Yō Inoue 井上 瑤 |
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Born |
Yumi Shitsukawa 漆川 由美 December 4, 1946 Tokyo, Japan |
Died | February 28, 2003 | (aged 56)
Occupation | Voice actress |
Notable credit(s) |
Mobile Suit Gundam as Sayla Mass Urusei Yatsura as Ran High School! Kimengumi as Amanojaku Osomatsu-kun (1988) as Osomatsu Mobile Police Patlabor as Kanuka Clancy Invincible Steel Man Daitarn 3 as Reika Sanjō |
Yumi Shitsukawa (漆川 由美 Shitsukawa Yumi?, December 4, 1946 – February 28, 2003), also known by her stage name Yō Inoue (井上 瑤 Inoue Yō?), was a Japanese voice actress. Inoue was diagnosed with lung cancer in late 2001, underwent treatments during 2002, and her condition deteriorated rapidly in the last month of her life.
At the time of her death she was represented by the Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society. She had previously been represented by Production Baobab, Office Osawa, and others. Her role as Bakura in Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters was replaced by Rika Matsumoto.