Houko Kuwashima is a Japanese voice actress and singer.
Some of Kuwashima's major roles include Sango in InuYasha, Clare in Claymore, and Chizuru Yukimura in Hakuouki: Demon of the Fleeting Blossom.
Roles in the series[]
In the Dead or Alive series, Kuwashima is the current Japanese voice actress for Kasumi, after taking over from her original voice actress, Sakura Tange, due to the latter's first retirement in 2000.
Since Dead or Alive 2 Ultimate, Kuwashima has also been the Japanese voice actress for Kasumi's mother, Ayame. In the same game, she voice Kasumi's clone, Kasumi α
In the Dead or Alive 5 games, she voices Kasumi's two clones.
Game | Release | Roles |
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Dead or Alive 3 | 2001-2002 | Kasumi |
Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball | 2003 | Kasumi |
Dead or Alive 1 Ultimate | 2004-2005 | Kasumi (optional voice; uncredited) |
Dead or Alive 2 Ultimate | 2004-2005 | Kasumi (default voice) Ayame Kasumi α (default voice; uncredited) |
Dead or Alive 4 | 2005-2006 | Kasumi |
Dead or Alive Xtreme 2 | 2006 | Kasumi |
Dead or Alive Online | 2009 | Kasumi (uncredited) |
Dead or Alive Paradise | 2010 | Kasumi |
Dead or Alive Dimensions | 2011 | Kasumi Ayame |
Dead or Alive 5 | 2012 | Kasumi False Kasumi (uncredited) |
Dead or Alive 5+ | 2013 | Kasumi False Kasumi (uncredited) |
Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate | 2013 | Kasumi Phase 4 (released as DLC on June 17, 2014; uncredited) False Kasumi (uncredited) |
Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate Arcade | 2013 | Kasumi (uncredited) Phase 4 (added in 2014; uncredited) |
Dead or Alive 5 Last Round | 2015 | Kasumi Phase 4 False Kasumi (uncredited) |
Dead or Alive Xtreme 3 | 2016 | Kasumi |
Dead or Alive Xtreme Venus Vacation | 2017 | Kasumi |
Dead or Alive 6 | 2019 | Kasumi Phase 4 |
Note that both Tange's and Kuwashima's voice clips for Kasumi are avaliable in Dead or Alive Ultimate and are interchangable through the game's audio settings.
Trivia[]
- Like with many of the Japanese voice actors in the series, Kuwashima is affiliated with Aoni Production.
- It is unknown whether Kuwashima voiced Alpha-152 for the Dead or Alive 5 games as both its Japanese and English voice actors are not credited.
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