Naomi Zaizen

Naomi Zaizen belongs to a category I have a lot of time for: performers who are simply, reliably there. Born in Oita City in January 1966, she turned sixty this year and has spent decades working on Japanese television, which is a harder trick than it sounds. Plenty of actors land a lead role; very few keep getting called back across whole generations of programming. Her credits also include voice acting, and I suspect that matters more than it appears to. Someone who can carry a scene with the voice alone has resources that outlast any particular look or trend, and longevity in this business usually comes from having more than one way to do the job. She is not a name that arrives attached to scandal or spectacle. You simply notice, again, that she is on screen, and that is its own kind of achievement.

Name (English)

Naomi Zaizen

Name (Japanese)

財前直見

Born

January 10, 1966 (age 60)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Horse

Origin

Ōita-shi, Ōita Prefecture, Japan

Height

165 cm

Occupation

actor / seiyū

Motto

Private

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• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%B2%A1%E5%89%8D%E7%9B%B4%E8%A6%8B

Tags

• Ōita Prefecture
• actor
• seiyū

Last updated

2026-07-27

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.