is a Japanese actor,
voice actor
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and narrator. Some of his best known roles include
Soun Tendo in ''
Ranma ½'' and
Captain Kiichi Goto in ''
Patlabor
, also known as ''Patlabor'' (a portmanteau of "patrol" and "labor"), is a Japanese science fiction media franchise created by Headgear, a group consisting of manga artist Masami Yūki, director Mamoru Oshii, screenwriter Kazunori ...
''. He was formerly credited as . He is employed by the talent management firm
81 Produce.
Filmography
Television animation
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The Super Dimension Fortress Macross'' (1982) (Exsedol Folmo)
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Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam'' (1985) (Ben Wooder)
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Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ'' (1986) (Rakan Dahkaran)
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Patlabor
, also known as ''Patlabor'' (a portmanteau of "patrol" and "labor"), is a Japanese science fiction media franchise created by Headgear, a group consisting of manga artist Masami Yūki, director Mamoru Oshii, screenwriter Kazunori ...
'' (1989) (Captain Kiichi Gotō)
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Ranma ½'' (1989) (
Sōun Tendō)
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DNA²
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masakazu Katsura. It was serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from August 1993 to July 1994, with its chapters collected in five volumes.
A 12-episode ani ...
'' (1994) (Yokomori)
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Macross 7'' (1994) (Exsedol Folmo)
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Magical Girl Pretty Sammy'' (1996) (
Principal Miura)
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Rurouni Kenshin
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Nobuhiro Watsuki. The story begins in 1878, the 11th year of the Meiji era in Japan, and follows a former assassin of the Bakumatsu, known as Hitokiri Battosai. After his work against ...
'' (1996) (Raijuta Isurugi)
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Fancy Lala'' (1998) (Mystery Man)
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Serial Experiments Lain'' (1998) (Yasuo Iwakura)
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Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure
is a Japanese anime series animated by AIC and created by Masaki Kajishima, best known for the '' Tenchi Muyo!'' franchise. It was originally broadcast on Wowow from April to July 1999 and was licensed in the US by Pioneer LDC, later k ...
'' (1999) (Ken Sanada)
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To Heart'' (1999) (Gengoro Nagase)
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Inuyasha'' (2001) (Daija (The False Water God))
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Monster
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'' (2005) (Fritz Vardemann)
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Hell Girl'' (2006) (Ryōsuke Sekine)
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D.Gray-man'' (2008) (Malcolm C. Lvellie)
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Hyouge Mono'' (2011) (Yamanoue Sōji)
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WataMote'' (2013) (Narrator)
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Buddy Complex'' (2014) (Alessandro Fermi)
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Heavy Object'' (2015) (Flide)
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Boruto: Naruto Next Generations'' (2020) (Kaneki)
Original video animation (OVA)
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Legend of the Galactic Heroes
, sometimes abbreviated as ''LOTGH'', ''LOGH'', ''LGH'' or in Japanese (and also depicted as ''Heldensagen vom Kosmosinsel'' in the anime intro), is a series of Epic (genre), epic science fiction novels written by Yoshiki Tanak ...
'' (1989) (Uranff)
*''Legend of the Galactic Heroes'' (1991) (Nilsson)
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Magical Girl Pretty Sammy'' (1995) (
Bif Standard)
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Jungle de Ikou!
is a Japanese OVA series written by Yōsuke Kuroda and directed by Yuji Moriyama in 1997. It has been licensed in the U.S. by Media Blasters and was released on VHS in 1999, on DVD in 2001, and on Blu-ray in 2020. It was also added on Tubi ...
'' (1997) (Fuyuhiko)
Theatrical animation
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Techno Police 21C'' (1982) (Blader)
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Macross: Do You Remember Love?'' (1984) (Exsedol 4970)
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Patlabor: The Movie'' (1989) (Captain Kiichi Goto)
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Patlabor 2: The Movie'' (1993) (Captain Kiichi Goto)
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WXIII: Patlabor the Movie 3'' (2002) (Captain Kiichi Goto)
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Atagoal'' (2006) (Kara'agemaru)
Video games
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Inuyasha'' (2001) (Daija)
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Final Fantasy XII
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'' (2006) (Judge Ghis)
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Macross Triangle Frontier'' (2011) (Exsedol Folmo)
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Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers'' (2012) (Takeo Kitagawa)
Drama CD
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Soul Eater'' (2005) (Shinigami)
Dubbing
Live-action
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The Amityville Horror'' (Chief of Police (Rich Komenich))
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Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil'' (Admiral Henry D (
Glenn Morshower))
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Black Book'' (General Käutner (
Christian Berkel))
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The Dark Knight
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'' (Gerard Stephens (
Keith Szarabajka
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))
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D-Tox'' (2006 TV Tokyo edition) (Jack Bennett (
Stephen Lang
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))
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From the Earth to the Moon
''From the Earth to the Moon: A Direct Route in 97 Hours, 20 Minutes'' () is an 1865 novel by Jules Verne. It tells the story of the Baltimore Gun Club, a post-American Civil War society of weapons enthusiasts, and their attempts to build an en ...
'' (Alan Shepard (
Ted Levine
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))
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Happiest Season'' (Ted (
Victor Garber))
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Never Talk to Strangers'' (Cliff Raddison (
Dennis Miller))
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Restoration'' (King Charles II (
Sam Neill))
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Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines'' (1975 NTV edition) (Richard Mays (
James Fox))
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The Unborn'' (Gordon Beldon (
James Remar))
Animation
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The Animatrix'' (Client)
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Romance of the Three Kingdoms
''Romance of the Three Kingdoms'' () is a 14th-century historical novel attributed to Luo Guanzhong. It is set in the turbulent years towards the end of the Han dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period in Chinese history, starting in 184 AD and ...
'' (Xun You, Zhang Zhao, Han Sui, and Huang Zhong)
References
External links
Official agency profile
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1946 births
Living people
Japanese male stage actors
Japanese male video game actors
Japanese male voice actors
Male voice actors from Fukuoka Prefecture
81 Produce voice actors
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