Sanae Kobayashi (小林 沙苗, Kobayashi Sanae), born January 26, 1980, is a Japanese seiyū from Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Perfecture.
In the first season of Hajime no Ippo she voiced Kumi Mashiba and Female Student in the first episode.
In the second season, her role as Kumi was replaced by Yuka Hirata, who was then replaced by Saori Hayashi in the third season. Due to Saori's retirement, Sanae returned as Kumi's seiyū in the video games Hajime no Ippo on the PS3 and Hajime no Ippo: Fighting Souls.
Other Notable Roles[]
- Hikaru no Go as Touya Akira
- Heat Guy J as Antonia Belucci
- Sonic X as Chris
- Elfen Lied as Nyuu/Lucy
- Mai-HiME as Okuzaki Akira
- Madlax as Madlax
- Yu-Gi-Oh Duel Monsters GX as Tenjouin Asuka
- Ichigo 100% as Kitaooji Satsuki
- Glass Kamen (2004) as Kitajima Maya
- Buzzer Beater as ChaChe
- D.Gray-man as Allen Walker
- Macross F as Catherine Glass
- Super Smash Bros. series as Ice Climbers