The Theater Echo Group announced today through Japanese media that voice actor Yoshiko Ota passed away on October 29 due to heart failure at a hospital in Kanagawa prefecture.
Yoshiko Ota was born in Hyogo prefecture on April 25, 1932, where she spent most of her youth.
Ota was a recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2016 Tokyo Anime Award Festival for her contribution to early anime works.