The staff of the Chibi Maruko-chan anime announced on Sunday that Keiko Yamamoto will step down from voicing the character of Shōta Yamada after the episode that will air on December 17.
The original Chibi Maruko-chan manga inspired a television anime that is almost consistently the #3 rated television anime series after Sazae-san and Detective Conan.
The Chibi Maruko-chan manga started getting new chapters in 2019.
Yamamoto also stepped down from voicing the character of Hanako Hanazawa in the similarly long-running children’s anime Sazae-san in November.