was a Japanese voice actress, affiliated with .
Early life and career Asami Yaguchi was born in Saitama Prefecture, Japan on July 31, 1979. As a child, she would get sick and often miss kindergarten and elementary school. When off sick from kindergarten, she would watch the puppet show on NHK Educational TV's program Okaasan to Issho. The character of Porori Kajiriacchi III was her very first love and seeing Ryūsei Nakao's name printed on the Niko Niko Pun cassette tape made her vaguely realize for the first time, "Oh, so that kind of job actually exists." While she had a passion for acting, the absence of a drama club at her junior high school inspired her to instead pursue a career as a voice actress.
However, because she was naturally introverted during junior high school, she couldn't bring myself to say it, so instead, following the advice of her parents, thought of becoming a nurse.
While attending a science-oriented high school, she felt lost about her future career path but was deeply inspired when a friend, who wanted to become a manga artist, openly declared, "I'm going to become a manga artist" without any embarrassment. This event gave her the courage to confess her own secret and ever since then, she pursued her dream to voice act.
She graduated from the and the 81 Produce Acting Institute. After she trained at Kenyu's seiyuu training school talk back, she became affiliated with .
Personal life Features and hobbies Yaguchi's vocal range was alto.
Her personal hobbies were painting, writing novels, baking and karaoke, while her special skills were calligraphy, Kendo, sword fighting and action stunts.
Her personal favorite anime was Doraemon and she admired Kazuya Tatekabe, the voice actor of the character Gian in the series. Tatekabe considered her a favorite of his and she would refer to Tatekabe as "master" during his lifetime. He was also a member of the same agency, . She voiced the reoccurring minor character Haruo in the 2005 Doraemon television anime series until her death.
Death Yaguchi died of heart failure on September 26, 2026, at the age of 47. announced the news of her death two days later on September 28.
Filmography Television animation + List of voice performances in television animation Year Title Role Notes Source 2003 Human Crossing Akemi Ep. 12; Voice acting debut 2004 Fantastic Children Tarlant 2007 Saa Ikō! Tamagotchi Kuchipatchi 2008 Net Ghost PiPoPa Kōsuke Kitayama 2009 Gintama Young Gintoki Sakata 2009 Tamagotchi! Kuchipatchi 2010 Super Robot Wars Original Generation: The Inspector Katina Tarask 2012 One Stormy Night: Secret Friends Rossa 2012 Tamagotchi! Yume Kira Dream Kuchipatchi 2013 Tamagotchi! Miracle Friends Kuchipatchi 2014 Go-Go Tamagotchi! Kuchipatchi 2017 Dies Irae Eleonore Von Wittenburg 2018 Doraemon Haruo, Sun Wukong, Empty Can, Old Woman, Aunt, Grandmother 2019 Star Twinkle PreCure Boy Ep. 18
Theatrical animation + List of voice performances in theatrical animation Year Title Role Notes Source 2006 Townspeople 2007 Additional voice 2007 Tamagotchi: The Movie Kuchipatchi 2008 Tamagotchi: Happiest Story in the Universe! Kuchipatchi 2010 Trigun: Badlands Rumble Boy 2017 Tamagotchi: Secret Delivery Operation! Kuchipatchi Short film 2019 Doraemon: Nobita's Chronicle of the Moon Exploration Haruo 2020 Doraemon: Nobita's New Dinosaur Haruo 2024 Doraemon: Nobita's Earth Symphony Haruo
References
External links Official agency profile