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Miina Tominaga

Japanese actress, voice actress and singer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionSep 18, 2026
Entity authorityQ2403788 ↗
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Yoshiko Tominaga (富永 美子, Tominaga Yoshiko; born April 3, 1966), better known by her stage name Miina Tominaga (冨永 みーな, Tominaga Mīna), is a Japanese actress, voice actress and singer from Nishi-ku, Hiroshima. She is currently affiliated with Haikyō.

Tominaga is best known for her roles in Sazae-san as Katsuo Isono, Persia, the Magic Fairy as Persia Hayami, Let's Go! Anpanman as Rollpanna and Dokin-chan, Patlabor as Noa Izumi, Maison Ikkoku as Kozue Nanao, Rurouni Kenshin as Myōjin Yahiko, Jigoku Sensei Nūbē as Miki Hosokawa, DNA² as Karin Aoi and Bikkuriman 2000 as Takeru.

Relationships

She married voice actor Kazuki Yao on June 29, 1990, though they later divorced. In August 2001 she married Shōichirō Masumoto, a star from the agency Yoshimoto Kogyo, and gave birth to a daughter in January 2002.

Filmography

Television animation

Tokimeki Tonight (1982) (Yōko Kamiya)

Persia, the Magic Fairy (1984) (Persia Hayami)

Maison Ikkoku (1986) (Kozue Nanao)

Pastel Yumi, the Magic Idol (1986) (Kakimaru)

Hokuto no Ken 2 (1987) (Lin)

City Hunter (1987) (Kasumi Asou)

Let's Go! Anpanman (1988) (Rollpanna, Dokin-chan (second voice), Akugidori (second voice), Shirokabu-kun, Tsumire-chan)

City Hunter 2 (1989) (Kasumi Asou)

Mobile Police Patlabor (1989) (Noa Izumi)

City Hunter 3 (1989–90) (Kasumi Asou)

Anime Himitsu no Hanazono (1991–92) (Mary Lennox)

Dragon Quest: Dai no Daibōken (1991) (Maam)

DNA² Dokokade Nakushita Aitsuno Aitsu (1994) (Karin Aoi)

Rurouni Kenshin Meiji Kenkaku Romantan (1996) (Myōjin Yahiko)

Hell Teacher Nūbē (1996) (Miki Hosokawa)

Yu-Gi-Oh! (1998) (Ailean Rao)

Fruits Basket (2001) (Ritsu Sōma)

Akazukin Chacha (1994) (Dorothy, Elizabeth, Teacher Oyuki, Mary)

Nurse Angel Ririka SOS (1995) (Yuko Uzaki)

Smile PreCure! (2012) (Majorina)

Detective Conan (2025) (Amanda Hughes)

Unknown date

Araiguma Rascal (Alice Stevenson)

Astro Boy (Bea-chan)

Bikkuriman 2000 (Takeru)

Chikkun Takkun (Miko Minamida)

D.Gray-man (Fo)

Don Don Domel and Ron (Cherry)

Ginga Hyōryū Vifam (Clare Barbland)

Hunter × Hunter (2011) (Melody)

Hiroshi-Hiro-kun (Utako)

Maya the Honey Bee

Ojarumaru (Den-San)

Paranoia Agent (Kamome)

Porphy no Nagai Tabi (Mariannu)

Rascal the Raccoon (Alice Stevenson)

Sazae-san (Hayakawa-san (second voice), Ukie Isazaka (second voice), Katsuo Isono (third voice))

Shura no Toki - Age of Chaos (Oryō)

Suzuka (Suzune Asahina)

Touch (Kaori Shinozuka (first series), Yuka Nitta (second series))

Undersea Super Train: Marine Express (Pinoko)

OVA

Birth (1984) (Rasa)

Suashi no Houkago (1985) (Miiko, Nami, and Ms.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Miina Tominaga” as japanese actress, voice actress and singer. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Miina, Tominaga and Japanese.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1966, 2000, 1990, 2001—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1966-04-03. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Miina, Tominaga and Japanese providing the first useful test.
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Evidence profile

Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 18, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2403788. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1966, 2000, 1990 and 2001.

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