Kumiko Higa

Kumiko Higa (比嘉 久美子, born on 29th October 1978 in Osaka Prefecture) is a Japanese voice actress, who was affiliated with 81 Produce and voices characters in the Japanese narration of Thomas & Friends.

She is most famous for voicing Prince Lumen from "Spider Riders", Brash from "Live On Cardliver Kakeru", Irina Woods from "My-Otome", Eiji Saga from "Cardfight!! Vanguard", Lin Haruka, Shō, and Shou Ashigawa from "Machine Robo Rescue", Satoinu/Boartato from "Jagainu-kun", Kayoko Mashiro from "Bakuman", Minun from the "Pokémon" series, Lan Hikari from "Rockman.EXE", and Mandora Boy from "Mahou Sentai Magiranger".

Voices

 * Thomas
 * The Barrow Football Fan

Songs

 * I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside
 * We Wish You a Merry Christmas
 * Will You Won't You
 * Streamlining
 * You Can Only Be You
 * Be Who You Are, and Go Far
 * Who's Thomas?
 * The Hottest Place in Town
 * I Want To Go Home
 * The Most Important Thing is Being Friends
 * Where in the World is Thomas?
 * Wake Up
 * Sometimes You Make a Friend
 * We're Friends
 * Don't Stop

Trivia

 * From 2015 Thomas Goods Encyclopedia interview, Her particularly impressive, favourite episode is Thomas and the Rainbow, because it is the one which she first acted Thomas.

Major awards and nominations

 * Won - Kids Family Award at the 8th annual Seiyuu Awards, 2014