Behind the anime

Akiko Wada

Voice actor

Akiko Wada is a female Japanese singer and television performer of Korean ancestry, originally hailing from Higashinari-ku, Osaka.

Biography Selected credits

Born: April 10, 1950
Gender: Female
Born in: Osaka
Awards: 1
Credits: 3

Akiko Wada at a glance

Our catalog credits Akiko Wada, a voice actor, on three titles. Born April 10, 1950.

Notable work

Lead roles include Koopa in Super Mario Brothers: Peach-hime Kyushutsu Daisakusen!. Behind the scenes, the most common credits are theme song performance.

Quick questions

What has Akiko Wada worked on?

Our catalog lists three credits, including Super Mario Brothers: Peach-hime Kyushutsu Daisakusen! and Shobushi Densetsu Tetsuya.

Which characters has Akiko Wada voiced?

Listed roles include Koopa.

The person behind the work

Biography

Akiko Wada is a female Japanese singer and television performer of Korean ancestry, originally hailing from Higashinari-ku, Osaka. Like many Zainichi Koreans, she had a legal Korean name and a name for everyday use, which was Japanicized Fukuko Kaneumi (金海福子). Due to her above-average height (174 cm or 5' 8.5"), she is nicknamed "jotei", meaning "empress". She is signed to the HoriPro entertainment agency.

She voice acted as Koopa in Super Mario Bros.: Peach-Hime Kyushutsu Dai Sakusen!, the first time he had been voiced. She also performed with the music group m-flo on the song "HEY!" on their Beat Space Nine album which was released in 2005. Along with fellow Japanese entertainers Takeshi Kitano, Ken Shimura, and Nobuyoshi Kuwano, she severely criticized TV star Masashi Tashiro after his arrest for voyeurism.

(Source: Wikipedia)