Haruka Kuroda
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Haruka Kuroda is an actress who is widely known for performing the voice of Noodle, the Japanese guitarist in Gorillaz, the cartoon band created by Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett. She was born in Kyoto, Japan.
She performed on all the Phase One tour dates 'as Noodle': she did the Noodle live chatter at all the dates, plus the Noodle backing vocals (it is a popular misconception that Miho Hatori performed on the Gorillaz tour). She is also the speaking voice of Noodle: in the Apex Tapes, in the live radio interviews and in the Gorilla bites. Nobody else has spoken live 'as Noodle' to date.
She also has 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&2, Jonathan Creek, Hiroshima). Her film credit includes 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.
Haruka trained at the Guildford School of Acting.
