Kaolinite/Kaori Knight English & Japanese Voice Comparison

Voices:
Japanese:
Noriko Uemura (first anime)
Hikari Yono (second anime)
English:
Kirsten Bishopric (as "Kirsten Bishop") (Cloverway)
Tara Platt (Viz)

[@judedeluca4408]

I liked how, you could tell Kirsten was Zoycite, Emerald, and Kaorinite, but she made the effort to make sure they didn't sound completely identical. Zoycite was more high pitched, Emerald was deeper and booming to a degree, Kaorinite was a bit more sultry and venomous.

[@mamatemari6061]

Peter LoCasto you forgot Badiyanu

[@corduerorose9747]

Great voice talent sad loss RIP😇

[@carlosnavas6278]

Exactly Kirsten is my all time bad girl of all time rip honey

[@susanstorm7910]

She was also Tellu!

[@zekegonzalez1845]

You mean half of Emeralds voice acting was laughter. Haha.

[@allysaber949]

I think Tara stays faithful to the original but Kirsten put more fun into her character

[@mahmamia5100]

Kirsten did great villain voices. Tara was pretty good, too - that death scream at the end was chilling.

[@anthonyespinoza2734]

I like Kirsten bishopric the most. Maybe because I grew up hearing this type of dub first. But it's just that she has the perfect cheeky, cold type of voice for kaorinite. Sexy and evil 💯

[@guillame7422]

Kirsten Bishop FTW. I hope she’s resting in peace ❤️❤️❤️🍀

[@ChibiCosmos]

I actually like Kirsten. She did good in her roles

[@johnnyb9591]

Both Kirsten and Tara did a great job as Kaolinite. I still miss Kirsten she gave it her all in each of her roles. Rip

[@alexanderwillick4521]

Johnny B didn't Tara voice Temari in Naruto

[@decimatorentertainmentstud8523]

Same here

[@susanstorm7910]

Rip Kirsten Bishop. Ty for slaying my childhood

[@supergenkilife]

Noriko Uemura does such a fantastic job at voicing this character through one of the most interesting villain transitions in the entire series. Kaolinite was possibly the most nuanced characters in the entire series; Super was so dark in its tone compared to the rest of the series. I wish they would have allowed the production staff to stay in that vein for the remainder, but there was balking that led to significant changes in tone in SuperS.

[@WillScarlet16]

If DiC had dubbed Sailor Stars I would have chosen Kirsten Bishop as Galaxia - she had the silky, dangerous edge to her voice that totally suited Kaolinite and Zoisite, even if the translation was sometimes excruciating.

[@Blossom44100]

I agree! She was the best villain voice the DiC dub's ever had!

[@susanstorm7910]

I was thinking that too

[@hkazu63]

I imagine her doing it with this very booming, powerful and authoritarian voice. And it honestly sounds really good in my head.

[@ATStormRider]

Yes!!! I agree. It would have been nice to hear her become good too.

[@KyloRen4238]

Happy birthday Kirsten Bishop. I love Sailor Moon. It was my childhood!! U R beautiful. I never stop watching Sailor Moon. It is romantic anime... u will be remembered Kirsten Bishop!! I believe in u Kirsten. May the Peace be with u Kirsten. From Harlingen Texas. September 6, 1963 September 6, 2021 through September 6, 3021

[@xgray2012]

God rest your soul, Kristen Bishop!

[@stinkymrsnow..............]

Rest In Peace Hikari Yono

[@hontoniarigato7956]

Tara Platt nailed it! Sophisticated and Elegant it's perfect!

[@sheismymom]

RIP Kirsten

[@mamatemari6061]

MyLittleDiscolite She Died on April 15, 2014 due to complications of lung cancer

[@mamatemari6061]

I know but you can't bring back a dead person

[@TwilightLink77]

If Cloverway/DiC did dub Sailor Stars I wonder if Kirsten would've voice Sailor Galaxia?

[@mamatemari6061]

TwilightLink77 yeah

[@Blossom44100]

That would be nice

[@xgray2012]

No contest on this one. All the voice actresses of Kaorinite/Kaolinite are equally talented.

[@Elphaboy]

100% agree

[@AnaxErik4ever]

This is the first time I can't choose between the voices for a Sailor Moon character. They all sound so good for Kaolinite, though both Japanese and Tara have a femme fatale streak which is synonymous with the character that I love.

[@Huacheng654]

Noriko san gives such a satisfying laugh ❤️❤️

[@dramaticScar]

The Original Japanese voice actor sounds like a classy woman... so refreshing in comparison to the usual anime female characters

[@danieltran9634]

"Say goodnight Kaolinite". This bad joke from Neptune gets stuck in my head.

[@chilvari]

Kirsten for sure! But Tara is a close second! btw, the dialogue is so different between DiC and Viz. I wonder who writes (or adapts) the script for the dubbed version. It's interesting to see the same scene interpreted in two different ways.

[@ryanwitwickifaddegon4291]

Tara plays the really kind characters well like Erza and the one in FMA and FMAB.

[@decimatorentertainmentstud8523]

Out of all the sailor moon villainesses, kaolinite is one of the hottest of them all.

[@carlosnavas6278]

I liked kirsten bishopric she did an awesome job

[@ATStormRider]

I always expected Kirsten Bishop to be cast as Galaxia if Cloverway ever dared to try and dub Sailor Stars. Ah well, in my dreams.

[@KarlSturmgewher]

Kaolinite was among the few who was inches from succeeding where countless other villains failed; Kill Sailor Moon. God rest Kirsten Bishop, she could easily have been a MacGyver villainess.

[@hippiepisces9745]

why i the only one who thought that kirsten shouldve voiced Sailor Galaxia in what would have been the CWi of Sailor StarS after SuperS

[@hopegrimsley3427]

I come from the future. Sadly, Hikari Yono also passed away (in 2020). May she and Kirsten Bishop rest in peace.

[@KyloRen4238]

Kirsten Bishop Shows & Movie 1. Kaori Knight, Emerald, Zoicite, Telulu, Buranko, Cannonball, Fake Sailor Moon, Ikasaman, Polite Society, Rita Blake, Techniclon, Badiyanu - Sailor Moon R, S, Super S, Super S Black Dream Hole 1995 - 2000

[@Vereid]

5:41 “I can see that Doctor Tomoe, but you can save the nervous breakdown for later….” 😂😂😂😂

[@vampireunicorn2271]

No complaints here, Kaolinite's voices here are all great.^^

[@xgray2012]

Vampire Unicorn True that, true that.

[@SCARFACEPHOENIX]

Man kaori all the hearts you try to steal and still you dont have one of your own i pity you

[@troydemayo3969]

Same with me...although tara Has a similar voice type...i think Kirsten is more unique...and she suceed to do her antagonist Role

[@zakkxx1]

noriko was badass for real

[@nateadams9517]

Tara Platt but RIP Kirsten

[@keshiaanders6452]

I'm surprised that they never censored her cleavage in the old anime; since Cloverfield censored the Senshies' bosoms & the relationship between Haru & Michiru. And Kaolinite has shown off a lot her chest that even Jessica Rabbit & Holli Wood would call her out on it.

[@susanstorm7910]

😂😂😂

[@decimatorentertainmentstud8523]

This villainous woman is a true opponent.

[@Guardian_Blues]

You know what I’m pretty harsh on the subbing for dic & clover but in reality it’s the bad scripts they where forced to work with that are bad.

[@L33TRedNinja]

Is it my imagination, or does Platt’s Kaolinite sound a lot like Mitsuru?

[@finalfantasy84208]

Yup they have the same VA’s Not to mention Temari from Naruto

[@TheRenegadeStarr]

KRISTEN ❤️

[@ryanwitwickifaddegon4291]

Kirsten Bishopric played Kaolnite and Zoisite so well, as if they're ahpit to come alive any second to give ya chills of fear down the spine.

[@zinzolin14]

Kristen's voice was pretty good considering the time, just the lines really kill it for me. I do enjoy the crazy tone she gave Kaolinite. I enjoy Tara's voice in any media. I think she took a more somber tone as to not sound too much like Usagi's mom.As for the Japanese, I find that Hikari was a bit off in the beginning, but improved greatly as the season went on. I remembered not enjoying the voice at all when I saw the trailer.

[@natevasquez1614]

Where was she keeping the brooch that outfit has no pockets 😮😮😮😮

[@hikariwrathyt9959]

Noriko for life!

[@mirenaadams8930]

Noriko and this laugh, love ti!

[@nutellacastle]

I respect Kirsten as a person and an actress, and I am still very hurt by her passing, but I wasn't a big fan of her work in Sailor Moon.

[@vampireunicorn2271]

Yeah, I liked Kirsten's voice for Esmeraude and her take on Kaolinite is decent enough, but I don't like her Tellu and I honestly never cared about her Zoisite either. :/

[@Nocturne22]

Kirsten slays it. She's sultry and has a natural sounding low voice. Tara is okay, but Viz needs to hire more ladies with low voices or have more range.

[@susanstorm7910]

4:49

[@ARedMagicMarker]

2:12 Hot.

[@川山-d7s]

女性戦士も女性のボスや敵も海外では少ないようです、カオリナイト　日本では敵の幹部　会社だと係長や課長や部長クラスかな。軍人だと大尉かな？

[@monie2786]

What episode is this part? ------> (1:11)

[@sunflwrchyld]

Tara wins automatically. She has a sexy voice and it’s fit her character.

[@CarloNassar]

They're all good.

[@dwainsimmons3447]

6:53

[@mattyp2005]

0:47 what? 😂😂

[@Chibi_Mercury]

i would have thought cloverway would have covered her up

[@Ladyhoneybun242]

Tara won it for me with that scream at the end

[@avengersforever1723]

Viz Media is WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYY BETTER!!!!!!!!!! 😇😇😇😇😇😇

[@angelo_150]

I hated Kaolinite.

[@ななし-v7g]

日本語は美しい

[@925263]

Wait, season 3 of Crystal isn't dubbed yet. Wtf, you lied to me.

[@DJD11920]

No, Season 3 of Classic was dubbed, but I never said anything about _Crystal_'s season 3

[@tamarasocha8731]

how long do the videos take

[@kristinamitchell725]

What episode is 1:26

[@たそゆら-n1u]

Viz Media always wins in terms of both actors and scripts!

[@GardevoirBoy]

Indeed. Changing Zoisite and Fish-Eye to female only made them tomboys because they weren't intended to be female in the first place. And also, changing Amara and Michiru to cousins because they were in a same-sex relationship is why I blame the parents for causing heavy censorship in anime, cartoons, and video games to begin with. Parents just didn't understand that most of the content in the Japanese version wasn't intended to be offensive in the first place to begin with even though I can understand they were worried of uncensored anime causing a negative impact to children during the 1990's. Don't get me wrong, some censorship is okay, I just couldn't stand those 90's parents playing god with anime and video game content because not all the games and cartoons were made for children to begin with. All Sailor Moon needed was a better direction which was hard for the American climate to understand back in the 90's because it wasn't the biggest market-friendly audience during that time. While some people do enjoy the Canadian English dubs of Sailor Moon for its humor and jokes with an abridged script, the Viz Media dub being true to the Japanese original just punishes DiC/Cloverway for being too much of a coward dubbing anime. Now that we have the Viz Media dub of Sailor Moon, I can forget about Sailor Moon being censored to a fault. Don't get me wrong, Sailor Moon was the most difficult anime to localize in English at first because it first appeared during the 90's which was a time where America wasn't the biggest market-friendly audience in terms of Japanese video game and anime localization.

[@0h0h0money]

​@@GardevoirBoybro wrote a whole essay 💀

[@SunStar-lc6sj]

@@0h0h0moneyand he spammed it everywhere on these vids

[@notstupidturkey4885]

When will be the voices for Hotaru/Sailor Saturn

[@skunkyemerson809]

When S part 2 is released.

[@Damien23211]

It's now released

[@Kunimitsu877]

did fisheye tigereye hawkeye and zirconia get dubbed by viz yet?

[@sheismymom]

not yet

[@Kunimitsu877]

Halsey Robert awe I see ive been waiting for them for awhile but I can wait is their season coming up soon at least

[@urielgaines85]

Kunimitsu877 I'm hoping Zirconia is voiced by Linda Young

[@eamonndeane587]

@@urielgaines85 Barbra Goodson is voicing her.

[@Sungod77777]

3:34 love how she revives Witches 5.

[@josebaez444]

3:35

[@josebaez444]

3:36

[@josebaez444]

3:37

[@josebaez444]

3:38

[@josebaez444]

3:39

[@FrozenAuroras]

who was the voice actress when she was massaging Dr. Tomo?

[@susanstorm7910]

Yo mama

[@sanxiraxte7378]

La voz de este personaje es mejor en español de Latinoamérica que el de cualquier otro doblaje.

[@susanstorm7910]

Nah

[@925263]

Tara is the best one. Kirsten is the worst one.

[@sanxiraxte7378]

La voz de Kaolinete en México supera a todas.

[@susanstorm7910]

Nah