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Michiko Nomura is a seiyū and actor. Michiko Nomura was born on March 31, 1938 in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The age as of 2026 is 88. Recorded honors include Seiyu Awards Merit Award (2016). The listed height is 150 cm.
My Take
Michiko Nomura, born March 31, 1938, in Yokohama, is a name most people outside Japan will not recognize and most people inside Japan have heard several thousand times. She voiced Shizuka Minamoto in Doraemon, Wakame Isono in Sazae-san, and the title role in The Adventures of Maya the Bee — three characters that between them have run on Japanese television for the better part of half a century. What impresses me is not the longevity but the range hidden inside it. Shizuka is composed, gentle, faintly grown-up; Wakame is a restless small child; Maya is neither. Hearing them as separate people and then learning one throat produced all three is a small shock. Voice acting rewards this kind of invisibility, which is also why it is chronically undercredited. The 2016 Seiyu Awards Merit Award is usually read as a career-length thank-you, and it is, but in her case it also marks something more specific: a demonstration that a whole person can be built out of nothing but sound.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Michiko Nomura
- Name (Japanese)
- 野村道子
- Reading
- のむら みちこ
- Born
- March 31, 1938 (age 88)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aries / Tiger
- Origin
- Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
- Height
- 150 cm
- Occupation
- seiyū / actor
2. Background
Awards & achievements
- 2016 Seiyu Awards Merit Award
3. Links
- Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michiko%20Nomura
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%87%8E%E6%9D%91%E9%81%93%E5%AD%90
- Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1931106
4. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-08-07
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
Frequently asked questions
When was Michiko Nomura born?
Born March 31, 1938 (age 88).
Where is Michiko Nomura from?
Michiko Nomura is from Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
What does Michiko Nomura do?
Michiko Nomura works as seiyū, actor.
How tall is Michiko Nomura?
Michiko Nomura is 150 cm.
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