is a Japanese actress and narrator. Throughout her life, she has been affiliated with Production Baobab, 81 Produce and self-owned Office Nozawa; she is also affiliated with Aoni Production. Her late husband, Masaaki Tsukada, was also a voice actor.
Nozawa is the voice of Son Goku, Son Gohan, & Son Goten in the popular anime franchise Dragon Ball. She has also voiced Tetsurō Hoshino (Galaxy Express 999) and Kitarō (GeGeGe no Kitarō, first and second series and Hakaba Kitarō). In addition, she has also voiced two separate characters named "Hiroshi"; a character in Dokonjō Gaeru, and the characters known in the U.S. as "Pidge" and "Haggar" in Hyakujūō Golion. She also voiced Doraemon in the 1973 anime, replacing Kōsei Tomita, who voiced the character in the first 26 episodes. In the 1979 anime, she was replaced by Nobuyo Ōyama, however, Nozawa voiced Doraemon again in a 1988 special entitled Early English with Doraemon.
Career
Throughout her career as a voice actress, she has performed many male roles (most notably as all the male members of Son Goku's family in every piece of Japanese Dragon Ball media, with the exception of Raditz), leading Japanese fans to give her the nickname "The Eternal Boy". These days, however, she prefers the roles of elderly woman characters, although she continues to perform other roles (including young boys) occasionally. On April 1, 2006, she resigned from 81 Produce to establish office Nozawa. In 2012, Nozawa closed her Talent Agency. A number of voice actors who were affiliated with her agency went on to affiliate with Media Force. In 2017, it was revealed she had achieved two Guinness World Records; both of which were related to voicing the character Son Goku in Dragon Ball video games for 23 years and 218 days.
Nozawa's first career to play main characters was Kitarō for Gegege no Kitarō. Although Nozawa was disappointed that she couldn't reprise her role of Kitarō for the 1985 anime adaptation due to a rule that voice actors can't play more than one of main characters within the same television station at the same time, she noted that this eventually resulted in her casting of Son Goku for Dragon Ball series.
She has been noted for the Longest video game voice acting career and Voice actor who voiced the same character in a video game for the longest period, holding two Guinness World Records.
Filmography
Anime television series
1960s
Tetsuwan Atom (1963) Obake no Q-tarō (1965) (Shin'ichi Ōhara) Sally, the Witch (1966) (Tonkichi Hanamura) Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro (1968) (Kitaro) Star of the Giants (1968) (Baseball Boy) Cyborg 009 (1968) Sabu to Ichi Torimono Hikae (1968) Attack No.1 (1969) (Tonan high school captain Higaki) Tiger Mask (1969) (Kenta) Marine Boy (1969)
1970s
Inakappe Taishō (1970) (Daizaemon Kaze) Andersen Stories (1971) (Marco) Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro (1971) (Kitaro) Dokonjō Gaeru (1972) (Hiroshi) Casshan (1973) (Māru) Dororon Enma-kun (1973) (Enma-kun) Doraemon (1973) (Doraemon, Botako) Calimero (1974) (Buta) Hoshi no Ko Poron (1974) (All Roles) Gamba no Bōken (1975) (Gamba) La Seine no Hoshi (1975) (Danton) Maya the Bee (1975) (Willy) Combattler V (1976) (Ropet, Oreana, Kinta Ichinoki) Piccolino no Bōken (1976) (Pinocchio) Araiguma Rascal (1977) (Rascal) Ore wa Teppei (1977) (Teppei Uesugi) Galaxy Express 999 (1978) (Tetsurō Hoshino)
1980s
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1980) (Tom Sawyer) Kaibutsu-kun (1980) (Tarō Kaibutsu) Tsurikichi Sampei (1980) (Sampei) Urusei Yatsura (1981) (Kintarō) Miss Machiko (1981) (Kenta Ikegami) Golion/Voltron (1981) (Hiroshi Suzuishi/Pidge, Honerva/Haggar) The Mysterious Cities of Gold (1982) (Esteban) Ginga Hyōryū Vifam series (1983) (Kentsu Norton) Igano Kabamaru (1983) (Sū Matsuno, young Kabamaru Igano) Bumpety Boo (1986) (Bumbo) Dragon Ball (1986) (Son Goku) The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1986) (Princess Ozma) Ai Shōjo Pollyanna Monogatari (1986) (Polly Harrington) Kamen no Ninja Akakage (1987) (Aokage) Aoi Blink (1989) (Kakeru) Dash! Yonkuro (1989) (Yonkuro Hinomaru) Dragon Ball Z (1989) (Son Goku, Son Gohan, Bardock, Son Goten, Gotenks, Vegetto)
1990s
Jungle Emperor (1990) (Gibo) Dragon Ball Z: Bardock – The Father of Goku (1990) (Bardock, Son Goku) Honō no Tōkyūji: Dodge Danpei (1991) (Chin'nen Kobotoke) Dragon Ball Z: The History of Trunks (1993) (Son Gohan) Dragon Ball GT (1996) (Son Goku, Son Gohan, Son Goten, Gogeta, Son Goku Jr.) Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure (1999) (Urara Nanjōin) Alice SOS (1999)