Nozawa Masako is a Japanese actress and voice actress. Beginning work as a child actress at the age of three, by the time she became an adult, voice acting has inadvertently become her main occupation. Throughout her career, Nozawa has been affiliated with Production Baobab, 81 Produce, the self-owned Office Nozawa, and Aoni Production. She is best known as the voice of Son Goku in the Dragon Ball franchise, beginning with its first animated adaptation in 1986.

She also voices most of characters' male relatives, such as Son Gohan, Son Goten and Bardock. Her other roles include Kitaro in GeGeGe no Kitaro (in the 1968, 1971 and 2008 series), Doraemon in the 1973 series, and Hoshino Tetsuro in Galaxy Express 999.

Credited as a pioneer of voice acting in Japan, Nozawa has received awards from the Animation Kobe Awards, Tokyo Anime Awards, Seiyu Awards, Japanese Movie Critics Awards, Japan Academy Film Prize, and the Kikuchi Kan Prize. Her work voicing Goku has earned her two Guinness World Records, including record for the longest video game voice acting career. Nozawa is the vice president of the Japan Actors Union. Her husband was fellow voice actor Tsukada Masaki.

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