Masako Nozawa (野沢 雅子, Nozawa Masako, born October 25, 1936) is a Japanese voice actress from Tokyo. She runs her own voice acting talent agency called Office Nozawa. In addition to her work in the Kitarō franchise, she is also best known for voicing Son Goku in the Dragon Ball franchise (as well as his sons, Gohan and Goten) and Tetsurō Hoshino in Galaxy Express 999.
She provided the voice of Kitarō in the 1968 and 1971 animes, as well as the Hakaba Kitarō anime. She also provided the voice for Kitarō's father, Medama-Oyaji, for the 2018 anime.
Selected Filmography
GeGeGe no Kitarō characters
- GeGeGe no Kitarō (1968 anime) - Kitarō, Teammate (Ep. 1), Boy (Ep. 2), Boy (Ep. 14), Old Lady (Ep. 21), Farmer's Wife (Ep. 25), Salaryman Yamada (Ep. 30), Next Episode Preview Narration (Ep. 32, 55), Tatsuo (Ep. 47), Teahouse Girl (Ep. 49), Bloody Cosmetics Saleslady (Ep. 58), Skier (Ep. 60), Boy B (Ep. 63), Fishing Boy (Ep. 63), Boy (Ep. 65)
- GeGeGe no Kitarō (1968 film) - Kitarō
- GeGeGe no Kitarō (1971 anime) - Kitarō, Next Episode Preview Narration (Ep. 11), Housewife (Ep. 13), Son (Ep. 14)
- GeGeGe no Kitarō (radio drama) - Kitarō
- GeGeGe no Kitarō: Chisōgan - Kitarō
- Hakaba Kitarō (motion comic) - Kitarō
- GeGeGe no Kitarō All Night Nippon - Kitarō
- Kitarō Witnesses Our Noble Deaths - Voice of Kitarō
- Hakaba Kitarō (TV anime) - Kitarō
- GeGeGe no Kitarō: Nippon Bakuretsu!! - 1968 Kitarō, 1971 Kitarō
- Kitarō, The Search for Happiness: 100 Years of Tōno Monogatari - Voice of Kitarō
- Yo-kai Watch: Shadowside Oni-ō no Fukkatsu - Kitarō
- Yo-kai Watch: Wibble Wobble - Kitarō
- GeGeGe no Kitarō (2018 anime) - Medama-Oyaji
Other Notable Roles
- Beast King GoLion (Voltron) as Hiroshi Suzu'ishi (Pidge)
- Chō-Denji Robo ComBattler V as Ropet, Kinta, Oreana
- Digimon Tamers as Guilmon
- Dokonjou Gaeru as Hiroshi
- Dororon Enma-kun as Enma-kun
- Dragon Ball (franchise) as Son Goku, Son Gohan, & Son Goten
- Futari wa Pretty Cure as Sanae Yukishiro
- Galaxy Express 999 as Tetsurou Hoshino
- Ganba no Bōken as Ganba
- Huckleberry no Bōken as Huck Finn
- Inakappe Taishou as Daizaemon Kaze
- Kaibutsu-kun (1980 series) as Kaibutsu-kun
- The Mysterious Cities of Gold as Esteban
- Obake no Q-tarō (1965 series) as Shinichi
- One Piece as Dr. Kureha
- Ore wa Teppei as Teppei Uesugi
- Rascal the Racoon as Rascal
- Sally the Witch (1966 series) as Tonkichi Hanamura
- Tiger Mask as Kenta
- Tom Sawyer no Bōken as Tom Sawyer
- Tsurikichi Sanpei as Sanpei Mihira