Nozomi Ōhashi

is a Japanese former child actress and singer attached to the Central Kodomo Gekidan talent agency. She is noted for her role in the 2008 Studio Ghibli film Ponyo. Nozomi has also starred in various Japanese television series.

Ōhashi retired from acting in 2012.

Career Ohashi made her acting debut at the age of three, and debuted as a singer with the song "Gake no Ue no Ponyo", which she sang together with the duo group Fujioka Fujimaki in 2007.

When this single was first released on December 15, 2007, it debuted at 115 on the Oricon charts. It remained on the Oricon Top 10 charts for ten consecutive weeks, a record for an artist under the age of 10. This record was only broken by the single "Maru Maru Mori Mori!" in 2011. In addition to singing the theme song for Ponyo, Ohashi also voiced the character of Karen in this film. She also played the lead role in a one-off television special drama Happy Birthday. This drama aired on November 21, 2009 on the Fuji TV network. The title track of this single was approved as the "Panda Welcoming Song" for Ueno Zoo by the zoo's publicity committee.

On March 1, 2012, it was announced that Ōhashi would be retiring from show business to concentrate on her studies after entering junior high school. Ōhashi's last day in show business was on March 31, 2012. During this program, she sang the songs "Gake no Ue no Ponyo" and "Kyo no Hi wa Sayonara", both of which were featured in her album Non-chan Kumo ni Noru. She has two sisters who are respectively 7 and 4 years her elder.

Television dramas Ningen no Shomei (CX, 2004) Yonimo Kimyona Monogatari Anata no Monogatari (Fuji TV, 2005) Kinyo Entertainment (Fuji TV, 2006) Tsubasa no Oreta Tenshitachi Slot (Fuji TV, 2006) Juken Sentai Gekiranger (TV Asahi, 2007, ep1) Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi Tsukareta Mori (Fuji TV, 2009) Shiroi Haru (Fuji TV, 2009) The Quiz Show 2 (NTV, 2009) Veterinarian Dolittle (TBS, 2010) Don Quixote (NTV, 2011)

Film Inu no Eiga (2005) as the young Mika Luna-Heights (2005) as Anna Kishibe Luna-Heights 2 (2006) as Anna Kishibe Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (2008) as the voice of Karen A Happy Birthday (2009) as Asuka Fujiwara Cheburashka (2010) as the voice of Cheburashka Detective Conan: The Lost Ship in the Sky (2010) as the voice of Satoshi Kawaguchi

Commercials Asahi Soft Drinks Mitsuya Cider (2008) - appearing with Fujioka Fujimaki

Discography

Singles "Gake no Ue no Ponyo" (5 December 2007, Yamaha Music Communications) - alongside Fujioka Fujimaki "Panda no Yume" (27 July 2011)

Albums Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea Image Album "Ponyo's Lullaby" Non-chan Kumo ni Noru (24 December 2008, Yamaha Music Communications)