Kumiko Higa (比嘉 久美子, born on 29th October 1978 in Osaka Prefecture) is a Japanese voice actress, who was affiliated with 81 Produce and voices characters in the Japanese dub of Thomas & Friends.
She is most famous for voicing Prince Lumen from "Spider Riders", Brash from "Live On Cardliver Kakeru", Irina Woods from "My-Otome", Eiji Saga from "Cardfight!! Vanguard", Lin Haruka, Shō, and Shou Ashigawa from "Machine Robo Rescue", Satoinu/Boartato from "Jagainu-kun", Kayoko Mashiro from "Bakuman", Minun from the "Pokémon" series, Lan Hikari from "Rockman.EXE", and Mandora Boy from "Mahou Sentai Magiranger".
Voices
Songs
- I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside (performed)
- We Wish You a Merry Christmas (performed)
- Will You Won't You (performed)
- Streamlining (performed)
- You Can Only Be You (performed)
- Be Who You Are, and Go Far (performed)
- Who's Thomas? (performed)
- The Hottest Place in Town (performed)
- I Want To Go Home (performed solo)
- The Most Important Thing is Being Friends (performed)
- Where in the World is Thomas? (performed)
- Wake Up (performed)
- Sometimes You Make a Friend (performed)
- We're Friends (performed)
- Don't Stop (performed)
Trivia
- From 2015 Thomas Goods Encyclopedia interview, Her particularly impressive, favourite episode is Thomas and the Rainbow, because it is the one which she first acted Thomas.
Major awards and nominations
- Won - Kids Family Award at the 8th annual Seiyuu Awards, 2014