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Eken Mine
Acting
Born: February 15, 1935
Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan
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.
Known For

Castle in the Sky
as Underling (voice)

Lupin the Third: The Castle of Cagliostro
as Archbishop's Driver (voice)

Lupin the Third: The Secret of Twilight Gemini
as The Elder (voice)

Lupin the Third: Missed by a Dollar
as Additional Voices

Lupin the Third: Island of Assassins
as Additional Voices

Unico in the Island of Magic
as Melvin's Lackey 2 (voice)

Wrath of the Ninja: The Yotoden Movie
as Ryoan

Lupin the Third: The Hemingway Papers
as Monk (voice)

Kamen Rider: Eight Riders vs. Galaxy King
as Almajigu (voice)

Panda! Go Panda!
as Teacher (voice)