Misa Watanabe

Misa Watanabe is the kind of artist I find quietly fascinating, because you've almost certainly heard her without ever knowing her face. She's a Japanese voice actor and dub-actor, the person lending a voice to characters in foreign films and TV series, and there's something wonderfully invisible about that craft. Tokyo-born and trained in theater at Toho Gakuen, she clearly comes from a serious acting background, which is exactly what dubbing demands, you have to build a whole human being out of sound alone, matching breath, timing, and emotion to someone else's performance. I have a real soft spot for that kind of behind-the-screen, blue-collar artistry, the steady, unglamorous work of breathing life into another actor. No spotlight, no fuss, just a voice your ear somehow already remembers. Honestly, that's the good stuff.

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Misa Watanabe is a Japanese voice actress and dubbing actress born on April 30, 1964, in Tokyo. She studied at Toho Gakuen College of Drama and Music (Junior College of Arts). She is represented by Aoni Production, works in dubbing and narration, and is well known as the voice of Nefertari Vivi in One Piece.

Name (English)

Misa Watanabe

Name (Japanese)

渡辺美佐

Reading

わたなべ みさ

Born

April 30, 1964 (age 62)

Origin

Tokyo, Japan

Weight

49 kg

Occupation

Voice Actress / Dubbing Actress

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Dragon

Blood type

A

Agency

Aoni Production

Active years

1990s -

University

Toho Gakuen College of Drama and Music (Junior College of Arts)

Works summary

Appearances

479

By year (titles with a known year)

1994: 1, 1996: 1, 1997: 1, 1999: 1, 2000: 3, 2001: 2, 2002: 3, 2005: 1, 2006: 2, 2007: 1, 2009: 1, 2010: 2, 2012: 1, 2014: 1, 2015: 2, 2023: 1, 2026: 1, year unknown: 454

Filmography / notable works

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B8%A1%E8%BE%BA%E7%BE%8E%E4%BD%90%20(%E5%A3%B0%E5%84%AA)
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2557715

Tags

• From Tokyo
• Voice Actress
• Dubbing Actress

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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