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My Take
Masako Nozawa commands a reverence few performers ever earn. Starting as a child actor at three and stumbling into voice work that became her life's calling, she has given decades of audiences a voice they grew up with. What moves me is not the youthful timbre, remarkable as it is, but the commitment to carry a single character across an entire lifetime, still working near ninety. Her 2013 Seiyu Awards honors barely capture it. To me she represents an almost vanishing ideal: total devotion to a role, sustained until it becomes inseparable from the artist herself. We will not see her like again.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Masako Nozawa
- Name (Japanese)
- 野沢雅子
- Reading
- 不明
- Born
- October 25, 1936 (age 89)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Rat
- Origin
- Tokyo, Japan
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / seiyū / child actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 2013 Seiyu Awards Lifetime Achievement Award
- 2013 Seiyu Awards Merit Award
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Official sitehttps://www.aoni.co.jp/search/nozawa-masako.html
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%87%8E%E6%B2%A2%E9%9B%85%E5%AD%90
Frequently asked questions
When was Masako Nozawa born?
Born October 25, 1936 (age 89).
Where is Masako Nozawa from?
Masako Nozawa is from Tokyo, Japan.
What does Masako Nozawa do?
Masako Nozawa works as actor, seiyū, child actor.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-21
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.