Nami Miyahara (宮原 永海, Miyahara Nami, born January 24, 1978 in Tokyo) is a Japanese voice actress and singer associated by Atomic Monkey. Miyahara debuted as a voice actress in 1998 as Shouko Yamanobe in Mamotte Shugogetten. Notable roles she has played include Momoko Asuka and Masaru Yada from the Ojamajo Doremi series, Wallace from Digimon Adventure 02, Miyako Gōtokuji/Rolling Bubbles from Powerpuff Girls Z, Lyuze from Casshern Sins, and Akari Tsukumo from Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal.

Nami Miyahara
宮原 永海
Born (1978-01-24) January 24, 1978 (age 46)[1][2]
Tokyo, Japan
Occupations
  • Voice actress
  • singer
Years active1986–present
EmployerAtomic Monkey
Children1
Musical career
Genres
Instruments
Years active2003–present
LabelsDream Records

In addition to her voice acting, Miyahara also pursued a singing career and released her first extended play, Reason, in 2003. She also provided vocals for Genki Rockets.

Early life

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When Miyahara was in junior high, she and her family moved to Austria, where she attended an international school and learned English.

Career

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Voice acting career

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Miyahara began her voice acting career in 1997.

Musical career

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Miyahara pursued a musical career alongside her voice acting works. Aside from performing image songs associated with some of the characters she voiced, she performs at open mics. She released her first indies album, titled REASON, in 2003. Miyahara also lent her vocals to some of Genki Rockets' songs as part of fictional space girl Lumi's image.

Miyahara was also a featured artist in one of FreeTEMPO's albums.

Personal life

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Miyahara gave birth to a boy on July 29, 2019.[3]

Discography

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Extended plays

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Title Details Peak chart positions Sales
JPN
Reason
  • Released: January 22, 2003
  • Label: Dream Records
  • Formats: CD
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"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Singles

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Title Year Peak chart positions Sales Album
JPN
"Dreaming"
(FreeTEMPO featuring Nami Miyahara)
2007 Sounds

Filmography

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Film and television

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Year Title Role Notes
1998 Mamotte Shugogetten Shouko Yamanobe
Yume no Crayon Oukoku Yukkutakku
St. Luminous Mission High School Irina Goinov
1999 Magic Users' Club Jurika Jinno
Ojamajo Doremi Masaru Yada
2000 Ojamajo Doremi #
Digimon Adventure 02: Part I: Digimon Hurricane Touchdown!! / Part 2: Supreme Evolution!! The Golden Digimentals Wallace First major role in theatrical film; also voiced the character in subsequent drama CDs
2001 Mo~tto! Ojamajo Doremi Momoko Asuka, Masaru Yada, Nini
2002 Ojamajo Doremi Dokka~n!
2005 Kouchuu Ouja Mushiking ~Mori no Tami no Densetsu~ Popo
2006 Demashita! Powerpuff Girls Z Miyako Gōtokuji/Rolling Bubbles
2008 Casshern Sins Lyuze, Janice (singing voice) Provided the singing voice of Janice only.
Inazuma Eleven Yuuya Kogure
2009 Umi Monogatari ~Anata ga Ite Kureta Koto~ Utasha
Astro Boy Sludge
2010 So Ra No Wo To Aisha Aldola Performed in German (in-universe language of Roman Empire)
2011 Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal Akari Tsukumo
2020 Looking for Magical Doremi Momoko Asuka

Video games

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Year Title Role Notes
2004 Ojamajo Adventure: Naisho no Mahou Momoko Asuka
2019 Puyo Puyo Quest Voiced as part of an event celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Ojamajo Doremi anime

References

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  1. ^ "宮原 永海|日本タレント名鑑". 日本タレント名鑑 (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 16 May 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  2. ^ "宮原永海のプロフィール". ORICON NEWS (in Japanese). Oricon. 22 March 2019. Archived from the original on 17 February 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  3. ^ Loveridge, Lynzee (2019-07-30). "Doremi Voice Actress Nami Miyahara Welcomes Baby Boy". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on 2019-07-30. Retrieved 2019-07-30.
  4. ^ "REASON". Oricon (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2020-02-17. Retrieved 2019-02-21.
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