Tomo Sakurai

Tomo Sakurai, born Tomoe Hatta, was a Japanese actress and singer who first became known as a member of the idol group Lemon Angel. In the 1990s she began working as a voice actress, notable for roles such as Mylene Flare Jenius in *Macross 7*, Meimi Haneoka in *Saint Tail*, Makimachi Misao in *Rurouni Kenshin* and the title character in *Super Doll Licca‑chan*. She also provided the voice of Cynthia in all Pokémon animated series from *Diamond and Pearl* onward. Sakurai returned briefly to voice acting near the end of her life, voicing Kaede in the 2024 anime *Grandpa and Grandma Turn Young Again*.