Eken Mine
Biography
Eken Mine (峰 恵研, Mine Eken, February 15, 1935 - February 6, 2002) was a Japanese actor and voice actor from Nagasaki Prefecture. He was affiliated with Theater Echo since 1961. His wife was fellow voice actress Hiroko Maruyama (丸山 裕子, Maruyama Hiroko). He mainly worked on dubbing Western movies. In anime, he mostly played characters of older men, villains, mild-mannered and father roles. He died of heart failure on February 6, 2002. He was 66 years old.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Panda! Go Panda!
as Teacher (voice)
1972
Castle in the Sky
as Underling (voice)
1986
Lupin the Third: Missed by a Dollar
as Additional Voices
2000
Lupin the Third: Island of Assassins
as Additional Voices
1997
The Castle of Cagliostro
as Archbishop's Driver (voice)
1979
Wrath of the Ninja: The Yotoden Movie
as Ryoan
1989
Unico in the Island of Magic
as Melvin's Lackey 2 (voice)
1983
Kamen Rider: Eight Riders vs. Galaxy King
as Almajigu (voice)
1980
Mini Yon Soldier Rin!
1989
Kamen Rider V3: The Movie
as Turtle Bazooka (voice)
1973
Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Torajirou Wasurenagusa
1998
Go Go Kamen Rider
as Bat Man (Voice)
1971
Lupin the Third: The Secret of Twilight Gemini
as The Elder (voice)
1996
ARIEL: All Round Intercept & Escort Lady
as Prof. Amamoto (voice)
1989
Ariel Deluxe
as Prof. Amamoto (voice)
1991
Gude Crest: The Emblem of Gude
as Elder Gluke (voice)
1990
The Curse of Kazuo Umezu
1990
Lupin the Third: The Hemingway Papers
as Monk (voice)
1990
Monkey Punch's Alice
1991
Panda! Go Panda!
as Teacher (voice)
1972
TV Appearances
Romeo's Blue Skies
as Beppo (voice)
1995
Romeo's Blue Skies
as Police chief Moretti (voice)
1995
Decision
as (voice)
1971
3000 Leagues in Search of Mother
as Federico Menotti (voice)
1976
Candy Candy
as Garcia (voice)
1976
The Star of the Seine
as Riyon
1975
Bubblegum Crisis
as Mr. Chang (voice)
1987
Ryu the Primitive Boy
as Karimu (voice)
1971
Spaceship Sagittarius
as Sam (voice)
1986
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
as (voice)
1980
Berserk
as Collette's Grandfather (voice)
1997
Mister Ajikko
as Eikichi
1987