Junko Minagawa

Junko Minagawa (皆川 純子, Minagawa Junko, born November 22 in Ibaraki) is a Japanese voice actor affiliated with Haikyō. She became involved in the dubbing industry since 2001.

Having led a rather active school life, Minagawa eagerly performed in school plays as a child and showed potential in volleyball as a teenager. Upon graduating from high school, she sought to become a stewardess, only to settle for a normal job after neglecting her English studies.

While Minagawa did not particularly mind her job, the thought of being stuck in the same routine unnerved her enough to try pursuing an acting career. Because money issues kept her from joining a theater training program, she took up voice acting as a side job and gradually made it her top priority. The first role she ever had was voicing lines for a hairdressing company's radio commercial.

Minagawa is often assigned younger male or older female roles due to her husky voice. A few of them include Loki in Bayonetta 2, Erica Anderson in Catherine, and Ryoma Echizen in The Prince of Tennis. She considers her role as Ryoma Echizen to be the most influential as it helped shape her personal growth as an actor.

Works for Koei

 * Rei Kurosawa, Reika Kuze - Fatal Frame III: The Tormented
 * Eliot - Dead or Alive series
 * Millennia - Deception IV: The Nightmare Princess, Warriors All-Stars
 * Lazy Hemisphere - The Legend of Heroes: Akatsuki no Kiseki