| Rachel Ferguson (Scotland) A background in classical and choral singing gives Rachel's voice a pure tone and flexibility which was applied to bands of myriad genres including trip-hop, funk and rock in her native Scotland, where she also worked as a drama and singing teacher for the Royal Deeside School of Theatre Arts. Moving to Japan in 2005, Rachel embarked upon various projects as a vocalist, writer and editor, including acting in a ten-minute spoof shopping-channel sketch which was shown at Budokan as part of pop group HY's 'Kamakura Amae' 2006 concert. In September 2007 she joined the ranks of NHK, taking up the position of TV NEWSCASTER for their foreign broadcast. Other recent jobs have included singing on the TVCMs for SUNTORY, FANCL, and JRA and providing voices for a new children's cartoon. Rachel also enjoys singing at live events, solo or as part of a band. Recent events have included an exclusive party for Mikimoto, and regular appearances at dining bars and clubs, and weddings. Languages: English, intermediate Japanese Location: Japan |
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| Elainor Sato (New Zealand) A warm and expressive narrator and voice actress with 15 years' experience in translation and copywriting, Elainor works for clients both here in Japan and overseas. Trained extensively in voiceover with top US professionals including Rodney Saulsberry and MJ Lallo in Los Angeles; Edge Studio, New York; and VoiceOne, San Franscisco. Recent work in Japan includes educational material (NHK, University of the Air, Kirihara Shoten); corporate and promotional narrations (JETRO, Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Saitama City); radio imaging (FM Karuizawa, FM Gunma, FM Sanin); anime dubbing (NTT, Sega Sammy, JALEX); car navigation for Sanyo Denki and Zenrin; e-learning materials for Sony; website narration for Standard and Poor's; and voicemail messages for JAL. Languages: English, Japanese and Mandarin |
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| Georgina Mary (Australia) Georgina Mary from Brisbane, Australia has lived in Tokyo for several years working in the film and advertising industries. Her distinctive vocal style could be heard on a radio show in the early days of J-Wave called Sweet Morning Talk. Georgina's resonant, melodious voice and mainstream Australian accent are well suited for a wide range of projects: educational, commercial, sports, business, drama and more. Currently she manages overseas film crews and writes movie scripts. When not either at the computer or behind a mic she can be found practicing karate, on her way to getting a black belt in Okinawan Go Jyu Ru. Languages: English |
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| Heera Woodman Heera is a long-term resident of Japan from Britain. Her pleasant, melodious voice with a clear British accent is perfect for TOEIC and other test materials. She has recorded ESL educational material for many years. Heera excels at voice acting and performing drama and poetry readings. She participates in a play-reading group in Tokyo in her spare time. She is skilled at doing character voices as well as a range of British regional and continental accents. Her background in business and academic presentation coaching makes her the perfect choice for recording news, documentaries. and VPs . She recently completed a VP, 'Path of a Tsunami.' Other recent voice work includes a variety of educational narration and commercials, including one for Frisk. Heera has received professional voice acting and narration training at TEPS seminars. Languages: English, some French, Spanish and Japanese |
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| Nadia McKechnie A lovely, elegant London accent, lots of character voices and a 10-year career as a Narrator/Writer in Tokyo. Work (often long term) includes NHK Kiso Eigo 3 (main guest/writer - 2 years), NHK Summer Listening Test (main guest/writer three years), NHK Eigo Business World (numerous appearances over three years) and Tameshite Gaten. Also Fuji TV's Iron Chef UK (one year) and a wide range of commercials (everything from Canon to Apple to Gifu Prefecture) Educational narration includes - TOEIC, kid's, textbooks (Japan Times, Longman, Cambridge and more) Writing credits include Dialogue Listening - Obunsha best seller series. Currently at work on Lexis Dictionary (Obunsha.) Languages: English, Japanese |
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| Sharon Hennessy (Australia) Sharon, a native of Australia, has a smooth, comfortable voice with a clear, easy-to-understand accent, which is perfect for all types of educational materials. She has diverse experience as a presenter, speech writer, public speaker, children's books reader, voice modeller, performer and editor. She has performed lead roles in several plays and has won prizes in numerous radio speech competitions. Sharon was featured in a popular mini-documentary of her life in China along with a a six-page newspaper article about her daily life there. She is confident, passionate and animated about all aspects of her work. In addition to her other talents, Sharon is a trained Asian language teacher. Her accents include Australian English and British English. Sharon has honed her skills for the global market through professional voice-acting and narration STEPS training. Languages: Australian English, Chinese and Bahasa Indonesian |
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| Sorcha Chisholm (Australia) Sorcha is from Australia and has lived in Tokyo since March 2004. She has a light , melodious voice with a clear and easy-to-understand accent which is ideal for TOEIC and other educational materials , public announcements, VPs and a variety of other projects. With over seven years of radio experience, she is skilled at news-reading (especially the pronunciation of foreign names and places), commercials, feature stories and interviews. She has further broadened her vocal skills and styles through the professional voice acting and narration training STEPS program. Sorcha is an accomplished singer and her voice can be heard in the 2006 ANA commercial . She has also worked extensively with BS Fuji TV on the children's program "Go Go Eigo." Languages: English |
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| Susan Doyle UK version of Iron Chef and video recording in monthly poetry performances at What the Dickens. Speech and drama training at London's Guildhall School, a two-year drama course at the Bristol Old Vic School, same vintage as Jane Lapotaire, BBC experience and children's story-telling, educational recordings (peace poems, songs and prayers). Belongs to Riviera Artistes, a film agency based in Torquay and acted in Wycliffe and Twelfth Nights. Languages: English |
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