Eken Mine

(1935 - 2002)

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.