Noriko Hidaka

Okay, if you've watched any amount of anime, you've heard Noriko Hidaka, full stop. She's one of those voices that just lives in your head rent-free, plucky kids and earnest young women delivered with this bright, springy energy that never sounds like she's straining for it. And the longevity is genuinely wild to me; she's been a first-call talent for decades and still sounds impossibly youthful, which feels like cheating. What I love is the lightness, the way she slips into a role and you instantly go "oh, it's her" without her ever showing off. On top of voice work she sings and acts too, so she's not boxed in by any one lane. Born in 1962 and still this elastic and warm? That's not luck, that's craft you can hear.

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Noriko Hidaka is a Japanese actress, singer, and voice actress born on May 31, 1962. She is recognized as a long-standing presence in the Japanese entertainment industry, active across all three disciplines over several decades. Her voice work in particular has made her one of the familiar voices in Japanese animation. She maintains official web and social media presences through Combination talent agency's roster page and her personal Instagram and X accounts.

Name (English)

Noriko Hidaka

Name (Japanese)

日髙のり子

Reading

ひだか のりこ

Born

May 31, 1962 (age 64)

Origin

Japan

Occupation

Actress / Singer / Voice Actress

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Tiger

Blood type

AB

Measurements

79 / 58 / 83

Agency

ビッグ・マウント

Works summary

Appearances

595 (1977–2026)

By year

1977: 1, 1979: 1, 1980: 3, 1981: 2, 1982: 2, 1984: 2, 1985: 6, 1986: 4, 1987: 8, 1988: 2, 1990: 12, 1991: 10, 1992: 3, 1993: 2, 1994: 9, 1995: 3, 1996: 1, 1997: 2, 1998: 1, 1999: 1, 2000: 1, 2001: 1, 2002: 1, 2003: 1, 2005: 1, 2007: 2, 2008: 2, 2009: 4, 2010: 3, 2011: 6, 2012: 9, 2013: 3, 2014: 6, 2015: 2, 2016: 3, 2018: 7, 2019: 4, 2020: 8, 2021: 7, 2022: 3, 2023: 9, 2024: 8, 2025: 4, 2026: 3

Debut work

未来からの挑戦

Filmography / notable works

• Official sitehttp://combination.jp/talent/hidaka.html
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/nonko_hidaka531/
• Xhttps://x.com/nonko_hidaka531
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%97%A5%E9%AB%99%E3%81%AE%E3%82%8A%E5%AD%90
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49563

Tags

• Actress
• Singer
• Voice Actress

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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