Voice actress Furuya Shizuka has announced her return to voice acting, five years after announcing her retirement in 2015.
In an interview with the website Animate Times , she revealed that the reason for her retirement in 2015 was due to being hit by a truck in a traffic accident, which subsequently left half of her body paralyzed.
Furuya added that she announced her retirement only on her Twitter account, while she was a freelance voice actress and not working with a talent agency. However, her producer recently asked if she would be considering returning to voice acting, and she also received a job offer from her former agency, Production Ace .
She said that the production company was unaware of her retirement, and that her well-known voice actress from the anime Nichijou, Mariko Honda, also didn't know she was retired. Furuya noted that she had closed her Twitter account after announcing her retirement. After retiring, Furuya worked various jobs, but used her time off to take a vacation in South Korea.
Furuya is known for voicing several characters in anime, such as the previously mentioned Nichijou , as well as Nano Shinonome, Uruchi Minaya in Maken-Ki!, and Matsuko Arita in Another .
Source: ANN