Sailor Jupiter Voice Actress Emi Shinohara Died

Japanese voice actress Emi Shinohara, best known for her work as Sailor Jupiter in the original Sailor Moon, died on September 8, 2024. She was 61 years old. [Thanks, Oricon!]

According to her agency 81 Produce, Shinohara died from illness. However, it didn’t mention what she had. Shinohara made her voice acting debut in 1986. Aside from her work as Sailor Jupiter, Shinohara also voiced Kushina Uzumaki in Naruto: Shippuden, Kaho Mizuki in Cardcaptor Sakura, and Agarte in Tales of Rebirth. She appeared on tokusatsu shows as well, such as when she appeared in Bakuryu Sentai Abaranger as Burstosaur Pternadon.

In her personal life, Shinohara was married to Hiroshi Watari, a fellow voice actor and singer. He’s also a tokusatsu actor. She shared a birthday with fellow Sailor Moon voice actress Rika Fukami (Sailor Venus). The two often held shared birthday celebrations, as well as exchanged birthday congratulations over the phone every year.

Shinohara is not the only high-profile voice actress death in 2024. Earlier this year, Noriko Ohara (Nobita in Doraemon), Tarako (Maruko on Chibi Maruko-chan), Taiki Matsuno (Agumon in Digimon Savers), and Atsuko Tanaka (Bayonetta in Bayonetta) also passed away. With the exception of Ohara, most of them were around sixty years old.

Emi Shinohara died on September 8, 2024 from an unspecified illness.