is a Japanese actress and presenter. She provided the voice of Noodle from Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett's alternative rock virtual band Gorillaz from 2000 to 2017.
She performed on all the Phase One tour dates as Noodle: She performed Noodle's speaking voice at all tour dates as well as Noodle's backing vocals, she was also playing the second guitar. (It is a popular misconception that Miho Hatori performed on the Gorillaz tour.) She is also the speaking voice of Noodle in Gorillaz' promotional interview CD, 'The Apex Tapes', as well as all live radio interviews and 'G-Bites' short films from Phase 1.
She has also sung with JC Connington's rock group JUNKSTAR on the track Going Nowhere as well as featuring in various BBC productions. (Jonny Vegas's Ideal series 1-6 Jonathan Creek, Hiroshima & Brain-Jitsu). Her film credit includes Foster, Swinging with the Finkels, I Like London In the Rain & One Minute Past Midnight which won the short film of the year in 2005 at Chicago Film Festival.
Haruka had a constant role in kids' gaming show PXG in 2005, where she hosts alongside Kentaro Suyama as the voice of 'Game Girl'.
She works extensively as a voice-over artist like in the GameCube's 2005 Battalion Wars as the Solar Empire empress.
Training Haruka moved to England in 1992 and trained at the Guildford School of Acting, graduating in 2000. She is also a master of the martial art Sanjuro, teaching regularly in London.
Filmography
Films Year Films Role Note2002 The Incredibly Strange People ShowSlithis Girl #1 Video2006 Gorillaz: Phase Two - Slowboat to Hades Noodle (voice) Video2011 Swinging with the Finkels Japanese Woman 2011 Foster Translator 2011 Random 11 Yuri Miyamoto 2024 Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Bartender Unconfirmed
Television Year TV Series Role Note2003 Jonathan Creek Presenter2003 Grass Japanese Tourist2002-2004 The Bill Nurse2005 Broken News Kyoko Ogura World Money Today2005 Hiroshima: BBC History of World War II Akiko Takakura TV movie documentary2009 Things Talk TV Remote voice (TV movie)2005–2011 Ideal Yasuko2013 Hebburn Midwife 2013–2019Officially AmazingCo-hostWith Ben Shires and Al Jackson2016 Spot Bots Whoops or Daisy2018 Killing Eve Keiko Pargrave Episode: "Sorry Baby"2022 Killing Eve Keiko Pargrave Episode: "Making Dead Things Look Nice"
Video games Year Game Role Note2005 Battalion Wars Empress Lei-qo voice2006 Genji: Days of the Blade Minazuru / Mystic / Kuyo (Orochi (Female)) voice2006 Hot Shots Tennis Chika English version, voice2009 Mini Ninjas Hiro voice2010 Just Cause 2 Jade Tan voice2011 Total War: Shogun 2 voice2012 Total War: Shogun 2: Fall of the Samurai voice2015 Elite: Dangerous Imperial station voice voice2020 Hotshot Racing Keiko voice2022 Warhammer 40,000: Darktide The Judge voice
Short films Year Short Film Role2004 One Minute Past Midnight Girl2010 Buon Giorno Sayonara Kumiko
References
External links
JC Connington's JUNKSTAR band - profile