is a Japanese actor and

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. He had his acting debut in the 1996 ''

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'' series, ''

Gekisou Sentai Carranger is a Japanese ''tokusatsu'' television show. It was Toei Company, Toei's twentieth production of the Super Sentai metaseries. It is the second vehicle-themed Super Sentai, preceded by ''Kousoku Sentai Turboranger''. It aired from March 1, 1996, ...

'', as Kyosuke Jinnai/Red Racer Since then, he has become a very prominent voice actor in both anime and video games. He is most known as the main voice actor for

Ken Masters is a character in Capcom's ''Street Fighter'' fighting game series. The character was first introduced in the 1987 title ''Street Fighter'' as an alternate fighter to Ryu. While Ken and Ryu are devoted to testing their power, Ken instead focuses ...

in the ''

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'' series of video games produced by

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Filmography

Film

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Mayonaka no Yaji-san Kita-san is a 2005 Japanese film directed by Kudo Kankuro. The film stars several well-known and highly respected Japanese actors. It is based on the manga series ''Yajikita in Deep'' by Kotobuki Shiriagari. The story follows two Edo-era gay men, Ya ...

'' (God of Laughter) (voice)

Tokusatsu

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'' (Kyōsuke Jinnai/Red Racer) *''Gekisou Sentai Carranger vs. Ohranger'' (Kyōsuke Jinnai/Red Racer) *''

Denji Sentai Megaranger is Toei's twenty-first production of the Super Sentai metaseries, and the second Sentai, after ''Kousoku Sentai Turboranger'' in which all heroes are high school students. The footage was also used in the American series '' Power Rangers in Spac ...

vs. Carranger'' (Kyōsuke Jinnai/Red Racer) *''

Seijuu Sentai Gingaman is a Japanese tokusatsu television series. It is Toei Company, Toei's 22nd entry of the ''Super Sentai'' metaseries. The series aired from February 22, 1998, to February 14, 1999, replacing ''Denji Sentai Megaranger'', and was replaced by ''Kyuu ...

'' (Shunsuke Kishimoto) *'' Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger'' (

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Org (ep. 3)) (voice) *'' Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger'' (Kazuma Namekawa) *''Ninpuu Sentai Hurricanger vs. Gaoranger'' (Chubouzu) (Voice) *''

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'' (Dragian Ganymede (ep. 49 - 50)) (voice) *'' GoGo Sentai Boukenger'' (Wicked Dragon Tagargin (ep. 45)) (voice) *'' Jyuken Sentai Gekiranger vs. Boukenger'' (Confrontation Beast-

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Fist Baka) (Voice) *'' Engine Sentai Go-onger'' (Savage Sky Barbaric Machine Beast Dumbbell Banki (ep. 46)) (voice) *''

Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger is a Japanese Tokusatsu television series and the 35th entry in its long-running ''Super Sentai'' metaseries of Japanese ''tokusatsu'' television series following '' Tensou Sentai Goseiger''. It follows a Pirate motif, joining '' Kamen Rider OO ...

'' (Kyōsuke Jinnai (ep. 14)) *'' Shuriken Sentai Ninninger Vs.

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Spring Vacation Combining Special'' (Dr. D/

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-Type Roidmude 089 (voice)/Youkai Buruburu (voice)) *''Dogengers'' (Ohgaman (voice)) *''Dogengers Nice Buddy'' (Ohgaman (voice)) *''Dogengers High School'' (Ohgaman (voice)) *''Dogengers Metropolis'' (Ohgaman (voice)) *''Shin Dogengers'' (Ohgaman (voice))

Television animation

*'' Beast Wars II: Super Life-Form Transformers'' (Scuba(

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), Drill Nuts(

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)) *'' Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex'' *'' Hunter × Hunter (1999)'' (

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, Gozu, Kastro, Pietro) *'' Idaten Jump'' (Arthur the Biker Knight) *'' I My Me! Strawberry Eggs!'' (Hibiki Amawa) *'' Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo'' (Saigō Volvo) *'' Kyoshiro to Towa no Sora'' (Sōjirō) *'' Les Misérables: Shōjo Cosette'' ( Enjolras) *'' Saikano'' (Kazu) *'' X-Men: Evolution'' ( Lance Alvers/Avalanche ( Christopher Grey), Colossus (

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), Duncan Matthews ( Vincent Gale)) *''

Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'', known in Japan as and alternatively subtitled ''Rulers of the Duel'' in the United States and Canada, is a Japanese anime series animated by Studio Gallop based on the ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' manga series written by Kazuki Takahash ...

'' ( Tetsu Ushio) *'' Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters GX'' (Freed the Brave Wanderer)

Original video animation (OVA)

*'' Final Fantasy VII Advent Children'' (Yazoo) *'' Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle: Tokyo Revelation'' (Fuma) *''Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle: Spring Thunder'' (Fuma)

Video games

*'' Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex'' ( Crunch Bandicoot) (

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) *''

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'' (Crunch Bandicoot) (Kevin Michael Richardson) *''

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki. It was originally serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from 1987 to 2004, and was transferred to the monthly manga magazine ''Ultra Jum ...

'' (N'Doul) *'' GioGio's Bizarre Adventure'' (Polpo), (Formaggio) * ''SNK vs. Capcom'' series (Ken - not '' SVC Chaos: SNK vs. Capcom'') *'' Street Fighter III 3rd Strike: Fight for the Future'' (Ken Masters) *'' Suikoden IV'' (Ramada, Count Fingāfūto) *'' Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World'' (Hawk) *'' Ys I & II'' (Darm) *'' Street Fighter IV'' (

) *'' Super Street Fighter IV'' (Ken Masters) *'' Super Street Fighter IV: 3D Edition'' (Ken Masters) *'' Street Fighter X Tekken'' (Ken Masters) *''

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'' (Ken Masters) *''

Street Fighter V ''Street Fighter V'' is a 2016 fighting game developed by Capcom, Dimps and Taito and published by Capcom for PlayStation 4 and Microsoft Windows, Windows. The major follow-up to ''Street Fighter IV'' (2008) as part of Capcom's ''Street Fighter'' ...

'' (Ken Masters) *'' Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers'' (Ken Masters) *''

Project X Zone (pronounced as "Project Cross Zone") is a crossover tactical role-playing video game for the Nintendo 3DS developed by Monolith Soft with assistance from Capcom and Red Entertainment and published by Namco Bandai Games. It is a follow-up t ...

'' (Ken Masters) *'' Project X Zone 2'' (Ken Masters) *'' Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'' (Ken Masters, Mii Fighter Type 1) *'' Street Fighter 6'' (Ken Masters)

Drama CDs

*''Denkou Sekka Boys'' (Kyouichirou Yasaka)

Dubbing

Live-action

*'' Jack Reacher'' (Charlie ( Jai Courtney)) *'' Mary Poppins Returns'' (Jack (

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)) *'' Power Rangers Turbo'' ( Theodore Jay Jarvis Johnson ( Selwyn Ward)) *'' Power Rangers in Space'' (Theodore Jay Jarvis Johnson (Selwyn Ward), Dark Specter ( Christopher Cho), Black Alien Ranger) *'' Power Rangers Lost Galaxy'' (Theodore Jay Jarvis Johnson, Ironite) *''

The Sound of Music ''The Sound of Music'' is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. It is based on the 1949 memoir of Maria von Trapp, '' The Story of the Trapp Family Singers''. ...

'' (50th Anniversary edition) (Rolfe ( Daniel Truhitte)) *''

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'' (Cary Ford ( Martin Henderson)) *'' Wonka'' (Arthur Slugworth (

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Animation

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Wreck-It Ralph ''Wreck-It Ralph'' is a 2012 American animated comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. It was directed by Rich Moore and produced by Clark Spencer, from a screenplay by Phil Johnston (filmmaker), Phil Johnston and Jennifer Lee ( ...

'' (Ken Masters) ( Reuben Langdon)

Theatre

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'' - Ensemble, Brujon (2003-2006), Enjolras (2005–2007),

Javert Javert (), no first name given in the source novel, is a fictional character and a main antagonist of Victor Hugo's 1862 novel ''Les Misérables.'' He was presumably born in 1780 and died on June 7, 1832. First a prison guard, and then a police i ...

(2015-2017) *''

Miss Saigon ''Miss Saigon'' is a sung-through musical theatre, stage musical by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil, with lyrics by Boublil and Richard Maltby Jr. It is based on Giacomo Puccini's 1904 opera ''Madama Butterfly'', and similarly tells th ...

'' - Ensemble, Schultz (2004), John (2008-2009) *''

The Secret Garden ''The Secret Garden'' is a children's novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett first published in book form in 1911, after serialisation in ''The American Magazine'' (November 1910 – August 1911). Set in England, it is seen as a classic of English c ...

'' - Mr. Craven (2005) *'' Rudolf'' - Emperor Wilhelm II (2008) *''

Sunday in the Park with George ''Sunday in the Park with George'' is a 1984 musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine. It was inspired by the French pointillist painter Georges Seurat's painting '' A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La G ...

'' - Soldier (2009) *''Rock'n Jam Musical'' (2009) *'' Elisabeth'' - Elmer (2010-2012) *''

The Three Musketeers ''The Three Musketeers'' () is a French historical adventure novel written and published in 1844 by French author Alexandre Dumas. It is the first of the author's three d'Artagnan Romances. As with some of his other works, he wrote it in col ...

'' - Portos (2011) *''

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 ...

'' - Stefan Neumann (2011), Ulrich Kesler (2012), Gregor Von Kulmbach (2013) *'' Bonnie & Clyde'' - Frank Hamer (2012) *''

Next to Normal ''Next to Normal'' is a 2008 American rock musical with book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey and music by Tom Kitt. The story centers on a mother who struggles with worsening bipolar disorder and the effects that managing her illness has on her fam ...

'' - Dan (2013) *''

The Count of Monte Cristo ''The Count of Monte Cristo'' () is an adventure novel by the French writer Alexandre Dumas. It was serialised from 1844 to 1846, and published in book form in 1846. It is one of his most popular works, along with ''The Three Musketeers'' (184 ...

'' - Jacopo (2013) *''Vincent Van Gogh'' - Theo (2016) *''

Little Shop of Horrors Little Shop of Horrors may refer to: * '' The Little Shop of Horrors'', a 1960 American film * ''Little Shop of Horrors'' (musical), a 1982 musical based on the 1960 film * ''Little Shop of Horrors'' (1986 film), a 1986 American film based on th ...

'' - Mr. Mushnik (2020) *'' Merrily We Roll Along'' - Terry (2021) *'' Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'' - Mr. Salt (2023) *'' The Producers'' – Franz Liebkind (2024) *'' Musical Fate/Zero: The Sword of Promised Victory'' – Rider (2025) *'' Everybody's Talking About Jamie'' – Jamie's Dad (Wayne New)/Sandra Bollock (2025)

References

External links

Code Red
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Yūji Kishi
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Yūji Kishi
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