Masako Hoshino (星野 真沙子, Hoshino Masako; born August 3, 1945) known professionally as Masako Ebisu (恵比寿 まさ子, Ebisu Masako) is a Japanese actress and voice actress. She is also a freelancer affiliated with the talent agency Herringbone as a narrator.
She is best known for her roles as Shizuka Minamoto in Doraemon, Ryōko Kakinouchi in Attack No. 1, Yōko Shiraki in Ashita no Joe, Taiko Namino in Sazae-san, Natsumi's mother in The Kabocha Wine, and Herumeko in Tonari no Tamageta-kun.
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Biography
Born on August 3, 1945 in Tokyo, Japan, Ebisu was a former member of the Kokeshi-za Children's Theater Company and graduated from the Nihon University College of Art.
She had been previously affiliated with All Japan Music and Entertainment Production, N.N.A.C, the Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society, Enkyo-Pro, Mausu Promotion, Aoni Production, and Office Osawa Co.,Ltd.
Ebisu has appeared in hit shows such as Sazae-san and Ashita no Joe. In recent years, she's served as a narrator for Suntory's Jibun Bōe-dan commercials.
Following the deaths of Shun Yashiro in 2003, Kaneta Kimotsuki in 2016, Kōsei Tomita in 2020, and Yoshiko Ōta in 2021, she and Masako Nozawa (the voice of Doraemon from episodes 14 to 26) are currently the last surviving of the Nippon Doraemon series voice cast.
Personal life
Her personal specialties include playing the shamisen and kouta.
