Nobuyo Ōyama

Nobuyo Ōyama (大山 のぶ代, Ōyama Nobuyo), born Nobuyo Yamashita (山下 羨代, Yamashita Nobuyo, October 16, 1933), is a former Japanese actress and singer affiliated with Actors Seven. She is usually casted as young boys or talking animals, she is best known for playing the title character in the Doraemon franchise from 1979 to 2005. She is also well known as the voice of Monokuma, the main villain from the Danganronpa video-game series. She played him in both the video games and in the anime series Danganronpa: The Animation.

It was reported on May 13, 2015, that Ōyama was living with dementia, putting any future work on hold. This notably prevented her from reprising her role as Monokuma in any further episodes of the anime series Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School.

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Trivia

 * Her last original role was Minota from Oniku Daisuki! Zeushi-kun.
 * She has met and directed Doraemon's second catalan voice actor, Eduard Itchart.