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Iwamura is best known for her role as Mai in Battle Royale . Iwamura also fulfills some "stand-in" roles as Izumi Kanai, Noriko Nakagawa, Hirono Shimizu, and Haruka Tanizawa . Iwamura also stars as Mai in Battle Royale II: Requiem . She also voiced MarineAngemon in the anime Digimon Tamers.
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