is a Japanese former actor,

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and narrator from

Mikasa, Hokkaidō is a city located in Sorachi Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. As of September 2016, the city has an estimated population of 9,056, and the density of 30 persons per km2. Geography The total area is 302.64 km2. It is bordered on three sides ...

. He switched from going by his real name, Shunji Yamada, to going by Keaton Yamada in the 1980s. He is currently represented by

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. On December 5, 2020, it was announced Yamada will step down as the narrator for

Chibi Maruko-Chan is a shōjo manga series written and illustrated by Momoko Sakura. The series depicts the simple, everyday life of Momoko Sakura, a young girl everyone calls ''Maruko'', and her family in suburban Japan in the year 1974. Maruko is a tro ...

in 2021. On December 7, 2020, he retired from voice acting in March 2021.

Filmography

Television animation

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Ganbare!! Robokon is a Japanese tokusatsu comedy family robot television series created by Shotaro Ishinomori and produced by Toei Animation, Toei. It ran from October 4, 1974, to March 25, 1977, on TV Asahi, NET TV. ran from January 31, 1999 (a week after the ...

'' (1974) (Roboton) *''

Getter Robo is a Japanese mecha media franchise created by Ken Ishikawa and Go Nagai. An anime television series produced by Toei Animation was broadcast on Fuji TV from April 4, 1974, to May 8, 1975, with a total of 51 episodes. The manga was seriali ...

'' (1974) (Hayato Jin, Narrator) *'' Chou Genji Robo Combattler V'' (1975) (Juuzou Naniwa) *'' Ikkyū-san'' (1975) (

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) *'' Wakusei Robo Danguard A'' (1977) (Tony Harken) *''

Galaxy Express 999 is a Japanese manga series. It is written and illustrated by Leiji Matsumoto, later adapted into a number of anime films and television series. It is set in a spacefaring, high-tech future in which humans have learned how to transfer ...

'' (1978) (C62-50 Locomotive) *''

Cyborg 009 is a Japanese science fiction manga created by Shotaro Ishinomori. It was serialized in many different Japanese magazines, including '' Monthly Shōnen King'', ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'', ''Shōnen Big Comic'', '' COM'', '' ...

'' (1979) (Albert Heinrich/004) *''

Attacker You! is a 1984 Japanese manga series by Jun Makimura and Shizuo Koizumi published by Kodansha. An anime series, consisting of 58 episodes of 24 minutes each, was produced by Knack Productions and broadcast by TV Tokyo from April 13, 1984, to Ju ...

'' (1983) (Announcer) *''

Giant Gorg is a 1984 26-episode anime television series. Directed by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, produced by Sunrise and was broadcast in on TV Tokyo. Plot In 1990, an island emerged about two thousand kilometers south-east of the country of Samoa. It was named ...

'' (1984) (Dr. Wave) *''

Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam is a 1985 Japanese television anime series, the second installment in the ''Gundam'' franchise, and a sequel to the original ''Mobile Suit Gundam''. The show was created and directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino, with character designs by Yoshikazu ...

'' (1985) (Jamaican Daninghan) *''

Saint Seiya , also known as ''Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac'' or simply ''Knights of the Zodiac'' (translated from the French title ''Les Chevaliers du Zodiaque''), is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masami Kurumada. It ...

'' (1986) (Lyumnades Caça) *''

Sakigake!! Otokojuku , also known as simply ''Otokojuku'', is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Akira Miyashita. It was originally serialized in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from 1985 to 1991. It is staged in an all-boys school that ...

'' (1988) (Baron Dino) *''

Dragon Quest previously published as ''Dragon Warrior'' in North America until 2005, is a franchise of Japanese role-playing video games created by Armor Project (Yuji Horii), Bird Studio (Akira Toriyama) and Sugiyama Kobo (Koichi Sugiyama) to its publi ...

'' (1989) (Yanack) *''

Chibi Maruko-chan is a shōjo manga series written and illustrated by Momoko Sakura. The series depicts the simple, everyday life of Momoko Sakura, a young girl everyone calls ''Maruko'', and her family in suburban Japan in the year 1974. Maruko is a tro ...

'' (1990-2021) (Narrator) *''

Bonobono is a yonkoma manga series by Mikio Igarashi. From March 1986 to March 1987, the series ran in the Takeshobo manga magazine ''Tensai Club'' before the magazine was replaced with ''Manga Club'', where it had been serialized from April 198 ...

'' (1995) (Fennec Kitsune-kun's father) *''

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'' (1999) (Bakemon)

OVA

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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 ...

'' (1993) (Alex Caselnes) *''

Birdy the Mighty is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masami Yuki. His initial attempt with the story ran in Shogakukan's ''Shōnen Sunday Zōkan'' from 1985 to 1988, but it was eventually abandoned. Over a decade later, Yuki began a rebo ...

'' (1996) (Kouichirou) *''

Master Keaton is a Japanese manga series created by Hokusei Katsushika, Naoki Urasawa, and Takashi Nagasaki. It was serialized in ''Big Comic Original'' from 1988 to 1994, with the 144 chapters collected into 18 ''tankōbon'' volumes by Shogakukan. An a ...

'' (1998) (Narrator)

Animated films

*'' Super Mario Bros.: The Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach!'' (1986) (Hammer Bros.) *'' Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam: A New Translation - Heirs to the Stars'' (2005) (Jamaican Daninghan) *'' Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam: A New Translation II - Lovers'' (2005) (Jamaican Daninghan)

Dubbing roles

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Galaxy of Terror ''Galaxy of Terror'' is a 1981 science fiction horror film produced by Roger Corman through New World Pictures and directed by Bruce D. Clark. It was distributed by United Artists. It stars Edward Albert, Erin Moran, Ray Walston and Taaffe O'C ...

'' (1989 TBS edition) (Ranger (

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)) *'' Runaway Bride'' (Fisher (

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References

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