Goku's Voice Actress Turns 82

Happy Birthday Masako Nozawa!

By Epic Dope Staff | October 25, 2020

Masako Nozawa celebrated her 82nd birthday on Oct 25th. She has been the voice actress of Goku since the debut of Dragon Ball anime in 1986.

Not only has she voiced Son Goku but also Gohan and Gotenks. It will be tough to imagine the Dragon Ball series without her voice & expressions.

She has also voiced other anime characters like Doctor Kureha (One Piece), Doraemon (Doraemon), & the Narrator (Digimon Adventures).

Animelab posted a video of Masako on Twitter to celebrate her birthday. There, the actress tells us her plans on playing Goku for a few more years.

She has also received 2 Guinness world records for voicing Goku. She also received the Best Voice Actor award at the 26th Japanese Movie Critics Awards.