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)
- Stage Play 「Spooky Kitaro」
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)
- Mysterious Disappearances as Attendant of Kisaragi Station (voice)
- Dragon Ball DAIMA as Self
- 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)
- GeGeGe no Kitaro as Medama-Oyaji (voice)
- Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us as Hisui (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)
- Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection ‘F’ - Future Trunks Special Edition as Goku
- Like the Wind as Sanpei (voice)
2015
- Dragon Ball Super as Son Goku / Goku Black / Son Gohan / Son Goten (voice)
- Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F' as Son Goku / Son Gohan / Son Goten (voice)
- Air Bound as Tsuburi (voice)
2014
- Ping Pong the Animation as Obaba Tamura (voice)
- Tomcat's Big Adventure as Mark (voice)
- Pretty Cure All Stars New Stage 3: Eternal Friends as Akumuju (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
- Driland as Bonny (Voice)
- Doraemon: Nobita and the Island of Miracles – Animal Adventure as Nobisuke (voice)
- Asura as Asura
- Hal's Flute as Haru (voice)
2011
- Nichijou: My Ordinary Life as Narrator (voice)
- Dragon Ball: Episode of Bardock as Bardock (voice)
- Lupin the Third: Blood Seal of the Eternal Mermaid as Masae Todo (voice)
- The Voice Makes a Miracle
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)
- Cross Game as Nomo (voice)
- Marie & Gali
- Galaxy Express 999: Beyond the Diamond Ring
2008
- Graveyard Kitaro as Kitarō (voice)
- 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)
- Kirato Saw Honorable Death With No Surrender ~ Mizuki Shigeru's War as Kitarō (voice)
- Kiku and the Wolf as Wolf (voice)
2007
2006
- Lovege Chu ~Miracle Seiyuu Hakusho~
- 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)
2005
- Futari wa Precure Max Heart Movie 2: Friend of Yukizora as Sanae Yukishiro / Muta
- Futari wa Precure Max Heart: The Movie as Round / Sanae Yukishiro (voice)
- Digital Monster X-Evolution as Dukemon (voice)
2004
- Pretty Cure as Sanae Yukishiro (voice)
- The Marshmallow Times
2003
- Requiem from the Darkness as White Hermit (voice)
2002
- Jing: King of Bandits as Mama Stout (voice)
- Doraemon: Nobita and the Robot Kingdom as Kururinpa (voice)
- Digimon Tamers: Runaway Locomon as Guilmon (voice)
2001
- Digimon Tamers as Guilmon / Narrator (voice)
- PaRappa the Rapper as Sister Gon (voice)
- Digimon Tamers: Battle of Adventurers as Guilmon (voice)
- Galaxy Express 999: The Rainbow Sign
2000
- Hamtaro as Yume Haruna (voice)
- 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)
- Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure as Reika Nanjoin
- Pokémon: Pikachu's Rescue Adventure as Elekid (voice)
- Children's Scary Story '99
1998
- Round Vernian Vifam 13 as Kentsu Norton
- Galaxy Express 999: Eternal Fantasy as Tetsurou Hoshino (voice)
- Children's Scary Story "Hell Phone"
- Children's Scary Story "Kotatsu Black Hole"
1997
- Dr. Slump as Son Goku (voice)
- Dragon Ball GT: A Hero's Legacy as Son Gokû Jr. / Son Gokû
- My Father's Dragon as Nearsighted Rat (voice)
- Children's Scary Story "The Fear of a Three Sided Mirror"
- Children's Scary Story "Mysterious Refrigerator"
1996
- Dragon Ball GT as Son Gohan / Son Goku / Son Goten (voice)
- Dragon Ball: The Path to Power as Son Goku (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 Goku / Son Gohan / Son Goten / Gotenks (voice)
- Iczer Girl: Iczelion as Iczel
1994
- Montana Jones as Nicole / Oletta (voice)
- Dragon Ball Z: Bio-Broly as Son Goten / Son Gokû (voice)
- Dragon Ball Z: Broly - Second Coming as Son Gokû / Son Gohan / Son Goten (voice)
1993
- Dragon Ball Z: Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan as Son Goku / Son Gohan (voice)
- 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 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: Gather Together! Goku's World as Son Goku / Son Gohan
- Dragon Ball Z: Summer Vacation Special as Son Goku / Son Gohan (Voice)
- Zôressha ga Yatte Kita
- Genji as Taira no Tokuko (voice)
1991
- Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug as Son Goku / Son Gohan (voice)
- Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge as Son Gokû / Son Gohan / Bardock (voice)
- Kayoko's Diary as Kisaburo Nakane (voice)
- The Adventure of Gamba and the Otter as Ganba
1990
- The Hakkenden: Legend of the Dog Warriors as Kamezasa (voice)
- Dragon Ball Z: Bardock - The Father of Goku as Bardock / Son Gokû (Kakarotto) (voice)
- Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might as Son Goku / Turles / Son Gohan (voice)
- Musashi, the Samurai Lord as Musashi (voice)
- Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest as Son Gokû / Son Gohan (voice)
- Kim's Cross as (voice)
- 君の十字架
1989
- Dragon Ball Z as Son Goku / Son Gohan / Son Goten (voice)
- Dash! Yonkuro
- Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone as Son Gokû / Son Gohan (voice)
- Blue Blink as Blink / Kakeru (voice)
- Little Wansa as Kouta (voice)
1988
- Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure as Son Goku (voice)
- Dragon Ball: Goku & 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
- Ultra B as Kazuyo Suzuki (voice)
- Kamen no Ninja Akakage as Aokage (voice)
- Dragon Ball: Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle as Son Goku (voice)
- The Story of Fifteen Boys as Costar (voice)
1986
- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz as Tip (voice) / Princess Ozma (voice)
- The Story of Pollyanna as Polly Harrington Chilton (voice)
- Dragon Ball as Son Goku (voice)
- Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies as Son Goku (voice)
- Saint Elmo - Apostle of Light as Mī-kun (voice) / Gugi (voice)
- Cool Cool Bye as Lek (voice)
1985
- Hey! Bumboo as Bumboo (voice)
1984
- Ultraman Story as Taro
- The Adventurers Gamba and His Seven Friends as Ganba
1983
- Alice in Wonderland as Benny Bunny (voice)
- Round Vernian Vifam as Kentsu Norton (voice)
- Ika no Kabamaru
- The Green Cat as Green (voice)
1982
- The Mysterious Cities of Gold as Esteban (voice)
- The Monster Kid and The Demon's Sword as Kaibutsu-kun
- A Zoo Without an Elephant as Hide (voice)
- The Gutsy Frog: The Movie
1981
- Miss Machiko as Kenta Ikegami (voice)
- Beast King GoLion as Hiroshi Suzuishi / Honerva (voice)
- Adieu Galaxy Express 999 as Tetsuro Hoshino (voice)
1980
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer as Tom Sawyer (voice)
- Fisherman Sanpei as Sanpei Mihira (voice)
- 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: Eternal Traveler Emeraldas as Tetsurou Hoshino (voice)
- Spooky Kitaro: The All Seeing Eye
- Galaxy Express 999: Claire of Glass as Tetsurou Hoshino (voice)
- Botchan as Chibi (voice)
- Back to the Forest as ペーター
- Galaxy Express 999: Can You Love Like a Mother?!! as Tetsuro Hoshino (voice)
1979
- Animated Travels: Marco Polo's Adventures
- Galaxy Express 999: The Movie as Tetsurô Hoshino (voice)
- Galaxy Express 999: Can You Live Like a Warrior!! as Tetsuro Hoshino (voice)
- Adventures of the Polar Cubs
- The Legend of Manxmouse as Harrison G. Tondemonezumi
1978
- Galaxy Express 999 as Tetsuro Hoshino (voice)
- Fighting General Daimos as Genta
- Thumbelina as Chumi (voice)
1977
- Arrow Emblem: Grand Prix no taka as Aise Hangoro (voice)
- Rascal the Raccoon as Rascal (voice)
- Ore wa Teppei as Teppei Uesugi (voice)
1976
- The Adventures of Pinocchio as Pinocchio (voice)
- Combattler V
- Huckleberry no Bōken as Huckleberry Finn (voice)
- 3000 Leagues in Search of Mother as Luigi (voice)
- Huckleberry Finn as Huckleberry Finn (Voice)
1975
- Maya the Bee as Willy (voice)
- The Star of the Seine as Danton
- Adventure of Gamba as ガンバ
1974
- Heidi: Girl of the Alps as The Boy With the Barrel Organ (voice)
- Little Meg the Witch Girl as Saturn (voice)
- Calimero as Buta / Calimero's Mother (voice)
- Tentou Mushi no Uta
1973
- The Little Judge from Hell as Enma-kun (voice)
- Doraemon as Doraemon (2nd) (voice)
- Little Wansa as コウタ
- Miracle Girl Limit-chan as Tomi-san (voice)
- Microid S as 学
- The Panda's Great Adventure as Jumbo (voice)
1972
- Science Ninja Team Gatchaman as Seiji Nakanishi (voice)
- Pinocchio: The Series as Franko
- The Gutsy Frog as Hiroshi (voice)
- Little Witch Chappy as Ipei (voice)
- GO GET THEM 0011!! as Ace (voice)
1971
- Cackling Kitarou as 鬼太郎（配音）
1970
- Tomorrow's Joe as Yuri
- General Inakappe as 風大左ヱ門
- 30,000 Miles Under the Sea as Isamu (voice)
1969
- The Ideal Boy's Gang Leader as Rappa
- もーれつア太郎 as Deko-chan
- Flying Phantom Ship as Hayato (voice)
1968
- Cackling Kitarou as Kitarou (voice)
- Spooky Kitaro as Kitatou (Voix)
1967
- 冒険ガボテン島 as カボ
1965
- Space Patrol Hopper as プー
- Q-Taro the Ghost as Ouhara Shinichi