voice actor
Voice acting is the art of performing voice-overs to present a character or provide information to an audience. Performers are called voice actors/actresses, voice artists, dubbing artists, voice talent, voice-over artists, or voice-over talent ...
, employed by the talent management firm
81 Produce
is a voice talent management firm in Japan founded on 3 February 1981 (thus the year is the company's namesake). A hybrid CD-ROM featuring voice talent data for members of 81 Produce was released on 19 October 1997. The company is located in Sh ...
. He is best known for his role as
Danzo Shimura
The manga and anime series features an extensive cast of characters created by Masashi Kishimoto. The series takes place in a fictional universe where countries vie for power by employing ninja who can use superhuman abilities in combat. T ...
in ''
Naruto
''Naruto'' is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masashi Kishimoto. It tells the story of Naruto Uzumaki, a young ninja who seeks recognition from his peers and dreams of becoming the Hokage, the leader of his village. T ...
''.
Filmography
Television animation
* 1984: ''
Sei Jūshi Bismarck
, also known as simply ''Bismark'', is a Japanese anime television series created by Studio Pierrot.
The series aired on Nippon TV and its affiliates from October 7, 1984 to September 25, 1985, totaling 51 episodes. In 1986, the rights t ...
'' as Professor Charles Louvre
* 1991: ''
Armored Police Metal Jack
is a Japanese animated TV series co-produced by Sunrise, TV Tokyo and I&S BBDO. The series was broadcast by TV Tokyo affiliates in 1991 on the Monday 5:30PM time slot and aired weekly from April 7 to December 23, lasting 37 episodes.
''M ...
'' as Fujihara
* 1994: ''
Montana Jones
is a Japanese comedy adventure anime television series produced by Studio Junio and which was broadcast in Japan on NHK from April 2, 1994 through April 8, 1995. ''Montana Jones'' has a similar atmosphere to ''Sherlock Hound'', a joint produc ...
'' as Professor Giruto, Ambassador Soun
* 1997: ''
Detective Conan
''Case Closed'', also known as , is a Japanese detective fiction, detective manga series written and illustrated by Gosho Aoyama. It has been serialized in Shogakukan's Shōnen manga, ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' ...
'' as Genichiro Kaneshiro
* 1998: ''
Alice SOS
is a Japanese anime television series animated by J.C.Staff. It was broadcast every second week on NHK from April 6, 1998, until January 28, 1999.
Story
Takashi loves reading books and especially loves ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland''. One ...
'' as Saboten Daimaoh
* 1998: ''
Yu-Gi-Oh!
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kazuki Takahashi. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' magazine between September 1996 and March 2004. The plot follows the story of a boy named Yugi Mutou, w ...
'' as Chief Inspector
* 1999: ''
Pokémon
(an abbreviation for in Japan) is a Japanese media franchise managed by The Pokémon Company, founded by Nintendo, Game Freak, and Creatures (company), Creatures, the owners of the trademark and copyright of the franchise.
In terms of ...
Babar the Elephant
Babar the Elephant (, ; ) is an elephant character who first appeared in 1931 in the French children's book ''Histoire de Babar'' by Jean de Brunhoff.
The book is based on a tale that Brunhoff's wife, Cécile, had invented for their children. ...
'' (King Nōfan)
* 2005: ''
Starship Operators
A starship, starcraft, or interstellar spacecraft is a theoretical spacecraft designed for traveling between planetary systems.
The term is mostly found in science fiction. Reference to a "star-ship" appears as early as 1882 in '' Oahspe: A Ne ...
'' as President Rau
* 2007: ''
Naruto Shippuden
''Naruto'' is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masashi Kishimoto. It tells the story of Naruto Uzumaki, a young ninja who seeks recognition from his peers and dreams of becoming the Hokage, the leader of his village. T ...
Legend of the Galactic Heroes
, sometimes abbreviated as ''LOTGH'', ''LOGH'' or in Japanese (and also depicted as ''Heldensagen vom Kosmosinsel'' in the anime intro), is a series of science fiction novels written by Yoshiki Tanaka. In humanity's distant fu ...
''as Klaus Von Lichtenlade
* 2005: ''
FLCL
is an original video animation (OVA) anime series created and directed by Kazuya Tsurumaki, written by Yōji Enokido, and produced by the FLCL Production Committee, which consisted of Gainax, Production I.G, and King Records. ''F ...
Atashin'chi
is a Japanese comedy manga series by Eiko Kera, and an anime adaptation that was produced from 2002 to 2009. It is an episode-based animated sitcom of the daily experiences of a family of four (the Tachibana family). An anime sequel called ...
Psychic Force 2012
is a 1998 arcade fighting game developed by Taito as the sequel to their 1995 title, '' Psychic Force''. The game was first released in arcades in 1998 and was then ported a year later to the Dreamcast, becoming one of the console's earliest tit ...
Psychic Force 2
is a 1998 arcade fighting game developed by Taito as the sequel to their 1995 title, ''Psychic Force''. The game was first released in arcades in 1998 and was then ported a year later to the Dreamcast, becoming one of the console's earliest title ...
'' as Genshin Kanjō
* 2002: ''
Resident Evil Zero
''Resident Evil Zero'' (or ''Resident Evil 0'') is a survival horror game developed and published by Capcom for the GameCube in 2002. It is a prequel to ''Resident Evil'' (1996), covering the ordeals experienced in the Arklay Mountains by spec ...
'' as James Marcus
* 2006: ''
Final Fantasy XII
is a role-playing video game developed and published by Square Enix. The twelfth main installment of the ''Final Fantasy'' series, it was first released for the PlayStation 2 in 2006. It introduced several innovations to the series: an open wo ...
'' as Archadian Senator
* 2012: ''
Asura's Wrath
is an action video game developed by CyberConnect2 and published by Capcom. It was first announced at the Tokyo Game Show in 2010, and was released worldwide in February 2012. The game was released on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
The game follo ...
81 Produce
is a voice talent management firm in Japan founded on 3 February 1981 (thus the year is the company's namesake). A hybrid CD-ROM featuring voice talent data for members of 81 Produce was released on 19 October 1997. The company is located in Sh ...