Haruka Kuroda

Biography

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).

Most Known For

The Wheel of Time

as Aunt #2

Killing Eve

as Keiko Pargrave

Life

as Doctor

Jonathan Creek

as Presenter

Ideal

as Yasuko

Hiroshima

as Akiko Takakura

Bananaz

as Self / Noodle

Such Brave Girls

as Prenatal Nurse

Officially Amazing

as Haruka Kuroda

Foster

as Translator

Anna & Katy

as Various

Tamagoyaki

as Kumi

Gorillaz: Demon Days Live at the Manchester Opera House

as Noodle [Gorillaz]

Gorillaz Talent Quest

as Noodle (voice)

Heart to Heart

as Dr. Valerie Shinzou

Game Of Death

as Noodle (voice)

Gorillaz: Demon Dayz Festival

as Noodle [Gorillaz]

Gorillaz Present: Song Machine LIVE

as Noodle [Gorillaz]

On The Island

as Noodle (voice)

Gorillaz | Phase One: Celebrity Take Down

as Noodle [Gorillaz]