Mamoru Miyano

Mamoru Miyano (宮野 真守, Miyano Mamoru, born June 8, 1983) is a Japanese actor, voice actor and singer from Saitama Prefecture. He is best known for his roles on Steins;Gate, Ouran High School Host Club, Vampire Knight, Death Note, Soul Eater, Wolf's Rain, Ajin: Demi-Human, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Tokyo Ghoul, Free!, Mobile Suit Gundam 00, Kōtetsu Sangokushi, Nobunaga the Fool, and Uta no Prince-sama. At the 2007 Seiyu 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 Seiyu 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.
Miyano began his career as a musician in 2007. He released his debut single, "Kuon" (久遠, lit. Eternity), in May on the King Records label. In March 2009, his debut album Break was released.

Miyano started his acting career in 1990 and provides the voice of Riku in the Japanese version of the PlayStation 2 video game Kingdom Hearts. He then voiced Kiba, the main character of anime series Wolf's Rain. He returned as the voice for Riku in the 2004 Game Boy Advance game Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories, as well as Kingdom Hearts II in 2005, and in Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories in 2007.

In 2006, Miyano voiced Light Yagami for the anime version of the manga Death Note. In 2007, for his role as Light Yagami, he was nominated for two awards at the first Seiyu Awards: "Best Lead Actor Award" and "Best New Actor Awards". Also in 2007, Miyano went on to provide the voice of Setsuna F Seiei, the main character of 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. In 2008, Miyano took on the role as Setsuna F Seiei again for the second season of Mobile Suit Gundam 00. He won his first Seiyu award for the roles of Setsuna F Seiei and of Hakugen Rikuson in Kōtetsu Sangokushi. He has also voiced Zero Kiryu from the series Vampire Knight and Vampire Knight Guilty, as well as Death The Kid in the anime Soul Eater. He also provided the voice of Tamaki Suoh in the anime version of Ouran High School Host Club, Okabe Rintarō from Steins;Gate, Ling Yao from Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood, Oda Nobunaga from Nobunaga the Fool, and Rin Matsuoka from Free! Iwatobi Swim Club and Free! Eternal Summer.

In addition to voice acting, Miyano has also appeared on camera. His first acting job was in 1992 in Tokusou Exceedraft, where he appeared in a flashback as a child in a yakuza member's past. In 2003, Miyano joined the cast of The Prince of Tennis Musical playing Tetsu Ishida (石田 鉄, Ishida Tetsu). He made his film debut in 2006's The Prince of Tennis. He also made a guest appearance in the drama The Quiz Show in 2008.

In 2010, 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.

Another of his notable role is a tokusatsu character named Ultraman Zero, the son of Ultraseven who first made his debut in the movie Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy Legend The Movie before starring in subsequent movies Ultraman Zero: The Revenge of Belial 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 Ultraman Zero: The Chronicle in 2017. This role is taken further when he participated in the 2011 theatrical play Ultraman Premier in Tokyo, where he portrayed Shin Moroboshi, the human guise of Ultraman Zero. In July 10, 2016, he is one of the performers to appear in "Ultraman Day", a festival that celebrated the 50th anniversary of Ultra Series.

On May 28, 2007 on the King Records label, Miyano debuted as a singer with the single "Kuon" (久遠, Eternity). "Kuon" debuted at number 47 on the Oricon charts and was used as the ending theme song for anime series Kōtetsu Sangokushi. On June 13, 2007, with fellow voice actress Romi Park, the duo released a collaboration single titled "Fight", which debuted on the Oricon chart at number 73. On June 4, 2008 he released his second single, "Discovery", which was the intro song for PlayStation 2 video game Fushigi Yūgi: Suzaku Ibun. The song debuted at number 24 on the chart.

In August 2008, Miyano released the character single "Soup/Hakosora", under the name Mamoru Miyano comes across Setsuna F Seiei (宮野真守 come across 刹那・F・セイエイ); it debuted at number 18. In December he released his third single, "...Kimi e" (…君へ, ...To You), which also debuted at number 18. 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.

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. In April 2012, Miyano released his third album, Fantasista. The album charted at number 4 on the Oricon Weekly Albums chart.

In 2013, Miyano made his first appearance in on NHK's music variety show Music Japan.

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.

Miyano married in late 2008. He and his wife have a son together.

Albums

Singles

Promotional singles

Video releases

• Mamoru Miyano Live Tour 2009: Smile & Break (2010)
• Mamoru Miyano Live Tour 2010: Wondering (2011)
• Mamoru Miyano Live 2011–12: Fight & Stand (2012)
• Mamoru Miyano Live 2012–13: Beginning (2013)
• Mamoru Miyano Special Live 2013: Traveling! (2014)
• Mamoru Miyano Live 2014: WAKENING! (2015)
• Mamoru Miyano Live 2015: AMAZING (2015)
• Mamoru Miyano Live 2015–16: GENERATING (2016)

• Mamoru Miyano Album Chart History. Oricon Style Japan. Retrieved on November 7, 2012
• ^ "宮野真守のCDシングルランキング、宮野真守のプロフィールならオリコン芸能人事典-ORICON STYLE". Oricon Style (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2010-08-05. 
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Television anime

Tokusatsu

• Special Rescue Exceedraft (1992) – Child
• Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger (2013) – Ferocious Knight D
• Ultraman Retsuden (2011) - Ultraman Zero (Voice), Singer (Ep. 72 cameo; actor)
• Ultra Zero Fight (2013) - Ultraman Zero
• New Ultraman Retsuden (2013) Ultraman Zero
• Ultraman X (2015) - Ultraman Zero (Ep.5)
• Ultraman Zero: The Chronicle (2017) - Ultraman Zero

Original video animation (OVA)

Films

Video games

Dubbing

Live-action

• Caitlin's Way (Griffen Lowe (Jeremy Foley))
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Willy Wonka (Johnny Depp))
• Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne))
• Halloweentown High (Dylan Cromwell (Joey Zimmerman))
• Hannah Montana: The Movie (Travis Brody (Lucas Till))
• Harry Potter film series (Percy Weasley (Chris Rankin))
• Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Jacob "Jake" Portman (Asa Butterfield))
• The Musketeers (d'Artagnan (Luke Pasqualino))
• Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson (Logan Lerman))
• Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson (Logan Lerman))
• Phil of the Future (Seth Wosmer (Evan Peters))
• The Spy Next Door (Larry (Lucas Till))
• Upside Down (Adam Kirk (Jim Sturgess))

Animation

• Bionicle: Mask of Light (Takua Takanuva)
• Despicable Me 2 (Antonio Pérez)
• The Lorax (Ted Wiggins)
• Minions (Herb)
• My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Shining Armor)
• The Secret Life of Pets (Tiberius)
• X-Men Origins: Wolverine (Scott Summers)

Drama CD

• Dolls (Seiju Shikibu)
• Free! (Rin Matsuoka)
• Karneval (Yogi)
• Mobile Suit Gundam 00 (Setsuna F Seiei)
• Ouran High School Host Club (Tamaki Suoh)
• Soul Eater (Death the Kid)
• Starry Sky (Shiki Kagurazaka)
• Steins;Gate (Rintaro Okabe)
• Uta no Prince-sama (Tokiya Ichinose)
• Vampire Knight (Zero Kiryu and Ichiru Kiryu)
• Fate/Stay Night: Garden of Avalon- glorious afterimage (Bedivere)

Comics

• Strobe Edge (Ren Ichinose)

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