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Luka Ishiyama
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Luka Ishiyama is the stage name of Kazumi Ishiyama Iroha, a British-Japanese singer, actress, voice actress, narrator and TV personality based in the United Kingdom. She's born on August 9th, 1969 in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, United Kingdom as the daughter of a Japanese father and a British mother. Her father, Akira Ishiyama Iroha, was the founder and owner of Candicorn Music Studio, one of Japan's first music studios, and moved to the United Kingdom during World War II. Her father was also a very popular jazz musician in Japan.
Luka has been acting and singing since she was a child. At age 15, she portrayed the detective Luka Remouliers in the musical Oliver Twist, which was in turn based on the 1860s book of the same name by the British writer Charles Dickens. Her stage name refers to detective Luka Remouliers, one of the antagonists in the book Oliver Twist, and Ishiyama, the first part of her last name.
Luka has voiced or portrayed more than 60 cartoon characters and real people since 1990, including:
Alex in "Totally Spies!"
Teacher Miss Keane in "The Powerpuff Girls" (1998-2005) and "The Powerpuff Girls Movie" (2002)
Reneé in "Barbie and the Three Musketeers" (2009)
Kuki Sanban in "Codename: Kids Next Door" (2002-2008) and "The Grim Adventures of the KND" (2006)
Sailor Mercury in "Sailor Moon S" (1992-1996)
Apricot and Apple Cobbler in "Strawberry Shortcake" (2003-2008)
Maya Kamado in "Yakuza Rogue: Yokohama Massage Parlor Chapter" (2022-present)
Carmen Sandiego in "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?" (1993-1998)
Sweet Dream Bear in "The Care Bears Movie" (1992)
Poppy in "The Angry Birds Movie" (2016)
Shego in "Kim Possible" (2002-2007)
As well as the returning role of scientist Theresa Coffey in the popular British drama series "Emmerdale" between 1993 and 1999 and again between 2004 and 2012 and a guest role as Yumi Kadokawa, a Japanese exchange student in Munich, in the German drama series "Tatort", in 2003.
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