Masako Nozawa
Born: 1936-10-25 in Arakawa, Tokyo, Japan
Known For: Acting
Biography
Masako Nozawa is a Japanese actress and voice actress from Tokyo. Throughout her life, she has been affiliated with Production Baobab, 81 Produce and self-owned Office Nozawa; she is currently affiliated with Aoni Production. Her late husband, Masaaki Tsukada, was also a voice actor. As a voice actress, she is best known for the role of Son Goku in the popular anime franchise Dragon Ball, as well as all of Goku's male family relatives (except Raditz) and the villainous Goku Black. She has also voiced Tetsurō Hoshino (Galaxy Express 999) and Kitarō (GeGeGe no Kitarō, first and second series). In addition, she has also voiced two separate characters named "Hiroshi"; a character in Dokonjō Gaeru, and the characters known in the U.S. as "Pidge" and "Haggar" in Hyakujūō Golion. She also voiced Doraemon in the 1973 anime, replacing male actor Kōsei Tomita, who voiced the character in the first 26 episodes. In the 1979 anime, she was replaced by Nobuyo Ōyama, however Masako voiced Doraemon again in a 1988 special entitled Early English with Doraemon for unknown reasons.
Filmography
2025
- SANDA as Toyo Tetsudome (voice)
- Me & Roboco: The Movie as Showa Gag Manga Roboco (voice)
2024
- Dragon Ball DAIMA as Son Goku / Son Gohan / Son Goten / Gotenks (voice)
- Go! Go! Loser Ranger! as Draggie-kun (voice)
- The Foolish Angel Dances with the Devil as Joe (voice)
- Dragon Ball DAIMA as Self
- Mysterious Disappearances as Attendant of Kisaragi Station (voice)
- Dragon Ball Z Kai as Son Goku / Son Gohan (voice) (archive footage)
2023
- The Birth of Kitaro: The Mystery of GeGeGe as Medama-Oyaji (voice)
2022
- Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero as Son Goku / Son Gohan / Son Goten / Gotenks (voice)
- 500 Million Year Button as Tonio (voice)
2021
- Star Wars: Visions as T0-B1 (voice)
2020
- Digimon Adventure: as Narrator (voice)
2019
- Weathering with You as Fortuneteller (voice)
2018
- Super Dragon Ball Heroes as Son Goku / Xeno Goku (voice)
- Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us as Hisui (voice)
- GeGeGe no Kitaro as Medama-Oyaji (voice)
- Dragon Ball Super: Broly as Son Goku / Son Goten / Bardock (voice)
2017
- I Want to Deliver Your Voice as Nagisa's grandmother (voice)
- Yo-kai Watch Shadowside: The Return of the Oni King
- Dragon Ball Z: The Real 4-D at Super Tenkaichi Budokai as Goku / Gohan / God Fusion Goku (voice)
2016
- Dragon Ball Z: The Real 4-D as Goku (voice)
- Like the Wind as Sanpei (voice)
- Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection ‘F’ - Future Trunks Special Edition as Goku
2015
- Dragon Ball Super as Son Goku / Goku Black / Son Gohan / Son Goten (voices)
- Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F' as Son Goku / Son Gohan / Son Goten (voice)
- Air Bound as Tsuburi (voice)
2014
- Pretty Cure All Stars New Stage 3: Eternal Friends as Akumuju (voice)
- Ping Pong the Animation as Obaba Tamura (voice)
- Tomcat's Big Adventure as Mark (voice)
2013
- Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods as Son Goku / Son Gohan / Son Goten (voice)
- Dream 9 Toriko x One Piece x Dragon Ball Z Super Collaboration Special!! as Goku / Gohan / Goten (voice)
- Zorori the Naughty Hero: Defend the Dinosaur Egg! as Dino Mama (voice)
2012
- Doraemon: Nobita and the Island of Miracles – Animal Adventure as Nobisuke (voice)
- Asura as Asura
- Hal's Flute as Haru (voice)
- Driland as Bonny (Voice)
2011
- Dragon Ball: Episode of Bardock as Bardock (voice)
- Nichijou: My Ordinary Life as Narrator (voice)
- The Voice Makes a Miracle
- Lupin the Third: Blood Seal of the Eternal Mermaid as Masae Todo (voice)
2010
- One Piece: Strong World Episode 0 as Kureha (voice)
- Dragon Ball Z: Plan to Eradicate the Super Saiyans as Son Goku (voice)
- Anpanman: The Blacknose with Magical Song as Black Nose (voice)
2009
- Dragon Ball Z Kai as Son Goku / Son Gohan / Son Goten (voice)
- Galaxy Express 999 - Beyond the Diamond Ring
- Marie & Gali
- Cross Game as Nomo (voice)
2008
- Dragon Ball: Yo! Son Goku and His Friends Return!! as Son Goku / Son Gohan / Son Goten (voice)
- One Piece: Episode of Chopper Plus: Bloom in the Winter, Miracle Cherry Blossom as Dr. Kureha (voice)
- Kiku and the Wolf as Wolf (voice)
- Kirato Saw Honorable Death With No Surrender ~ Mizuki Shigeru's War as Kitarō (voice)
- Graveyard Kitaro as Kitarō (voice)
2007
2006
- Zorori the Naughty Hero: Quest For The Mysterious Treasure as Ishishi (voice)
- The Galaxy Railways: A Letter from the Abandoned Planet as Tetsurō Hoshino (voice)
- Lovege Chu ~Miracle Seiyuu Hakusho~
2005
- Futari wa Precure Max Heart: The Movie as Round / Sanae Yukishiro (voice)
- Digimon X-Evolution as Dukemon (voice)
- Futari wa Precure Max Heart Movie 2: Friend of Yukizora as Sanae Yukishiro / Muta
2004
- Pretty Cure as Sanae Yukishiro (voice)
2003
- Requiem from the Darkness as White Hermit (voice)
2002
- Doraemon: Nobita and the Robot Kingdom as Kururinpa (voice)
- Digimon Tamers: Runaway Locomon as Guilmon (voice)
- Jing: King of Bandits as Mama Stout (voice)
2001
- Digimon Tamers as Guilmon / Narrator (voice)
- Digimon Tamers: Battle of Adventurers as Guilmon (voice)
- Galaxy Express 999: The Rainbow Sign
- PaRappa the Rapper as Sister Corn (voice)
2000
- Love Hina as Hina Urashima (voice)
- Prince Mackaroo the Movie: The Promised Summer - Ojaru and Semira as せみら
1999
- One Piece as Dr. Kureha (voice)
- Pokémon: Pikachu's Rescue Adventure as Elekid (voice)
- Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure as Reika Nanjoin
- Children's Scary Story '99
1998
- Galaxy Express 999: Eternal Fantasy as Tetsurou Hoshino (voice)
- Round Vernian Vifam 13 as Kentsu Norton
- Children's Scary Story "Hell Phone"
- Children's Scary Story "Kotatsu Black Hole"
1997
- Dragon Ball GT: A Hero's Legacy as Son Gokû Jr. / Son Gokû
- Dr. Slump as Son Goku (voice)
- My Father's Dragon as Nearsighted Rat (voice)
- Children's Scary Story "Mysterious Refrigerator"
- Children's Scary Story "The Fear of a Three Sided Mirror"
1996
- Dragon Ball: The Path to Power as Son Goku (voice)
- Dragon Ball GT as Son Gohan / Son Goku / Son Goten (voice)
1995
- Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn as Son Gokû / Son Gohan / Son Goten / Gogeta / Veku / Gotenks (voice)
- Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon as Son Gokû / Son Gohan / Son Goten / Gotenks (voice)
- Iczer Girl: Iczelion as Iczel
1994
- Dragon Ball Z: Broly - Second Coming as Son Gokû / Son Gohan / Son Goten (voice)
- Dragon Ball Z: Bio-Broly as Son Goten / Son Gokû (voice)
- Montana Jones as Nicole / Oletta (voice)
1993
- Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound as Son Goku / Son Gohan (voice)
- Dragon Ball Z: The History of Trunks as Son Gokû / Son Gohan (voice)
- Dragon Ball Z: Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan as Son Goku / Son Gohan (voice)
- Dragon Ball Z Side Story: Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans as Son Goku / Son Gohan / Turles (voice)
- Looking Back at it All: The Dragon Ball Z Year-End Show!
1992
- Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler as Son Gokû / Son Gohan (voice)
- Dragon Ball Z: Super Android 13! as Son Goku / Son Gohan (voice)
- Dragon Ball Z: Summer Vacation Special as Son Goku / Son Gohan (Voice)
- Genji as Taira no Tokuko (voice)
- Zôressha ga Yatte Kita
- Dragon Ball Z: Gather Together! Goku's World as Son Goku / Son Gohan
1991
- Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge as Son Gokû / Son Gohan / Bardock (voice)
- Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug as Son Goku / Son Gohan (voice)
- The Adventure of Gamba and the Otter as Ganba
- Kayoko's Diary as Kisaburo Nakane (voice)
1990
- Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest as Son Gokû / Son Gohan (voice)
- Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might as Son Goku / Turles / Son Gohan (voice)
- Dragon Ball Z: Bardock - The Father of Goku as Bardock / Son Gokû (Kakarotto) (voice)
- Hakkenden: Legend of the Dog Warriors as Kamezasa (voice)
- Kim's Cross as (voice)
- Musashi, the Samurai Lord as Musashi (voice)
1989
- Dragon Ball Z as Son Goku / Son Gohan / Son Goten (voice)
- Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone as Son Gokû / Son Gohan (voice)
- Little Wansa as Kouta (voice)
- Blue Blink as Blink / Kakeru (voice)
- Dash! Yonkuro
1988
- Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure as Son Goku (voice)
- Dragon Ball: Goku's Traffic Safety as Son Goku (voice)
- Ultra B: Black Hole kara no Dokusaisha BB!! as ママ
- Goku's Fire Brigade as Son Goku (voice)
1987
- Dragon Ball: Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle as Son Goku (voice)
- Ultra B as Kazuyo Suzuki (voice)
- The Story of Fifteen Boys as Costar (voice)
- Kamen no Ninja Akakage as Aokage (voice)
1986
- Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies as Son Goku (voice)
- Saint Elmo - Apostle of Light as Mī-kun (voice) / Gugi (voice)
- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz as Tip (voice) / Princess Ozma (voice)
- Pollyanna as Polly Harrington Chilton (voice)
- Cool Cool Bye as Lek (voice)
- Dragon Ball as Son Goku (voice)
1985
- Hey! Bumboo as Bumboo (voice)
1984
- Ultraman Story as Taro
- The Adventurers Gamba and His Seven Friends as Ganba
1983
- Round Vernian Vifam as Kentsu Norton (voice)
- The Green Cat as Green (voice)
- Alice in Wonderland as Benny Bunny (voice)
- Ika no Kabamaru
1982
- The Mysterious Cities of Gold as Esteban (voice)
- The Monster Kid and The Demon's Sword as Kaibutsu-kun
- The Gutsy Frog: The Movie
1981
- Adieu Galaxy Express 999 as Tetsuro Hoshino (voice)
- Miss Machiko as ケン太
- Beast King GoLion as Hiroshi Suzuishi / Honerva (voice)
1980
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer as Tom Sawyer (voice)
- Galaxy Express 999: Claire of Glass as Tetsurou Hoshino (voice)
- Fisherman Sanpei as Sanpei Mihira (voice)
- Botchan as Chibi (voice)
- Galaxy Express 999: Eternal Traveler Emeraldas as Tetsurou Hoshino (voice)
- Back to the Forest as ペーター
- Kaibutsu-kun as Tarou Kaibutsu (voice)
- Maeterlinck's Blue Bird: Tyltyl and Mytyl's Adventurous Journey as Spirit of the Milk (voice)
- Galaxy Express 999: Can You Love Like a Mother?!! as Tetsuro Hoshino (voice)
- Spooky Kitaro: The All Seeing Eye
1979
- Galaxy Express 999: The Movie as Tetsurô Hoshino (voice)
- Adventures of the Polar Cubs
- The Legend of Manxmouse as Harrison G. Tondemonezumi
- Galaxy Express 999: Can You Live Like a Warrior!! as Tetsuro Hoshino (voice)
- Animated Travels: Marco Polo's Adventures
1978
- Galaxy Express 999 as Tetsuro Hoshino (voice)
- Thumbelina as Chumi (voice)
- Fighting General Daimos as Genta
1977
- Rascal the Raccoon as Rascal (voice)
- Arrow Emblem: Grand Prix no taka as Aise Hangoro (voice)
- Ore wa Teppei as Teppei Uesugi (voice)
1976
- 3000 Leagues in Search of Mother as Luigi (voice)
- The Adventures of Pinocchio as Pinocchio (voice)
- Huckleberry Finn as Huckleberry Finn (Voice)
- Combattler V
- Huckleberry no Bōken as Huckleberry Finn (voice)
1975
- Maya the Bee as Willy (voice)
- Adventure of Gamba as ガンバ
- The Star of the Seine as Danton
1974
- Calimero as Buta / Calimero's Mother (voice)
- Little Meg the Witch Girl as Saturn (voice)
- Tentou Mushi no Uta
1973
- The Panda's Great Adventure as Jumbo
- Doraemon as Doraemon (voice)
- The Little Judge from Hell as Enma-kun (voice)
- Miracle Girl Limit-chan as Tomi-san (voice)
- Little Wansa as コウタ
- Microid S as 学
1972
- Science Ninja Team Gatchaman as Seiji Nakanishi (voice)
- Pinocchio: The Series as Franko
- GO GET THEM 0011!! as Ace (voice)
- The Gutsy Frog as Hiroshi (voice)
- Little Witch Chappy as Ipei (voice)
1971
- Cackling Kitarou as Kitarou
1970
- Tomorrow's Joe as Yuri
- 30,000 Miles Under the Sea as Isamu (voice)
- General Inakappe as 風大左ヱ門
1969
- Flying Phantom Ship as Hayato (voice)
- もーれつア太郎 as Deko-chan
- The Ideal Boy's Gang Leader as Rappa
1968
- Spooky Kitaro as Kitatou (Voix)
- Cackling Kitarou as Kitarou (voice)
1967
- 冒険ガボテン島 as カボ
1965
- Q-Taro the Ghost as Ouhara Shinichi
- Space Patrol Hopper as プー