Chinami Nishimura of voice talents, who plays the role of Ojarumaru(Prince Mackaroo) , Reverse Time Slips to the Heian Period! She appeared in the historical drama “Hikaru Kimi he! Boom in Drama Appearances by Voice Talents
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Nishimura Chinami, the voice talents for Sakanoue Ojarumaru, appears in the 34th episode of “Hikaru Kimi e” – Taiga Drama “Hikaru Kimi e” – NHK
The drama “Hikaru Kimi e” and the anime “Ojarumaru” will be broadcasted as a special Heian collaboration program! – Taiga Drama “Hikaru Kimi e” – NHK
Ojarumaru（Prince Mackaroo）” is about a boy named Sakanoue Ojarumaru, a fairy nobleman who travels back in time from the fairy world of Heyanchou a thousand years ago to the present day. The main character is Ojarumaru Sakanoue, a Miyabi boy who is a fairy nobleman!
Collaboration of “Ojarumaru” X “Hikaru Kimi he
The 2024 Taiga Drama is “Hikaru Kimi he” (To the Luminous Kimi). It depicts the life of Murasaki Shikibu, the author of “The Tale of Genji”, later considered the world’s oldest novel written by a woman, in the mid-Heian period.
In Japan, dramas are usually aired once a week for a period of about three months, but the Taiga Drama is a drama that is aired throughout the year.
The anime “Ojarumaru,” which began airing in 1998, is also a story related to a thousand years ago, as is “Hikaru Kimi e”. It is now in its 27th year of broadcast. The story is about Sakanoue Ojarumaru, a child of a fairy noble family who lived in Heyantown 1,000 years ago, who wanders into modern-day Gekko-cho and meets Kazuma, an elementary school student.
The two programs, which share the same “Heian Period” theme, team up throughout the year and collaborate mainly in broadcasting.
A surprise appearance as Chikuzen no Myobu!
Ms. Chinami Nishimura, voice talents for “Ojarumaru,” appeared in the 34th episode “Awakening” of the historical drama “Hikaru Kimi e. She appeared as Chikuzen no Myobu, the wife who reads the story.
Chinami Nishimura
She is a voice talents belonging to 81 Produce.
She is a certified vegetable sommelier!
Main representative works
“Smile Pretty Cure!” as Reika Aoki as Cure Beauty
“Ojarumaru” as Ojarumaru and Komachi
“ARIA” series: as President Aria
“Pokemon” series
as Junther (multiple series)
as Waninoko, Achamo, Pachirisu, Eevee and other Pokémon
“Gegege no Kitaro” as Neko Musume in (4th season)
“BLEACH” (Bleach) as Kotetsu Kiyone
Reciting a story of “Utsusemi” from “The Tale of Genji” in the voice of Sakanoue Ojarumaru!
A special video of Chinami Nishimura reciting a passage from “Utsusemi” of “The Tale of Genji” in the voice of [Sakanoue Ojarumaru] is also available! Please take a look!
What is the TV animation “Ojarumaru（Prince Mackaroo）”?
For those who do not know what “Ojarumaru” is, let me explain!
Ojarumaru” is a long-running children’s anime that began airing on October 5, 1998.
The main character, Sakanoue Ojarumaru, has been voiced by Nishimura Chinami for more than 20 years since the fourth season.
Synopsis
One thousand years ago, in the fairy world of Heyanchou, there was Sakanoue Ojarumaru, a Miyabi child of the fairy aristocracy. One day, Ojarumaru obtained “King Emma’s Shaku”. While running away from Enma, Ojarumaru fell into the “Moon Hole” and arrived at Gekko-cho. Ojarumaru, who likes Gekko-cho, decides to live at the home of Kazuma, an elementary school student he meets there. A trio of child demons also come to the town to get Shaku back, and the townspeople, all of whom are eccentric, get involved, and a lively and merry merrymaking ensues.
Official anime website: NHK Anime World Ojarumaru（Prince Mackaroo）
Extra Info! If you want to learn about Murasaki Shikibu’s “The Tale of Genji,” I also recommend the manga “Asaki Yumemishi!
When I was a student studying “The Tale of Genji” in Japanese classics, my teacher told us before the test, “If you read the manga “Asaki Yumemishi,” you will be able to pass the test. I believed him, and I took all the manga before the test.
I believed in his words and read only manga before the test. I was able to solve the test just as he said!
The content of the manga is about the aristocratic society of the Heian period (794-1192), with its polygamy and other things that would be unthinkable in modern Japanese society.
Although the story is not necessarily faithful to the original, it is easy to read and very interesting in manga form without having to study the classics, so you can read it quickly and easily! A bilingual version is also available.
The boom of voice talents appearing in TV dramas!
In recent years, voice talents’ activities have expanded to include dramas! When talents appear, their names are never mentioned as a topic of conversation, but when voice talents, who rarely get a chance to appear on TV, make a surprise appearance, it is a rare occurrence and becomes a topic of conversation and a trend on X.
We will continue to focus on the media exposure of voice talents!
Quoted from:Prince Mackaroo (TV Series 1998– ) – IMDb
