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Natsume's Book of Friends

2008

Natsume Takashi has the ability to see spirits, which he has long kept secret. However, once he inherits a strange book that belonged to his deceased grandmother, Reiko, he discovers the reason why spirits surround him.

Miyuki Sawashiro

Cast · Known for DARK MACHINE THE ANIMATION, From Me to You: Kimi ni Todoke, Monogatari

Miyuki Sawashiro is a Japanese voice actress and narrator affiliated with Aoni Production. She has voiced in a number of Japanese anime dubs including as Petit Charat/Puchiko in Di Gi Charat, Mint in Galaxy Angel, Beelzebub in Beelzebub, Celty Sturluson in Durarara!!, Kurapika in Hunter x Hunter, Sinon in Sword Art Online, Ayane Yano in Kimi ni Todoke, Fujiko Mine in later installments of Lupin the Third, Queen in Mysterious Joker, Jun Sasada in Natsume's Book of Friends, Shinku in Rozen Maiden, Haruka Nanami in Uta no Prince-sama, Kotoha Isone in Yozakura Quartet, Kanbaru Suruga in Bakemonogatari, Jun Kanzato in Persona: Trinity Soul, and Lag Seeing in Tegami Bachi.

Takahiro Omori

Director · Known for Natsume's Book of Friends

Takahiro Omori (大森 貴弘, Ōmori Takahiro) (born June 25, 1965) is a Japanese animator, storyboard writer, and director. He has directed many anime series, including Fancy Lala, Koi Kaze, Gakuen Alice, Hell Girl, Natsume's Book of Friends, Baccano!, Durarara!! and Samurai Flamenco. Description above from the Wikipedia article Takahiro Omori, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Hiroshi Kamiya

Cast · Known for BLUE LOCK, Fate/stay night, Attack on Titan

Hiroshi Kamiya is a Japanese voice actor, singer and narrator affiliated with Aoni Production. He is best known for being the voice of Choromatsu Matsuno from Osomatsu-san, Takashi Natsume from Natsume Yūjin Chō, Seijuro Akashi from Kuroko's Basketball, Levi Ackerman from Attack on Titan, Mephisto Pheles from Blue Exorcist, Yuzuru Otonashi from Angel Beats!, Yato from Noragami, Nozomu Itoshiki from Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei, Koyomi Araragi from the Monogatari series, Sōma from Working!!, Izaya Orihara from Durarara!!, Trafalgar Law from One Piece, Tieria Erde from Mobile Suit Gundam 00, and Kinshirō Kusatsu from Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE!. He won "Best Lead Actor" and "Best Personality" at the Third Seiyu Awards, and "Best Supporting Actor" at the Second Seiyu Awards. He hosts radio show Dear Girl Stories along with voice actor Daisuke Ono.

Natsumi Takagi

Cast · Known for World Wonder Ring Stardom

Natsumi Takagi, better known as Natsupoi, is a Japanese professional wrestler and singer currently signed to World Wonder Ring Stardom. After debuting with Actwres Girl'Z in 2015, she spent time wrestling across the Japanese independent scene and Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling, where she became the inaugural International Princess Champion, before joining Stardom full-time in 2020. Initially a member of Donna Del Mondo, she made a shocking jump to Cosmic Angels in 2022 and has since become one of the promotion's biggest stars. Since arriving in Stardom, Natsupoi has captured the Wonder of Stardom, High Speed, Goddesses of Stardom, and two Artist of Stardom Championships while also making appearances for New Japan Pro-Wrestling. She was ranked No. 40 in the 2024 PWI Women's 250 and married fellow professional wrestler Shingo Takagi in late 2025.

Chiwa Saito

Cast · Known for Monogatari, Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie -Walpurgisnacht: Rising-, Aria

Chiwa Saito (斎藤 千和, Saitō Chiwa) is a Japanese voice actress employed by I'm Enterprise. Saitō is one half of the voice acting duo "coopee", along with Natsuko Kuwatani. In the "Divine Design" arc of the Getbackers drama CDs, she voices a character who battles the character voiced by Kuwatani. She is a member of the voice acting group "MORE PEACH SUMMER SNOW", alongside Haruna Ikezawa, Mamiko Noto and Ryo Hirohashi. The group began as "MORE PEACH SUMMER", with Ikezawa, Saitō and Noto; all four voiced characters in the Keroro Gunso anime. The quartet's name is based on the names of their respective Sgt. Frog characters: Angol Mois (Noto), Momoka Nishizawa (Ikezawa), Natsumi Hinata (Saitō), and Koyuki Azumaya (Hirohashi).

Sakiko Tamagawa

Cast · Known for Atashin'chi

Sakiko Tamagawa (玉川 砂記子, formerly 玉川 紗己子, Tamagawa Sakiko, born January 20, 1962) is a Japanese actress, voice actress and singer from Tokyo. She is affiliated with Sigma Seven. She voices Rei Kuki in Genji Tsuushin Agedama, Natsumi Tsujimoto in You're Under Arrest, Kazama's mother in Crayon Shin-chan, and Toyama-san in Atashin'chi. Other roles of note include Pirotess in Record of Lodoss War, Cocoa in NG Knight Ramune & 40, Tachikoma in Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Rouge in Starship Girl Yamamoto Yohko, Juiz in Eden of the East, and Jasmine in Cross Ange.

Mariella Balbuena Torres

is a Mexican Luchadora, or female professional wrestler best known under the ring name Mari Apache (sometimes written as "Mary Apache"). She is the daughter of Luchador Gran Apache and the sister of luchadora Faby Apache. She has wrestled for an extended period of time in Japan but is best known for working in Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide along with her father and sister. She is a former one-time AAA Reina de Reinas Champion and a two-time AAA World Mixed Tag Team Champion, having held the title with her father and Halloween. Torres has previously wrestled under the ring name Princesa Apache as well as the enmascarada (masked) characters Love and Lady Venum. In 2017, Apache relocated to Japan, where she began working regularly for World Wonder Ring Stardom. It was also announced that her daughter Natsumi had started training professional wrestling and would debut in Japan. On August 13, Apache defeated Shanna for the High Speed Championship.On September 24, Apache made her first successful title defense on against Hiromi Mimura.On December 24, Apache defeated Starlight Kid for her second successful title defense. On January 21, 2018, at Stardom's seventh anniversary, Apache defeated Kay Lee Ray for her third successful title defense. Apache teamed with her sister Faby Apache on March 31, when they unsuccessfully challenged Hana Kimura and Kagetsu for their Goddess of Stardom Championship. On December 24, Apache lost the championship to Hazuki. Personal life Mariella Torres comes from a wrestling family, she's the oldest daughter of Mario Balbuena González, who wrestled as Gran Apache. Her younger sister Fabiola wrestles as Faby Apache. She is the stepdaughter of Sandra González Calderón, better known as Lady Apache although Torres' father and Lady Apache divorced years ago. Torres also has a younger sister Jessica, who briefly worked as Baby Apache. She is the sister-in-law of wrestler José Roberto Islas García, known as Billy Boy, who was married to Fabiola, as well as the aunt to their son Marvin Mariella Torres trained with her father Mario Balbuena González, better known as Gran Apache, who is one of Mexico's most prolific trainer of female wrestlers. She made her debut in 1996, at the age of 17, working under the ring name Princesa Apache, playing off her father's Native American ring character. Through her father's position with Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide, one of Mexico's largest wrestling promotions, she began working for AAA upon making her debut. In either late 1996 or early 1997 she adopted a new ring character, a masked character called "Love

Natsume Oki

Kyouhei Natsume

Cast · Known for More than a Married Couple, but Not Lovers

Kyouhei Natsume (夏目 響平, Natsume Kyōhei, born October 10) is a Japanese voice actor from Ibaraki Prefecture. He is affiliated with VIMS.

Shinya Natsume

Hina Natsume

Rina Sato

Cast · Known for A Certain Scientific Railgun, A Certain Magical Index, Blue Exorcist

Rina Sato (佐藤 利奈, Satō Rina) is a Japanese voice actress and singer who works for Haikyō. She won the Best Lead Actress Award in the 8th Seiyu Awards. She voiced Tsutako Takeshima in Maria-sama ga Miteru, Negi Springfield in Negima!, Mikoto Misaka in A Certain Magical Index, Rei Hino/Sailor Mars in Sailor Moon Crystal, Touru Taki in Natsume Yūjin-chō and Ayaka Sunohara in Sunohara-Sō no Kanrinin-san. In video games, she voices Yūki Kusakabe in To Heart2, Esty Dee in Atelier, Kaoru Tanamachi in Amagami, Vert (Green Heart) in Hyperdimension Neptunia, and Makoto Niijima in Persona 5.

Megumi Hayashibara

Cast · Known for Ranma1/2, Pokémon Horizons, Detective Conan

Megumi Hayashibara (林原 めぐみ, Hayashibara Megumi, born March 30, 1967) is a Japanese voice actress, singer, radio personality, and lyricist from Tokyo. She is currently affiliated with Aksent. Her nicknames include: Megu-san, Megu-nee, Bara-san, Kakka, and Daijin. She is best known for her roles in Ranma ½ (as Ranma Saotome (female voice)), Neon Genesis Evangelion (as Rei Ayanami), Cowboy Bebop (as Faye Valentine), Slayers (as Lina Inverse), Detective Conan (as Ai Haibara), Pokémon (as Musashi/Jessie of Team Rocket), All Purpose Cultural Catgirl Nuku Nuku (as Atsuko Natsume and her counterpart Atsuko Higuchi from the OVA Nuku Nuku Dash!) and Shaman King (as Anna Kyoyama). She is also a fully qualified and registered nurse.

Maaya Sakamoto

Cast · Known for Black Butler, Monogatari, Fruits Basket

Maaya Sakamoto is a Japanese voice actress and singer. She made her debut as a voice actress in 1992 as the voice of Chifuru in Little Twins, but is better known as voice of Hitomi Kanzaki in The Vision of Escaflowne. Other major roles in anime include Riho Yamazaki in Nightwalker: The Midnight Detective, Moe Katsuragi in Risky Safety, Princess Tomoyo in Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle, Haruhi Fujioka in Ouran High School Host Club, Sayaka Nakasugi in Birdy the Mighty, Ciel Phantomhive in Black Butler, Shinobu Oshino in Monogatari, Shiki Ryougi in the Kara no Kyoukai film series, and Motoko Kusanagi in the newer Ghost in the Shell films and series. In video games she voices Aura and Natsume in .hack, Lisa Hamilton / La Mariposa in Dead or Alive, Aeris in Kingdom Hearts, Aigis in Persona 3, Lightning in Final Fantasy XIII games, Ling Xiaoyu in the Tekken series, and Alisa Illinichina Amiella in God Eater. She has also branched into singing, performing songs in both English and Japanese. She released her debut single "Yakusoku wa Iranai" in collaboration with Yoko Kanno under Victor Entertainment on April 24, 1996. Her singles "Tune the Rainbow", "Loop", "Ame ga Furu", and "Triangler" have all reached the top 10 Oricon singles chart: "Triangler" in particular charted at number 3 and remained charting for 26 weeks. Her albums have had similar success, with Shōnen Alice and Yūnagi Loop both reaching the top 10 Oricon albums chart; and her album You Can't Catch Me, released on January 12, 2011, became her first release to ever reach number 1. She held a concert at the Nippon Budokan on March 31, 2010, her thirtieth birthday. In the Japanese localization of overseas dubs, she has voiced Padme Amidala as presented in the Star Wars films and cartoons, as well as being the dub voice for Natalie Portman on numerous films.

Natsumi Hioka

Natsumi Hioka (日岡 なつみ, Hioka Natsumi, July 15, 1991) is a Japanese voice actress from Sapporo, Hokkaido. She is affiliated with Production Baobab. She became interested in voice acting after watching a late-night anime in high school, after which she decided to enroll in the Tokyo Announce Gakuin College. Her parents were initially negative about her admission, but she allowed her on the condition that it produced results. In high school, she was addicted to The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Macross F, and Eden of the East, while her favorite voice actors were Ryohei Kimura and Saori Hayami. She says she has been reading comics for more than a few years because of the tearful and moving story of Space Brothers. Her favorite food are offal and shiokara, and her favorite artist is the japanese rock band Sakanaction, which are also from Sapporo like herself. She also revealed that the first CD she bought was one by japanese pop singer aiko (Aiko Yanai).

Natsumi Kawaida

Cast · Known for Sparks of Tomorrow, Anyway, I'm Falling in Love with You., Urusei Yatsura

Natsumi Kawaida (川井田 夏海, Kawaida Natsumi, born February 18, 1996) is a Japanese voice actress (seiyuu) from Aichi Prefecture. She belongs to Intention K. In 2009, she appeared in the Marumiya food musical Annie as one of the child actors of the Pepper of the Tomorrow group. Her co-stars in child roles at the time also included Reika Uyama. She attended a workshop at the Intention K agency and made her debut as a voice actress in the TV anime Kira Kira☆PreCure a la Mode in 2017. On September 15 of the same year, she became a member of the same agency and began her career as a professional voice actress. Her first starring role was as Akino in the TV anime series The Concierge.

Natsumi Oshita

Cast · Known for Ranma1/2

Natsumi Oshita (大下 菜摘, Ōshita Natsumi, born September 22) is a Japanese voice actress from Okayama Prefecture who is affiliated with Office Anemone. She was formerly affiliated with WITH LINE, New World Productions, and Moulin Rouge Productions. Her hobbies and special skills include visiting cafes, walking, playing basketball, and speaking the Okayama dialect.

Natsumi Wakasa

Natsumi Wakasa (若佐 なつみ, Wakasa Natsumi, July 28) is a Japanese voice actress from Kanagawa Prefecture who is affiliated with Stay Luck. She is 155cm tall.

Natsumi Fujiwara

Cast · Known for As a Reincarnated Aristocrat, I'll Use My Appraisal Skill to Rise in the World, The Beginning After the End, A Returner's Magic Should Be Special

Natsumi Fujiwara (藤原 夏海, Fujiwara Natsumi, born June 2, 1994) is a Japanese voice actress from Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture. She is managed by the agency Arts Vision. She graduated from Nihon Narration Engi Kenkyujo (Japan Narration Acting Institute) in the same class as Kaede Hondo. In her second year since her debut, she played her first leading role as Chihiro Komiya in the 2016 tv anime Shonen Maid. In 2021, she won the Best New Actress Award at the 15th Seiyu Awards. Her hobbies and special skills are singing, playing catch, high bar (artistic gymnastics), and kendama.

Natsumi Yasue

Director · Known for Puzzle & Dragons

Natsumi

japanese professional wrestler Height: 5’1″ Weight: 115 lbs. Background: Daughter of Mari Apache, trained in Stardom Debut: March 28th, 2018 vs. Io Shirai Promotions Wrestled For: Stardom Notable Partners: Mary Apache (mother)

Natsumi Uchinuma

Director · Known for More than a Married Couple, but Not Lovers

Natsumi Uchida

Cinematographer · Known for HELL MODE: The Hardcore Gamer Dominates in Another World with Garbage Balancing, The Iceblade Sorcerer Shall Rule the World, The Witch and the Beast