Saori Sugimoto (杉本 沙織, Sugimoto Saori, 17 November 1964 – 21 October 2021) was a Japanese voice actress known for voicing Ramurin Makiba in Shima Shima Tora no Shimajirō, Martina von Trapp in Trapp Family Story, Kisanta Yamamura in Nintama Rantarō, and Sanae Minami in Green Green.
[1] She was educated at Aonijuku's Tokyo campus, where she was part of the sixth graduating class.
[4] She also voiced Kisanta Yamamura in Nintama Rantarō, succeeding Tomiko Suzuki.
[9] Sugimoto died on 21 October 2021, aged 56, due to congestive heart failure associated with anorexia.
[4] An in memoriam caption was added to the end of the 30 October 2021 broadcast of Shimajirō no Wow!.