Junko Takeuchi

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Junko Takeuchi
竹内 順子
Junko Takeuchi in 2013
Born	(1972-04-05) April 5, 1972 (age 52) Saitama Prefecture, Japan
Occupations	Actress voice actress
Years active	1996–present
Agents	Ogipro The Next Co. Inc. Amuse, Inc.
Notable work	Naruto as Naruto Uzumaki
Height	151 cm (4 ft 11 in)
Spouse	Kenji Hamada ​ (m. 2006)​ [citation needed]
Children	2

Junko Takeuchi (竹内 順子, Takeuchi Junko, born April 5, 1972) is a Japanese actress and voice actress employed by Ogipro The Next Co. Inc. & BQMAP. Taking a well-trod path by many voice actresses, she often voices young male characters with generally very quirky and goofy personalities. One of her most well-known roles includes Naruto Uzumaki from the popular anime series Naruto. She has played Takuya Kanbara in Digimon Frontier, Rin Natsuki/Cure Rouge in Yes! PreCure 5, Metabee in Medabots, Mamoru Endou in Inazuma Eleven and Inazuma Eleven GO, Gon Freecss in the 1999 version of Hunter × Hunter, MrBeast in the Japanese dub of MrBeast^[1] and GingerBrave in the Japanese dub of Cookie Run: Kingdom.