Haruka Kuroda

Known for ActingBorn 1977-01-01 (age 49)Kyoto, Japan

Haruka Kuroda (黒田はるか, Kuroda Haruka) is a Japanese actress and presenter. She provided the voice of Noodle from Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett's alternative rock virtual band Gorillaz from 2000 to 2017. She performed on all the Phase One tour dates as Noodle: She performed Noodle's speaking voice at all tour dates as well as Noodle's backing vocals, she was also playing the second guitar. (It is a popular misconception that Miho Hatori performed on the Gorillaz tour.) She is also the speaking voice of Noodle in Gorillaz' promotional interview CD, 'The Apex Tapes', as well as all live radio interviews and 'G-Bites' short films from Phase 1. She has also 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 3,4,5 & 6 Jonathan Creek, Hiroshima & Brain-Jitsu). Her film credit includes Foster, Swinging with the Finkels, I Like London In the Rain & 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 like in the GameCube's 2005 Battalion Wars as the Solar Empire empress. Haruka moved to England in 1992 and trained at the Guildford School of Acting, graduating in 2000. She is also a master of the martial art Sanjuro, teaching regularly in London. Her versatile career has recently seen her working as an Intimacy Coordinator on Life After Life (BBC), Troubled Blood (BBC), Culprits (Disney+), a language coach to Oscar winning actress Alicia Vikander on the film Earthquake Bird (Netflix), Sidse Badette Knudsen on The Accident (Ch4), and dialect coach on Giri/Haji (BBC& Netflix).Read more

Movies & web series

Gorillaz | Live Rock Am Ring

Gorillaz | Humanz Live in Cologne

Gorillaz | Sziget Festival 2018 (ARTE Concert)

Gorillaz: Phase One - Celebrity Take Down

Gorillaz | MTV World Stage

Killing Eve

One Minute Past Midnight

Gorillaz | Phase Two: Slowboat to Hades

Ideal

The Wheel of Time

Gorillaz: Demon Days Live at the Manchester Opera House

Jonathan Creek

Such Brave Girls

Bananaz

Hiroshima

Gorillaz at Zénith 2017

Foster

Life

Gorillaz | Song Machine Live From Kong

Anna & Katy

Heart to Heart

Tamagoyaki

Chopsticks

Gorillaz | Flow Festival 2022

Gorillaz Present: Song Machine LIVE

Officially Amazing

Gorillaz: Plastic Beach Live at La Musicale

Gorillaz: Live at Roundhouse in London

On The Island