Yada Minoru is a Japanese voice actor, actor, and children's song singer, affiliated with Kekke Corporation. He also serves as an advisor to the Japan Actors Union. Born in Yodobashi, Toyotama, Tokyo, Japan, he began his career in 1939 as a children's song singer, working with labels such as Nippon Columbia and Polydor, and later entered acting as a child actor with Daiei’s Tamagawa Studio in 1942, debuting in the film "Shinsetsu."

Yada graduated from Kaisei High School and the Actor Training Institute at the Haiyuza Theater Company in 1953. He co-founded the Haiyuza Studio Actors Society and later became a freelancer, working with organizations like Players Center and Group Tebra. In 1958, he co-founded the Shinsakuza theater company, and in 1960, he founded Theater Group Ushio. Over the years, Yada has collaborated with groups such as the Tokyo Actors Cooperative, Tsuchi no Kai, and Gekidan Kawa, and worked with Miwa Office and ALBA before joining Kekke Corporation.

He has also been involved in voice acting since the early days of Japanese animation and has served as an advisor and instructor at Ark Actors School in Takamatsu, Kagawa, as well as a lecturer at Hoei TV Production Training School and other institutions.

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