The Japanese Seiyuu in other minor/major roles

Super Sonic · Post by **Super Sonic** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 11:29 am

Snail wrote:Mine just did as well.. Is that true?! Lol. *googles.

English Broly and Ed anyways. (Japanese Ed is voiced by a woman).

Jerseymilk · Post by **Jerseymilk** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 12:30 pm

I'm suprised no one has mentioned that Horikawa voiced Andromeda Shun in Saint Seiya. Quite a different role from Vegita. XD Of course the most recent voice role I've been very happy about is for Edward's voice in the cutscenes for the new updated FFIV DS game. ^^

Hiromi Tsuru is still best known I believe in Japan for voicing Madoka in Kimagure Orange Road. I like her as Ukyo in Ranma 1/2 too and also Meryl in Trigun.

Mayumi Tanaka isn't just known for Luffy, she's also been the voice for Kanna Kirishima in the Sakura Wars series, Ryuunosuke in Urusei Yatsura, Koenma in YYH, and one not many people actually seem to know, Pazu in Miyazaki's Laputa(Castle in the Sky). Though my personal fav role for her is Kirimaru in Nintama Rantarou.

Miki Itou(#18 ) played Gally in the Battle Angel OVA. How's that for awesome! ^^

Takeshi Kusao(Trunks) has done many cool roles. He's Ky Kiske in the Guilty Gear games, Saionji in Revolutionary Girl Utena, Parn in Record of Lodoss War(which I believe was his first role). He also voiced Youta in Video Girl Ai, who's author as we know has been good friends with Toriyama for years.

Furikawa(Piccolo) has done a ton of work. His is the voice of Ataru in Urusei Yatsura, Leon in Bubblegum Crisis and AD Police, Shin from Fist of the North Star, Kai in the original Gundam, Asuma in Patlabor, and as "cool fate" would have it, Luffy's brother Portgas D. Ace.

Toruyu Furuya wasn't only Tuxedo Kamen and Amuro Ray, he also played Pegasus Seiya in Saint Seiya and was the male lead Kyosuke opposite Tsuru in Kimagure Orange Road.

Then there's Yuko Minaguchi(Videl/Pan) and her cute voice playing Hotaru/Sailor Saturn in Sailor Moon. I always thought it was cool that she voiced Hinoto in the X Movie too. I believe she did a character for Kanon too.

And of course there's Hirotaka Suzuoka(Tenshinhan) and Hikaru Midorikawa(#16), who have done many fan favourite roles. Suzuoka did Bright Noah, Dragon Shiryu, Yellow Belmont, Tatewaki Kuno, and the Japanese Starscream. Midorikawa did Heero Yuy, Tamahome, Zelgadis, and Seto Kaiba.

Norio Wakamoto(Cell) has done a lot of video game characters from Kingdom Hearts to Capcom vs SNK, to The Bouncer. Also plenty of anime such as Vicious in Cowboy Bebop, Alexander Anderson in Hellsing, Kouichiro in the original Gunbuster, and Woodchuck in Record of Lodoss War.

How could no one have named Shigeru Chiba yet?!

This is Buggy the Clown(One Piece), Kuwabara(YYH), Megane(Urusei Yatsura), just to name a few. I adore his performance as Don Kanonji in Bleach too. XD

Sho Hayami(Zarbon) and Takeshi Aono(Kami-sama/Piccolo Daimao) need to be mentioned too. Hayami has voiced Aizen in Bleach, Devilman in Devilman obviously, Ashram in Record of Lodoss War, Yamamoto in Irresponsible Captain Tylor, and what I regard as his best performance: Wolfwood in Trigun. Aono is a veteran who played Masaki in Tenchi Muyo, Shiro in Battleship Yamato, Issei in Giant Robo, and well various voices in like a bajillion anime! XD

Oh and I can't forget Daisuke Gouri(Mr Satan) who makes playing Tekken that much more enjoyable for me when I hear Heihachi speak and go "Hey look! It's Mr Satan!". XD

Okay I'll shut up with my ramblings now. Ya I know way to much about seiyuu.

Tatsunoboshi: Surely you meant someone/something else instead of Hisao Egawa voicing Buruma? I would hope at least since last I checked, Egawa was a man. ^^;

Lobster_Rage155 Love you for bringing up Kamiya. He's another fav of mine for his Saeba. (Big City Hunter fan here!)

Post by **Herms** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 6:31 pm

Norio Wakamoto also voiced Kagato in the Tenchi Muyo! OVA, one of my all-time favorite villians.

kvon · Post by **kvon** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 8:08 pm

Masako Nozawa as Rascal the Raccoon brought me back, as it was one of the first animes I've watched. Though she did nothing besides raccoon squeaks, it was still impressive.

I absolutely adore Mayumi Tanaka as Wataru from the Mashin Eiyuden series. She can really pull off wacky characters; the screams' were just hilarious.

Hirotaka Suzuoki as Saito Hajime from Rurouni Kenshin is very comical, but in a very different way.

As for Daisuke Gori, I seem to remember him from all over the place as there were always big ol' goofy characters present in shonen anime. The only name of the anime I remember Gori from is Zettai Muteki, which I still have the VHS I recorded in Taiwan. Wait 'till I dig those tapes up...it's only been ten years...

Sorry for not mentioning any recent anime series! I'm more of an old-school anime dude. Plus, I haven't been watching anything lately.

Super Sonic · Post by **Super Sonic** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 8:45 pm

I've only seen it in English, but I heard that Norio Wakamoto voiced a weird perverted thing on Ninja Nonsense who coincidentally enough was voiced by Sean Schemmel in English.

Ash · Post by **Ash** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 3:29 am

Jerseymilk wrote:How could no one have named Shigeru Chiba yet?! This is Buggy the Clown(One Piece), Kuwabara(YYH), Megane(Urusei Yatsura), just to name a few. I adore his performance as Don Kanonji in Bleach too. XD

I love Chiba as the narrator of Hokuto no Ken. His tension keeps rising as the series continues XD

Lobster_Rage155 Love you for bringing up Kamiya. He's another fav of mine for his Saeba. (Big City Hunter fan here!)

I love both City Hunter and Kamiya. Kamiya is my favorite seiyuu, with Ryo as my favorite role for Kamiya. Mokkori~

Light · Post by **Light** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 3:42 am

And yet people neglect Akira Kamiya's Super Robot Roots; Ryoma Nagare from Getter Robo, Akira from Yuusha Raideen, Roy Folker from SDF Macross.

Tatsunoboshi Horoko · Post by **Tatsunoboshi Horoko** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 5:20 am

Tatsunoboshi: Surely you meant someone/something else instead of Hisao Egawa voicing Buruma? I would hope at least since last I checked, Egawa was a man. ^^;

I admitted that several posts ago, I just never changed it

*fixes* There.

Chibi Mystic Gohan · Post by **Chibi Mystic Gohan** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 6:57 am

Norio Wakamoto plays the fucking Emperor of Britannia in Code Geass, and he is awesome.

Jerseymilk · Post by **Jerseymilk** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 11:12 am

Tatsunoboshi Horoko wrote:
Tatsunoboshi: Surely you meant someone/something else instead of Hisao Egawa voicing Buruma? I would hope at least since last I checked, Egawa was a man. ^^;
I admitted that several posts ago, I just never changed it *fixes* There.

Ah my apologies. I didn't realize. ^^;

Vekurotto · Post by **Vekurotto** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 12:42 pm

Since all of my favorite Seiyuus of all time at one point or another are in Dragonball/Z/GT I always feel like I'm getting a treat just hearing all of their voices nearly at the same time

Who hasn't been mentioned?

Kaneto Shiozawa who guest starred as Namu in DB was well known for voicing Rei in Hokuto No Ken, Prince Dimondo in Sailor Moon R, and is the original M'quve voice in Mobile Suit Gundam before he died in 2000 and was replaced for the redub of the MSG movie trilogy. I seriously dislike the new M'quve since Shiozawa was so much better and the redub sucked too *Shakes the fist of anger at Tomino for almost ruining a classic*.

Bin Shimada who voices Brolly/Broly/Broli is well known for voicing Paptimus Scirocco in Zeta Gundam, Yuda in Hokuto No Ken, Zack in the Dead or Alive series

, Stick Bernard in Mospeada, and Warpol from One Piece.

Hikaru Midorikawa who voiced Paikuhan and #16 is known for voicing Heero Yuy in Gundam Wing, Hayate in the Dead or Alive Series, Ali/Sejiro Ginga in Sailor Moon R, and Seto Kaiba in Yu-Gi-Oh.

Mitsuko Horie who voiced Upa/Oopa sung the Goranger OP theme with Isao Sasaki and is better known for voicing the badass Sailor Galaxia in Sailor Stars.

Ryo Horikawa also voices Kou Uraki in Gundam 0083 and the the male fashion designer that gets a man crush on Fisheye in an episode of Sailor Moon SuperS. And Ryusei Nakao also voices Agent Aburera in Tokusou Sentai DekaRanger.

Strongbad456 · Post by **Strongbad456** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 5:50 pm

A lot of the people who did voices on DBZ also did voices on Anpanman. Hiromi Tsuru(Bulma), Ryusei Nakao(Freeza, Cooler), Hiroshi Masuoka(Kamesennin), Mayumi Tanaka(Krillin), Masako Nozawa(Goku, Gohan, Goten, Bardock), Shigeru Chiba(Pilaf), Tohru Furuya(Yamcha), Kenji Utsumi(Senbei Norimaki, Shenlong, and more), Ryo Horikawa(Vegeta), and Kaneto Shiozawa(Namu).

Hiromi Tsuru: Dokin-chan(Baikinman's partner in crime) and about 10 minor roles.

Ryusei Nakao: Baikinman(Anpanman's enemy).

Hiroshi Masuoka: Jam Ojisan(Anpanman's creator)

Mayumi Tanaka: Hinotamakozou, Korokke kid, and Masuzushiman.

Masako Nozawa: Lobster, Pachiri-kun, Shichuu-obasan, and Wanta.

Shigeru Chiba: Doctor Hiyari.

Tohru Furuya: Chocolateman.

Kenji Utsumi: Kurayamiman.

Ryo Horikawa: Asayakeman, Origamiman, Senor Macaroniino, Tango.

Kaneto Shiozawa: Hamigakiman.

There might be more but this was all I could find. I got it from AnimeNewsNetwork.

jjgp1112 · Post by **jjgp1112** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 5:56 pm

I'm guessing that Seiyuu means voice actor.

Post by **desirecampbell** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 6:01 pm

jjgp1112 wrote:I'm guessing that Seiyuu means voice actor.

I'm guessing you don't have access to an international catalog of freely available information on every subject. Oh wait, you do have access to the Internet.

http://www.google.ca/search?q=Seiyuu
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seiyuu
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclo ... .php?id=75

Well, at least you can spell.

Post by **Herms** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 7:00 pm

jjgp1112 wrote:I'm guessing that Seiyuu means voice actor.

Yes, it is the Japanese word for a voice actor/actress. Anime fans generally use it instead of simply "voice actor" in order to easily distinguish between the Japanese voice actors in a show and the dub voice actors. It's the same idea as calling Japanese comic books and cartoons "manga" and "anime".

jjgp1112 · Post by **jjgp1112** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 7:14 pm

desirecampbell wrote:
jjgp1112 wrote:I'm guessing that Seiyuu means voice actor.
I'm guessing you don't have access to an international catalog of freely available information on every subject. Oh wait, you do have access to the Internet.

http://www.google.ca/search?q=Seiyuu
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seiyuu
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclo ... .php?id=75

Well, at least you can spell.

I'm guessing that you know that not everyone has knowledge of every single thing on the Internet and has their intelligence measured by their usage of it.

NeptuneKai · Post by **NeptuneKai** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 8:04 pm

jjgp1112 wrote:
desirecampbell wrote:
jjgp1112 wrote:I'm guessing that Seiyuu means voice actor.
I'm guessing you don't have access to an international catalog of freely available information on every subject. Oh wait, you do have access to the Internet.

http://www.google.ca/search?q=Seiyuu
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seiyuu
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclo ... .php?id=75

Well, at least you can spell.
I'm guessing that you know that not everyone has knowledge of every single thing on the Internet and has their intelligence measured by their usage of it.

Google and Wiki ARE hard to use man.

jjgp1112 · Post by **jjgp1112** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 8:20 pm

Well it's not like everybody's been using the internet since it's started and has the instinct to go to wikipedia or google every time they're curious about something. And it was unneccessary for Desire to act like a complete prick to me. He could've just done what Herms did and define it for me and nothing else. Just because doesn't isn't experienced at the internet as you are doesn't mean you can act like a prick to somebody and expect them to already know what to do in a situation where they have a question.

Rocketman · Post by **Rocketman** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 8:31 pm

NeptuneKai wrote:Google and Wiki ARE hard to use man.

Wiki once told me that the Berlin Wall was a picture of a woman molesting a horse. It may not always be reliable.

NeptuneKai · Post by **NeptuneKai** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 8:39 pm

Rocketman wrote:
NeptuneKai wrote:Google and Wiki ARE hard to use man.
Wiki once told me that the Berlin Wall was a picture of a woman molesting a horse. It may not always be reliable.

Wait wait wait...you're telling me a woman molesting a horse ISNT the Berlin Wall!?