Mari Devon

Yes, Mari Devon retired from voice acting after a long career highlighted by lead roles across the Digimon and Doraemon franchises. Born in 1959, she built her career primarily around long-running Digimon parts like Togemon and Renamon. Her Gurren Lagann work, voicing Cybela Coutaud and Naakim, came during that active period before her retirement.

Devon is best remembered for two long-running Digimon characters, Togemon in the original Adventure series and Renamon in Digimon Tamers, both of which she reprised decades later for Digimon Adventure tri. She also played Haruka Urashima in Love Hina and Tokimi in the Tenchi Muyo franchise. In Gurren Lagann, she voiced two supporting characters, Cybela Coutaud and Naakim.

Mari Devon voiced Maria Tachibana in the Sakura Wars franchise, one of several supporting anime roles in her career. She is better known overall for her lead Digimon parts, Togemon and Renamon, though her filmography also includes Tammy Nobi in the 2005 Doraemon series and its film Stand by Me Doraemon.

Devon plays Cybela Coutaud, a young analyst who operates communications and computer systems for Rossiu's New Government before manning the systems of the Super Galaxy Dai-Gurren. She also voices Naakim, a bullied schoolboy in Yoko's makeshift classroom whose determination to retrieve a hidden bag becomes a memorable moment in the post-timeskip story. The double casting is typical of how English dubs fill out a season's minor roles.

Beyond her two signature Digimon roles, Devon voiced Tammy Nobi in the 2005 Doraemon series and reprised the part for the film Stand by Me Doraemon. Born in 1959, she built a career largely defined by long-running Japanese franchise dubs before retiring from voice acting. Her Gurren Lagann credits, Cybela Coutaud and Naakim, sit alongside that filmography as smaller supporting parts.