Production Baobab

Production Baobab (株式会社ぷろだくしょんバオバブ, Kabushiki-gaisha Purodakushon Baobabu), often abbreviated as just BAOBAB (バオバブ) and stylized as Production BAOBAB Co.,Ltd., is a voice actor talent management firm in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.

History

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On August 1 , 1979 , 16 voice actors and 6 staff members founded the company after they became independent from Aoni Production. The main members at the time were Tomita Kousei, Toyama Kei, Obara Noriko, Kamiya Akira, Inoue Kazuhiko, Kimotsuki Kaneta, Ogata Kenichi, Yoshida Rihoko, Chijimatsu Sachiko, Kato Osamu, Mizushima Yu, Shimizu Mari, Kitahama Haruko, Nozawa Masako, Mitsuya Yuji, and Yamada Shunji.

Shimizu Mari named the company after the baobab, a plant that grows in the savannah region and appears in the novel The Little Prince.

On March 1, 1984, Baobab absorbed and merged with Office Chuo, a voice acting agency headed by Tatekabe Kazuya.

Talent

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Male

• Masashi Hirose
• Takanori Hoshino
• Masafumi Kimura
• Ikuo Nishikawa
• Jirō Saitō
• Takayuki Sakazume
• Hiroshi Shirokuma
• Jun'ichi Sugawara
• Katsumi Toriumi
• Eiji Yanagisawa
• Hiroya Ishimaru(Still affiliated after retiring in 2023)

Female

• Sayaka Aoki
• Mioko Fujiwara
• Natsumi Hioka
• Mana Hirata
• Junko Hori
• Chizuko Hoshino
• Hisako Kanemoto
• Satomi Kōrogi
• Nami Kurokawa
• Chihiro Kusaka
• Mari Mashiba
• Yuki Matsuoka
• Atsuko Mine
• Eri Miyajima
• Emi Motoi
• Manami Tanaka

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)
  • Official Twitter: @baobab_info
  • Official YouTube channel

Other info

•  Production Baobab
•  株式会社ぷろだくしょんバオバブ