ACTOR
Noriko Hidaka
1962 - Today

Noriko Hidaka
Noriko Itō (伊東 範子, Itō Noriko; born May 31, 1962), better known by the stage name of Noriko Hidaka (日髙 のり子, Hidaka Noriko), is a Japanese actress, voice actress, singer and narrator. She played Minami Asakura in Touch, Akane Tendo in Ranma ½, Satsuki Kusakabe in My Neighbor Totoro, Near in Death Note, Jean Roque Raltique in Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water, Kikyō in Inuyasha, Patricia O'Sullivan in Mischievous Twins: The Tales of St. Clare's, Erica Fontaine in Sakura Wars and Masumi Sera in Detective Conan. She is also the dub actress for Jayma Mays in the American TV series Glee, as well as in The Smurfs film series. Read more on Wikipedia
Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Noriko Hidaka is the 6,456th most popular actor (down from 6,073rd in 2024), the 1,690th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,474th in 2019) and the 116th most popular Japanese Actor.
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Among ACTORS
Among actors, Noriko Hidaka ranks 6,456 out of 13,578. Before her are Padmini, Norma Varden, Christopher Heyerdahl, Vanessa Estelle Williams, Lee Yo-won, and Richard M. Sherman. After her are Olivia Harrison, Edgar Kennedy, Yum Jung-ah, O. T. Fagbenle, Matthew Nable, and Fatoumata Coulibaly.
Most Popular Actors in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsPadmini
1932 - 2006
HPI: 52.94
Rank: 6,451
Norma Varden
1898 - 1989
HPI: 52.94
Rank: 6,452
Christopher Heyerdahl
1963 - Present
HPI: 52.93
Rank: 6,453
Vanessa Estelle Williams
1963 - Present
HPI: 52.93
Rank: 6,454
Lee Yo-won
1980 - Present
HPI: 52.93
Rank: 6,455
Richard M. Sherman
1928 - 2024
HPI: 52.93
Rank: 6,456
Noriko Hidaka
1962 - Present
HPI: 52.93
Rank: 6,457
Olivia Harrison
1948 - Present
HPI: 52.93
Rank: 6,458
Edgar Kennedy
1890 - 1948
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 6,459
Yum Jung-ah
1972 - Present
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 6,460
O. T. Fagbenle
1980 - Present
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 6,461
Matthew Nable
1972 - Present
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 6,462
Fatoumata Coulibaly
1950 - Present
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 6,463
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1962, Noriko Hidaka ranks 388. Before her are Liviu Dragnea, Aleksandr Dedyushko, Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson, Hatice Aslan, Vasily Nebenzya, and David Brenner. After her are Carlinhos Brown, Thae Yong-ho, Rakhat Aliyev, Jeff Stryker, Naomi Wolf, and Nasko Sirakov.
Others Born in 1962
Go to all RankingsLiviu Dragnea
POLITICIAN
1962 - Present
HPI: 53.09
Rank: 382
Aleksandr Dedyushko
ACTOR
1962 - 2007
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 383
Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson
POLITICIAN
1962 - Present
HPI: 53.06
Rank: 384
Hatice Aslan
ACTOR
1962 - Present
HPI: 53.03
Rank: 385
Vasily Nebenzya
DIPLOMAT
1962 - Present
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 386
David Brenner
POLITICIAN
1962 - 2022
HPI: 53.00
Rank: 387
Noriko Hidaka
ACTOR
1962 - Present
HPI: 52.93
Rank: 388
Carlinhos Brown
MUSICIAN
1962 - Present
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 389
Thae Yong-ho
POLITICIAN
1962 - Present
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 390
Rakhat Aliyev
MAFIOSO
1962 - 2015
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 391
Jeff Stryker
PORNOGRAPHIC ACTOR
1962 - Present
HPI: 52.86
Rank: 392
Naomi Wolf
WRITER
1962 - Present
HPI: 52.82
Rank: 393
Nasko Sirakov
SOCCER PLAYER
1962 - Present
HPI: 52.81
Rank: 394
In Japan
Among people born in Japan, Noriko Hidaka ranks 1,690 out of 6,245. Before her are Tomio Okamura (1972), Akira Kawaguchi (1967), Yutaka Ozaki (1965), Masataka Imai (1959), Tomoki Kamioka (1998), and Atsushi Ito (1983). After her are Keisuke Moriya (1986), Makoto Hasebe (1984), Shinya Hagihara (1971), Satoshi Koizumi (1985), Ryuta Kawashima (1959), and Kenichi Kawano (1982).
Others born in Japan
Go to all RankingsTomio Okamura
POLITICIAN
1972 - Present
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 1,684
Akira Kawaguchi
SOCCER PLAYER
1967 - Present
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 1,685
Yutaka Ozaki
SINGER
1965 - 1992
HPI: 52.94
Rank: 1,686
Masataka Imai
SOCCER PLAYER
1959 - Present
HPI: 52.94
Rank: 1,687
Tomoki Kamioka
SOCCER PLAYER
1998 - Present
HPI: 52.94
Rank: 1,688
Atsushi Ito
SOCCER PLAYER
1983 - Present
HPI: 52.93
Rank: 1,689
Noriko Hidaka
ACTOR
1962 - Present
HPI: 52.93
Rank: 1,690
Keisuke Moriya
SOCCER PLAYER
1986 - Present
HPI: 52.93
Rank: 1,691
Makoto Hasebe
SOCCER PLAYER
1984 - Present
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 1,692
Shinya Hagihara
SOCCER PLAYER
1971 - Present
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 1,693
Satoshi Koizumi
SOCCER PLAYER
1985 - Present
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 1,694
Ryuta Kawashima
BIOLOGIST
1959 - Present
HPI: 52.90
Rank: 1,695
Kenichi Kawano
SOCCER PLAYER
1982 - Present
HPI: 52.90
Rank: 1,696
Among ACTORS In Japan
Among actors born in Japan, Noriko Hidaka ranks 116. Before her are Ryōko Hirosue (1980), Junichi Suwabe (1972), Chiaki Kuriyama (1984), Tomo Sakurai (1971), Takahiro Sakurai (1974), and Rikiya Koyama (1963). After her are Yoshiko Tanaka (1956), Wataru Takagi (1966), Hiroaki Hirata (1963), Nana Mizuki (1980), Takeshi Kusao (1965), and Toshihiko Seki (1962).
Ryōko Hirosue
1980 - Present
HPI: 53.44
Rank: 110
Junichi Suwabe
1972 - Present
HPI: 53.40
Rank: 111
Chiaki Kuriyama
1984 - Present
HPI: 53.35
Rank: 112
Tomo Sakurai
1971 - 2025
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 113
Takahiro Sakurai
1974 - Present
HPI: 53.24
Rank: 114
Rikiya Koyama
1963 - Present
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 115
Noriko Hidaka
1962 - Present
HPI: 52.93
Rank: 116
Yoshiko Tanaka
1956 - 2011
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 117
Wataru Takagi
1966 - Present
HPI: 52.82
Rank: 118
Hiroaki Hirata
1963 - Present
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 119
Nana Mizuki
1980 - Present
HPI: 52.63
Rank: 120
Takeshi Kusao
1965 - Present
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 121
Toshihiko Seki
1962 - Present
HPI: 52.55
Rank: 122
















































