Tomo Sakurai

Tomo Sakurai (Japanese: 櫻井智 Sakurai Tomo) was a Japanese voice actress for Pokémon the Series. Her most important role in the series was the voice of Cynthia.
Biography
She was born on September 10, 1971 in the city of Ichikawa in Chiba Prefecture in Japan.
At the age of 14, Sakurai debuted as a sub-member for "KISS Fairlies", a group that worked as campaign girls for KIJIMA Motorcycle Racing Team, a Japanese company. She was the youngest from the group, every other member being 15 years old.
At 17 years old, she joined the idol pop unit, Lemon Angel, another project of Cream Lemon coordinated by the same company that produced KISS Fairlies. The unit played in Midnight Anime Lemon Angel. She released five albums during her time in Lemon Angel.
Sakurai joined a new videogame idol unit and released only one album with this group. After this, she focused her career on mainly voice acting work.
On September 1, 2016, she announced her retirement from voice acting, however, on June 1, 2019, she announced that she would be returning to the entertainment industry.
Sakurai passed away on August 13, 2025, at the age of 53, from cancer.
Pokémon roles
Animation
Pokémon the Series
Other non-Pokémon roles
Anime Series
- Misao Makimachi (Rurouni Kenshin)
- Marin (Akazukin Chacha)
- Codemaster Amzen (Chaotic)
- Shayla Shayla (El Hazard)
- Mylene Jenius (Macross 7)
- Lena Sayers (My-Otome)
- Meimi Haneoka (Saint Tail)
- Chigusa Sakai (Shakugan no Shana)
- Sara (Shamanic Princess)
- Doll Licca (Super Doll Licca-chan)
- Mizuchi Saiou (Yu-Gi-Oh! GX)
- Azusa Miura (Idolmaster: Xenoglossia)
- Karin Son (Voltage Fighter Gowcaizer) (OVA and game)
- Asuka Sora (The World God Only Knows)
- Lopplc (Doraemon: The Records of Nobita, Spaceblazer)
Games
- Misa Kamihara (Misa no Mahomonogatari)
- Rimururu (Samurai Shodown III)
- Rurubell (Megami Paradise)
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