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Born in Nagoya, Naoko moved with her parents to New York aged four before returning to Japan and then, when she was twelve, locating to London. Naoko began to take singing lessons and at the age of 17 was cast in the lead as Kim in the West End musical 'Miss Saigon' opposite John Barrowman, with whom she would later appear in the TV science fiction series 'Torchwood'. Her subsequent television appearances include as Julia Sawalha's studious friend in 'Absolutely Fabulous', the hospital receptionist in ' Casualty' and in 2010 as Yoko Ono in 'Lennon Naked'. In 2006 she returned to the London musical stage playing Christmas Eve in 'Avenue Q' and in 2015 was part of the huge ensemble cast in the big screen 'Everest', as ill-fated mountaineer Yasuko Namba.- Actress
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Akari Kitô was born on 16 October 1994 in Nagoya, Japan. She is an actress, known for Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - The Movie: Mugen Train (2020), TONIKAWA: Over the Moon for You (2020) and Akebi's Sailor Uniform (2022).- Actor
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Matt McCooey was born in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture in Japan. He was born to an English father Chris McCooey and Kumiko Aoki. He studied acting at Aberstywyth University and graduated from the Drama Studio of London in 2004. In 2014, he rose to prominence as DC Bill Wong in the crime drama programme "Agatha Raisin". He recently voiced the new character Kenji in the children's television series "Thomas & Friends" in 2020.- Producer
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Toshio Suzuki is a film producer of anime and a long-time colleague of Hayao Miyazaki, as well as the former president of Studio Ghibli.
Suzuki is renowned as one of Japan's most successful producers after the enormous box office success (in Japan) of many Ghibli films. Suzuki was born in Nagoya in Aichi Prefecture in 1948. In 1967 he enrolled at Keio University and graduated with a degree in literature in 1972.
In 1985 Suzuki was also involved with Mamoru Oshii's Angel's Egg.
In 2014, Suzuki was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature as the producer of The Wind Rises, along with Hayao Miyazaki. And in 2017, he was again nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature as the producer of The Red Turtle.- Actress
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Hira Ambrosino was born & raised in Japan. She grew up in different cities in Japan, including Nagoya, Tokyo, Yokohama, and Shizuoka. Studied music composition and classical piano performance at the Oberlin College Conservatory of music. She has a Bachelor of Science, Magna Cum Laude, from Towson University; a Master of Arts in American Politics from Johns Hopkins University, and a Ph.D. pending in International Relations from Johns Hopkins University.- Yuki Yamada was born on 18 September 1990 in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. He is an actor, known for Godzilla Minus One (2023), Kamen Rider × Super Sentai: Super Hero Taisen (2012) and Gokaiger Goseiger Super Sentai 199 Hero Great Battle (2011). He has been married to Nanase Nishino since 31 March 2024.
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Aya Hirano was born on 8 October 1987 in Nagoya, Japan. She is an actress and composer, known for Death Note (2006), Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods (2013) and The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (2006). She has been married to Masashi Taniguchi since 3 January 2024.- Yu Teng Yang was born on 3 January 1995 in Nagoya, Japan. He is an actor, known for We Best Love (2021), What the Hell Is Love (2023) and Malice (2023).
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Hiroshi Tamaki was born on 14 January 1980 in Nagoya, Japan. He is an actor, known for Rokkazu (2003), Taira no Kiyomori (2012) and Here Comes the Morning (2015). He has been married to Haruka Kinami since 26 June 2018.- Director
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Matsumoto was born in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan and graduated from Tokyo University in 1955. His first short was Ginrin, which he made in 1955. His most famous film is Funeral Parade of Roses, featuring a transvestite trying to move up in the world of Tokyo Hostess clubs. Matsumoto published many books of photography and was a professor and dean of Arts at the Kyoto University of Art and Design. He was also president of the Japan Society of Image Arts and Sciences. He lived in Tokyo until his death on April 12, 2017.- Iwada Takanori was born in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. He is a dancer and perfomer with. Sandaime J Soul Brothers and a EXILE member. He is also an actor.In junior high he took the entrance exam and passed in Keio. He come to Tokyo along with his mother. Then he went to Keio High School. When he was in university he joined the Lacrosse club. Shocked by the movie "RIZE" she watched in high school, he spend three years self teaching KRUMP dance. Then in Keio University. He belong to the dance circle Dancing Crew JADE. His KRUMP dancing skills offered him a spot with the JSB. In March 2011, he graduated from Keio University with a Law degree.
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Yumi Itô was born on 1 April 1941 in Nagoya, Japan. She was an actress, known for Mothra (1961), Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964) and Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964). She died on 18 May 2016 in Japan.- Music Department
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Koji Kondo was born on 13 August 1961 in Nagoya, Japan. He is a composer, known for Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (2018) and The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023).- Producer
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Kôji Yamamura was born on 4 June 1964 in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. He is a producer and director, known for Ikuta no kita (2021), Satie's Parade (2016) and Atama-yama (2002).- Actress
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Emi Itô was born on 1 April 1941 in Nagoya, Japan. She was an actress, known for Mothra (1961), Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964) and Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964). She was married to Kenji Sawada. She died on 15 June 2012 in Tokyo, Japan.- Minori Hagiwara was born on 6 March 1997 in Nagoya, Japan. She is an actress, known for Nare no hate (2021), Kei×Yaku: Dangerous Partners (2022) and As the Gods Will (2014).
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Keiko Toda was born on 12 September 1957 in Nagoya, Japan. She is an actress, known for Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001), Kiki's Delivery Service (1989) and Shomuni (1998).- Azusa Okamoto was born on 21 June 1992 in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. She is an actress, known for Moyashimon (2010), Sentimental Yasuko (2012) and Kêtai deka 3 the movie: Môningu musume. kyuushutsu daisakusen! - Pandora no hako no himitsu (2011).
- Manpei Takagi was born on 22 October 1985 in Nagoya, Japan. He is an actor, known for Juken Sentai Gekiranger (2007), Juken sentai Gekiranger vs. Boukenger (2008) and Engine Sentai Go-onger VS Gekiranger (2009).
- Japanese actor who specialized in comedy. He joined a theatre company while still in his teens, following the death of his parents. Following the Second World War, he began to get small film roles. Within a decade, he had become a prominent character actor and also one of Toho Films' biggest comedy stars, often teamed with comedian Furankî Sakai. Toho produced two series of comedies with Arishima, the 'Company President' films and the internationally more widely-known 'Young Guy' movies. Arishima continued to appear in both comedic and dramatic roles until his death at 71.
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Masumi Miyazaki was born on 26 January 1968 in Nagoya, Japan. She is an actress, known for Bi bappu haisukuru (1985), Bee Bop highschool: Koko yotaro kyoso-kyoku (1987) and Bee Bop highschool: Koko yotaro ondo (1988). She was previously married to Takeshi Kimi.- Actress
Ai Katô was born on 12 December 1982 in Nagoya, Japan. She is an actress, known for Umizaru (2004), Brave Hearts: Umizaru (2012) and Za rasuto messêji: Umizaru (2010).- Actor
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Junji Majima was born on 13 May 1978 in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. He is an actor, known for Destiny of the Shrine Maiden (2004), Kamen Rider Movie War Ultimatum: Kamen Rider vs. Kamen Rider Wizard & Fourze (2012) and Love After World Domination (2022).- Hirotaka Suzuoki was born on 6 March 1950 in Nagoya, Japan. He was an actor, known for Rurouni Kenshin (1996), Millennium Actress (2001) and Denji Sentai Megaranger (1997). He died on 6 August 2006 in Tokyo, Japan.
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Takashi Kondô was born on 12 May 1979 in Nagoya, Japan. He is an actor, known for Heroic Age (2007), Naruto Shippûden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 (2013) and Naruto: Shippuden (2007).- Writer
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- Director
Tatsuya Egawa was born on 8 March 1961 in Nagoya, Japan. He is a writer and actor, known for King Game (2010), Tôkyô Daigaku monogatari (2006) and G.O.D: Mezameyo to yobu koe ga kikoe (1996).- Haruhiko Katô was born on 13 May 1975 in Nagoya, Japan. He is an actor, known for Pulse (2001), Kamisama mousukoshi dake (1998) and Aiki (2002).
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Shigeru Amachi was born on 4 March 1931 in Nagoya, Japan. He was an actor and director, known for Hizoban Higasa no onna (1984), Dai Chûshingura (1971) and Shinsengumi shimatsuki (1963). He died on 27 July 1985 in Tokyo, Japan.- Miki Fujitani was born on 15 September 1973 in Nagoya, Japan. She is an actress, known for Fireworks (1997), Rurouni Kenshin (1996) and Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie (1994).
- Hiroshi Tachi was born on 31 March 1950 in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. He is an actor, known for Life in Overtime (2018), Dangerous Cops (1987) and Aoi sanmyaku '88 (1988).
- Kunihiko Yasui was born on 12 December 1960 in Nagoya, Japan. He is an actor, known for Denji Sentai Megaranger (1997), The King of Fighters '97 (1997) and NeoGeo Battle Coliseum (2005).
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She is a Japanese professional cosplayer, voice actress and singer. She is from Nagoya. Her hobbies include cosplay, anime, and video games.
Enako commenced her involvement in cosplay together with a friend who invited her after becoming interested in 2007 in the anime television The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and Rozen Maiden. She organized the idol unit "Panache!" commencing on August 16, 2012. This group dissolved on April 26, 2013[6] and Enako entered a temporary hiatus in her idol activities.
Enako resumed her cosplay activities, announcing this is a newly opened Twitter account on March 4, 2015.
Source Wikipedia- Shûichirô Moriyama was born on 26 July 1934 in Nagoya, Japan. He was an actor, known for Porco Rosso (1992), Ninja Scroll (1993) and Digimon Tamers (2001). He died on 8 February 2021.
- Keiko Aikawa was born on 18 May 1949 in Nagoya, Japan. She is an actress, known for Kumo no Yuna (1971), Bullet Train (1975) and Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight (1973).
- Ken'ichi Takitô was born on 2 November 1976 in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. He is an actor, known for Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. (2003), Golden Slumber (2010) and Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends (2014).
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Naruhisa Arakawa was born on 14 March 1964 in Nagoya, Japan. Naruhisa is a writer, known for Denji Sentai Megaranger (1997), Juken Sentai Gekiranger (2007) and Seiju Sentai Gingaman (1998).- Kazuko Sugiyama was born on 16 September 1947 in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. She is an actress, known for Urusei Yatsura: Only You (1983), Gatchaman (1972) and Urusei yatsura (1981).
- In 2002, Asai underwent arm surgery which allowed him to return to wrestling. He signed with WWE in 2003 fulfilling two life long goals of wrestling at Madison Square Garden and WrestleMania. His contract expired in 2004 which he left on good terms. Asai now works for CMLL in Mexico City and also runs Ultimo Dragon Gym which brings Japanese wrestlers into Mexico City to train Lucha Libre.
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Yôsuke Saitô was born on 11 July 1951 in Nagoya, Japan. He was an actor, known for Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins (2012), Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (1994) and The Cat Returns (2002). He died on 19 September 2020 in Tokyo, Japan.- Akemi Kanda was born on 10 November 1978 in Nagoya, Japan. She is an actress, known for Baccano! (2007), Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly (2003) and MegaMan Powered Up (2006).
- Keiko Takeshita was born on 15 September 1953 in Nagoya, Japan. She is an actress, known for The Wind Rises (2013), From Up on Poppy Hill (2011) and Kita no kuni kara (1981). She has been married to Teruo Sekiguchi since 1984.
- Masaru Mizuno was born on 22 November 1990 in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. He is an actor, known for Oshûkatsu (2021), Mai raifu, mama raifu (2021) and The World's Longest Photograph (2018).
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Shin Itagaki was born on 28 January 1974 in Nagoya, Japan. Shin is a director, known for Princess Mononoke (1997), Whisper of the Heart (1995) and Gurren Lagann the Movie: Childhood's End (2008).- Kaori Fujii was born on 23 September 1965 in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. She is an actress, known for Tokyo Fist (1995), All About Lily Chou-Chou (2001) and April Story (1998).
- Hideyuki Umezu was born on 24 July 1955 in Nagoya, Japan. He is an actor, known for Akira (1988), Juken Sentai Gekiranger (2007) and Chicchana yuki tsukai Shugâ (2001).
- Satomi Hirose was born on 10 March 1980 in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. She is an actress, known for Ninja Sentai Kakuranger (1994), Chôriki sentai Ohranger Vs Kakuranger (1996) and Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger (2011).
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Robert Baldwin was born on 27 September 1965 in Naka-ku, Nagoya, Japan. He is an actor, known for Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger (2013), Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2002) and Saishû heiki kanojo (2005).- Sô Hirosawa was born on 25 December 1979 in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. She is an actress, known for Ghost Mask: Scar (2018), Love Exposure (2008) and Ikebukuro West Gate Park (2000).
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Graduated in Aichi Prefecture. Semi-professional debut as a cartoonist in the "Machi" adult comic magazine in 1955. Joined Mushi Production as animator in 1965. Founded Studio Jaguar in 1966. Debuted as animation director in 1970 with the TV Series "Joe of Tomorrow". Met for the first time also animation director and future collaborator Michi Himeno in 1973. Founded Araki Production in 1975. Debuted in a long-feature film as animation director in 1978's "Goodbye Battleship Yamato: Warriors of Love". Celebrated the enormous success for duet Araki-Himeno with the TV series and later three animated films "Saint Seiya" (1986-89), followed by new film of the saga "Saint Seiya Overture" from 2004. Illustrated the novel "Burai". Did tasks of Creative Consultor of Video Games' Brey saga.- Yôko Namikawa was born on 7 November 1950 in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. She is an actress, known for Tale of Dark Ocean Chivalry: With the Courage of Desperation (1970), Yotarô senki (1969) and Shin Yotarô senki (1969).