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Voice Actress Yuko Miyamura Expects 2nd Child in July

Voice actress Yūko Miyamura revealed at her live concert and in her blog on Friday that she is expecting her second child at the end of July. "Miyamū" noted it has been about seven years since the birth of her first child in 2004. Her morning sickness began at the end of last November.

Miyamura played Asuka in Gainax's Neon Genesis Evangelion anime series and in the second film in the ongoing four-film remake, Evangelion: 2.0 You Can [Not] Advance (Evangelion Shin Gekijōban: Ha). Miyamura is also well-known for voicing Chun-Li in the Street Fighter game series and Kazuha Toyama in the Detective Conan (Case Closed) anime franchise. She appeared in the video that explained the deadly game rules in the live-action Battle Royale film. Her songs have been used for the themes of My-HiME, Wedding Peach, and other series in which she also acted.