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Kōichi Yamadera

Kōichi Yamadera (Japanese: 山寺宏一 Yamadera Kōichi) is a Japanese voice actor who provides the voices of main and/or supporting characters in all the Pokémon movies.

Yamadera was born on June 17, 1961 in Miyagi, Japan. In 1994, he was married to fellow voice actor かないみか Mika Kanai, who also provides voices on Pokémon; the two divorced in 2006. On June 17, 2012, he married another fellow voice actor, Rie Tanaka.

In addition to being a popular voice actor, Yamadera also hosts a children's series, Oha Suta, and he has had several live-action roles, including some in recent Godzilla movies. He also provides dub voices for various Walt Disney roles, such as Donald Duck, Genie, Beast, and Stitch.

Pokémon roles

Yamadera has had a main or supporting role in every one of the movies. He has voiced only one character in the main series and another one in a special episode thus far.

Voices on Pokémon

• Mew (Mewtwo Strikes Back, The Birth of Mewtwo, Super Smash Bros. series, Pokémon Snap)
• Lugia (The Power of One)
• David (Spell of the Unown: Entei)
• Hunter (Celebi: Voice of the Forest)
• Ross (Pokémon Heroes: Latios & Latias)
• Butler (Jirachi: Wish Maker)
• Professor Lund (Destiny Deoxys)
• Sir Aaron (Lucario and the Mystery of Mew)
• Jack Walker (Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea)
• Baron Alberto (The Rise of Darkrai)
• Newton Graceland (Giratina and the Sky Warrior)
• Marcus (Arceus and the Jewel of Life)
• Goone (Zoroark: Master of Illusions)
• Mannes (White—Victini and Zekrom and Black—Victini and Reshiram)
• Cobalion (Kyurem VS. The Sword of Justice)
• Red Genesect (Genesect and the Legend Awakened)
• Riot (Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction)
• Hoopa (Unbound Form) (Hoopa and the Clash of Ages)
• Alva (Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel)
• Remo (Mega Evolution Special I)
• Keith's Farfetch'd (So Near, Yet so Farfetch'd)

Other non-Pokémon roles

In anime and video games

• Spike Spiegel (Cowboy Bebop)
• Ryoga Hibiki (Ranma ½)
• Ryoji Kaji (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
• Sha Gojyo (Saiyuki)
• Captain Harlock (Harlock Saga)
• Togusa (Ghost in the Shell)
• Sorata Arisugawa (X (movie))
• Dr. Morio Osanai (Paprika)
• Zorori (Kaiketsu Zorori)
• Akihiko Kayaba (Sword Art Online)
• Kain Highwind (Final Fantasy IV) (Nintendo DS version)
• Donald Duck (Kingdom Hearts)
• Beerus (Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods and Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection of 'F')
• Albedo Piazzola (Xenosaga)
• Donquixote Rosinante/Corazón (One Piece)
• Cheese The Dog (Anpanman)

In dubbed productions

The name of the character and TV show/movie/franchise are followed by the original English actor's name in parentheses.

• Stitch (Lilo & Stitch) (Chris Sanders)
• Austin Powers (Austin Powers film series) (Mike Meyers)
• Genie (Aladdin) (Robin Williams)
• Sebastian the Crab (The Little Mermaid) (Samuel E. Wright) (1997 redub)
• Cat (Red Dwarf) (Danny John-Jules)
• Michael Jordan (Space Jam) (Michael Jordan)
• David Marcus (Star Trek III: The Search for Spock) (Merritt Butrick) (first dub)
• Han Solo (Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back) (Harrison Ford) (TV Asahi version)
• Donkey Kong (Donkey Kong Country (TV series)) (Richard Yearwood)
• Beast (Beauty and the Beast) (Robby Benson)
• Ralph (Wreck-It Ralph) (John C. Reilly)
• Don Draper (Mad Men) (Jon Hamm)

External links

• Kōichi Yamadera's talent profile

This article is part of Project VA, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each voice actor of the Pokémon anime.