Keiko Toda, born September 12, 1957, is a Japanese actress, singer, and narrator, best known as the voice of the title hero in the long-running series Soreike! Anpanman. She began acting in fifth grade, moved to Tokyo in 1973 intending to become an idol singer, and later joined Nachi Nozawa's theater company; her stage credits include the musicals Sweet Charity and Dance of the Fleet Lady, and she received the Japanese Academy Award for supporting actress for Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald in 1997. She voiced Kiki in Sanrio's Little Twin Stars and the title engine in the Japanese dub of Thomas & Friends through its eighth season, before Kumiko Higa succeeded her. In dubbing she has regularly stood in for Jodie Foster, Linda Hamilton, Sigourney Weaver, Sandra Bullock, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Carrie-Anne Moss, and she inherited the part of Rui Kisugi in the newer City Hunter film from Toshiko Fujita.
