# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mitsuo-iwata
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:49:38.087Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mitsuo-iwata"
name: "Mitsuo Iwata"
slug: "mitsuo-iwata"
description: "Mitsuo Iwata  is a Japanese actor, voice actor, and singer who was born in Tokorozawa, Saitama. He is previously married to voice actress Rikako Aikawa. Mania.com praised him as \"truly one of the greatest seiyuu\". Otakunews.com complimented him for the role of Tetsuya from Outlanders. Mania.com comments on his role of Kintaro Oe that he \"practiced months before hand [sic], to the point of going hoarse from overwork, to perfect Kintaro's voice\" and \"there's no one who could replace him for this role\". He is also known for the role of Kaneda in the 1988 anime film Akira and won the 7th Seiyu Awards for Best Personality in 2013. He was previously affiliated with Office Osawa and Across Entertainment, but is currently affiliated with Aoni Production."
tagline: "Japanese actor, voice actor and singer"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/xCAsuzc5OBQZWhG5WSZIyhBZ7xj.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1967-07-31"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           56.07
  momentum:             10
  historical:           12.5396
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/Kanata6Info"
    handle:    "Kanata6Info"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/mitsuo.iwata.77/"
    handle:    "mitsuo.iwata.77"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0412628/"
    handle:    "nm0412628"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.aoni.co.jp/search/iwata-mitsuo.html"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "ميتسوؤو إيواتا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ميتسوؤو ايواتا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mitsuo Iwata"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsuo_Iwata"
    title: "Mitsuo Iwata"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A6%D9%88_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mitsuo Iwata"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B2%A9%E7%94%B0%E5%85%89%E5%A4%AE"
    title: "岩田光央"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "이와타 미츠오"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "มิตสึโอะ อิวาตะ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B2%A9%E7%94%B0%E5%85%89%E5%A4%AE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Mitsuo Iwata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump