Mutsumi Tamura

Mutsumi Tamura
Japanese Name	田村 睦心
Romanized Name	Tamura Mutsumi
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Age	37
Birthday	June 19, 1987 (Aomori Prefecture, Japan)
Gender	Female
Height	153 cm (5 ft 0 in)
Blood Type	O
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation	Voice actress
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Hobbies	Calligraphy Singing Swimming
Other Information
Affiliation	I'm Enterprise
Media
JoJo Debut	JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean
Website	@623tmr Blog

Mutsumi Tamura (田村 睦心, Tamura Mutsumi) is a Japanese voice actress. She is the voice actress for the character Ermes Costello in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean.

She is also well known for her roles as Kobayashi in Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid, Sonya in Kill Me Baby, young Kakashi Hatake in Naruto: Shippuden, Koshiro Izumi in Digimon Adventure tri., Hiro Amanokawa in Digimon Ghost Game, Sayaka Kanamori in Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!, and Lute in Monster Hunter Stories: Ride On.

Biography

Mutsumi Tamura was born in Aomori Prefecture, Japan, before moving to Tokyo where she spent most of her childhood in. Growing up, Tamura expressed interest in voice acting around 3rd to 4th grade after seeing the voice actors' profiles from the Rurouni Kenshin TV anime. She was also a fan of the YuYu Hakusho TV anime. According to Tamura, it was during her high school years when she fully decided to become a voice actress after her drama club coach refused to cast her in male roles. She later attended Japan Narration Acting Institute during her third year high school to pursue a career in voice acting. While attending classes, she worked part-time jobs in order to afford school expenses.

Tamura debuted in 2007 as a young Kyosuke Tsutsumi in the TV anime adaptation of Ef: A Fairy Tale of the Two. She eventually landed the titular role for Battle Spirits: Shounen Toppa Bashin before her breakthrough role as Kobayashi in Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid.

Aside from voice acting, Tamura also has a certificate for teaching classes specializing in calligraphy.

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

Tamura became a fan of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure in elementary school during the serialization of Stone Ocean. According to Tamura, after seeing the female characters in the story, she aspired to play empowering roles like them ever since. Like fellow voice actress Mariya Ise, voice actress for F.F., she had also auditioned in the previous seasons of the TV anime only to come up short every time. She had expressed her extreme eagerness in getting the role of Ermes Costello during her audition, to the point that she would repeatedly ask her agent for any news about the Stone Ocean anime adaptation. She later received a call from her manager saying she got the part for Ermes Costello.

Tamura finds the role of Ermes to be fun and challenging because of the scenes where Ermes gets beaten up as well as her inner monologues. Fairouz Ai, who voices Jolyne Cujoh, looks up to Tamura for inspiration as the more experienced voice actor and compares her presence to Ermes. Alongside Ise, the three of them wore matching hair glitter during the Stone Ocean anime information reveal.

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Roles

Role

Ermes Costello

Title	Media	Year
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean	Anime	2021
Spotify ANIZONE	Radio	2021
ORAORAdio S	Radio	2022
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle R	Video Game	2022

Gallery

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  Tamura with Fairouz Ai & Mariya Ise at Netflix Festival Japan 2021

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  Tamura with cast & Yugo Kanno at Netflix Festival Japan 2021

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  Tamura with Fairouz Ai & Mariya Ise for the SPUR Magazine collaboration

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  Tamura recording ORAORAdio S Episode 9 with Fairouz Ai

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  With Yuichiro Umehara, Mariya Ise, Atsumi Tanezaki and Fairouz Ai at AnimeJapan2022

Trivia

• When asked to describe her role in one kanji, Tamura said that the kanji for compassion (情) would be the most fitting for Ermes because of her compassion and willingness in helping Jolyne despite not having met each other until the beginning of the story.
• One of Tamura's favorite characters is "the first eccentric person that Ermes encounters in prison after Jolyne". Not only did she find the character's crazed personality awesome, but also the voice actor for the role. According to her, the episode which the character first appears is also the director's favorite episode.
• During the Stone Ocean program in the Netflix Festival Japan 2021 event, Fairouz Ai recommended Pearl Jam for Tamura if she were to have a Stand because of its ability to heal people through cooked meals.
• Tamura states Narciso Anasui's costume as her favorite among the JoJo characters because of the fishnets and shoe soles that "exposes his skin in a sexy way".
• A scene that impressed Tamura was F.F. and Jolyne's game of catch after their battle against each other, saying that despite the fact that not much time has passed since they fought, they were still able to get along with each other. She also finds it heartwarming how F.F. tries to be human when drinking water and throwing the ball.