Peter von Gomm is an American voice actor. He moved to Japan in 1999 and records television commercials, documentaries, video games and more for the Japanese and global market.

Career

Von Gomm worked for the

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, for 4 years as an exhibition designer and primarily did editorial designs for handicapped and audiobook narration. In 1995, he moved to

Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...

to work as a voice actor and narrator in

Tokyo Tokyo, officially the Tokyo Metropolis, is the capital of Japan, capital and List of cities in Japan, most populous city in Japan. With a population of over 14 million in the city proper in 2023, it is List of largest cities, one of the most ...

. He has regularly done narrator work of Basic English 2, Practical Business English and Radio English Conversation Study of NHK Radio Courses. He was an

NHK World NHK World-Japan (formerly and also known simply as NHK World) is the international arm of the Japanese public broadcaster NHK. Its services are aimed at the overseas market, similar to those offered by other national public-service broadcasters, ...

's news reporter. He did several character voices of the NHK Educational Programme, Little Charo 2. He has voiced in the Speed Learning audiobook for English for over 10 years. In CS Benesse Channel, Eigo de GO!, Gomm played a main role "teacher" as an actor and a voice actor. In 2003, Gomm was cast as the main role character "RD" of US animation series Zoids: Fuzors of

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. He did video game character voices for games on PlayStation 3 and the Nintendo DS. He also did narration works of TV documentary programmes and company promotional videos. On October 14, 2017, Von Gomm started a YouTube channel called Peter von Gomm Japan. It has videos about the motorcycle culture and interesting places in Japan. As of June 2022 the channel has 23 thousand subscribers.

Personal life

Von Gomm is married to a Japanese woman called Kyoko. His son Jyoji was born in 2010.

Filmography

Television

Tokusatsu

Video games

References

External links

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