Chie Kitagawa

Chie Kitagawa
Chie Kitagawa
北川智繪
	Kitagawa in a studio around 1955
Born	Chieko Itō (伊藤智恵子); December 14, 1933 (age 92); Tokyo, Japan
Other name	Chieko Kitagawa (北川智恵子)
Occupations	Actress; voice actress; narrator; storyteller; founder;
Years active	1959–present
Agent	Kiraboshi
Children	Mami Kōzuki
Website	Official website (in Japanese)

Chieko Itō (伊藤智恵子, Itō Chieko; née Kitagawa, born December 14, 1933), known professionally as Chie Kitagawa (北川智繪, Kitagawa Chie), is a Japanese actress and voice actress from Tokyo. She is also the founder of the Wagei-Sha Storytelling School.

She is also very well known for her voice acting roles as Taeko's Grandmother in Only Yesterday, Mombi in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Tsuru Nohara in Crayon Shin-chan: The Storm Called: The Adult Empire Strikes Back, Mini-Dora in Dorami-chan: Mini-Dora SOS!!!, Okanagan in Shadow Hearts: From the New World, Kiyo Shimizu in Disaster Report 4 Plus: Summer Memories, Matsu in Ranma ½, and Hedwig the Sea Witch in Saban's Adventures of the Little Mermaid.

Biography

Kitagawa was born on December 14, 1933 in Tokyo, Japan.

She has been affiliated with Kiraboshi.

In film credit names and other places, variations of her name such as "Chie Kitagawa" (北川智絵) and "Chie Kitagawa" (北川知絵) were used. She also formerly performed under the stage name "Chieko Kitagawa" (北川智恵子).

Kitagawa graduated from Kumagaya High School and joined the Japan Academy of Arts.

She has previously been affiliated with Gekidan Aoi Mi no Kai, Talent Agent, Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society, Dojinsha Production, and Grue.

She currently serves as the director of Wageisha, an organization dedicated to the art of storytelling.

Personality

Kitagawa specializes in performing child character roles and old lady character roles.

Her personal hobbies are reading and gardening.

Her favorite color is green.

Her daughter is Mami Kōzuki and her stepson is Tatsuhiko Ito.

Successors

The following individuals have taken over Kitagawa's voice acting roles after she stepped down.

Successor	Character	Work	Debut
Kikumi Umeda	Tsuru Nohara	Crayon Shin-chan	Broadcast on July 12, 2013
Ema Kujira	Sayuri Tano	Nintama Rantarō

Filmography

Television drama

List of appearances in television dramas
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1979	Big Sister Ma
1980	Mr. Kinpachi in Class 3B	Takiyo Aoki
1981	Honjitsu mo Seiten Nari	Hiroko Yonemura
1981	Onna Taikōki	Yashio
1983	Oshin	Hamamura Sugi
	Shin On'na Sōsa-Kan	Appearance	Ep. 8
	Mataauhi
1985	Uchi no Ko ni Kagitte...	Trimmer	Series 2, Ep. 11
1985	Fuufu Seikatsu
1990	Winter Flower: Yuko	Oryu
1993	Kasai no Hito
1993	Hayabusa Shinpachi Goyoucho
1999	Bayside Shakedown	Shimonita Resident
2000	Hanamura Daisuke
2002	Koi wa Sniper Episode 2
2003	Tales of Terror from Tokyo and All Over Japan

Theatrical films

List of appearances in theatrical films
Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
1996	Gakkō no Kaidan 2

Television animation

Kaminari Boy Pikkari-bee (1967): Grandma
Adventure on the Gaboten Island (1967): Kyuuri
Princess Knight (1967): Plastic
Animal 1 (1968): Saburō Azuma
The Monster Kid (1968): Additional voice
Star of the Giants (1968): Masahiro Samon
Attack No. 1 (1969): Keiko Kudo, Shizuka (Second voice), Yamamoto (Second voice)
Sabu to Ichi Torimono Hikae (1969): Maid
Chingo Muchabei (1971): Additional voice
Akado Suzunosuke (1972): Additional voice
Onbu Obake (1972): Gon
The Gutsy Frog (1972): Additional voice
Jungle Kurobe (1973): Additional voice
Majokko Megu-chan (1974): Additional voice
My Neighbor Tamageta-kun (1974): Additional voice
Laura, the Prairie Girl (1975): Suzie
First Human Giatrus (1975): Additional voice
3000 Leagues in Search of Mother (1976): Emilio (First voice)
Manga Hana no Kakarichō (1976): Employees
Blocker Gundan 4 Machine Blaster (1976): Baaya (Ep. 25)
Robokko Beeton (1976): Tonko (First voice)
New Star of the Giants II (1979): Additional voice
The Monster Kid (1980): Matakuru-san
Zukkoke Knight - Don De La Mancha (1980): Additional voice
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1980): Maid, Maggie
Belle and Sebastion (1981): Lorenza, Juan
Saikyo Robo Daioja (1981): Ryan (childhood)
Dash Kappei (1982): Umee Jin (Kappei's Grandma)
Yasei no Sakebi (1982): Additional voice
Perman (1983): Child B, Grandma, Student, Sub's Mother, Ta-bo, Tatsuo
Noozles (1984): Grandma
Creamy Mami, the Magic Angel (1984): Bamboo
Anmitsu Hime (1986): Tome, Kitōshi
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1986): Mombi
Animated Classics of Japanese Literature (1986): Fusa Koga
Mami the Psychic (1987): Kadai Hazama (Ep. 6)
Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics (1987): Stepmother
City Hunter (1987): Ichiro Washio (Ep. 44)
Norakuro-kun (1988): Elderly Housekeeper
The Adventures of Hutch the Honeybee (1989): Chatty Old Lady
Ranma ½ (1989): Matsu (Eps 97, 130, and 152)
Oishinbo (1990): Landlady, Etsuko Sekimoto, Osato
Doraemon (1990): Mini-Dora (first voice) (Ep. 1074)
Saban's Adventures of the Little Mermaid (1991): Hedwig the Sea Witch
Crayon Shin-chan (1992): Tsuru Nohara (First voice)
Hobberdy Dick (1992): Bob
Delightful Moomin Family: Adventure Diary (1992): Mysterious Old Woman
Cooking Papa (1993): Koma
Nintama Rantarō (1993): Sayuri Tano (First voice)
Sorcerer Hunters (1995): Old Woman (Ep. 15)
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (1996): Judy (Ep. 8)
Hareluya II Boy (1997): Toshi
Great Detective Conan (2001): Mikoto Shimabukuro (Eps 222-224)
KochiKame: Tokyo Beat Cops (2003): Countess Chris T (Ep. 302)
Mushishi (2005): Old Lady
Kaze no Shoujo Emily (2007): Caroline Priest

Theatrical animation

List of voice performances in theatrical animation
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1970	Attack No. 1: Revolution	Additional voice
1989	Dorami-chan: Mini-Dora SOS!!!	Mini-Dora	Short film
1991	Only Yesterday	Taeko's grandmother
2001	Crayon Shin-chan: The Storm Called: The Adult Empire Strikes Back	Tsuru Nohara

Video games

Doraemon 2: SOS! Otogi no Kuni (1997): Witch
Shadow Hearts: From the New World (2005): Okanagan
Crayon Shin-Chan Obaka Daininden (2010): Tsuru Nohara
Disaster Report 4 Plus: Summer Memories (2018): Kiyo Shimizu

Dubbing

Movie

Addams Family Reunion (1998): Grandmama Addams (Alice Ghostley)
Alligator (1980): Madeline Kendall (Patti Jerome) (Fuji TV version)
A Chinese Ghost Story III (1991): Tree Devil (Lao Lao) (Lau Siu-ming)
Gone in 60 Seconds (1974) (Nippon Television version)
Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol (1987): Mrs. Lois Feldman (Billie Bird) (TBS version)

Drama

Columbo (1968): Soul Crusader Tailor

Puppet shows

Goronta Theater (from Okaasan to Issho) (1976): Cham Cham
King Arthur (1970s)

References

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External links

Kiraboshi Profile (in Japanese)
Chie Kitagawa at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
Chie Kitagawa at IMDb

[women-1] 1 2 3 "Women's Section". "Voice Actor Encyclopedia: 2nd Edition" (in Japanese). Kinema Junpo-sha. March 30, 1996. p. 388. ISBN 4-87376-160-3.

[kiraboshi-2] 1 2 3 4 5 北川智繪. Kiraboshi (in Japanese). Archived from the original on June 11, 2023.

[bangumi-3] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 北川智繪に関する情報. Bangumi (in Japanese).

[62edition-4] 1 2 3 "List of Performers (1962 Edition)" (in Japanese). Copyright Materials Association. 1962. p. 131.

[oricon-5] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ホーム北川智繪. ORICON NEWS (in Japanese).

[viptimes-6] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 北川智繪のプロフィール. VIP Times (in Japanese).

[taleme-7] 北川智繪キャスティング業務用データベース「タレメcasting NEXT」.

[talent86-8] "Japan Talent Directory (1986 Edition)" (in Japanese). VIP Times Co. 1986. p. 325.

[talent98-9] "Japan Talent Directory (1998 Edition)" (in Japanese). VIP Times Co. 1998. p. 576.

[10] "Japan Talent Directory (1977 Edition)" (in Japanese). VIP Times Co. 1977. p. 231.

[asahi-11] 1 2 "[none]". "The World of Voice Acting - From Animation to Foreign Films" (in Japanese). No. Fantastic Collection Special. Asahi Sonorama. October 30, 1979. p. 79.

[12] 学校の怪談２ (in Japanese). KINENOTE.

[13] 学校の怪談２ (in Japanese). allcinema.net.

[14] 冒険ガボテン島. allcinema.net (in Japanese).

[15] リボンの騎士. Osamu Tezuka Official Website (in Japanese).

[16] リボンの騎士. allcinema.net (in Japanese).

[17] アニマル１ (ワン). allcinema.net (in Japanese).

[18] 花の係長. TMS Entertainment (in Japanese).

[19] まんが花の係長. allcinema.net (in Japanese).

[20] ろぼっ子ビートン. allcinema.net (in Japanese).

[21] ふしぎなコアラブリンキー. allcinema.net (in Japanese).

[22] オズの魔法使い. Media Arts Database (in Japanese).

[23] 春だ! 一番ドラえもん祭り(「ドラえもんの健康診断」ほか）（ドラえもん［テレビ朝日・第1期］). Television Drama Database (in Japanese).

[24] アタックNo. 1 涙の回転レシーブ. allcinema.net (in Japanese).

[25] ドラミちゃんミニドラSOS!!!. KINENOTE (in Japanese).

[26] ドラミちゃんミニドラSOS!!!. allcinema.net (in Japanese).

[27] おもひでぽろぽろ. Friday Road Show! (in Japanese). Archived from the original on August 26, 2015.

[28] おもひでぽろぽろ. KINENOTE (in Japanese).

[29] おもひでぽろぽろ. allcinema.net (in Japanese).

[30] 映画クレヨンしんちゃん嵐を呼ぶモーレツ! オトナ帝国の逆襲. Eiga.com (in Japanese).

[31] クレヨンしんちゃん嵐を呼ぶモーレツ! オトナ帝国の逆襲. Movie Walker Press (in Japanese).

[32] 映画クレヨンしんちゃん嵐を呼ぶモーレツ! オトナ帝国の逆襲. allcinema.net (in Japanese).

[33] アリゲーター(1980) (フジテレビ高岡健二／弥永和子版). Atelier Utamaru (in Japanese). Retrieved May 24, 2026.