Minami Takayama

Minami Takayama
Minami Takayama
高山みなみ
Born	Izumi Arai; May 5, 1964 (age 60); Adachi, Tokyo, Japan
Occupations	Voice actress; singer; composer;
Years active	1987–present
Agent	81 Produce
Notable credits	Detective Conan as Conan Edogawa; Ranma ½ as Nabiki Tendo; Danganronpa Series as Hajime Hinata/Izuru Kamukura; Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood as Envy;
Height	1.56 m (5 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Spouse	Gosho Aoyama (m. 2005⁠–⁠2007)
	Musical career
Genres	J-pop, electropop, pop rock
Instrument(s)	Vocals

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, singer and composer. Minami is also a member of the pop group Two-Mix and a part of DoCo when it was active.

She is best known for her roles in Kiki's Delivery Service as both Kiki and Ursula, Ranma ½ as Nabiki Tendo, Moomin as Moomin, Yaiba as Yaiba Kurogane, Nintama Rantarō as Rantarō Inadera, Danganronpa series as Hajime Hinata/Izuru Kamukura, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood as Envy, and Detective Conan as Conan Edogawa. Minami and Shiina Nagano, the other member of Two-Mix, also appeared as themselves in a case in her former husband's manga, Detective Conan and Hao Asakura of Shaman King.

Personal life

Takayama's real name is Izumi Arai (新井泉, Arai Izumi). She was married to manga artist Gosho Aoyama on May 5, 2005^[1] but they divorced on December 10, 2007.^[2]

Filmography

Television animation

1987	Mister Ajikko as Yōichi Ajiyoshi
1988	Little Lord Fauntleroy as Roy Oishinbo as Terue Yumemi
1989	Dash! Yonkuro as Aoi Hyūga Ranma ½ as Nabiki Tendo City Hunter 3 as Mei Asaoka
1990	Magical Tarurūto-kun as Honmaru Edojō Tanoshii Moomin Ikka as Moomin
1991	Anime Himitsu no Hanazono as Colin Craven and Patty Holly the Ghost as Kaori
1992	Cooking Papa as Makoto Araiwa, Miyuki Araiwa Hime-chan's Ribbon as Shintarō Kobayashi, Ichiko Kamikura
1993	Kenyu Densetsu Yaiba as Yaiba Kurogane Nintama Rantarō as Rantarō Inadera
1994	Magic Knight Rayearth as Ascot YuYu Hakusho as Mukuro
1996 - Ongoing	Detective Conan as Conan Edogawa, & Shinichi Kudo (Boyhood), Minami Takayama (Herself, episode 81 and 82), Aoko Nakamori (episode 219, OVA 4), Goro
1996	The Vision of Escaflowne as Dilandau Albatou, Celena Schezar, Chid Freid
1998	Gasaraki as Rin Ataka
1999	Jibaku-kun as Silver (young) Pocket Monsters as Hiroshi Starship Girl Yamamoto Yohko as Yohko Yamamoto
2000	Android Kikaider as Chigusa Sakamoto Descendants of Darkness as Hijiri Minase Shinzo as Mushra, Mushrambo
2001	Cyborg 009 as Artemis Project ARMS as Kei Kuruma Shaman King as Hao Asakura The SoulTaker as Mio Date Touch as Alice
2002	Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex as Kuroha Monkey Typhoon as Mion Pocket Monsters: Episode Gold & Silver as Hiroshi Case Closed as Aoko Nakamori
2003	Astro Boy as Shin'ichi Pocket Monsters Side Stories as Hiroshi
2004	Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG as Chai Kyo Kara Maoh! as Anissina von Karbelnikoff Maria-sama ga Miteru as Former Rosa Gigantea
2005	Black Cat as Train Heartnet (younger) Digital Monster X-Evolution as Dorumon, Dorugamon, DoruGreymon, Alphamon
2006	Majin tantei Neuro as aya asheia D.Gray-man as Anita Ghost Slayers Ayashi as Kyōsai Kawanabe Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple as Kisara Nanjō
2007	Claymore as Irene GeGeGe no Kitaro as Kitarō
2008	Megumi as Megumi Yokota Mobile Suit Gundam 00 as Kati Mannequin Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Second Season as Kati Mannequin and Red Haro Porphy no Nagai Tabi as Rebecca
2009	GA Geijutsuka Art Design Class as Sasamoto-sensei Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood as Envy Lupin III vs Detective Conan as Conan Edogawa
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	Senki Zesshō Symphogear as Kanade Amō Pretty Rhythm: Dear My Future as Yong Hwa
2014	Magic Kaito 1412 as Conan Edogawa
2015	One-Punch Man as Child Emperor
2016	Erased as Sachiko Fujinuma Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School as Hajime Hinata/Izuru Kamukura
2019	I'm From Japan as Hinomoto One-Punch Man 2 as Child Emperor

Anime films

1989	Kiki's Delivery Service as Kiki, Ursula
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	Detective Conan: Crossroad in the Ancient Capital as Conan Edogawa
2004	Detective Conan: Magician of the Silver Sky as Conan Edogawa Konjiki no Gash Bell: 101 Banme no Mamono as Gash's Mother
2005	Detective Conan: Strategy Above the Depths as Conan Edogawa Digital Monster X-Evolution as Dorumon
2006	Detective Conan: The Private Eyes' Requiem as Conan Edogawa Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur 2006 as Suneo's Mama
2007	Detective Conan: Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure as Conan Edogawa Highlander: The Search for Vengeance as Joe
2008	Detective Conan: Full Score of Fear as Conan Edogawa GeGeGe no Kitaro: Nippon Bakuretsu as Kitaro
2009	Detective Conan: The Raven Chaser as Conan Edogawa
2010	Detective Conan: The Lost Ship in the Sky as Conan Edogawa Mobile Suit Gundam 00 the Movie: Awakening of the Trailblazer as Kati Mannequin
2011	Detective Conan: Quarter of Silence as Conan Edogawa
2012	Detective Conan: The Eleventh Striker as Conan Edogawa
2013	Detective Conan: Private Eye in the Distant Sea as Conan Edogawa Lupin the 3rd vs. Detective Conan: The Movie as Conan Edogawa
2014	Detective Conan: Dimensional Sniper as Conan Edogawa Expelled from Paradise as Veronica Kulikova
2015	Detective Conan: Sunflowers of Inferno as Conan Edogawa Love Live! The School Idol Movie as Female Singer
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

OVA

1987	Gakuen Tokuso Hikaruon as Student
1991	Slow Step as Minatsu Nakazato
1994	Cosmic Fantasy as Yū
1995	Elementalors as Saori
1997	Starship Girl Yamamoto Yohko as Yohko Yamamoto
1998	Tekken: The Motion Picture as Nina Williams, Young Kazuya, Jin Kazama
2001	Hikarian as Nozomi
2002	Macross Zero as Nora Polyansky
2003	.hack//GIFT as Mia
2007	Kyo Kara Maoh! R as Anissina von Karbelnikoff Tsubasa: Tokyo Revelations as Nataku, Kasumizuki
2009	Cobra the Space Pirate: Time Drive as Emeralda

Dubbing roles

1987	Stand by Me as Chris Chambers (River Phoenix)^[3]
1989	The Simpsons as Adil Hoxha (Tress MacNeille) The Land Before Time as Littlefoot (Gabriel Damon)
1990	The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter as Atreyu (Kenny Morrison) RoboCop 2 as Hob (Gabriel Damon) Twin Peaks as Donna Hayward (Lara Flynn Boyle)
1992	Back to the Future Part II as Video Game Boy #1 (Elijah Wood) (TV Asahi edition) Lorenzo's Oil as Lorenzo Odone (Zack O'Malley Greenburg)
1993	Boy Meets World as Shawn Hunter (Rider Strong)
1994	The Good Son as Mark Evans (Elijah Wood) The War as Stu (Elijah Wood)^[4] Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit as Rita Watson (Lauryn Hill)
1995	Pocahontas as Nakoma (Michelle St. John)
1996	Flipper as Sandy Ricks (Elijah Wood)
1997	The Full Monty as Nathan Schofield (William Snape)^[5]
1998	An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island as Cholena Wild Things as Kelly Van Ryan (Denise Richards)^[6]
1999	Ed, Edd n Eddy as Kevin (Kathleen Barr)
2000	200 Cigarettes as Lucy (Courtney Love)^[7] Almost Famous as Penny Lane (Kate Hudson)^[8] Charlie's Angels as Alex Munday (Lucy Liu) Music of the Heart as Lexi (Kieran Culkin)
2002	Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever as Agent Sever (Lucy Liu)^[9] Ghost World as Enid (Thora Birch)^[10] Resident Evil as Rain (Michelle Rodriguez) The Scorpion King as Cassandra (Kelly Hu)^[11]
2003	Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle as Alex Munday (Lucy Liu)
2005	The Fast and the Furious as Letty Ortiz (Michelle Rodriguez) (TV Asahi edition)
2006	The Queen as Queen Elizabeth II (Helen Mirren) Monster House as DJ (Mitchel Musso) The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning as Alex (Cyia Batten)
2007	Firehouse Dog as Shane Fahey (Josh Hutcherson)^[12]
2014	My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic as Daring Do (Chiara Zanni) Chef as Percy (Emjay Anthony)
2015	Moomins on the Riviera as Moomin Exodus: Gods and Kings as Malak (Issac Andrews) The Divergent Series: Insurgent as Johanna Reyes (Octavia Spencer)

Tokusatsu

2004	Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger as Assassinian Jingi (episode 41)

Video games

1992	Tengai Makyō II: Manjimaru as Matsuri
1993	Tengai Makyō: Fuun Kabukiden as Matsuri
1995	Linda Cube as Linda
1996	Psychic Force 2012 as Emilio Michaelov PoPoLoCrois as Pietro Psychic Force as Emilio Michaelov Virtua Fighter 3 as Pai Chan
1997	Linda Cube Again as Linda
1998	Jade Cocoon as Mahbu^[13]
2000	Digimon World as Protagonist
2001	Virtua Fighter 4 as Pai Chan
2002	.hack//Infection as Mia .hack//Mutation as Mia .hack//Outbreak as Mia
2003	.hack//Quarantine as Mia Mega Man X7 as Axl^[13] Tales of Symphonia as Mithos Yggdrasill^[13]
2004	Gungrave: Overdose as Spike Hubie Mega Man X: Command Mission as Axl^[13] Mega Man X8 as Axl^[13]
2005	Super Robot Wars Alpha 3 as Ruach Ganeden
2006	Virtua Fighter 5 as Pai Chan
2007	Case Closed: The Mirapolis Investigation as Conan Edogawa Tales of Fandom Vol.2 as Mithos Yggdrasill
2008	Super Smash Bros. Brawl as Pit
2012	Dead or Alive 5 as Pai Chan^[14] Project X Zone as Pai Chan^[15] Kid Icarus: Uprising as Pit, Black Pit^[13] Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair as Hajime Hinata/Izuru Kamukura^[13]
2013	Danganronpa 1.2 Reload as Hajime Hinata/Izuru Kamukura
2014	Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax as Pai Chan^[16] Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U as Pit Granblue Fantasy as Sarasa/Threo
2015	Project X Zone 2 as Pai Chan^[13]
2017	Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony as Hajime Hinata (Trial ver. only)^[13] Senki Zesshō Symphogear XD Unlimited as Kanade Amō Honkai Impact 3rd as Fu Hua (Fuka)
2019	Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as Pit, Black Pit, Mii Brawler, Mii Swordfighter, Mii Gunner^[13]

Drama CD

1991	Video Girl Ai as Ai Amano
1992	Ginnoyuki Furufuru as Takashi Sakakibara
1994	Fushigi Yūgi as Nuriko Rurouni Kenshin as Myōjin Yahiko
1997	Red River as Yuri Suzuki
2000	M to N no Shōzō as Natsuhiko Amakusa Chrono Crusade as Child Chrono
2001	Angel Heart as Li Xiang Ying Shaman King as Hao Asakura W Juliet as Ito Miura
2004	Kyo Kara Maoh! as Anissina von Karbelnikoff

References

^ "Conan and Kiki Married". Anime News Network. June 3, 2005.
^ "Conan's Voice Actress, Conan's Manga Creator Divorce". Anime News Network. December 10, 2007.
^ "スタンド・バイ・ミー[吹]". Star Channel. Retrieved September 8, 2019.
^ "８月のメモワール[吹]". Star Channel. Retrieved July 8, 2019.
^ "フル・モンティ". Star Channel. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
^ "ワイルドシングス". Star Channel. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
^ "200本のたばこ('98米)". Mercari. Retrieved January 4, 2019.
^ "あの頃ペニー・レインと［ディレクターズ・カット版］". Star Channel. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
^ "バリスティック". Yahoo Auctions. Retrieved March 8, 2020.
^ "DVD ゴーストワールドレンタルアップ品". Mercari. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
^ "スコーピオン・キング". Star Channel. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
^ "ファイアー・ドッグ　消防犬デューイの大冒険［吹］". Star Channel. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "Minami Takayama - 129 Character Images | Behind The Voice Actors". behindthevoiceactors.com. Retrieved August 15, 2019. Check mark indicates role has been confirmed using screenshots of closing credits and other reliable sources.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
^ "Dead or Alive 5 Official Site". gamecity.ne.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved August 15, 2019.
^ "『バーチャファイター』シリーズ｜登場作品｜PROJECT X ZONE｜バンダイナムコゲームス公式サイト". pxz.channel.or.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved August 15, 2019.
^ "Support Characters ｜ Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax". fightingclimax.sega.com. Retrieved August 15, 2019.

External links

Minami Takayama at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

[1] "Conan and Kiki Married". Anime News Network. June 3, 2005.

[2] "Conan's Voice Actress, Conan's Manga Creator Divorce". Anime News Network. December 10, 2007.

[3] "スタンド・バイ・ミー[吹]". Star Channel. Retrieved September 8, 2019.

[4] "８月のメモワール[吹]". Star Channel. Retrieved July 8, 2019.

[5] "フル・モンティ". Star Channel. Retrieved February 28, 2019.

[6] "ワイルドシングス". Star Channel. Retrieved February 28, 2019.

[7] "200本のたばこ('98米)". Mercari. Retrieved January 4, 2019.

[8] "あの頃ペニー・レインと［ディレクターズ・カット版］". Star Channel. Retrieved February 28, 2019.

[9] "バリスティック". Yahoo Auctions. Retrieved March 8, 2020.

[10] "DVD ゴーストワールドレンタルアップ品". Mercari. Retrieved June 25, 2020.

[11] "スコーピオン・キング". Star Channel. Retrieved February 28, 2019.

[12] "ファイアー・ドッグ　消防犬デューイの大冒険［吹］". Star Channel. Retrieved February 28, 2019.

[btva-13] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "Minami Takayama - 129 Character Images | Behind The Voice Actors". behindthevoiceactors.com. Retrieved August 15, 2019. Check mark indicates role has been confirmed using screenshots of closing credits and other reliable sources.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)

[14] "Dead or Alive 5 Official Site". gamecity.ne.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved August 15, 2019.

[15] "『バーチャファイター』シリーズ｜登場作品｜PROJECT X ZONE｜バンダイナムコゲームス公式サイト". pxz.channel.or.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved August 15, 2019.

[16] "Support Characters ｜ Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax". fightingclimax.sega.com. Retrieved August 15, 2019.

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