Kei Tomiyama was born on October 31, 1938 in Anshan, Fengtian, Manchukuo [now Anshan, Liaoning, China]. He was an actor, known for Legend of the Galactic Heroes (1988), Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato: Warriors of Love (1978) and Arcadia of My Youth (1982). He died on September 25, 1995 in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.