Megumi Odaka

Megumi Odaka started her career in 1984 as a voiceactress seiyū for the animationTVSeries Fushigi na koala Blinky aka Noozles USA aka The Wondrous Koala Blinky USA where she played the character Sandy Brown In 1987 she started her film career at Toho with the movie Taketori Monogatari aka Princess from the Moon where she played the role of the blind girl Akeno along with Yasuko Sawaguchi who played Kaguya the princess Then she starred as Asuka along with Natsuki Ozawa and Hikari Ishida in the TV series Hana no Asukagumi aka Radiant Asuka Class 1988 based on a manga series about a 14 year old delinquent girl Her next role was in the NHK TVSeries Seishun kazoku Youth Family 1989 After she won the TOHO Cinderella Contest in 1987 where she took place with Yasuko Sawaguchi she landed the role of Miki Saegusa in Godzilla vs Biollante in 1989 At this time she was a second year high school student and was first afraid of the Godzilla costume But she quickly befriended suitactor Kenpachiro Satsuma However TOHO was impressed with her acting skills and she also played Miki Saegusa in the following Godzilla vs King Ghidorah and the rest of the Heisei Series Godzilla vs Mothra Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla II Godzilla vs SpaceGodzilla and Godzilla vs Destoroyah She won a Japanese Academy Award for Rookie of the year for her performance in Princess from the Moon in 1988 among others She was one of the few actors to play the same role in more than one original Japanese release of a Godzilla film Takashi Shimura played Dr Kyouhei Yamane in the first two films and Raymond Burr reprised his role as Steve Martin in the edited American releases Godzilla King of the Monsters and Godzilla 1985 At the end of the Heisei Series she said He actor Akira Takarada was in the first Godzilla nearly 40 years ago before I was even born I want to be like him at that ageif Toho is still making Godzilla movies then Id like to come back and appear in them as Miki Saegusa Megumi was also a singer and released several singles two videos two photobooks and the two albums Milky Cotton 1988 and Powder Snow 1989 She also acted in several Live Stage Productions such as Anne no aijou or Anne no ai aka Annes Love or Annes Affection in 1991 Kikis Delivery Service in 1995 Peter Pan in 1996 and Yana no ue no Violinjiki Violin Player on top of the Roof or Fiddler on the Roof in 1994 1996 and 1998