Japan Names 1st Voice Actor Masako Nozawa, Manga Creator Keiko Takemiya as Persons of Cultural Merit – News
The Japanese government selected 21 winners to be included in this year’s list of cultural figures of merit. The list includes Masako Nozawa (dragon ballSun Wukong, Kitaroof a guitar) as the first voice actor Very honored, and comic creator Takemiya Keiko (Towards Terra, Enter the door to summer, Andromeda Story), dancers and actors My Tanaka (son of the sealive action Rurouni Kenshin films), playwrights and actors Hideki Noda (Narration of the animated short film “Tokatonton”). Their ceremony will be held on November 4 at Hotel Okura in Tokyo.
Nozawa first appeared in the original 1963 Astro Boy anime series. She then voiced the character a guitar in 1968 Kitaro animated, as well as a 1971 sequel. she is back franchise Voiced the character of Medama Oyaji in 2018 Kitaro Remade in 2023 Kitaro ~ Terraforming of Kappa anime movies. Since then, Nozawa has played several starring roles in different anime series, but she is best known for voicing Son Goku. dragon ball series.
Nozawa hold Guinness World Records”voice actor She has the longest voice-over career of a character in a video game” and “the longest video game voice-over career” because of her work dragon ballIt’s Sun Wukong. she won One of the 71st Kan Kikuchi Awards in 2023: “As a pioneering representative of Japanese voice actors.”
Bamboo Palace helped usher in the modern girl Comics and modern science fiction comics. together with Hagi Yuan Yuan and Riyoko IkedaTakemiya is part of the Year 24 Group, a group of innovative female manga creators born on or around Showa 24 (1949) who have shaped today’s diverse manga field girl comics.
Bamboo Palace won Shogakukan They both won comics awards Travel to Terra and Song of Wind and Wood comics. Vertical have been published Travel to Terra and Andromeda Story in English. comic planet Both comics were licensed in 2019 Towards Terra and The story of the Andromeda Galaxy, respectively. this Towards Terra In 2007, the manga inspired an anime.
Source: Yomiuri, 47 news pass Noriko Yashima
