Wasabi Mizuta

is a Japanese voice actress and stage actress affiliated with Aoni Production. and currently resides in Iga, Mie.

She is most well known for being the current voice actress of the titular character of Doraemon since 2005, starting with the Doraemon television series.

Other notable voice acting roles of hers include Kintarō in Otogi Zoshi, Yūta Fukui in Hikaru no Go, Ash's Tepig in Pokémon, Buster in Hamtaro, and Monokuma in Danganronpa 2x2.

Biography Early life Mizuta was born in Aoyama, Mie

Her desire to enter the entertainment industry came about from when she used to read aloud at her elementary school. Many children were hesitant to volunteer, but Mizuta loved to show off by reading aloud in standard Japanese in her classroom, though it winded up happening so many times that the boys viewed her as an embarrassment. After discovering the joys of reading, she wanted to act using the natural extension of reading and aspired to become an actress.

Her dream to become a voice actress arose during her third year in junior high when the Dragon Ball television anime had become a popular series. She became a huge fan of the work, particularly admiring the performances of Masako Nozawa and Mayumi Tanaka, who voiced Goku and Krillin. When a friend of Mizuta's showed her a photograph of Nozawa, she was shocked to see that Goku was voiced by a woman, but quickly realized with the reveal how wonderful the profession of voice acting was and wanted to become a voice actress.

After graduating high school, she planned to move to Tokyo in order to pursue a voice acting career, but her parents were vehemently opposed to it. However her uncle who lived in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture supported her. After promising her parents that she would give up if four years passed without accomplishment and graduating from Mie Prefectural Nabari Seihou High School, Mizuta moved to Tokyo.

She was initially lost at first because she was not familiar with voice acting. Because she would "be in trouble" if she were too good, she would stay exactly how she was in skill, being handed the script and going to the recording studio without rehearsing. She'd often worry about making it safe to the recording studio and used to think that acting in front of a microphone was really difficult. She was taught how to perform by Kenichi Ogata and learned while being taught by senior voice actors despite not going to a training school.

She had been previously represented by Production Baobab and Kenji Utsumi's Ken Production.

Current activity

In 2010, Mizuta received the Kids/Family Award at the 4th Seiyu Awards.

In 2025, it was announced that Mizuta assumed the role of Danganronpa series antagonist Monokuma for Danganronpa 2x2. She succeeded the role from Tarako, who succeeded the role from Nobuyo Ōyama starting in 2016 and had died the previous year.

Personality Her stage name "Wasabi" was given to her by Kenichi Ogata, the leader of theater company Gekidan Sugoroku at the time. It originated from the fact that wasabi grew wild in her parents' garden. and Engeki Butai Chatter Gang.

Features Her voice range is mezzo-soprano, with her dialect being the Kansai dialect.

Influenced by her father, she is a fan of the baseball team Hiroshima Toyo Carp.

Doraemon In 2005, Mizuta replaced long-time voice actress Nobuyo Ōyama as the voice of Doraemon, starting with the Doraemon television series that began airing in April that year.

She was encouraged to audition for the role by Kazuya Tatekabe, her mentor and the voice of Gian in the Doraemon series from 1979 to 2005. When she was officially chosen to voice Doraemon, she was so overwhelmed that she burst into tears.

At the time, without even realizing that she had taken an audition, she was suddenly the only one called into the studio, where she was given a Doraemon script copy and simply told, "Could you read this for a bit?" Because she had previously appeared in the previous Doraemon series voicing minor roles, she casually approached the request while thinking, "Should I do this just in case something happens?" After having thought it was just a test, she later found out that it was her official audition for Doraemon, causing her to wish that she tried harder then, though despite being alone recording her lines, the solitary environment ultimately helped calm any nerves and allowed her to use her natural voice rather than impersonating Ōyama's voice.

Before she got the role, Mizuta had already been a TV Asahi voice actress, voicing Kawashima in Atashin'chi. One day while recording for Atashin'chi, she was asked to arrive 30 minutes early at the studio. When she arrived, she was suddenly asked, "Can you do the Doraemon voice for us one more time?", with the recording serving as her second audition for the Doraemon." She then advanced to the third and fourth rounds, where she even performed scene partner work. Sometime after, she was called in for her final audition, where I performed and was interviewed. While she was in the audition waiting room, other voice actors were called to another room one by one, leaving her alone, causing her to believe she had failed. In a surprise, the door then suddenly opened with a camera crew, who announced, "You're the one!!", with the footage being shown on the evening news. She and the other main Doraemon cast members Megumi Ōhara (Nobita), Yumi Kakazu (Shizuka), Tomokazu Seki (Suneo), and Subaru Kimura (Gian) shared the following sentiment: "Since it's a show that ran for 25 years, it's probably going to get a lot of backlash. I’d just be happy if we can keep it going for half a year."

Film + List of voice performances in films Year Title Role Notes Source Hanako-san Daisuke Ueokayama Debut voice acting role Super Doll Licca-chan: Licca-chan Zettai Zetsumei! Doll Knights no Kiseki Tomonori "Tomo" Michitani Doraemon: Nobita's Space Heroes Doraemon Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan 2016 Doraemon Doraemon: Nobita's Treasure Island Doraemon Doraemon: Nobita's Chronicle of the Moon Exploration Doraemon Doraemon: Nobita's New Dinosaur Doraemon Stand by Me Doraemon 2 Doraemon Doraemon: Nobita's Little Star Wars 2021 Doraemon Doraemon: Nobita's Sky Utopia Doraemon Doraemon: Nobita's Earth Symphony Doraemon Doraemon: Nobita's Art World Tales Doraemon Doraemon: New Nobita and the Castle of the Undersea Devil Doraemon 2027 Doraemon: Nobita's Steam-Powered Time Machine Doraemon

Video games + List of voice performances in video games Year Title Role Notes Source Puyo Puyo~n Panotti DC Puyopuyo!! Quest Doraemon Mobile Game Moomin and Midsummer Madness Little My (Sonja Ball) Petit Vampire Michel Douffon (Kevin Sommier) Doraemon: Gadget Cat from the Future Doraemon (Mona Marshall) Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus GIR (Rosearik Rikki Simons) The Boss Baby: Back in Business Frankie (Aparna Nancherla) Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie Kitty (Chris Rock)

Radio + List of voice performances in radio dubbing Year Title Role Notes Source Dignity of father父の威厳 Ayaka Narita