Paolo Andrea Di Pietro

I have a genuine soft spot for Paolo Andrea Di Pietro, because his career is the kind of left-field arc you don't see every day — a Milan-born guy who studied at the University of Milan, somehow found his way to Japan, and built an entire life there as a foreign talent. Actor, voice actor, opera singer, lyricist: he's not padding out a resume, that range just seems to be who he is. There's something quietly impressive about an Italian making a name for himself on Japanese TV and in Japanese films, navigating a language and culture that most foreigners never crack. He's not a household name outside Japan, but within the gaikokujin tarento world he carved out a genuinely distinct space, and that Scorpio stubbornness probably had everything to do with it.

Name (English)

Paolo Andrea Di Pietro

Name (Japanese)

パオロ

Reading

ぱおろ

Born

November 8, 1986 (age 39)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Tiger

Origin

Milan, province of Milan, Italy

Occupation

actor / voice actor / lyricist / opera singer

University

University of Milan

Motto

Private

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/paolojapan/
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• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%91%E3%82%AA%E3%83%AD%20(%E3%82%BF%E3%83%AC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88)

Tags

• province of Milan
• actor
• voice actor
• lyricist

Last updated

2026-06-02

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.