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who was born in
Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, ...
, Japan. His name is sometimes misread as Yasurō Tanaka.


Filmography


Television animation

* '' Android Kikaider'' (1972) (Gray Rhino King), and (Blue Buffalo) * ''
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 ...
'' (1979) (Maetel's father, Mayor, Policeman A) * '' GeGeGe no Kitaro'' (1985) (Miagenyuudou, Tantanbou, Uruta, Akane's father, Kamanari, Sakanaya, Nobiagari, Werewolf,
Daruma doll A is a hollow, round, Japanese traditional doll modeled after Bodhidharma, the founder of the Zen tradition of Buddhism. These dolls, though typically red and depicting a bearded man (Bodhidharma), vary greatly in color and design depending o ...
, Gasahdokuro, Thief) * '' Dragon Ball'' (1986) (Bacterian, Kinkaku) * '' Dragon Ball Z'' (1990) (Zaacro) * ''
Street Fighter II V is an anime series produced by Group TAC, loosely based on the 1994 fighting game ''Super Street Fighter II Turbo''. Directed by Gisaburo Sugii (who also directed the earlier '' Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie''), the series first ai ...
'' (1995) (
Zangief , based on Russian Зангиев, often called the , is a fictional character in Capcom's ''Street Fighter'' series. Considered to be the first controllable fighting game character whose moveset is centered on grappling, he made his first appeara ...
) * ''
Rurouni Kenshin is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Nobuhiro Watsuki. The story begins during the 11th year of the Meiji period in Japan (1878) and follows a former assassin from the Bakumatsu, known as Hitokiri Battosai. After his wor ...
'' (1996) (Onisaki Tekkan) Unknown date *''
Akuma-kun is a manga series written and illustrated by Shigeru Mizuki. Several versions of the manga exist, one of which was adapted into a Tokusatsu, live-action TV show, and another into an anime television series. In addition, two movies were s ...
'' (
Cerberus In Greek mythology, Cerberus (; grc-gre, Κέρβερος ''Kérberos'' ), often referred to as the hound of Hades, is a multi-headed dog that guards the gates of the Underworld to prevent the dead from leaving. He was the offspring of the ...
) *''
Ai Shite Knight is a shōjo manga created in the early 1980s by Kaoru Tada. An anime adaptation was released in 1983 until 1984, running for 42 episodes by Toei Animation. A live action adaptation was also produced. The manga is licensed in English by M'z ...
'' (Doctor, Chief Senden) *''
Space Battleship Yamato is a Japanese science fiction anime series produced and written by Yoshinobu Nishizaki, directed by manga artist Leiji Matsumoto, and produced by Academy Productions. The series aired in Yomiuri TV from October 6, 1974 to March 30, 1975 ...
III (Professor Simon) *''
Science Ninja Team Gatchaman is a Japanese animated franchise about a five-member superhero ninja team created by Tatsuo Yoshida and produced by Tatsunoko Productions. The original anime series, which debuted in 1972, was eponymously entitled ''Kagaku Ninja-tai Gatcham ...
'' (Captain, Captain Shirei) *'' Crayon Shin-chan'' (Wameo Miki) *''
Kiteretsu Daihyakka is a Japanese manga series by duo Fujiko Fujio and later Fujiko F. Fujio, which ran in the children's magazine '' Kodomo no Hikari'' from April 1974 to July 1977. The manga was later made into a 331-episode anime television series which ran ...
'' (Buta Gorilla's Uncle) *''
Time Bokan is a Japanese anime series first aired on Fuji TV from October 4, 1975 to December 25, 1976 throughout Japan every Saturday at 6:30pm, with a total of 61 30-minute episodes. It was produced by Tatsunoko Productions in partnership with Topcraft ...
'' ( Dracula, Drenson, Professor Griffen) *''
Yatterman is a Japanese anime television series broadcast from January 1, 1977 to January 27, 1979, comprising 108 episodes. It is the second and longest show in the ''Time Bokan'' series by Tatsunoko Productions. The series succeeded ''Time Bokan'' a ...
'' (Elder, Donpan) *''
Space Runaway Ideon is a 1980 anime television series produced by Sunrise, created and directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino, produced immediately following his most famous work, ''Mobile Suit Gundam''. It first premiered on TV Tokyo from 1980 to 1981, followed by two ...
'' (Rice) *''
High School! Kimengumi is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Motoei Shinzawa. A first series ''Third Year Funny-face Club'' was serialized in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from October 1980 to April 1982. ''High School! Kimengumi'' was seri ...
'' *''
Fist of the North Star is a Japanese manga series written by Buronson and illustrated by Tetsuo Hara. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' for 245 issues published from 1983 to 1988 and initially collected in 27 ' ...
'' (Mad General, Gojiba, Haystack, Zacol, Gonz, Morgan) *''Fist of the North Star 2'' (Barona, Bron) *'' Yume Senshi Wingman'' (Rimel) *''
Lupin III , also written as ''Lupin the Third'', ''Lupin the 3rd'', or ''Lupin the IIIrd'', is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Monkey Punch. It follows the endeavors of master thief Arsène Lupin III, the grandson of Arsèn ...
Part III (Laselle)


Original video animation

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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 ...
'' (1991) (Airanz)


Animated films

*'' Doraemon: Nobita and the Haunts of Evil'' (1982) (Village headman) *'' Doraemon: Nobita and the Steel Troops'' (1986) (Robot Squad Leader) *''
Ultraman USA is a 1987 American-Japanese animated superhero film jointly produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and Tsuburaya Productions and animated by both Studio Sign and Ashi Productions. It is the second foreign Ultra Series production overall, and the se ...
'' (1989) (Professor Filbee)


Video game

*'' Tengai Makyou: Ziria'' (1989)


Japanese dub

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The Blues Brothers The Blues Brothers are an American blues and soul revivalist band founded in 1978 by comedians Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi as part of a musical sketch on ''Saturday Night Live''. Belushi and Aykroyd fronted the band, in character, respecti ...
'' (1983 Fuji TV edition) (Curtis ( Cab Calloway)) *'' Dracula'' (1982 TV Asahi edition) (Milo Renfield (
Tony Haygarth George Anthony Haygarth (4 February 1945 – 10 March 2017) was an English television, film and theatre actor. Life and career After leaving Marlborough College, Liverpool, Haygarth worked unsuccessfully in 1963 as a lifeguard in Torquay, and a ...
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The Muppet Show ''The Muppet Show'' is a sketch comedy television series created by Jim Henson and featuring the Muppets. The series originated as two pilot episodes produced by Henson for ABC in 1974 and 1975. While neither episode was moved forward as a s ...
'' ( Sweetums)


References


External links

* Japanese male voice actors 1932 births 2003 deaths Male voice actors from Tokyo {{Japan-voice-actor-stub