# Satomi Kōrogi (興梠 さとみ)
**Satomi Kōrogi** (興梠 さとみ; born 1962), known professionally by the hiragana spelling こおろぎさとみ, is a Japanese voice actress and narrator affiliated with Production Baobab. She is known for voicing babies, young children, and animals, including Himawari Nohara in *Crayon Shin-chan*, Goma-chan in *Shonen Ashibe*, Togepi, Pichu, and Mew in the *Pokémon* series, and Chi in *Chi's Sweet Home*.[1](https://tower.jp/artist/info/280159) • [2](https://pro-baobab.jp/actor/%E3%81%93%E3%81%8A%E3%82%8D%E3%81%8E-%E3%81%95%E3%81%A8%E3%81%BF/)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 1962, Tokyo (Mitaka per her CD Journal profile)[1](https://tower.jp/artist/info/280159) |
| Real name | 興梠さとみ (Kōrogi Satomi); she performs under the hiragana spelling こおろぎさとみ[1](https://tower.jp/artist/info/280159) |
| Agency | Production Baobab[2](https://pro-baobab.jp/actor/%E3%81%93%E3%81%8A%E3%82%8D%E3%81%8E-%E3%81%95%E3%81%A8%E3%81%BF/) |
| Debut | 1988, as the lamb (こひつじ) in *Soreike! Anpanman*; first regular role was Hanako in *Hai! Akko desu*[3](https://www.fashion-press.net/profiles/6812) |
| Signature roles | Himawari Nohara (*Crayon Shin-chan*), Goma-chan (*Shonen Ashibe*), Togepi/Pichu/Mew (*Pokémon*), Chi (*Chi's Sweet Home*), Ushio Okazaki (*Clannad*), Frosch (*Fairy Tail*), Tweety (Japanese dub of *Looney Tunes*)[2](https://pro-baobab.jp/actor/%E3%81%93%E3%81%8A%E3%82%8D%E3%81%8E-%E3%81%95%E3%81%A8%E3%81%BF/) |
| Dubbing | Parker Scavo in *Desperate Housewives*, Nikki and Alex in *Full House*, Kathleen Kelly (Meg Ryan) in *You've Got Mail*, Prince Kyonwon in *Dae Jang Geum*[2](https://pro-baobab.jp/actor/%E3%81%93%E3%81%8A%E3%82%8D%E3%81%8E-%E3%81%95%E3%81%A8%E3%81%BF/) |
| Reported height | 146 cm; blood type A[4](https://www.hibikiforum.net/index.php?title=Koorogi_Satomi) |
## Early life and training
Kōrogi was born in 1962. Her profile at CD Journal and [Tower Records](https://www.edgepedia.org/tower-records) places her birthplace in Mitaka, Tokyo, while the HIBIKIFORUM database lists Musashino, Tokyo, and the allcinema database lists [Chiba Prefecture](https://www.edgepedia.org/chiba-prefecture); the Tokyo sources are the ones most often reproduced.[1](https://tower.jp/artist/info/280159) • [4](https://www.hibikiforum.net/index.php?title=Koorogi_Satomi) • [5](https://www.allcinema.net/person/pdf/129858) Her surname, 興梠, is an uncommon reading (こうろぎ) that she kept by writing her stage name in hiragana.[6](https://anibase.net/ja/people/lBk5D/%E3%81%93%E3%81%8A%E3%82%8D%E3%81%8E%E3%81%95%E3%81%A8%E3%81%BF)
**From kindergarten teacher to voice actress.** After high school she entered the early-childhood education department of a junior college and worked as a kindergarten teacher, holding a second-class kindergarten teacher license.[1](https://tower.jp/artist/info/280159) • [7](https://asuneta.com/archives/95269) Watching the 1986 theatrical anime *Arion*, directed by Mitsuteru... the film directed by [Yoshikazu Yasuhiko](https://www.edgepedia.org/yoshikazu-yasuhiko), rekindled the ambition she had set aside in high school, and she began attending a training school while working part-time jobs, including at a post office, a restaurant, and as an office worker and secretary, to pay for it herself after her father opposed the plan.[3](https://www.fashion-press.net/profiles/6812) She studied at Art Academy and then Baobab Gakuen (now the Visual Space Actor Training School), entering Production Baobab as a member of its fifth class.[3](https://www.fashion-press.net/profiles/6812)
## Career and signature roles
Her debut came in 1988 as the lamb in the television anime *Soreike! Anpanman*, and her first regular role was Hanako in *Hai! Akko desu* (1988–1992).[3](https://www.fashion-press.net/profiles/6812) In 1992 she took the lead role of Natsumi Mizuki in *Mama wa Shōgaku 4-nensei*, and in the same year began voicing Himawari Nohara, the baby sister of the protagonist in *Crayon Shin-chan*, a role she has continued in the television series and its theatrical films.[2](https://pro-baobab.jp/actor/%E3%81%93%E3%81%8A%E3%82%8D%E3%81%8E-%E3%81%95%E3%81%A8%E3%81%BF/) • [8](https://animecca.jp/ja/people/%E3%81%93%E3%81%8A%E3%82%8D%E3%81%8E%E3%81%95%E3%81%A8%E3%81%BF) According to a Fashion Press profile, the Himawari role was not won through an audition; she was simply told she would take it over from the next day, and it became her signature part.[3](https://www.fashion-press.net/profiles/6812)
**Babies and animals.** Kōrogi's voice work centers on characters who speak little or not at all: Goma-chan, the baby spotted seal of *Shonen Ashibe*; Togepi, Pichu, and Mew in the *Pokémon* franchise, including Misty's Togetic in the television series; Chi, the kitten of *Chi's Sweet Home*; Ushio Okazaki, the young daughter in *Clannad: After Story*; Frosch, the talking cat-like mage in *Fairy Tail*; Umgon, the horse-shaped mamodo in *[Zatch Bell!](https://www.edgepedia.org/zatch-bell)*; and Chuchu, the squirrel in *Revolutionary Girl Utena*.[1](https://tower.jp/artist/info/280159) • [2](https://pro-baobab.jp/actor/%E3%81%93%E3%81%8A%E3%82%8D%E3%81%8E-%E3%81%95%E3%81%A8%E3%81%BF/) • [9](https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Satomi_Koorogi) She has said that when playing babies she listens to the natural sounds real infants make rather than manufacturing a cute voice, and that she is more at ease with roles expressed through sound effects than with dialogue-heavy parts.[3](https://www.fashion-press.net/profiles/6812)
Her range extends beyond infants and animals. She voiced May in the *Guilty Gear Xrd* fighting games, the Dormouse in *Granblue Fantasy*, Zen-Oh in *Dragon Ball Super*, and Mint Adnade in *Tales of Phantasia*, and she has appeared in *Pop Team Epic* (as Popuko in episode 7A) and *Blood Blockade Battlefront* (as the Paranoid King Aligura).[2](https://pro-baobab.jp/actor/%E3%81%93%E3%81%8A%E3%82%8D%E3%81%8E-%E3%81%95%E3%81%A8%E3%81%BF/) • [10](https://www.mobygames.com/person/452851/satomi-korogi/credits/sort%3Adate/) • [11](https://full-house.info/dubber_kourogi-satomi/)
## Dubbing and narration
Kōrogi dubs foreign films and television series, often children and young characters. Her agency lists Parker Scavo in *Desperate Housewives*, the twins Nikki and Alex in *Full House*, Kathleen Kelly ([Meg Ryan](https://www.edgepedia.org/meg-ryan)) in *You've Got Mail*, Ada in *Ponette*, Patricia Whitmore in *Independence Day*, and Lottie in *A Little Princess*, as well as Prince Kyonwon in the [Korean drama](https://www.edgepedia.org/korean-drama) *Dae Jang Geum*.[2](https://pro-baobab.jp/actor/%E3%81%93%E3%81%8A%E3%82%8D%E3%81%8E-%E3%81%95%E3%81%A8%E3%81%BF/) She also voices Tweety in the Japanese dub of *Looney Tunes*.[2](https://pro-baobab.jp/actor/%E3%81%93%E3%81%8A%E3%82%8D%E3%81%8E-%E3%81%95%E3%81%A8%E3%81%BF/) As a narrator she has provided descriptive (barrier-free) narration for Nippon Television dramas such as *Doroke* and *35-sai no Shōjo*, and she has appeared on NHK's preschool program *Okaasan to Issho*.[2](https://pro-baobab.jp/actor/%E3%81%93%E3%81%8A%E3%82%8D%E3%81%8E-%E3%81%95%E3%81%A8%E3%81%BF/) • [12](https://thetv.jp/person/0000034986/)
## Personal life
Her listed hobbies are gardening and reading, and her skills include piano, guitar, skiing, and snorkeling; her agency's profile lists her special skill as turning away sales calls in a child's voice.[2](https://pro-baobab.jp/actor/%E3%81%93%E3%81%8A%E3%82%8D%E3%81%8E-%E3%81%95%E3%81%A8%E3%81%BF/) • [12](https://thetv.jp/person/0000034986/) Database listings record that she has used the aliases Jun Asano, Rie Nakagi, Madoka Misono, and Haruka Kawai for work on adult content.[13](https://www.faacd.com/details/16464)
## References
1. [こおろぎさとみのプロフィール, TOWER RECORDS ONLINE (CD Journal)](https://tower.jp/artist/info/280159)
2. [こおろぎ さとみ Koorogi Satomi, ぷろだくしょんバオバブ official profile](https://pro-baobab.jp/actor/%E3%81%93%E3%81%8A%E3%82%8D%E3%81%8E-%E3%81%95%E3%81%A8%E3%81%BF/)
3. [こおろぎさとみのプロフィール・経歴・出演映画, Fashion Press](https://www.fashion-press.net/profiles/6812)
4. [Koorogi Satomi, HIBIKIFORUM](https://www.hibikiforum.net/index.php?title=Koorogi_Satomi)
5. [こおろぎさとみ, allcinema](https://www.allcinema.net/person/pdf/129858)
6. [こおろぎさとみ, anibase](https://anibase.net/ja/people/lBk5D/%E3%81%93%E3%81%8A%E3%82%8D%E3%81%8E%E3%81%95%E3%81%A8%E3%81%BF)
7. [こおろぎさとみ、かないみかと似てる？, アスネタ](https://asuneta.com/archives/95269)
8. [こおろぎさとみの出演アニメ・代表作, animecca](https://animecca.jp/ja/people/%E3%81%93%E3%81%8A%E3%82%8D%E3%81%8E%E3%81%95%E3%81%A8%E3%81%BF)
9. [Satomi Koorogi, Bulbapedia](https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Satomi_Koorogi)
10. [Satomi Korogi - Video Game Credits, MobyGames](https://www.mobygames.com/person/452851/satomi-korogi/credits/sort%3Adate/)
11. [こおろぎさとみ, full-house.info](https://full-house.info/dubber_kourogi-satomi/)
12. [こおろぎさとみのプロフィール, WEBザテレビジョン](https://thetv.jp/person/0000034986/)
13. [Satomi Korogi 人物百科资料及影视作品, 影迷之家](https://www.faacd.com/details/16464)
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