Eriko Ibe
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Eriko Ibe (伊部 恵理子) is a Zambian-born voice actress who portrayed the announcer in Mario Party, Mario Party 2 and Mario Party 3.
Portrayals
- Mario Party – Announcer
- Mario Party 2 – Announcer
- Mario Party 3 – Announcer
Works
- Mario Party 3 – Special Thanks
Trivia
- Ibe also provided narration for Star Soldier: Vanishing Earth, another Nintendo 64 game produced by Hudson Soft.
- Due to a minimalistic crediting style used by Nintendo at the time, she is often mistakenly credited by the Western audience for being the voice of Toad in the Japanese version of Mario Kart 64 and the first three games of the Mario Party series. The actual voice actress, as stated in the Japanese credits of Mario Kart 64, is Tomoko Maruno.
- Ibe is the only English language voice actor in the entire Mario franchise to be born South of the equator.
- Ibe's first name means "Roming one" in one of the Bantu languages of Southeastern Africa.
