Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest, which calls for short stories in Japanese and English on the theme of Little Tokyo, marks its 10th anniversary this year. At its award ceremony, the winning story in Japanese is read aloud each year by a Japanese actor based in the United States. This year, however, an actor in Japan, Mayumi Saco, takes the role.
Saco is one of the top-tier voice actors in Japan, known as the voice of Hollywood actresses, such as Scarlett Johansson and Emma Stone. We asked Saco why she decided to accept the request from Little Tokyo Historical Society, which organi…