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Minori Matsushima was an old-timey seiyuu born in 1940, who passed away in April 2022. She is best known as the voice of the original Tsundere Sayaka Yumi in Mazinger Z as well as the voice of Meat in the Kinnikuman franchise.
Her roles were usually of the Plucky Girl (Akane-chan, Candy and Honey Honey are three examples) or the Bratty Half-Pint. Later, she added some Badass Grandmas to her list.
Notable roles:[]
- Candice "Candy" White in Candy Candy. Noticeably, she was NOT replaced in the OAV.
- Alexandria Meat in Kinnikuman
- Gyopi in Goldfish Warning!
- Dororo in the original Dororo (replaced by Ikue Otani in the Blood Will Tell game, and Rio Suzuki in the 2019 anime)
- Ayumi Himekawa in the original Glass Mask (replaced by Naoko Matsui and Akiko Yajima)
- The second Sayaka Yumi in Mazinger Z (Darrin'ing for Tomoko (no relation) Matsushima and then Darrin'd herself by Kotoe Taichi; Ai Uchikawa voiced Sayaka in MazinKaiser, and Ai Kayano did it in Infinity)
- Sachiko in Dokaben
- Hiroshi in Kaibutsu-kun
- Honey Honey in Honey Honey
- Shao-Mai in Tatakae!! Ramenman
- Akane Kamijou in Akane-chan (she also sang the opening theme)
- Temari in Ranma ½
- Kyoko's mother in Maison Ikkoku
- Baby Chirin in Ringing Bell
- Mama in 21 Emon
- Lucy May in Lucy Of The Southern Rainbow
- Bun Bun in Hoero Bun Bun
- JR in Konpora Kid
- Empress Hysteria in Chouriki Sentai Ohranger
- Vice-Admiral Tsuru in One Piece