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Naoko was born in Nagoya, Japan and moved to New York with her parents when she was four before returning to Japan, then relocating to London when she was 12. She began to take singing lessons, and at 17 she was cast in the lead role of Kim in the West End musical "Miss Saigon" opposite John Barrowman, with whom she would later appear in the TV science-fiction series "Torchwood." She has appeared on television as Julia Sawalha's studious friend Sarah in "Absolutely Fabulous", the hospital reception in "Casualty", and Yoko Ono in "Lennon Naked." In 2006 she returned to the London musical stage to play Christmas Eve in "Avenue Q," and in 2015 she was part of the huge ensemble cast in the big-screen "Everest" as ill-fated mountaineer Yasuko Namba.- Actor
- Camera and Electrical Department
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.- 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.
- Hideyuki Umezu was born on 24 July 1955 in Nagoya, Japan. He was an actor, known for Akira (1988), Juken Sentai Gekiranger (2007) and Chicchana yuki tsukai Shugâ (2001). He died on 17 May 2024 in Japan.
- 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).
- Actress
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Akari Kitô was born on 16 October 1994 in Nagoya, Japan. She is an actress, known for TONIKAWA: Over the Moon for You (2020), Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - The Movie: Mugen Train (2020) and Akebi's Sailor Uniform (2022).- Actor
- Director
- Writer
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.- Actress
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- Writer
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.- Actress
- Music Department
- Composer
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.- Producer
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- Additional Crew
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.- Actor
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Shigeru Amachi was born on 4 March 1931 in Nagoya, Japan. He was an actor and director, known for The Sinners of Hell (1960), Dai Chûshingura (1971) and Hizoban Higasa no onna (1984). He died on 27 July 1985 in Tokyo, Japan.- Director
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- Editor
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.
- Music Department
- Composer
- Sound Department
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).- 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).
- Actress
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- Azusa Okamoto was born on 21 June 1992 in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. She is an actress, known for Moyashimon (2010), Sentimental Yasuko (2012) and Drops of God (2023).
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- Actor
- 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).- Actress
- Soundtrack
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).- Actress
- Soundtrack
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.- Actress
- Music Department
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.- 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).
- Producer
- Director
- Writer
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 The Mountain Head (2002).- 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.
- Reiko Kasahara was born on 20 July 1945 in Nagoya, Japan. She is an actress, known for Gamera vs. Guiron (1969), Shogun Assassin (1980) and Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance (1972).
- 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
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
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 Toradora! (2008).- 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).
- Actress
- Soundtrack
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.- 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.
- 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), Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends (2014) and Golden Slumber (2010).
- Director
- Art Department
- Animation Department
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 Basquash! (2009).- 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.
- 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).
- Actor
- Soundtrack
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).- Director
- Writer
- Editor
Naoto Kumazawa was born on 6 April 1967 in Nagoya, Japan. He is a director and writer, known for From Me to You (2010), Oto-na-ri (2009) and Yurigokoro (2017).- Rei Maki was born on 21 June 1949 in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. She is an actress, known for Destroy All Monsters (1968), Super Robot Red Baron (1973) and Osharé daisakusen (1976).
- Rumi Ochiai was born on 6 March 1973 in Nagoya, Japan. She is an actress, known for The Last: Naruto the Movie (2014), Sonic Adventure 2 (2001) and Sonic Heroes (2003).
- 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.
- 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).
- 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).
- Actor
- Additional Crew
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.- 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).
- Kôji Totani was born on 12 July 1948 in Nagoya, Japan. He was an actor, known for Metal Gear Solid (1998), Metal Gear Solid: Integral (1999) and Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (2001). He died on 6 February 2006 in Japan.
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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).- 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).
- Writer
- Director
- Editor
Osamu Fukutani was born on 2 August 1967 in Nagoya, Japan. Osamu is a writer and director, known for The Suicide Manual (2003), The Last Supper (2005) and Ley's Line (2002).- Yuki Sugiura was born on 14 May 1983 in Nagoya, Japan. She is an actress, known for 70th NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen (2019), Songs of Tokyo (2018) and Sôhôkô Quiz Tenka Tôitsu (2011).
- 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).
- Naomi Kawashima was born on 10 November 1960 in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. She was an actress, known for Sunflower (1996), Yakuza Ladies Revisited: Love Is Hell (1994) and Maitresse (2000). She was married to Yoroitsuka Toshihiko. She died on 24 September 2015 in Tokyo, Japan.