Yūko Mizutani

was a Japanese actress, voice actress, narrator and singer from Ama District, Aichi. Throughout her life, she was attached to Production Baobab; she was attached to Aoni Production at the time of her death. Mizutani was best known for her roles of Sakiko Sakura in "Chibi Maruko-chan", Mihoshi Kuramitsu in "Tenchi Muyo!", Excellen Browning in "Super Robot Wars", Sora Takenouchi in "Digimon Adventure", Leina Stol in "", Sarah Zabiarov and Cheimin Noa in "Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam" and Pinoko in "Black Jack". Mizutani was the official Japanese voice actress for Minnie Mouse from 1991 until her death; she also voiced her in the "Kingdom Hearts" franchise.
On May 17, 2016, Mizutani died as a result of breast cancer. She was 51 years old at the time of her death.