is a Japanese actor, TV personality, narrator, voice actor and presenter. He is currently employed by ComeCome Miniki-Na Theater Company and SIS Company.

Career

Yashima landed his first hosting job on the

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series ''

Hey! Spring of Trivia ''Hey! Spring of Trivia'' is the name given by Spike TV to the show , a Japanese comedy game show on Fuji TV. Concept ''Trivia'' consists of a series of video segments that introduce and confirm the validity of unusual trivia. Past trivia has inc ...

'', a show he co-hosted with fellow actor Katsumi Takahashi, and has also participated in a few

anime is a Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, , in Japan and in Ja ...

productions, voicing characters such as Iwanbo in

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 ...

and Œufcoque in Mardock Scramble.

Family

He is married to stage actress , and their first son was born on May 12, 2007.

Filmography

Film

Television

Anime

* ''

Boys Over Flowers is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yoko Kamio. The story takes place in the fictional Eitoku Academy, an elite school for children from rich families. It tells the story of Tsukushi Makino, a girl from a middle-class ...

'' (1996) - Lighting Staff * ''

'' (1996) - Iwanbo, Kameo, et al * ''

Kero Kero Chime is a manga written by Maguro Fujita. A 30-episode anime series based on the manga was produced by NAS and TV Tokyo and animated by Studio Comet. Plot Aoi, a normal school boy, is cursed by a wizard named Makaeru from the Land of Frogs, wh ...

'' (1997) - Poppo, Frog C, Kabayan * ''

Hatsumei Boy Kanipan is a 1998 Japanese anime television series produced by Nihon Ad Systems, NAS and TV Tokyo, animated by Studio Comet and sponsored by Sega. The series was inspired by the 1994 SNES game ''Robotrek'', developed by Quintet (company), Quintet. ...

'' (1998) - Kanburi * '' Mardock Scramble'' (2010-2012) - Œufcoque Penteano * '' Rudolf the Black Cat'' (2016) - Buchi * ''Dive in Wonderland'' (2025) - March Hare

Video games

* ''

Kowloon's Gate is a 1997 adventure video game published by Sony Music Entertainment. It was released for the PlayStation in Japan, but not in other regions. Plot The game takes place in the Kowloon Walled City in Hong Kong. On June 22, 1997, before the hando ...

'' (1996) - Mushroom Seller Charlie * '' Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch'' (2010) - King Tom Tildrum XIV

Dubbing

* ''

Open Season Open Season may refer to: Time periods * Open season (hunting), when hunting a particular species is legal * Annual enrollment or open season, when employees may make changes to benefit programs Film and television * ''Open Season'' (1974 film ...

'' (2006) - Elliot * ''

The Good Dinosaur ''The Good Dinosaur'' is a 2015 American animated comedy-drama adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. The film was directed by Peter Sohn and produced by Denise Ream, from a screenplay written by Meg Le ...

'' (2016) - Nash * '' Dolittle'' (2020) - Plimpton

References

External links

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Norito Yashima on NHK Archives
1970 births Living people People from Nara, Nara Japanese male actors {{Japanese-voice-actor-stub