Voice of Gundam ZZ's Elpeo Ple & Ple Two succumbed to cancer on February 18

The talent agency Aoni Production announced on Friday that voice actress Chieko Honda passed away due to multiple forms of cancer on February 18. Honda was undergoing treatment for cancer before succumbing.

Honda's many roles include Rika Nakamura in 1+2= Paradise, Ennil El in After War Gundam X, Mayachon-sensei in Akazukin Cha Cha, Mary Fastia in AM Driver, Azusa in Dr. Rin ni Kiitemite!, Omon in Edokko Boy: Gatten Taro, Tsubomi in First Loves, the title character in Flower Witch Mary Bell, Meroko Yui in Full Moon o Sagashite, Amy in several Gall Force projects, Tenshi in Grenadier, Miku Himuro in Zeorymer, Amu Fannellia in Heavy Metal L-Gaim, Sayaka in Heisei Inu Monogatari Bow, Miya Igarashi in Here is Greenwood, Chisato Miura in Hoshikuzu Paradise, Kurumi Kasuga in Kimagure Orange Road, Sara Russell in Lady Lady!!, Chizuru Edojō in Magical Taruruuto-kun, Elpeo Ple and Ple Two in Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ, Kozue Kaoru in Revolutionary Girl Utena, Chelsea Grimwood in Riding Bean, Nami Yamigumo in Silent Möbius, Haruka Yuzuhara in ToHeart2, Nomi Yagami in Yagami-kun's Family Affairs, Lea in Ys, and Emi and Opa Opa in Zillion.

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