Megumi Ogata

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Summary

Megumi Ogata is a Japanese voice actress and singer known for roles including Kurama in Yu Yu Hakusho, Shinji Ikari in Neon Genesis Evangelion, and Sailor Uranus in Sailor Moon. Her work spans young male and female characters, and she has described how voice acting can transcend the performer’s gender. In 2022, she called for gender-free recognition in voice acting awards and said she rarely thinks of herself as a woman in everyday life. She has also publicly urged people to vote and spoken about war, government spending, and freedom to discuss politics; no party affiliation is on record.