Miyoko Asō

Miyoko Asō (麻生 美代子, Asō Miyoko, born April 7, 1926) is a Japanese voice actress. She was born in Tokyo. She is best known for the 1st voice of Fune Isono from 1969 to 2015 in the longest-running Japanese anime series Sazae-san that began in 1969 and celebrated its 45th anniversary. Her recent works include Dr. Pinako Rockbell in the 2009–2010 anime series Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. Asō also starred as an actress in cinema, in the 2006 movie Aogeba Tōtoshi, directed by Jun Ichikawa. On September 18, 2015, it was announced that Asō would step down from Sazae-san.
She was replaced by Yorie Terauchi on October 5, 2015.

Television

• Gegege no Kitarō (1968)
• Akane-chan (1968)
• Sazae-san (1969), Fune Isono (first voice)
• Sasurai no Taiyō (1971)
• Marvelous Melmo (1971), Melmo's aunt (first version) (eps 1, 21)
• Kashi no Ki Mokku (1972)
• Science Ninja Team Gatchaman (1972)
• Kerokko Demetan (1973)
• Fables of the Green Forest (1973), Narrator
• Wansa-kun (1973), Animal hospital director
• Alps no Shōjo Heidi (1974), Miss Rottenmeier
• Maya the Bee (1975), Cassandra-sensei
• Huckleberry no Bōken (1976)
• From the Apennines to the Andes (1976)
• Piccolino no Bōken (1976), Giulietta the cat
• Candy Candy (1976), Mary Jane
• Attack on Tomorrow (1977), Kada sei
• Ippatsu Kanta-kun (1977), Kumiko Tabase
• Angie Girl (1977), Barbara
• The Perrine Story (1978)
• Tōshō Daimos (1978), Margarete, Okane
• Galaxy Express 999 (1978), Boarding old lady (eps 60–61), Fimeru (ep 42)
• Anne of Green Gables (1979), Rachel Lynde
• Maegami-Taro (1979 special), Grandma
• Captain (1980 special), Takao's Mother
• Botchan (1980 special), Kiyoshi
• Hello! Sandybell (1981), Scott's wife
• Meiken Jolie (1981)
• Andromeda Stories (1982 special), Tarama (Jimsa's nurse)
• Captain (1983), Takao's Mother
• Mori no Tonto-tachi (1984), Muori (Santa's wife)
• Harp Burma (1986 special), Old Woman
• Ranma ½ (1989), Cologne, Faith curer (ep 127), Theme Song Performance (eps 42–56)
• YuYu Hakusho (1992), Elder Ice Maiden
• Romeo and the Black Brothers (1995), Mimi Rossi
• Vampire Princess Miyu (1997), aquarium director (ep 15)
• Master Keaton (1998), Mrs. Burnham (ep 12)
• InuYasha (2000), Shoga (ep 65)
• The Galaxy Railways (2003), Ine (ep 12)
• Fullmetal Alchemist (2003), Pinako Rockbell
• Maria Watches Over Us (2004), Academy Principal (ep 11)
• Maria Watches Over Us: Printemps (2004), Academy Principal (ep 2)
• El Cazador de la Bruja (2007), Salma (special guest; ep 1)
• Devil May Cry (2007), Margret (ep 8)
• Kure-nai (2008), Old woman (ep 3)
• Clannad After Story (2008), Shino Okazaki (ep 18)
• Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (2009), Pinako Rockbell

Original video animations

• Yamataro Comes Back (1986), Woman
• Xanadu Dragonslayer Densetsu (1987), Sherin
• Little Twins (1992), Hara
• Ranma ½ (1993), Cologne
• The Final Flight of the Osiris (2003)
• Xam'd: Lost Memories (2008), Sannova
• Fairy Tail (2011), Hilda

Films

• Galaxy Express 999 (1979), Tochiro's Mother
• Captain (1981), Takao's mother
• Doraemon: Nobita and the Haunts of Evil (1982), Maid
• Ranma ½: Big Trouble in Nekonron, China (1991), Cologne
• Doraemon: Nobita and the Legend of the Sun King (2000), Maid
• Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa (2005), Pinako Rockbell

Dubbing roles

Live-action

• Colleen Dewhurst
  • The Dead Zone (1989 TV Asahi edition) (Henrietta Dodd)
  • Anne of Green Gables (Marilla Cuthbert)
  • Anne of Avonlea (Marilla Cuthbert)
  • Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story (Marilla Cuthbert)
• Gemma Jones
  • Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Poppy Pomfrey)
  • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Poppy Pomfrey)
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (Poppy Pomfrey)
• The Blues Brothers (1983 Fuji TV edition) (Sister Mary Stigmata (Kathleen Freeman))
• Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (Mary Prentice (Beah Richards))
• La Cage aux Folles II (Mrs. Baldi (Paola Borboni))
• Lilies of the Field (1971 TV Asahi edition) (Mother Maria (Lilia Skala))
• Music of the Heart (Assunta Guaspari (Cloris Leachman))
• Superman Returns (Martha Kent (Eva Marie Saint))
• The Time Machine (1960) (Mrs. Watchett (Doris Lloyd))
• The Time Machine (2002) (Mrs. Watchit (Phyllida Law))

Animation

• An American Tail (1986), Mama Mousekewitz
• An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991), Mama Mousekewitz
• Fievel's American Tails (1992), Fievel; Mama Mousekewitz
• Home on the Range (2004), Pearl Gesner