**Gender**: Female
**Race**: Human

Belchero is the director of the Belchero Orphanage. She imposed strict rules within the Academy and the orphanage.

Belchero has black hair with white strains in it, which ends in a topknot, and two long curls down each ear. She has a gaunt face and sharp eyes with a monocle on her right eye. She wears a black robe with black clothes beneath and black gloves.

Belchero is very strict and enforces her rules strongly, but also only has the best interest of the orphans in mind.

Belchero was once an active Delver but retired due to knee injuries. Belchero, together with Jiruo, teaches the orphans about the Abyss and other academic subjects.

(Source: Made in Abyss Wiki, edited)

The "Abyss" is the last unexplored place in the world. Strange and wonderful creatures roam within, and it is full of precious relics that present humans can't recreate. Those that dare to explore the depths are known as "Cave Raiders." An orphan girl named Riko lives on the rim. Her dream is to become a Cave Raider like her mother and solve the mysteries of the cave system. One day, Riko starts exploring the caves and discovers a robot who resembles a human boy. 

(Source: Anime News Network, edited)
 
Note: The last episode aired with a runtime of ~48 minutes as opposed to the standard 24 minute long episode.

__Height:__ 167 cm (5' 6")
Married fellow seiyuu [Akio Ohtsuka](https://anilist.co/staff/95146) in 2005, but they divorced in 2009.

Youko Soumi is a Japanese actress and voice actress affiliated with Mausu Promotion.

[Profile (Mausu)](https://mausu.net/talent/soumi-yoko.html) | [Official Blog](http://riversea79.jugem.jp/)

Non-anime roles:~!
• Ayame in "Tenchu 1" (VG)
• Ayame in "Tenchu 3" (VG)
• Ayame in "Tenchu Fatal Shadows" (VG)
• Cerena in "Advance Guardian Heroes" (VG)
• Cristina Yang in "Grey's Anatomy" (live action TV series)
• Evren in "Panzer Dragoon Orta" (VG)
• Handy Muse in "Epidemic" (VG)
• Judge Drace in "Final Fantasy XII" (VG)
• Miranda in "The Legend Of Dragoon" (VG)
• Sandra Redbird in "Project Sylpheed" (VG)
• Seven of Nine in "Star Trek: Voyager" (Japanese Dub)
• Sherry Bristol in "Galaxy Angel" (VG)
• Veronica "Ronnie" Chase in "Veronica's Closet" (live-action TV series)!~


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In an age when the corners of the world have been scoured for their secrets, only one place remains unexplored–a massive cave system known as the Abyss. Those who traverse its endless pits and labyrinth-like tunnels are known as Cave Raiders. A young orphan named Riko dreams of following in her mother’s footsteps as a Cave Raider, and when she meets a strange robot when exploring the Abyss, she’s one step closer to achieving her goal! 
(Source: Seven Seas Entertainment) 
Notes: 
- Includes the 4-chapter "How Are You? Somewhere" side story. 
- Nominated for the 11th Manga Taishou Awards (2018).

A compilation film recapping the first half of the anime series. 
 
The enigmatic Abyss is an unforgiving and deadly place. Despite the dangers, it still captures the imagination of explorers such as Riko who wishes to follow in her mother’s footsteps and trains hard to become a Cave Raider. One day, she receives news that her mother died in the Abyss, yet a mysterious note tells Riko that her mother may still be alive. Vowing to uncover the truth about her mother’s fate, Riko embarks on a journey with a humanoid robot boy named Reg. Together they will discover if they have what it takes to survive where so many others have perished. 
 
(Source: Sentai Filmworks)

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