Megumi Hayashibara

Megumi Hayashibara (林原 めぐみ Hayashibara Megumi) (born March 30, 1967) is a Japanese voice actress, singer, radio personality, and lyricist from Tokyo. She is currently affiliated with Aksent. Her nicknames include: Megu-san, Megu-nee, Bara-san, Kakka, and Daijin. She is best known for her roles in Ranma ½, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Cowboy Bebop, Slayers, Detective Conan, Pokémon, All Purpose Cultural Catgirl Nuku Nuku and Shaman King. She is also a fully qualified and registered nurse.

Biography
Megumi Hayashibara was born on March 30, 1967 in Tokyo, Japan. She studied at a Catholic school, and at one point was bullied in fifth grade. She was an active club member and participated in the Badminton, Biology, Broadcasting, Drama, and English clubs. She played the role of Alice in an English language production of Alice in Wonderland. Despite qualifying as a nurse, she has never been employed in a nursing position.

On March 30, 1998, she married. On January 10, 2004, she announced on her radio show that she was pregnant with her first child. On June 28 of the same year, she gave birth to a daughter through emergency caesarian section.

A selection of other roles played by Megumi Hayashibara

 * 3 x 3 Eyes as Pai
 * All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku as Atsuko / Nuku Nuku
 * Blue Seed as Momiji Fujimiya
 * Card Captor Sakura: The Movie as Madoushi
 * Cowboy Bebop as Faye Valentine
 * Detective Conan as Ai Haibara
 * Di Gi Charat as Piyoko / Piyokola
 * Donkey Kong Country as Diddy Kong (only on the Japanese Dub)
 * Fire Emblem Heroes as Freyja
 * Hello Kitty as Hello Kitty
 * Lost Universe as Canal Volphied
 * Love Hina as Haruka Urashima
 * Neon Genesis Evangelion: Girlfriend of Steel as Mana Kirishima
 * New Danganrona v3: Killing Harmony as Shuichi Saihara
 * Paprika as Paprika / Doctor Atsuko Chiba
 * Pokemon as Musashi, Bulbasaur and some other Pokemons
 * Ranma 1/2 as Ranma Saotome (female)
 * Saber Marionette J as Lime
 * Sailor Moon S Movie as Himeko Nayotake
 * Slayers as Lina Inverse
 * Tenshi Na Konamaiki as Megumi Amatsuka
 * Yu Yu Hakusho as Genkai (young)

and many, many, others...