Nobuyo Ōyama

Nobuyo Ōyama
大山 のぶ代
Born(1933-10-16)October 16, 1933
DiedSeptember 29, 2024(2024-09-29) (aged 90)
Tokyo, Japan
Other namesPeko, Nobuemon
Occupations
  • Actress
  • screenwriter
  • voice actress
  • singer
  • essayist
  • television personality
Years active1956–2016
AgentActors Seven
Known forVoice of Doraemon and Monokuma
Height162 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Spouse
(m. 1964; died 2017)

Nobuyo Yamashita (山下 羨代, Yamashita Nobuyo; née Ōyama, October 16, 1933 – September 29, 2024), known professionally as Nobuyo Ōyama (大山 のぶ代, Ōyama Nobuyo), was a Japanese actress, voice actress, screenwriter, singer, essayist, and television personality last affiliated with Actors Seven. Her husband was the actor and television personality Keisuke Sagawa. She is best known for voicing the title character in the Doraemon television anime series that ran from 1979 to 2005 and Monokuma, the main villain of the Danganronpa franchise for the first three video games, two Danganronpa stageshows, and the television adaptation Danganronpa: The Animation from 2010 to 2016.