameCube; 2005) — Japanese Character Voices
• Shadow the Hedgehog (Xbox; 2005) — Japanese Character Voices
• Sonic Riders (PlayStation 2; 2006) — Japanese Character Voices
• Sonic Riders (GameCube; 2006) — Japanese Character Voices
• Sonic Riders (Xbox; 2006) — Japanese Character Voices
• Sonic Riders (Windows PC; 2006) — Japanese Character Voices
• Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii; 2007) — Japanese Character Voices
• Sonic and the Black Knight (Wii; 2009) — Cast
• Sonic Colours (Nintendo DS; 2010) — Japanese Voices
• Sonic Generations (Steam; 2011) — Japanese Character Voices
• Sonic Generations (Windows PC; 2011) — Japanese Character Voices
• Sonic Generations (Xbox 360; 2011) — Japanese Character Voices
• Sonic Generations (PlayStation 3; 2011) — Japanese Character Voices
• Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (Wii; 2011) — Sega Characters (Japanese)
• Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (Nintendo 3DS; 2012) — Sega Characters (Japanese)
• Sonic Lost World (Wii U; 2013) — Japanese Character Voices
• Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games (Wii U; 2013) — Sega Characters (Japanese)
• Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal (Nintendo 3DS; 2014) — Japanese VO
• Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric (Wii U; 2014) — Japanese VO Actors
• Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice (Nintendo 3DS; 2016) — Japanese VO
• Team Sonic Racing (PlayStation 4; 2019) — Japanese Voice Actors
• Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 (Nintendo Switch; 2019) — SEGA Characters
• Sonic at the Olympic Games (iOS; 2020) — Japanese Voices
• Sonic at the Olympic Games (Android; 2020) — Japanese Voices
• Sonic Frontiers (PlayStation 4; 2022) — Voice Performance - Japanese
• Sonic Frontiers (PlayStation 5; 2022) — Voice Performance - Japanese
• Sonic Frontiers (Nintendo Switch; 2022) — Voice Performance - Japanese
• Sonic X Shadow Generations (PlayStation 5; 2024) — Voice Performance – Japanese
• Sonic X Shadow Generations (Xbox One; 2024) — Voice Performance – Japanese
• Sonic X Shadow Generations (Nintendo Switch; 2024) — Voice Performance – Japanese

Videos

• Sonic X (DVD; More...2003) — エミー (as 川田妙子)

External links

• Taeko Kawata on IMDB