Houko Kuwashima

Houko Kuwashima (桑島法子; born 12 December 1975 in Kanegasaki, Iwate Prefecture) is a Japanese voice actress and singer with Aoni Production. As a junior high school student she gathered members and founded her school's drama club, and while in high school she took the correspondence course of the Katsuta Voice Actor's Academy. She has been active professionally since 1996. Her first major role was Yurika Misumaru in Martian Successor Nadesico, and she has since played a wide range of characters, from young boys to adult women. She sang "Tokihanate! (解き放て!)", the opening theme of Blue Gender, and with Ryou Hirohashi, Megumi Toyoguchi, Sachiko Kojima and Rina Satou she sang "BAMBOO BEAT" and "STAR RISE", the opening and ending themes of Bamboo Blade.