Hikari Yono (SMC Kaolinite) passes away

[NJ_]

Voice Actress Hikari Yono Passes Away

Voice actress Hikari Yono passed away on Sunday, November 15. Her family made the announcement on her Twitter account. The announcement noted that Yono had been under treatment for an illness at the time of her passing.

Yono has played numerous supporting roles in anime since 2001, including Mother Okojo in Shiawase Sou no Okojo-san, Tamura-sensei in Ultra Maniac, Obecitus in Tweeny Witches, Samui in Naruto, Fukuko Yanagisawa in JAPAN, Our Homeland, and Rumiko in Hal. She also provided the voice of Kaolinite in Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal: Season III, and provided narration for the recent BURN THE WITCH anime.

RIP

 

[Mystical Moonbow]

Dang. It’s like it’s happening one after another in the Sailor Moon community. Rest In Peace to her and blessings to her family.

 

[foenyanko]

WHAT?!? How the hell?? She wasn't even 50 yet. I wonder what happened... If she was involved in Burn the Witch, she must have still been actively voicing not too long ago.

 

[Clow]

Gone too soon, God bless her, she did a great job in SMC

 

[Sakuranbo]

First it was Akira and now Hikari. This is also very sad news and Hikari was a very amazing voice actress. Rest in Peace.

 

[NJ_]

WHAT?!? How the hell?? She wasn't even 50 yet. I wonder what happened... If she was involved in Burn the Witch, she must have still been actively voicing not too long ago.

This was posted elsewhere, apparently it was cancer.

https://twitter.com/statuses/1329659914352873473

 

[SailorSpySedna]

I just found out myself, unbelievably sad, and I loved her performance as Kaolinite.

 

[PurpleWarrior13]

R.I.P. Gone way too soon. So much death lately, it's been terrible. She's already the second untimely death from SMC after Yuko Mizutani (Usagi's mother, coincidentally also voiced by Tara Platt in English), and second for Kaolinite (after Kirsten Bishop's passing).