Minami Takayama

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Minami Takayama
高山 みなみ
Born
Izumi Arai (新井 泉)[1]

(1964-05-05) May 5, 1964 (age 60)
Adachi, Tokyo,[2][3] Japan
Occupations
  • Voice actress
  • narrator
  • singer
Years active1987–present
Agent
Pit and Dark Pit
  • Honkai Impact 3rd as Fu Hua and Herrscher of Sentience
    • Height156[4] cm (5 ft 1 in)
    Spouse
    ​
    ​
    (m. 2005; div. 2007)​
    RelativesMiru Takayama (cousin)
    Hisashi Shinma (uncle)
    Musical career
    GenresJ-pop
    Instrument(s)Vocals

    Minami Takayama (高山 みなみ, Takayama Minami, born Izumi Arai (新井 泉, Arai Izumi), May 5, 1964)[3] 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.[5] Her uncle is a former New Japan Pro-Wrestling managing director Hisashi Shinma.

    Takayama is best known for her roles in

    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.

    Career

    From an early age, Takayama studied

    traffic safety guider, so she joined Himawari Theatre Group in 1978 when she was in junior high school, and stayed there for four years.[2] In reality, however, Takayama's parents wanted her to enter 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.[8] 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.[8][9]

    After graduating from Adachi Nishi High School in Tokyo,[2] not knowing how to become 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.[7] In 1985, she joined the voice acting division of Sun House Music,[2] but after that, she met 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.[9]

    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 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.[9] 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.[9]

    In 1989, she was chosen to play both Kiki and Ursula in the animated film

    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 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 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.[10] 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.[11] On January 9, 2017, she was picked 7th in the TV Asahi 3-hour special that voted 200 popular voice actors.[12]

    Takayama was married to manga artist Gosho Aoyama on May 5, 2005[13] but they divorced on December 10, 2007.[14] 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 was given to her at the time of marriage, and she reports on Kite's good health on her blog.

    During the opening speech of Detective Conan: Quarter of Silence an earthquake of magnitude 4 struck the stage. Takayama made a quick decision and said in Conan's voice, "Calm down, earthquakes! Don't worry, Conan is here." to calm the children.[15]

    Filmography

    Television animation

    1987
    1988
    • Little Lord Fauntleroy
       as Roy
    • Oishinbo as Terue Yumemi
    1989
    1990
    • Magical Tarurūto-kun
       as Honmaru Edojō
    • Moomin
    1991
    1992
    1993
    1994
    1996 - Ongoing
    • Shinichi Kudo
      (Childhood), Minami Takayama (Herself, episode 81 and 82), Aoko Nakamori (episode 219, OVA 4) & Goro
    1996
    1998
    1999
    2000
    2001
    2002
    2003
    2004
    2005
    • Black Cat as Train Heartnet (younger)
    • Digital Monster X-Evolution
       as Dorumon, Dorugamon, DoruGreymon, Alphamon
    • Doraemon Mrs. Honewaka
    2006
    2007
    • Claymore as Irene
    • GeGeGe no Kitaro
       as Kitarō
    2008
    2009
    2010
    • HeartCatch PreCure!
       as Dark Precure
    • Digimon Xros Wars
       as Taiki Kudou
    2011
    • Pocket Monsters Best Wishes!
       as Luke
    • Tales of Symphonia: The United World as Mithos Yggdrasill
    • Digimon Xros Wars: Toki wo Kakeru Shounen Hunter-tachi
       as Taiki Kudou
    2012
    2014
    2015
    2016
    2017
    2019
    2021
    2022

    Anime films

    1989
    1997
    • Detective Conan: The Time-Bombed Skyscraper
       as Conan Edogawa
    1998
    • Detective Conan: The Fourteenth Target
       as Conan Edogawa
    1999
    • Detective Conan: The Last Wizard of the Century
       as Conan Edogawa
    2000
    • Detective Conan: Captured in Her Eyes
       as Conan Edogawa
    • Escaflowne as Dilandau Albatou
    2001
    • Detective Conan: Countdown to Heaven
       as Conan Edogawa
    • Princess Arete as Ampule
    2002
    • Detective Conan: The Phantom of Baker Street
       as Conan Edogawa
    2003
    2004
    2005
    2006
    2007
    2008
    2009
    2010
    2011
    2012
    2013
    2014
    2015
    2016
    • Detective Conan: The Darkest Nightmare
       as Conan Edogawa
    2017
    • Detective Conan: Crimson Love Letter
       as Conan Edogawa
    2018
    • Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer
       as Conan Edogawa
    2019
    • Detective Conan: The Fist of Blue Sapphire
       as Conan Edogawa
    2021
    • Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet
       as Conan Edogawa
    2022
    2023
    2024
    • Nintama Rantarō the Movie: The Dokutake Ninja Team's Strongest Strategist as Rantarō Inadera[25]

    OVA

    1987
    • Gakuen Tokuso Hikaruon as Student
    1991
    1994
    1995
    1997
    1998
    2001
    2002
    • Nora Polyansky
    2003
    2007
    2009

    Dubbing roles

    1987
    1989
    1990
    1992
    1993
    1994
    1995
    1996
    1997
    1998
    2000
    2002
    2003
    2005
    2006
    2007
    2014
    2015
    2016
    2022
    2023
    • The Exploits of Moominpappa: Adventures of a Young Moomin as Moomintroll and young Pappa[45]
    2024

    Tokusatsu

    2004
    • Assassinian Jingi
      (episode 41)

    Video games

    1992
    1993
    1995
    1996
    1997
    1998
    2000
    2001
    • Pai Chan
    2002
    • .hack//Infection
       as Mia
    • .hack//Mutation
       as Mia
    • .hack//Outbreak
       as Mia
    2003
    2004
    2005
    • Super Robot Wars Alpha 3
       as Ruach Ganeden
    2006
    2007
    2008
    • Pit
    2012
    2013
    2014
    2015
    2017
    2018
    2020
    • Fist of the North Star Legends ReVIVE as Pai Chan[52]
    2022
    2023

    Drama CD

    1991
    1992
    1994
    1997
    2000
    2001
    2004

    Original net Animation

    2008

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