Mamoru Miyano


Mamoru Miyano is a Japanese actor, voice actor and singer. He is best known for his roles on Steins;Gate, Skip Beat, Durarara!!, Death Note, Soul Eater, Wolf's Rain, Ouran High School Host Club, ', ', Inazuma Eleven, , Tokyo Ghoul, Free!, Mobile Suit Gundam 00, Hunter x Hunter, Chihayafuru, Bungo Stray Dogs, Uta no Prince-sama and Zombieland Saga. At the 2007 Seiyuu Awards he was nominated for two awards for his role as Light Yagami in Death Note and in 2008, he won the "Best Voice Actor" award at the 2008 Tokyo International Anime Fair. At the 2008 Seiyuu Awards, Miyano won "Best Lead Actor Award" for his role as Setsuna F. Seiei in Mobile Suit Gundam 00 and as Hakugen Rikuson in Kōtetsu Sangokushi. His debut single, "Kuon", was released at King Records. In March 2009, his debut album Break was released.

Biography

Miyano joined Himawari Theatre Group under the influence of his older brother Shota, though he did not attend the class as much as he should have. After entering high school, due to the uncertainty he felt towards the future, Miyano attended singing and dance lessons he has been skipping. While taking music lessons, he started to discover his musical style through the encounter with music produced by singers like CHEMISTRY and EXILE.

Career

1992–2008: Early roles and musical breakthrough

Miyano was first cast in 1992 in Tokusou Exceedraft, appearing as the young boy in a yakuza member’s childhood flashback. In 2001, he debuted as a voice actor in the live action teen drama Caitlin's Way.
He voiced Riku in the Japanese version of the 2002 video game Kingdom Hearts and played his first anime role in '. In 2003, Miyano voiced Kiba, the main character in the anime series Wolf's Rain. That same year, he joined the cast of The Prince of Tennis Musical playing Tetsu Ishida. He reprised his role in both ' and Kingdom Hearts II.
Miyano voiced Light Yagami in the 2006 anime series Death Note. For his performance, Miyano was nominated for two awards at the inaugural Seiyuu Awards: "Best Lead Actor" and "Best New Actor". He also made his film debut in 2006's The Prince of Tennis.
On May 28, 2007, on the King Records label, Miyano made his singing debut releasing his first single "Kuon". "Kuon" debuted at #47 on the Oricon charts which became the finale theme song in the anime series Kōtetsu Sangokushi. That same year on June 13, he released a duet with fellow voice actressRomi Park,entitled "Fight", which debuted at # 73 on the Oricon chart. Miyano reprised the role of Riku in in that year. Also in 2007, Miyano went on to provide the voice of Setsuna F. Seiei, the main character in Mobile Suit Gundam 00. He won his first award, "Best Voice Actor", at the 2008 Tokyo International Anime Fair for his portrayal of Light Yagami and Setsuna F. Seiei.
On June 4, 2008, he released his second single, "Discovery", used as which became the intro song for the video game Fushigi Yūgi: Suzaku Ibun. The song debuted at # 24 on the Oricon chart. In August, Miyano released the character single "", entitled "Mamoru Miyano Comes Across Setsuna F. Seiei", debuting at # 18. In December he released his third single, "...Kimi e", which also debuted at # 18. That year, Miyano reprised the role of Setsuna F. Seiei for the second season of Mobile Suit Gundam 00 for which he won his first Seiyuu Award and another for the role of Hakugen Rikuson in Kōtetsu Sangokushi. He has also voiced Zero Kiryu and Ichiru Kiryu both from the series Vampire Knight and Vampire Knight Guilty, as well as Death The Kid in the anime Soul Eater. He voiced Tamaki Suoh in the anime version of Ouran High School Host Club, Okabe Rintarō in Steins Gate, Ling Yao in Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Oda Nobunaga in Nobunaga the Fool, Rin Matsuoka in Free!, and Osamu Dazai in Bungou Stray Dogs. Miyano appeared on-camera, including a guest spot on the 2008 drama The Quiz Show.

2009–present: Subsequent success

On March 11, 2009, Miyano released his debut album, Break, which debuted at number 20. On April 11, 2009, a month after the release of his album, Miyano went on his first tour, 1st Live Tour 2009: Breaking. Finally in 2009, his notable roles is a tokusatsu character named Ultraman Zero, the son of Ultraseven who first made his debut in the movie ' before starring in subsequent movies ' and Ultraman Saga. Lacking a series of his own, Zero continued to appear as the main host of Ultraman Retsuden/Shin Ultraman Retsuden and in subsequent Ultra Series entries, with the recent being in 2017.
In 2010, Miyano released his second album, Wonder. The album charted at number 20 on the Oricon Weekly Albums chart. Following the album's release, Miyano went on his second tour, Mamoru Miyano Live Tour 2010: Wondering. Also that year, he began voicing Dent in the popular Pokémon anime series. In the same year he starred with fashion model and actress Ayumi Uehara and fellow voice actors Tomokazu Sugita, Tomokazu Seki, Rikiya Koyama, Yuka Hirata, Showtaro Morikubo and Yūko Kaida in the film, Wonderful World, directed by Daisuke Namikawa.
Miyano participated in the 2011 theatrical play Ultraman Premier in Tokyo, where he portrayed Shin Moroboshi, the human guise of Ultraman Zero.
In April 2012, Miyano released his third album, Fantasista. The album charted at number 4 on the Oricon Weekly Albums chart.
Miyano made his first appearance on NHK's music variety show Music Japan. In 2013, he became the first male voice actor to perform solo at Nippon Budokan arena.
In April 2014, he released the DVD for his 5th live tour, "～TRAVELING!～". The following month he began his 6th live tour ~Wakening!~ where he traveled around Japan. The DVD was released January 28, 2015.
In 2015, he became the first male voice actor with number 1 single on Oricon daily chart.
On July 10, 2016, he was one of the performers to appear in "Ultraman Day", a festival that celebrated the 50th anniversary of Ultra Series.
On February 11 and 12, 2017, he held his first solo foreign concert in Taiwan. In June 2017, he became the first male voice actor to top weekly Blu-ray chart.
In December 2018, Miyano made his first appearance on FNS Music Festival performing duets with Nana Mizuki and Hiromi Go.

Personal life

In 2008, Miyano announced he was married and his wife was pregnant. They have a son.

Discography

Albums

Singles

Promotional singles

Video releases

Music video collections

Filmography

Anime television

Specials

Original net animation (ONA) & Original video animation (OVA)

Theatrical animation

''Tokusatsu''

Video games

Dubbing

Live-action

YearTitleRoleNotes
1995Kinpachi-sensei S4Katsujii AdachiTelevision
1996Keiji Ou!!Bad junior high school studentTelevision
1998Kinpachi-sensei special IXKatsujii AdachiTelevision
1998News no OnnaYusuke YamashitaTelevision
2000Mofuku no RendezvousTelevision
2000Tezuka Osamu gekijouTelevision
2004QuillFilm
2006The Prince of TennisRenji YanagiFilm
2008The Quiz ShowTadao ManakaTelevision
20092 STEPS!Yuusuke FujikuraFilm
2009Hana GuerillaTabataFilm
2009Shinjuku Kabukicho HoikuenTatsuyaFilm
2010Wonderful WorldSeishi KatayamaFilm
2011Kami VoiceAsai KanadeFilm
2017Kei Nagai's IBM Film
2019Yuube wa Otanoshimi Deshita neOnitaTelevision

Theater

YearTitleRoleNotes
2019West Side Story: Season 1TonyDouble-cast with Shouta Aoi

Radio

List of radio shows hosted by Mamoru Miyano
YearProgramNotes
2006-2011Paku Romi & Miyano Mamoru's Pokegoe Fight!co-host with Romi Park
2008-2009SMILY☆SPIKY no Kya-cha-ri!co-host with Shun Takagi
2008-2014Oshaberi Yattemasuco-host with Ryota Yamasato
2009–presentSMILY☆SPIKY Namakoco-host with Shun Takagi
2010-2012Miyano Mamoru's M-One GranPrix
2012-2013Miyano Mamoru's RADIO AnimeloMix 〜STARRING!〜
2014–presentMiyano Mamoru's RADIO SMILE

Awards

YearAwardCategoryNominated workResult
20071st Seiyu AwardsBest Lead ActorDeath Note
20071st Seiyu AwardsBest New ActorDeath Note
20082nd Seiyu AwardsBest Lead ActorMobile Suit Gundam 00, Koutetsu Sangokushi
2008Tokyo Anime AwardBest Voice Actor
2011Newtype Anime AwardsBest Lead Actor
20126th Seiyu AwardsBest Supporting ActorUta no Prince-sama, Chihayafuru, and Steins;Gate
20126th Seiyu AwardsBest Musical PerformanceSTARISH
201234th Anime Grand PrixVoice Actor of the Year
2013Japan Anican AwardsMale Voice Actor
2013Japan Anican AwardsCD Album
20148th Seiyu AwardsBest Musical Performance
201557th Japan Record AwardsPlanning Award
2018Newtype Anime AwardsBest Voice Actor
2018Crunchyroll Anime AwardsBest VA Performance
2019Tokyo Anime AwardBest Sound/Performance
202014th Seiyu AwardsInfluencer Award