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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.- 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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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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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.- 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
- 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.- 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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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.- 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.- 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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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.- 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.
- 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).
- 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.- 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).
- 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).
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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).- Writer
- 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).- 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
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).- 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).
- 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).
- 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).
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- Director
- Writer
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.- 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).
- 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.
- 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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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).- Fukushi Ochiai was born on 20 August 1987 in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. He is an actor, known for Beastars (2019), Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway (2021) and Tribe Nine (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.
- 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 Gurren Lagann the Movie: Childhood's End (2008).- 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).- 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- Maiko Itô was born on 18 August 1964 in Nagoya, Japan. She is an actress, known for Xenosaga Episode III: Also Sprach Zarathustra (2006), Mutant Girls Squad (2010) and Witchblade (2006).
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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).- Actor
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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.- Actor
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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 Guilty Gear Isuka (2004).- 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.- 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.
- Haruka is a Japanese science fiction writer and animation producer. He is the author of the "Dirty Pair" and "Crusher Joe" novels, both of which were made into animated series and movies. In 1972, while he was still in college, Takachiho founded an animation studio named Studio Nue. This studio would later work on "Macross", one of the most popular anime series of all time.
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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 The Mountain Head (2002).- 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).
- Actor
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- Additional Crew
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).- Actor
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- Producer
Tsutomu Shimomura was born on 23 October 1964 in Nagoya, Japan. He is an actor and writer, known for Takedown (2000) and 60 Minutes (1968).- 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).
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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).- Writer
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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).- 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).
- 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).
- Kazuko Katô was born on 20 February 1958 in Nagoya, Japan. She is an actress, known for Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa (2005), Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001) and Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (1998). She was previously married to Hideo Higashikokubaru.