Megumi Hayashibara

Megumi Hayashibara
Megumi Hayashibara
林原めぐみ
Born	March 30, 1967 (age 57); Kita, Tokyo, Japan
Other names	MEGUMI
Occupations	Voice actress; singer; lyricist; radio personality;
Years active	1986–present
Agent	Woodpark Office
Notable credits	Neon Genesis Evangelion as Rei Ayanami; Slayers as Lina Inverse; Hello Kitty as Hello Kitty; Detective Conan as Ai Haibara; Ranma ½ as Ranma Saotome (female and child); Cowboy Bebop as Faye Valentine; Pokémon as Musashi/Jessie; Saber Marionette J as Lime; Magical Princess Minky Momo (1991) as Minky Momo of Marinarsa; Mashin Hero Wataru series as Himiko Shinobibe; Sailor Moon Cosmos as Sailor Galaxia;
Height	155 cm (5 ft 1 in)
Children	1
Japanese name
Hiragana	はやしばらめぐみ
Katakana	ハヤシバラメグミ
Romanization
Transcriptions
Romanization	Hayashibara Megumi
Website	king-cr.jp/artist/hayashi/index.html

Megumi Hayashibara (林原めぐみ, Hayashibara Megumi, born March 30, 1967) is a Japanese voice actress, singer, lyricist and radio personality from Kita ward in Tokyo and is affiliated with self-founded Woodpark Office.^[1] One of the most prominent Japanese voice actresses since the 1990s, Hayashibara is best known for her roles in Neon Genesis Evangelion, Saber Marionette J, Magical Princess Minky Momo, Mashin Hero Wataru, Ranma ½ along with Noriko Hidaka, Kikuko Inoue, Minami Takayama & Rei Sakuma, Cowboy Bebop, Slayers, Detective Conan, Pokémon, All Purpose Cultural Catgirl Nuku Nuku, Hello Kitty, Video Girl Ai, Chihar Reicha and Biker Girl alongside with Kenichi Suzumura, Shinichiro Miki, Neya Michiko and Kazusa Murai in BOYS BE and Anna Kyoyama alongside with Yūko Satō, Yōko Hikasa, Inuko Inuyama, Masahiko Tanaka & Yūji Ueda in Shaman King where she also performs the opening themes for the 2001 series, Over Soul and Northern Lights, as well as the 2021 adaptations theme Soul Salvation & & Sailor Galaxia in Sailor Moon Cosmos.^[2]

^ ^a ^b Doi, Hitoshi. "Hayashibara Megumi". Seiyuu Database. Archived from the original on 2014-01-25. Retrieved 2014-01-24.
^ "林原めぐみ(MEGUMI HAYASHIBARA)". King Records (in Japanese). Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved July 9, 2021.