Minami Takayama ( 高山 みなみ , Takayama Minami , born Izumi Arai ( 新井 泉 , Arai Izumi ) , May 5, 1964) is a Japanese voice actress , narrator and singer who is currently affiliated with 81 Produce . She is also the main vocalist of Two-Mix and ES CONNEXION when it was active. Her uncle is a former New Japan Pro-Wrestling managing director Hisashi Shinma .
16-489: Takayama may refer to: People [ edit ] Takayama (surname) Places [ edit ] Takayama, Gifu , a city Takayama Castle Takayama Festival Takayama Jinya Takayama Station , a railway station Takayama, Gunma , a village Takayama, Nagano , a village Takayama Main Line , a railway line Objects [ edit ] Takayama,
32-471: A DJ, Takayama enrolled in the theater department of Nihon Kogakuin College to continue her acting career, but she became worried about her future and dropped out to stop acting altogether. At one point, she was working at an office, but when a caller praised her voice, she decided to become a voice actor at the age of 22. In 1985, she joined the voice acting division of Sun House Music, but after that, she met
48-708: A character in the light novel and anime series Rail Wars Haruka Takayama, a character in the manga and anime series Sakura Trick [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Takayama . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Takayama_(surname)&oldid=1244970848 " Categories : Surnames Japanese-language surnames Hidden categories: Articles containing Japanese-language text Articles with short description Short description
64-574: A girl." After failing three times in a row, she consulted with her manager and decided to audition for the role of a boy, thinking that heroine might not be suitable for her. She made her debut in 1987 as a female student in Campus Special Investigator Hikaruon . After that, she started getting boy roles and got her first starring role as Youichi Ajiyoshi in Mister Ajikko the third time around. In 1989, she
80-436: A manager who asked her if she wanted to work as a voice actress, and she joined 81 Produce , where she was told that if she didn't make any progress in two of her three years as a rookie, she should give up. She decided to try to bear fruit in one year. Initially, Takayama auditioned for the role of the heroine, but even though she tried to read the lines in a cute way, she was told by different sound directors to "be more like
96-409: A shuttle craft in the movie Star Trek Into Darkness See also [ edit ] 高山 (disambiguation) Takiyama (disambiguation) Tamayama (disambiguation) Katayama , a Japanese surname Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Takayama . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
112-603: A wide range of generations. In 2005, she was chosen to play Suneo's mom in the renewed Doraemon anime, in 2007 she voiced Kitarō in the fifth series of GeGeGe no Kitarō , and in 2010 she voiced Taiki Kudō in Digimon Fusion . Takayama is also active in music as ES CONNEXION, Two-Mix , Miru Takayama with TWO-MIX, and M★TWO-MinaMiru-, a unit with her cousin Miru Takayama. She has sung the theme songs of Mobile Suit Gundam Wing , and has also composed music. In
128-672: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Minami Takayama Takayama is best known for her roles in Detective Conan as Conan Edogawa , Kiki's Delivery Service as both Kiki and Ursula, Ranma ½ as Nabiki Tendo , Moomin as Moomin , Yaiba as Yaiba Kurogane, Shaman King as Hao Asakura , Nintama Rantarō as Rantarō Inadera, Danganronpa series as Hajime Hinata/Izuru Kamukura, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood as Envy, and Honkai Impact 3rd as Fu Hua. From an early age, Takayama studied ballet , Japanese dance , and vocal music . When she
144-562: The 1990s, she began to play the main and major characters in many works, mainly boys, such as Moomin (as Moomin ), Magical Taruruto-kun (as Honmaru Edojō), and Yaiba (as Yaiba), and her popularity became firmly established. In particular, her leading roles as Rantarō Inadera in Nintama Rantarō and Conan Edogawa in Detective Conan have lasted for more than 20 years since they were first broadcast in 1993 and 1996, respectively, and Takayama's voice has become recognized by
160-560: The 81st episode of Detective Conan (broadcast on November 17, 1997), she appeared as a character with Shiina Nagano as TWO-MIX themselves, and also sang the opening theme song for the anime. In addition, in 2005, she brought in Joe Rinoie to work on the theme song for the anime Engage Planet Kiss Dum in 2007 as the unit II MIX⊿DELTA. In 2011, Takayama won the Synergy Award at the 5th Seiyu Awards . On January 9, 2017, she
176-520: The entertainment industry, and she felt as if she was being forced to follow the rails laid out for her, and the ventriloquism was just a reason for her to study acting, not something she came up with. When she was in high school, she won a radio disc jockey contest and thought about becoming a DJ because of her love of radio and fascination with free banter and voice work. After graduating from Adachi Nishi High School in Tokyo, not knowing how to become
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#1732765264461192-1027: The 💕 Takayama (written: 高山 lit. "high mountain") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: Takayama Chogyū (1871–1902), Japanese writer Cyril Takayama (born 1973), illusionist of Okinawan-Japanese and Moroccan-French descent Haneko Takayama (born 1975), Japanese writer Justo Takayama ( c. 1552/1553–1615), Japanese Catholic daimyo Kaoru Takayama ( 高山 薫 , born 1988) , Japanese footballer Katsunari Takayama (born 1983), Japanese professional boxer Kazumi Takayama (born 1994), Japanese idol and writer Kiyoshi Takayama (born 1947), Japanese yakuza Leila A. Takayama , human–computer interaction specialist Masataka Takayama (disambiguation) , multiple people Minami Takayama (born 1964) Japanese voice actress-singer Yoshihiro Takayama (born 1966), Japanese professional wrestler Yukiko Takayama (1939/1940–2023), Japanese screenwriter and director Fictional characters [ edit ] Naoto Takayama,
208-422: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Takayama&oldid=1069270805 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Takayama (surname) From Misplaced Pages,
224-438: Was a child, her sense of justice was so strong that it was written on her report card. She wanted to become a police officer , which she thought she was suited for, and she thought that ventriloquism would be necessary for being a traffic safety guider, so she joined Himawari Theatre Group in 1978 when she was in junior high school, and stayed there for four years. In reality, however, Takayama's parents wanted her to enter
240-579: Was chosen to play both Kiki and Ursula in the animated film Kiki's Delivery Service , and the film was a hit. She tried to refuse the role because it was decided at short notice and she was too new to take responsibility, but Hayao Miyazaki told her not to worry because he would take responsibility. Despite this, there was a time when the only regular role she played was Nabiki Tendo in the Ranma ½ series, which depressed her, but she pulled herself together and started working part-time in her neighborhood. In
256-480: Was picked 7th in the TV Asahi 3-hour special that voted 200 popular voice actors. Takayama was married to manga artist Gosho Aoyama on May 5, 2005 but they divorced on December 10, 2007. However, their relationship as "the author of the original story of Detective Conan and the lead voice actress" has continued to be good, and they are not estranged even now. Takayama has been keeping Aoyama's cat, Kite, which
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