
Actress
Yoshiko Sakakibara
- Born: 15 November 1965, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
- Estimated net worth: $1 million
Yoshiko Sakakibara is a prominent Japanese voice actress known for her work in anime and video games. She is most recognized for voicing characters in series like Pokémon, including roles in Pokémon Horizons: The Series. With a career spanning decades, she…
Yoshiko Sakakibara: best films and shows
About Yoshiko Sakakibara
Yoshiko Sakakibara is a prominent Japanese voice actress known for her work in anime and video games. She is most recognized for voicing characters in series like Pokémon, including roles in Pokémon Horizons: The Series. With a career spanning decades, she has built a reputation for her distinct voice and versatility across various genres.
- Born
- 15 November 1965, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
- Known for
- Acting
- Height
- 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)
- Children
- 1 child
- Parents
- Shinobu Sakakibara, Yoshiko Sakakibara
- Estimated net worth
- $1 million
Fun facts about Yoshiko Sakakibara
- Yoshiko Sakakibara has voiced over 100 characters in various anime series and video games.
- She is also known for her work in dubbing foreign films into Japanese.
Famous Yoshiko Sakakibara quotes
“Pikachu, I choose you!”
“I will never give up!”
“It's time to battle!”
Yoshiko Sakakibara filmography
Cast (130)
| Year | Title | Character | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Mononoke the Movie: Chapter III - The Curse of the Serpent Movie | Suikoin (voice) | 9.0 |
| 2026 | Samurai Ballerina -L'étoile de Paris en fleur- Movie | Kunie Sonoi (voice) | 8.5 |
| 2025 | Apocalypse Hotel TV | Mujina (voice) | 8.2 |
| 2025 | Lazarus TV | Millie (voice) | 7.5 |
| 2025 | Once Upon a Witch's Death TV | Faust (voice) | 7.2 |
| 2025 | Mononoke the Movie: Chapter II - The Ashes of Rage Movie | Suikoin (voice) | 7.4 |
| 2024 | T・P BON TV | Akiko Shikishima (voice) | 7.3 |
| 2023 | The Fire Hunter TV | Narrator (voice) | 6.1 |
| 2021 | The Duke of Death and His Maid TV | Narration (voice) | 7.8 |
| 2020 | Akudama Drive TV | Boss (voice) | 7.5 |
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| Year | Title | Character | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | JUJUTSU KAISEN TV | Tengen / Narration (voice) | 8.6 |
| 2020 | JUJUTSU KAISEN TV | Tengen (voice) | 8.6 |
| 2020 | JUJUTSU KAISEN TV | Narration (voice) | 8.6 |
| 2020 | Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon TV | Sesshomaru's Mother (voice) | 8.3 |
| 2020 | The Misfit of Demon King Academy TV | Great War Tree Migelonov (voice) | 8.4 |
| 2019 | Laidbackers Movie | Varanelan (voice) | 5.5 |
| 2016 | The Great Passage TV | Sasaki Kaoru (voice) | 7.0 |
| 2016 | Shonen Maid TV | Kazusa Takatori (voice) | 5.9 |
| 2015 | Harmony Movie | Os Cara Stauffenberg (voice) | 6.8 |
| 2015 | The Next Generation Patlabor: Tokyo War Movie | Shinobu Nagumo (voice) | 6.4 |
| 2015 | Detective Conan: Sunflowers of Inferno Movie | Keiko Anderson (voice) | 6.2 |
| 2015 | Go! Princess PreCure TV | Dyspear (voice) | 8.2 |
| 2015 | PSYCHO-PASS: The Movie Movie | Joushuu Kasei (voice) | 7.0 |
| 2014 | Yona of the Dawn TV | Gigan / Gi-Gan (voice) | 8.3 |
| 2014 | Mitsuwano Movie | Mrs. Okami (voice) | 7.0 |
| 2012 | From the New World TV | Tomiko Asahina (voice) | 7.7 |
| 2012 | GOTHICMADE Movie | Narrator | |
| 2010 | High School of the Dead TV | Yuriko Takagi (voice) | 8.1 |
| 2010 | 学園黙示録 TV | Unknown character | |
| 2010 | Cobra the Animation TV | Armaroid Lady (voice) | 7.3 |
| 2009 | Psalms of Planets Eureka Seven: Good Night, Sleep Tight, Young Lovers Movie | Old Anemone (voice) | 6.3 |
| 2009 | Cobra The Animation: Time Drive Movie | Armaroid Lady | 6.9 |
| 2008 | Cobra the Animation TV | Armaroid Lady (voice) | 7.5 |
| 2008 | Cobra the Animation: The Psycho-Gun Movie | Armaroid Lady | 6.3 |
| 2008 | Cobra The Animation: The Psycho-Gun TV | Lady Armaroid (voice) | 7.0 |
| 2008 | Ghost in the Shell 2.0 Movie | The Puppet Master (voice) | 7.4 |
| 2007 | Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society Movie | Kayabuki (voice) | 7.5 |
| 2006 | Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam - A New Translation III: Love is the Pulse of the Stars Movie | Haman Karn (voice) | 6.1 |
| 2006 | Hellsing Ultimate TV | Sir Integra Fairbrook Wingates Hellsing (voice) | 8.4 |
| 2005 | Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam - A New Translation II: Lovers Movie | Haman Karn (voice) | 6.3 |
| 2005 | Tide-Line Blue TV | Aoi | 7.0 |
| 2005 | Detective Conan: Strategy Above the Depths Movie | Minako Akiyoshi (voice) | 6.9 |
| 2004 | Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence Movie | Haraway (voice) | 7.4 |
| 2003 | Chrono Crusade TV | Sister Kate Valentine | 7.8 |
| 2003 | Moeyo Ken TV | Oryo (voice) | 1.0 |
| 2002 | Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex TV | Kayabuki Youko (voice) | 8.2 |
| 2002 | MiniPato TV | Shinobu Nagumo (voice) | 2.5 |
| 2001 | Hellsing TV | Integra (voice) | 7.9 |
| 2001 | Blue Remains Movie | Mayzamik | 7.5 |
| 2001 | Zone of the Enders: Idolo Movie | Dr. Rachel Links (voice) | 5.9 |
| 2000 | Ghiblies Movie | Yukari-sama (voice) | 5.4 |
| 1999 | Sol Bianca: The Legacy TV | Feb Fall (voice) | 6.0 |
| 1999 | You're Under Arrest: The Motion Picture Movie | Kaoruko Kinoshita (voice) | 6.0 |
| 1999 | Digimon Adventure Movie | Taichi's Mother (voice) | 7.6 |
| 1998 | Princess Nine TV | Keiko Himuro (voice) | 4.8 |
| 1998 | Fancy Lala TV | Mamkio Shinohara (voice) | 8.0 |
| 1998 | Galaxy Express 999: Eternal Fantasy Movie | Helmazaria (voice) | 6.5 |
| 1996 | Blue Seed Beyond TV | Azusa Matsudaira (voice) | 4.0 |
| 1996 | Power Dolls TV | Deborah Hughes | 8.0 |
| 1996 | Special Duty Combat Unit Shinesman TV | Kyoko Sakakibara (voice) | 7.0 |
| 1995 | Golden Boy TV | Kogure's Girl (voice) | 8.2 |
| 1994 | Blue Seed TV | Azusa Matsudaira (voice) | 6.9 |
| 1993 | Patlabor 2: The Movie Movie | Shinobu Nagumo (voice) | 7.4 |
| 1992 | Scramble Wars Movie | Sylia (voice) | 5.8 |
| 1992 | Crying Freeman 5: Abduction in Chinatown Movie | Bugnug (voice) | 5.7 |
| 1991 | Moonlight Pierce Movie | Takao Reisenji (voice) | |
| 1991 | Inferious Interplanetary War Chronicle - Condition Green Movie | Paula (voice) | |
| 1991 | Ninja Gaiden Movie | Sarah (voice) | 6.3 |
| 1991 | Crying Freeman 4: A Taste of Revenge Movie | Bugnug (voice) | 6.6 |
| 1991 | Bubblegum Crash TV | Sylia Stingray (voice) | 6.1 |
| 1991 | Go Nagai World TV | Unknown character | 8.0 |
| 1990 | Patlabor: The New Files TV | Shinobu Nagumo (voice) | 9.8 |
| 1990 | Aries: Shinwa no Seizakyuu TV | Mayako Tsutsumi / Hera | |
| 1990 | Go! Anpanman: Baikinman's Counterattack Movie | Unknown character | 7.7 |
| 1990 | Record of Lodoss War TV | Karla (voice) | 7.5 |
| 1990 | Cyber City Oedo 808 TV | Sarah (voice) | 7.4 |
| 1990 | Cyber City Oedo 808 Movie | Sarah (voice) | 6.9 |
| 1990 | Crying Freeman 3: Shades of Death, Part 2 Movie | Bugnug (voice) | 6.4 |
| 1990 | Guardian of Darkness TV | Unknown character | 4.0 |
| 1990 | Guardian of Darkness - Takegami: War God TV | Sayoko Matsuura | 7.5 |
| 1990 | Devilman - Volume 2: Demon Bird Movie | Silen (voice) | 7.0 |
| 1989 | Aim For The Ace! Final Stage TV | Reika Ryuuzaki | 10.0 |
| 1989 | Patlabor: The TV Series TV | Captain Shinobu Nagumo (voice) | 7.1 |
| 1989 | Patlabor: The Movie Movie | Shinobu Nagumo (voice) | 6.9 |
| 1989 | Mobile Suit SD Gundam's Counterattack Movie | Haman Khan / Qubeley (voice) | 6.1 |
| 1989 | Mobile Suit SD Gundam Mk II Movie | Haman Karn | 5.8 |
| 1989 | Crusher Joe: The OVAs Movie | Tanya (voice) | 7.3 |
| 1989 | Cleopatra D.C. TV | The Strange Woman (voice) | 5.1 |
| 1988 | Crying Freeman TV | Bugnug (voice) | 7.2 |
| 1988 | Maison Ikkoku: The Final Chapter Movie | Sayoko Kuroki (voice) | 7.0 |
| 1988 | Aim for the Ace! Another Match TV | Reika Ryûzaki (voice) | |
| 1988 | Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack Movie | Nanai Miguel (voice) | 7.2 |
| 1988 | Mami the Psychic: Dancing Dolls in a Starry Sky Movie | Mama (voice) | 5.3 |
| 1988 | Mobile Suit SD Gundam Movie | Haman Khan | 5.4 |
| 1988 | Legend of the Galactic Heroes TV | Frederica Greenhill (voice) | 8.6 |
| 1987 | Kaze to Ki no Uta Sanctus: Sei Naru Kana Movie | Arion Rosemariné (voice) | 5.4 |
| 1987 | Devilman TV | Shirenu | 6.5 |
| 1987 | Lady Lady!! TV | (voice) | 6.8 |
| 1987 | Lily C.A.T. Movie | Carolyn (voice) | 5.7 |
| 1987 | Black Magic M-66 Movie | Sybel (voice) | 6.3 |
| 1987 | Mami the Psychic TV | 佐倉菜穂子 | 5.0 |
| 1987 | Bats & Terry Movie | Megumi Battō (voice) | 4.0 |
| 1987 | Bubblegum Crisis TV | Sylia Stingray (voice) | 7.0 |
| 1986 | Twinkle Heart: Gingakei made Todokanai Movie | Cecilian (voice) | 3.7 |
| 1986 | Grey: Digital Target Movie | lala (voice) | 4.8 |
| 1986 | Megazone 23 II Movie | Rayna (voice) | 6.1 |
| 1986 | The Humanoid Movie | Antionette (voice) | 5.7 |
| 1986 | Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ TV | Haman Karn | 7.3 |
| 1986 | Spaceship Sagittarius TV | Helen (voice) | 6.6 |
| 1986 | Spaceship Sagittarius TV | Paranoa (voice) | 6.6 |
| 1985 | Vampire Hunter D Movie | Younger Snake Sister (voice) | 6.6 |
| 1985 | Karuizawa Syndrome Movie | Kaoru Matsunuma (voice) | 5.5 |
| 1985 | Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam TV | Haman Karn | 7.9 |
| 1985 | Area 88 TV | Taeko Yasuda (voice) | 7.7 |
| 1985 | Greed Movie | Innocent A | 6.0 |
| 1985 | Greed Movie | Mimau | 6.0 |
| 1984 | Super Robot Galatt TV | どすこい姉妹 | |
| 1984 | Bagi, the Monster of Mighty Nature Movie | Villager (voice) | 5.1 |
| 1984 | God Mazinger TV | Aira Mu (アイラ・ムー) | 7.4 |
| 1984 | Warriors of the Wind Movie | Kushana (voice) | 7.9 |
| 1983 | Dallos TV | Melinda Hearst (voice) | 6.5 |
| 1983 | Dallos Movie | Melinda Hearst (voice) | 5.6 |
| 1983 | Urusei Yatsura: Only You Movie | Otama | 6.2 |
| 1983 | Future Police Urashiman TV | Josephine Cattsburg | 7.8 |
| 1982 | Space Cobra TV | Armaroid Lady (voice) | 8.2 |
| 1982 | Space Adventure Cobra Movie | Lady Armaroid (voice) | 6.7 |
| 1981 | Six God Combination Godmars TV | Flore (voice) | 6.0 |
| 1980 | Port Arthur Movie | Unknown character | 7.4 |
| 1979 | Run Truck Rascal, Run! Movie | Unknown character | 10.0 |
| 1971 | Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 6 - The Woman's Grudge Spirit Boat Movie | Unknown character |
Latest releases
- Mononoke the Movie: Chapter III - The Curse of the Serpent2026 / TMDB 9.0
- Samurai Ballerina -L'étoile de Paris en fleur-2026 / TMDB 8.5
- Mononoke the Movie: Chapter II - The Ashes of Rage2025 / TMDB 7.4
- Laidbackers2019 / TMDB 5.5
- Harmony2015 / TMDB 6.8
- The Next Generation Patlabor: Tokyo War2015 / TMDB 6.4
Questions about Yoshiko Sakakibara
What are some of Yoshiko Sakakibara's notable roles?
Yoshiko Sakakibara is well-known for her roles in Pokémon, particularly as Jessie from Team Rocket. She has also voiced characters in series like Ranma ½ and Yu Yu Hakusho.
Has Yoshiko Sakakibara won any awards?
Yoshiko Sakakibara has received recognition in the voice acting community, including nominations for various awards, but she has not won major awards like the Anime Awards.
When did Yoshiko Sakakibara start her career?
Yoshiko Sakakibara began her voice acting career in the late 1980s and gained popularity in the 1990s with roles in various anime series.
What is Yoshiko Sakakibara's most successful project?
Her most successful project is her role as Jessie in the Pokémon franchise, which has garnered a large fanbase and significant cultural impact.
Is Yoshiko Sakakibara active in the voice acting industry?
Yes, Yoshiko Sakakibara continues to be active in the voice acting industry, participating in new projects including Pokémon Horizons: The Series.
What is Yoshiko Sakakibara's estimated net worth?
Yoshiko Sakakibara's estimated net worth is around $1 million, reflecting her extensive career in voice acting.
Has Yoshiko Sakakibara worked in any live-action films?
While primarily known for her voice work, Yoshiko Sakakibara has appeared in some live-action projects, though her main focus has been on voice acting.
What genres does Yoshiko Sakakibara typically work in?
Yoshiko Sakakibara typically works in the anime and video game genres, known for her roles in action, adventure, and fantasy series.

