Megumi Ogata is a Japanese performer, lyricist, and voice actress from Tokyo, Japan. Born 緒方恵美 on June 6, 1965, in Chiyoda, she has released music through Lantis and writes lyrics as Em:óu, linking her stage work to her broader anime and pop-culture profile. Her official website is emou.net.
Ogata's live history began with the first concert tour, "multipheno.", in December 1996, followed by the second tour, "em:ou.", in November 1998, which took place in Tokyo and Hong Kong. She later opened her first one-woman show at Shinjuku Theater Apple in Tokyo on July 3, 1999, followed by a second one-woman show at Hamamatsu-chou New Pier Hall on August 10, 2000. On February 25, 2001, she performed a live mini-concert during her fanclub members' New York City tour, then returned for a third one-woman show at Shinjuku Theater Moliere in Tokyo on January 15, 2002, plus a reprise of the first one-woman show at Shinjuku Cross Tower Hall in Tokyo on February 2, 2002, in memory of Kaneto Shiozawa.
Her profile also lists a height of 167 cm and blood type B, along with hobbies such as ceramic art, dancing, driving, swimming, and traveling, and talents including drawing portraits and sleeping anytime and anywhere. In September 2004, she married a co-worker who is 13 years younger than her. In 2026, she also drew attention for speaking publicly about the generative AI issue in voice acting and for appearing in Jujutsu Kaisen-related promotional coverage around the release of the season 4 teaser PV and the "Jujutalk" program with Junya Enoki.
