Mamoru Miyano

Mamoru Miyano is Kōtarō Tatsumi, the voice of the eccentric producer.

Biography
He was born in Saitama on June 8, 1983, is married and has one son. His artistic career began in 1990 at the age of seven when he joined The Himawari Theater Group. As a voice actor, he made his debut in 2001 and his first major role came in 2006 as the voice of Light Yagami (Kira) on Death Note. In 2008 he won the Best Voice Actor award at the Tokyo International Anime Fair and in the 2008 Seiyū. Awards he won in the Leading Actor category for his roles in Mobile Suit Gundam 00, Death Note and Kōtetsu Sangokushi. Since then, he has lent his voice for hundreds of characters in anime, tokusatsu series, dubbing in non-Japanese films, and has acted in various live-action projects.

In August 2018, Mamoru introduced himself as Kōtarō Tatsumi and revealed the main cast of Zombie Land Saga. ”When I first heard it, I didn't know the finer details, so I figured it would be a brutal zombie world. I have worked on zombie shows in the past but this time we also have cute girls. I thought 'Saga' meant 'history' at first, when I found out its true meaning, I became Kotaro thinking Waaa means it's that kind of Sagaaa ~! (...) All my lines have long exclamation points or vowels that make me wonder: how long am I supposed to drag this particular word! " (Mamoru Miyano, Animate Times, October 2018).

Curiosities
Mamoru Miyano
 * As a singer, Mamoru has released six albums, 18 singles, over 80 singles for anime series (solo or ensemble), and 12 live performance videos.
 * As additional information, he has dubbed characters for the Japanese version of films such as the Harry Potter saga, Minions, The Grinch, My Favorite Villain 2, and Peter B. Parker in Spider-man: Into the Spider-Verse.
 * Miyano began his career in 1990, at the age of seven. In 2002, he provided the voice of Riku in the Japanese version of the video game for PlayStation 2  Kingdom Hearts . He also voiced Kiba, the main character in the anime series  Wolf's Rain . He returned as the voice of Riku in the 2004 Game Boy Advance video game  Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories, in  Kingdom Hearts II  in 2005, and in  Kingdom Hearts Re: Chain of Memories  in 2007.
 * In 2006, Miyano voiced Light Yagami in the anime adaptation of the Death Note manga  . In 2007, for his role as Light Yagami, he was nominated for two awards in the first edition of the Seiyū Awards; in the categories of “Best Leading Actor” and “Best New Actor.” Also, in 2007, Miyano provided the voice of Setsuna F Seiei on  Mobile Suit Gundam 00 . Miyano won his first Best Voice Actor award at the 2008 Tokyo International Anime Fair for his portrayal of Light Yagami and Setsuna F Seiei
 * In 2008, Miyano reprized her role as Setsuna F Seiei in the second season of  Mobile Suit Gundam . That year she won her first Seiyū Award for her roles as Setsuna F Seiei and Hakugen Rikuson in  Kōtetsu Sangokushi, and she also voiced Zero in the anime  Vampire Knight  and  Vampire Knight Guilty, Death The Kid in  Soul Eater , Rin Matsuoka in  Free! , Ling Yao in  Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood , Oda Nobunaga in  Nobunaga the Fool , Okabe Rintarō in  Steins; Gate  and most recently as Osamu Dazai in  Bungō Stray Dogs.
 * In addition to his performances as a voice actor, Miyano has also appeared on camera. His first acting job was in 1992 in  Tokusou Exceedraft, where he appears in a flashback as a child in the past of a member of the Yakuza. In 2003, Miyano was part of the cast of  The Prince of Tennis Musical  playing Tetsu Ishida (石田鉄  Ishida Tetsu ). He made his film debut in the 2006 film  The Prince of Tennis  . In 2009, he voiced Ultraman Zero from the movie  Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy Legend The Movie.