Sonoko Konishi worked on Character Modeling and Articulation on A Bug's Life, Toy Story 2, Monsters, Inc., Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Ratatouille, Up and Toy Story 3. She also performed the voice of Chuki in Cars and the on-screen Japanese toilet assistant in Cars 2.[1]
Konishi grew up in Musashino City in Tokyo, Japan, where she lived until she was 17 years old. She then moved to the United States where she attended the School of Art Institute of Chicago and received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art & Technology. She has been with Pixar since 1994.[1]
Filmography[]
- Toy Story (1995): set dresser and lighting team
- A Bug's Life (1998): additional set dresser and lighting technician
- Toy Story 2 (1999): human modeler & shader
- Monsters, Inc. (2001): modeling artist
- Finding Nemo (2003): computer graphics artist
- The Incredibles (2004): articulation artist
- Cars (2006): voice of Chuki
- Ratatouille (2007): character lead
- Up (2009): character modeling and articulation artist
- Toy Story 3 (2010): character modeling and articulation artist
- Cars Toons (2010): voice of Chuki (1 episode)
- Cars 2 (2011): additional voices
- Brave (2012): character modeling, articulation artist, and cloth artist
- Monsters University (2013): simulation artist
- Inside Out (2015): simulation artist
- The Good Dinosaur (2015): simulation artist
- Finding Dory (2016): simulation artist
- Coco (2017): simulation artist
- Incredibles 2 (2018): simulation technical artist
- Toy Story 4 (2019): character tailoring artist
- Wind (2019): voice of Grandma
- Onward (2020): character tailoring artist, additional simulation artist
- Luca (2021): additional tailoring artist
- Turning Red (2022): tailoring & simulation artist
- Inside Out 2 (2024): simulation artist
- Dream Productions (2024):
- Part 1: The Dream Team: simulation artist
- Part 2: Out of Body: simulation artist
- Part 3: Romance!: simulation artist
- Part 4: A Night to Remember: simulation artist