Masako Nozawa, who was born in 1936, is now 81 years old. Grandma Nozawa debuted as a voice actress in 1963, and her first attempt at dubbing was "Wolf Boy Ken". In the first few years of becoming a voice actress, she was a bit tepid, and in the 6th year after mastering this profession, Grandma Nozawa got the voice of the first popular anime protagonist - "Kitaro" Kitaro. The first animation version of "Kitaro" was still a black-and-white animation, but the plot content was very rich, the production was relatively good, and it left a far-reaching impact on the history of animation, in addition to the intentions of the production team, Grandma Nozawa who voiced Kitaro was the most powerful.
In 1986, the masterpiece "Dragon Ball" was animated! In order to find a voice that can interpret the soul of Sun Wukong, the producer finally chose Masako Nozawa, who has a wealth of experience, at this time she has reached the age of 50. A 50-year-old woman voices a 12-year-old teenager Goku, a challenge that no ordinary person would dare to accept. What she didn't expect, however, was that the job would accompany her for the rest of her life.
In 1989, the Dragon Ball series reached its climax, Dragon Ball z. Sun Wukong and Kiki cultivate into positive results, have two children, Sun Wu rice and Sun Wutian, and the producer is worried because of the dubbing matter. People are too familiar with Masako Nozawa's voice, who will voice Goku's two sons to barely catch up with or surpass her performance ability? The answer is that no one can. So Masako Nozawa became the voice actor of the three protagonists, and the three fathers and sons of the family were all Nozawa Servants. Then Grandma Nozawa had another achievement, 57 years old to voice the 7-year-old Gokuten.
Grandma Nozawa's "Turtle Sect Qigong" roar is a must- and few people can imitate it. In 2001, Digimon released its third book, King of the Beast Trainers, in which Grandma Nozawa featured the Digimon Kiel Beast and its evolved voice. Kiel Beast was innocent when it first appeared in the human world, ignorant of the outside world, and in order to show this panic, Grandma Nozawa also struggled to think about it. However, the wave of the Kiel Beast and the "Turtle Sect Qigong" are similar, and they are also very suitable for the role of Grandma Nozawa.
Grandma Nozawa also won two world records – "The longest time active as a voice actor in the game" and "the longest dubbing time for the same character in the game". The record-setting title began in 1993 with Dragon Ball Z Mega Martial Arts, and as of the release of the new game last November, she has been starring in the series' Goku character for 23 years and 218 days. Grandma Nozawa said that it is really happy to be able to stay healthy until today, and realize the dream of achieving the world record. Akira Toriyama, the author of Dragon Ball, also congratulated him.
Speaking of the voices for the three fathers and sons, Sun Wukong's father Badak in "Dragon Ball", as well as the combined state of Begit, Gojita, And Gotenks, as well as the grandson of Sun Wukong who finally appeared in the world's first budokai in "Dragon Ball Gt" are all voiced by him, which is really shocking! In addition to the dubbing in "Dragon Ball", the male protagonist in "Four Wheel Drive Kid" that we often watched when we were children was actually a voice actor played by her. In the anime "That's the Voice Actor", Grandma Nozawa starred as a voice actor in the anime, and I think I must have a lot of emotions when I recalled my voice actor career.
It is also worth mentioning that the voice of the monkey in the League of Legends Japanese costume is also Masako Nozawa, probably for the Japanese, no one else can replace her as the Great Sage of Qi Tian. Nowadays, "Dragon Ball Super" is still in the hot air, Grandma Nozawa is still standing in the front line of voice actors at the age of 81, and the professionalism is worthy of admiration and learning from every practitioner, it is really hard to imagine what Sun Wukong is like without Grandma Nozawa dubbing.
Let's wish Grandma Nozawa's health!