Noriko Shitaya (下屋則子, born on April 22nd, 1982 in Chiba) is a Japanese voice actress and singer who provides voices for the Japanese version of Thomas & Friends.
She is most famous for voicing Ururu Tsumugiya from "Bleach", Emmy from "Dragon Tales", Moegi from "Naruto", Maria, Rydia and Althea Sol Alfitaria from the "Final Fantasy" series, Gym Leader Candice from "Pokémon", Haruko Amaya from "Maken-ki!", and Sakura Matou from "Fate".
Voices
- Bill and Ben (ninth season onwards)
- Troublesome Trucks
- The Blond-haired Boy (eighteenth season only)
- One of Dowager Hatt's Friends (Henry's Hero)
- Some Children (Race to the Rescue, Steamie Stafford and No Snow for Thomas)
Trivia
- She took over the role of Leliah from "Tales of Zestiria the X" following Miyu Matsuki's death.
- Both she and Mayra Arellano voiced Emmy from "Dragon Tales" in their respective languages.
- She, Adriana Casas, Loukas Frangoulis, Piotr Bąk, Paul Disbergen, Mikołaj Klimek, Bartosz Martyna, Tokuyoshi Kawashima, Dor Srugo, Mildred Barrera, Roberto Gutiérrez, Finn Poncin, Hinako Sasaki, Shinichirō Miki, Hisao Egawa, Javier Olguín, Kōichi Sakaguchi, Katsuji Mori, Susa Saukko, Janusz Wituch, Pasi Ruohonen, Dariusz Błażejewski, Kiyoyuki Yanada, Waldemar Barwiński, Junichi Kanemaru, Artur Pontek, Hiroshi Tsuchida, Krzysztof Szczerbiński, Josie Yee, Diana Pérez, Grzegorz Drojewski, Klaudiusz Kaufmann, Mayra Arellano, Sander de Heer, Hiroko Emori, Naomi Shindō, Justyna Bojczuk, Miłogost Reczek, Tsutomu Densaka, Bruno Coronel, Xóchitl Ugarte, Miguel Ángel Leal, Anna Gajewska, Gaby Ugarte, Hiro Nakajima, Roberto Mendiola, Chikara Osaka, Kan Tanaka, Yohei Nishina, Salvador Reyes, Yuri Shiratori, Bin Shimada, Ángel Amorós, Kenta Miyake, Keiko Toda, Octavio Rojas, Masaharu Satō, Trond Teigen, Kiyonobu Suzuki, Talya Barkay, Yehonatan Magon, Kumiko Higa, Nir Ron, Joanna Pach-Żbikowska, Scott Maurstad, Olga Kuznetsova, Jan Kulczycki, Moisés Iván Mora, Tomohiro Nishimura, Piotr Bajtlik, Hideki Takahashi, Alan Prieto, Beata Jankowska-Tzimas, Tetsu Inada, Nobutoshi Canna, Krystyna Kozanecka, Masayuki Omoro, Simen Sand, Gadi Levy, Paweł Szczesny, Erik Skjøld, Leonardo García, Dafnis Fernández, Adrian Perdjon, Gerardo García, Józef Mika, Lena Meieran, Manuel Campuzano, César Árias, Dulce Guerrero, Armando Coria, Salvador Serrano, Leyla Rangel, Samuel Harjanne, Cezary Kwieciński and Hikaru Midorikawa have all worked on “Pokémon”.