Eken Mine reached veteran standing the slow way, as a Japanese actor whose name has been turning up in credits for decades. 'Candy Candy' is a second title with real reach. The filmography reaches back well before the best-known title. The count stands at 30 titles, and the range inside it is wide. 'Castle in the Sky' sits at the front of the filmography, where he plays Underling.
Eken Mine
Actor · Voice actor · Since 1971
66 years (Feb 15, 1935 – Feb 6, 2002)Nagasaki, Japan
13 Movies · 17 Series
Eken Mine reached veteran standing the slow way, as a Japanese actor whose name has been turning up in credits for decades. 'Candy Candy' is a second title with real reach. The filmography reaches back well before the best-known title. The count stands at 30 titles, and the range inside it is wide. 'Castle in the Sky' sits at the front of the filmography, where he plays Underling.
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.