Hiroko Takahashi (高橋 浩子, Takahashi Hiroko, April 15, 1969 – February 26, 2013), better known by the stage name Kaoru Shimamura (嶋村 カオル, Shimamura Kaoru), was a Japanese voice actress affiliated with 81 Produce. Shimamura died at 3:06pm JST on February 26, 2013, from breast cancer at a Yokohama hospital at the age of 43.