Megumi Odaka Article Index for
Megumi
Shopping
Megumi
Website Links For
Megumi
 

Information About

Megumi Odaka




started her Career in 1984 as a Voice - Actress ( Seiyū ) for the animation-TV-Series Fushigi Na Koala Blinky aka Noozles (USA) aka The Wonderous Koala Blinky (USA), where she dubbed the character Sandy Brown. In 1987 she started her film career at Toho with the movie "Taketori monogatari" aka "Princess from the Moon", where she played the role of the blind girl Akeno along with Yasuko Sawaguchi , who played Kaguya, the princess. Then she starred as Asuka in the TV-Series Hana No Asuka Gumi aka "Radiant Akusa Class" (1988), a junior high school version of Sukeban Deka (1985/1986) and based on a Japanese Manga. Her next role was in the NHK TV-Series "Youth Family" (1989).

After the "TOHO Cinderella Contest" in 1989, where she took place with , Godzilla Vs. Mechagodzilla II , Godzilla Vs. SpaceGodzilla and Godzilla Vs. Destoroyah .

So she was the first actress to appear in and play the same role in more than one Godzilla film (Bar the American's Raymond Burr ).

At the end of the Heisei Series she said that as long as Godzilla films are being made, she would "like to come back and appear in them as Miki Saegusa." Megumi's last noticeable appearance was at G-Fest 2000.The last known was on 25th of April 2001, which can be seen here: http://www.geocities.co.jp/MusicStar-Drum/5154/yubin.html

Megumi was also a singer and released several singles, two videos, two photobooks and the two albums Milky Cotton (1988) and Powder Snow (1989).She also acted in several Live Stage Productions such as "Peter Pan", "Anne no aijou" (or "Anne no ai") aka "Anne's Love" or "Anne's Affection" (1989 / 1996?) and "Yana no ue no Violinjiki" ("Violin Player on top of the Roof" or "Fiddler on the Roof").


FILMOGRAPHY




DISCOGRAPHY


  • Sousha no Eki / Doushite desu ka (21.03.1988) (single)

  • Blue Wind / Tsuna no Jiki (06.07.1988) (single)

  • Milky Cotton (07.09.1988) (album)

  • Autabi Anata o Suki ni naru / Koi ga Samui November (21.11.1988) (single)

  • Jounetsu no Sasayaki / Harukaze Memory (21.03.1989) (single)

  • Shumatsu no Cinderella tachi / Stance (30.08.1989) (single)

  • Powder Snow (29.11.1989) (album)

  • Ima, Kaze no Naka de / Umi o Futari jime (21.02.1991) (single)

  • Odaka Megumi Best (aka: Emi Odaka Best) (21.08.2002) (best-of album) available at www.cdjapan.co.jp



TRIVIA

  • ''Date of birth: May 9 , 1972 ''

  • ''Place of birth: Kanagawa , Japan ''

  • ''Height: 5' 1¾" (1.57 m)''

  • ''Weight: 110lbs. (46 kg)''

  • ''Blood Type: A''

  • ''"Megumi" is Japanese for "Grace"''



EXTERNAL LINKS