is a Japanese actor,

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 talen ...

and narrator from

Chiba Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Chiba Prefecture has a population of 6,278,060 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of . Chiba Prefecture borders Ibaraki Prefecture to the north, Saitama Prefecture to the n ...

, Japan. He is currently affiliated with Umikaze, though he has been attached to

Arts Vision , stylized as ARTSVISION, is a Japanese talent agency based in Yoyogi, Shibuya, Tokyo that employs many high-profile voice actors. It was founded in 1984 by Sakumi Matsuda. General information Arts Vision was founded by former Tokyo Actor's Co ...

, Aksent,

Ken Production Ken or KEN may refer to: Entertainment * ''Ken'' (album), a 2017 album by Canadian indie rock band Destroyer. * ''Ken'' (film), 1964 Japanese film. * ''Ken'' (magazine), a large-format political magazine. * Ken Masters, a main character in ...

, and Art 7 in the past.

Biography

Filmography

Television animation

;1977 *''

Ore wa Teppei is a manga written and illustrated by Tetsuya Chiba. It ran in '' Weekly Shonen Magazine'' for nearly eight years and received an anime adaptation in 1977. The series received the Kodansha Cultural Children's Award (not to be confused with ...

'' *''

Ippatsu Kanta-kun ''Ippatsu Kanta-kun'' is a Japanese anime series created by Tatsunoko Productions in partnership with Topcraft. Along with Temple the Balloonist, it was one of the last works for which Tatsunoko co-founder Tatsuo Yoshida was credited as a creato ...

'' (Hisashi Gohigō) ;1983 *''

Captain Tsubasa is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yōichi Takahashi. The series mainly revolves around the sport of association football focusing on Tsubasa Oozora and his relationship with his friends, rivalries with ...

'' (Genzō Wakabayashi) *''

Aura Battler Dunbine is an anime television series created by Yoshiyuki Tomino and produced by Sotsu and Sunrise. ''Dunbine'' is set in Byston Well, a parallel world that resembles the countryside of medieval Europe with kingdoms ruled by monarchs in castles, ...

'' (Fei Chenka) ;1984 *''

Katri, Girl of the Meadows is an anime series based on the Finnish novel '' Paimen, piika ja emäntä'' (''The Shepherd, the Servant Girl, and the Hostess'') by Auni Nuolivaara. The series was broadcast originally in Japan in 1984 as part of the children's anthology s ...

'' (Biriyami) ;1985 *''

Blue Comet SPT Layzner , sometimes translated as ''Blue Meteor SPT Layzner'' is a science fiction anime series produced by Sunrise between 1985 and 1986. It was originally created by Tsunehisa Itō and Ryōsuke Takahashi; the latter serving as the director. The se ...

'' (Bohn, Derol) ;1986 *''

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' is a children's novel written by author L. Frank Baum and illustrated by W. W. Denslow. It is the first novel in the Oz series of books. A Kansas farm girl named Dorothy ends up in the magical Land of Oz aft ...

'' *'' Ginga: Nagareboshi Gin'' (Wilson) *''

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 ...

'' ( Cygnus Hyōga) *''

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 ser ...

'' (Kyūma Taku) ;1987 *''

City Hunter is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tsukasa Hojo. It was serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from 1985 to 1991 and collected into 35 ''tankōbon'' volumes by its publisher Shueisha. The manga was adapted in ...

'' (Announcer) *''

Mister Ajikko is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Daisuke Terasawa about a young boy cook. It was serialized in Kodansha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' from 1986 to 1989, with its chapters collected in ninete ...

'' (Akihiko) ;1988 *''

Tatakae!! Ramenman is a Japanese manga series created by the duo Yoshinori Nakai and Takashi Shimada, known as Yudetamago. It follows Suguru Kinniku, a superhero who must win a wrestling tournament to retain the title of prince of Planet Kinniku. N ...

'' (Cheng) *''

Hello! Lady Lynn is the second season of the anime series, ''Lady Lady!!'', produced by Toei Animation Co., Ltd. It consists of a total of 36 episodes and was aired from May 12, 1988 to January 26, 1989 on TV Tokyo. Based on the Japanese shōjo manga '' ...

'' (Gym) ;1989 *''

Kimba the White Lion ''Kimba the White Lion'', known in Japan as , is a Japanese '' shōnen'' manga series written and illustrated by Osamu Tezuka which was serialized in the '' Manga Shōnen'' magazine from November 1950 to April 1954. An anime based on ...

'' (Zoo Announcer) ;1994 *''

Mobile Fighter G Gundam ''Mobile Fighter G Gundam'', also known in Japan as (and commonly referred to as simply ''G Gundam''), is a 1994 Japanese animated television series produced by Sunrise and the fifth installment in the long-running ''Gundam'' franchis ...

'' (Wong Yunfat) *''

Sailor Moon S The third season of the ''Sailor Moon'' anime series, ''Sailor Moon S'' (originally released in Japan as , and later as ''Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon S''), was produced by Toei Animation and directed by Kunihiko Ikuhara. It began broadcasting on ...

'' (Kakusui Yakushiji) ;1996 *''

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 work ...

'' (Kanekura) ;1998 *''

Silent Möbius is a twelve-volume manga series created by manga artist Kia Asamiya. Both anime versions have been licensed by Bandai Entertainment. It is heavily influenced by the film ''Blade Runner'' and is centered on the lives of a dedicated group o ...

'' (Robert De Vice) *''

Detective Conan ''Case Closed'', also known as , is a Japanese detective manga series written and illustrated by Gosho Aoyama. It has been serialized in Shogakukan's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' since January 1994, with its chap ...

'' (Junko's father (Yoshiaki Hara)) ;2000 *''

One Piece ''One Piece'' (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda. It has been serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' since July 1997, with its individual chapte ...

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Captain Kuro The ''One Piece'' manga features an extensive cast of characters created by Eiichiro Oda. The series takes place in a fictional universe where vast numbers of pirates, soldiers, revolutionaries, and other adventurers fight each other, using var ...

, Sai) ;2004 *''

Beet the Vandel Buster is a Japanese manga series written by Riku Sanjo and illustrated by Koji Inada. It takes place in a fantasy world where humans have been suffering from the attacks of the demon-like Vandels. Humans can fight back by becoming a Vandel Buster ...

'' (Barasa) Unknown date *''

Aoki Densetsu Shoot! is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tsukasa Ōshima. It was published in Kodansha's ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' between 1990 and 2003. The story revolves around a boy named Toshihiko Tanaka, who has just started at Kakeg ...

'' (Naoshige Serizawa) *''

Future GPX Cyber Formula is a Japanese futuristic motorsports anime television series produced by Asatsu-DK, VAP and Sunrise. The series originally aired between March 15 and December 20, 1991 on Nippon TV and was later followed by four OVA series respectively t ...

'' (Announcer) *''

The Super Dimension Century Orguss is an anime science fiction series. It inspired an OVA sequel series called ''Orguss 02''. ''Orguss'' was the second part of ''The Super Dimension'' trilogy from Big West, preceded by ''The Super Dimension Fortress Macross'' and followed by ...

'' (Slay) *''

Tales of Eternia , known as ''Tales of Destiny II'' in its original North America release, is an action role-playing game published by Namco as the third main title in their ''Tales'' series. Initially released for the PlayStation in November 2000 in Japan, an ...

'' (Tasuteku Burukāno) *'' Machine Robo: Revenge of Cronos'' (Rod Drill) *''

Magical Tarurūto-kun is a Japanese manga series by Tatsuya Egawa, published in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from 1988 to 1992, spanning a 21-volume collected edition. It was adapted into an anime television series that lasted 87 episodes and three featur ...

'' (Ashita Banryū)

OVA

*'' Captain Tsubasa: Holland Youth'' (xxxx) (Genzō Wakabayashi) *''

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 f ...

'' (xxxx) (Gunter Kesselring) *''

'' (xxxx) (Cygnus Hyōga) *''

Megazone 23 is a four-part Japanese cyberpunk original video animation created by Noboru Ishiguro, written by Hiroyuki Hoshiyama and Emu Arii, and directed by Ishiguro, Ichiro Itano, Kenichi Yatagai, and Shinji Aramaki. The series debuted in 1985. It ...

'' (xxxx) (Nakao) *'' Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory'' (1991) (Bicok)

Theatrical animation

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series'' (xxxx) (Genzō Wakabayashi) *'' Silent Möbius 2'' (1992) (Robert De Vice) *''

series'' (xxxx) (Cygnus Hyōga) *''

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 f ...

'' ((xxxx) Marusu Bento) *'' Doraemon: Nobita's Monstrous Underwater Castle'' (1983) (Ocean Dweller) *''

The Plot of the Fuma Clan , first released in North America as ''Rupan III: The Fuma Conspiracy'', is a 1987 Japanese OVA action film based on Monkey Punch's '' Lupin III'' manga. Due to budgetary reasons, it utilized a different voice cast from previous entries, with ...

'' (xxxx) (Fuma B) *'' Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan'' (1989) (Future Time Patroller)

Video games

*'' Captain Tsubasa 5: Hasha no Shogo Campione'' (xxxx) (Alcion, Genzo Wakabayashi) *'' Saint Seiya: Sanctuary Jūnikyū Hen'' (2005) (Cygnus Hyōga)

Drama CDs

Koei Koei Co., Ltd. was a Japanese video game publisher, developer, and distributor founded in 1978. The company is known for its ''Dynasty Warriors'' games based on the novel ''Romance of the Three Kingdoms'', as well as simulation games based on ...

''CD Drama Collections Sangokushi Daiichibu'' (xxxx) (Tomosaki Nagano)

Radio dramas

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Star Wars ''Star Wars'' is an American epic space opera multimedia franchise created by George Lucas, which began with the eponymous 1977 film and quickly became a worldwide pop-culture phenomenon. The franchise has been expanded into various film ...

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C-3PO C-3PO () or See-Threepio is a humanoid robot character in the ''Star Wars'' franchise who appears in the original trilogy, the prequel trilogy and the sequel trilogy. Built by Anakin Skywalker, was designed as a protocol droid intended to a ...

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