As Miki, Ms. Odaka has made the most appearances and had the greatest longevity of any character in the Godzilla film series. She retired from acting in 2000. Tomiyama assisted Tomoyuki Tanaka on the Godzilla series starting with Godzilla vs. Biollante in 1989 and eventually succeeded Tanaka as executive producer for all of Toho’s science-fiction and monster films through 2004’sGodzilla Final Wars.