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Place of Birth: Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan
About Norio Imamura
- Kiyonori Imamura (?? ??, Imamura Kiyonori), better known by his stage name Norio Imamura (???? ???, Imamura Norio) (born April 17, 1954), is a Japanese stage actor and voice actor from Gifu.
- He is a graduate of the Fine Arts department of Nihon University.
- Imamura began his career in the musical troupe Musical Company It's Follies and was coached by Nachi Nozawa. Imamura tattoos himself as a hobby and has reportedly spent 4 to 5 million yen (the equivalent of $45,000 to $56,000) on tattoos over the course of a decade.
- From April 26 to June 7, 2010, Imamura posted pictures of his lower body on his blog with the intention of showing that his body had been completely tattooed.
- Imamura was arrested in July 2010 for posting images that were deemed indecent.
- This event forced Imamura to step down from his ongoing voice role as Emporio Ivankov in One Piece (the role was subsequently inherited by Mitsuo Iwata).
- On September 1, Imamura was released following a summary proceeding at the Tokyo Public Prosecutor's Office and was given a fine of 500,000 yen (approximately $6,000).
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