1. Megumi Hayashibara
Megumi Hayashibara is a member of her own self-founded Woodpark Office and a Japanese voice actress, singer, lyricist, and radio host from Tokyo's Kita ward. She was born on 30th March 1967, in Kita Tokyo, Japan. Since the 1990s, Hayashibara has been one of the most well-known Japanese voice actors. She is best known for her work on Neon Genesis’ ‘Love Hina,’ ‘Evangelion, ‘Mashin Hero Wataru,’ ’ ‘Sabre Marionette J,’ ‘Magical Princess Minky Momo,’ ‘Ranma 12,’ ‘Cowboy Bebop,’ ‘Pokémon,’ ‘Slayers,’ ‘All Purpose Cultural Catgirl Nuku Nuku,’ ‘Video Girl Ai,’ ‘Shaman King,’and ‘Detective Conan,’ where she also sings the opening themes f...
2. Mayumi Tanaka
The vast world of anime is aware of two of the most iconic and popular anime, One Piece and Dragon Ball. Every character of these two series is iconic. Hence, people remember every detail of the characters, but when it comes to the people that gave life to these characters, we often forget. Luffy of One Piece is a favorite among all anime watchers, and the person that made these characters real is one of the most revered and experienced voice-over artists of the Japanese anime industry, Mayumi Tanaka.
Mayumi Abe was born on 15 January 1955, in Tokyo, Tanaka is a narrator, voice artist, and actress. She first started working in 1978 and has been unstoppable till then. Tanaka has worked in more than 50 different animes and movies. Many of these animes were super-hit such as One Piece, Sakura Wars, and Dragon Ball. Most importantl...
3. Ai Orikasa
Ai Orikasa also known as Kikue Orikasa was born on December 12, 1963. Ai is a Japanese voice actress, actress, and singer from Tokyo. She has graduated from the drama department of the Nihon Denshikogakuin College. Ai has played many roles, specifically that of young girls and boys, and big-sisterly women and is particularly known for her attractive voice. She has voiced in many lead roles of boys and voices of mothers. She has voiced Shizuka’s mother in ‘Doraemon’, an animated series. Her mother’s name is Orion. She has been working since 1980 and is still active. Ai has been a part of several animated series and voiced many shows.
...4. Urara Takano
Urara Takono is the stage name of Hisako Takayama. She is a Japanese actress, voice actor, and narrator. Urara was born on August 16, 1961, in Togane, Japan. Urara is famous for her work as a voice actor for the video game franchise Sakura Wars, in which she voices the character of Maria Tachibana. Urara has worked in different genres as a voice actor, like live action, OVA, anime, video games, and animation. Some popular projects that Urara has worked on are (animation) Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted, (live action) Chicago Med, ER, Venom, Fight Club, and Grey’s Anatomy. Apart from Sakura Wars, Urara also worked on other video games like Super Robot Wars and Sonic Shuffle.
...5. Sanae Miyuki
6. Daiki Nakamura
Daiki Nakamura is a Japenese actor and voice over artist. He was born on December 25, 1962. Daiki Nakamura’s place of birth is Tokyo, Japan. He is affiliated with “81 Produce,” a voice talent management firm in Japan. It was founded on February 3, 1981 and located in Shibuya, Tokya. He belongs to the Japan nationality. Daiki Nakamura started his career as a voice actor with the Japanese language television series “Urusei Yatsura” in 1985. Then, in 1987, he acted in the sci-fi action comedy Japanese film “The Red Spectacles,” written & directed by Mamoru Oshii. In the film, he played the role of Bunmei’s Minion. In the same year, he featured as a voice actor in the television series such as Spaceship Sagittarius and Zillion. He cast as Oeyama in the animation comedy television series &...
7. Wataru Takagi
Japanese voice-over artist Wataru Takagi was born on 25th July 1966 in Chiba, Japan. He is signed with Arts Vision and has been in the industry since 1987. With an impressive long list of productions under his name, Wataru Takagi has become a household name in the Japanese entertainment industry. A man with many voices, Wataru is the voice behind many popular characters in anime and video games. He debuted as a voice actor through the anime series Mister Ajikkoin 1987. Some of the famous roles he has voiced in the years that followed includeRubeus in Sailor Moon R, Adon in Street Fighter Alpha: The Animation, Obito Uchiha in Naruto: Shippuden, Detective Conan, Ganju Shiba in Bleach, the Teacher in Doraemon, RoronoaZoro, Bellamy, and Vander Decken IX in One Piece, Alaindelon in Beelzebub, Knuckle Bine in Hunter X Hunter,Hammerhead in On...
8. Keisuke Iwata
Keisuke Iwata is a Japanese animation producer known for Blue Seed, Shaman King, the flick Pokemon: The Rise of Darkrai, and 7 Days War.
Born in 1955 in Shizuoka prefecture, Japan, Iwata joined TV Tokyo, known as Channel 12 back then, in 1979. Initially, he handled sales, reporting, and organizing but was elevated to the movie club eventually in 1993.
Over time, he was made the deputy director of animation, and produced numerous animation television series like Pocket Monsters, Neon Genesis Evangelion, and Love Hina. As a result, Iwata came to be recognized for his contribution to the remarkable growth of animation series in the station.
In 2009, the acclaimed producer became the Chief Executive Officer and President of AT-X. Keisuke’s achievements as an animation producer led to his appointment as the ani...
9. Tatsuya Fuji
Tatsuya Fuji is an actor predominantly working in the Japanese film industry. He was born and raised in Yokohama, Japan. Fuji was born in the year 1941 and joined the "Nikkatsu Corporation" in the year 1962. "Nikkatsu" is an entertainment company that produces films and television content. This company is more than 100 years old and is one of the major movie studios in Japan. After joining "Nikkatsu", Fuji started to play small roles in their projects. He got his break in the show biz after being a part of the film "Black Sun" in the year 1964. Fuji played a notable role in the film that paved the way for him to establish a mark on the industry.
Fuji got married to the Japanese act...
10. Kenji Terada
Terada Kenji was born in Tokyo, Japan, on July 11th, 1952. He is a scriptwriter, anime director, novelist cum scenario writer, graduated from Waseda University in 1973 with a degree in European history. Terada illustrated for newspapers and magazines during his career, worked on movie sets, and worked as an animator. In 1978, he became an assistant to artist Osamu Tezuka. In 1980, Terada became a freelance writer and director of multiple ventures, including screenplays for Baoh, Dirty Pair, and Kimagure Orange Road. He also worked for Square, writing scripts for the first three Final Fantasy video games.
He was the screenwriter for films and animation series and director of the video game Batman: Dark Tomorrow and the animated series Firestorm. Since then, he has been working on "Robotic...
11. Kei Wakakusa
Kei Wakakusa is a music composer known for flicks like Six God Combination God Mars: The Movie, television series Cyborg Kuro-chan, short film Tokusou Robo Janperson the Movie: Forever my mother, Operating room of love and fire, and the television series Tomica Hero Rescue Force.
Wakakusa was born on February 10, 1949, in Yamagata, Japan. The Japanese composer scored the music for the animation television series Six God Combination God Mars.
Helmed by Tetsuo Imazawa, the show is set in 1999, when a planet Gishin, led by Emperor Zul, tries to take over the galaxy and destroy Earth. To accomplish this mission, he sends a baby called Mars to Earth, accompanied by a full-fledged robot. The plan is for Mars to activate the bomb contained within Gaia since it can destroy an entire planet. However, Zul’s plan backf...
12. Motoo Abiko
Motoo Abiko is a renowned writer in Japan, born in 1934 in Himi, Toyama Prefecture, Japan. Motoo Abiko and Hiroshi Fujimoto worked together and made a pen name Fujiko Fujio. They have worked together for more than forty years and amazed everyone with their extraordinary writing skills. In 1969, Motoo and Hiroshi started Doraemon, one of the most loved cartoons of all time. He has also written for the movie Doraemon: Nobita and the Castle of the Undersea Devil. Motoo has made the childhood of every person special with his cartoon characters.
...13. Fujiko F Fujio
Fujiko F Fujio is one of the two members of the Fujiko Fujio comic writer duo. His actual name is Hiroshi Fujimoto. Fujiko was born on 1st December 1933 in Takaoka, Toyama, Japan. He died at the age of 62 on 23rd September 1996 in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. He has been rested at Midorigaoka, Meguro, Japan. In the year 1951, Hiroshi formed a partnership with Motoo Abiko, whose pen name is Fujiko Fujio A. And together they formed Fujiko Fujio. They are regarded as legends of the Manga art.
He has been honored with Shogakukan Manga Award in 1963, Kawasaki City's Cultural Prize in 1981, Shogakukan Manga Award for children's manga in 1982, Film Special Meritorious Prize in 1989, Golden Gloss Prize in 1989, and The first Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Grand Prize in 1997. His popular works include Tebukuro Tetchan, Bonomu: Sokonuke...