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Revision as of 18:46, 19 March 2009
Kōichi Yamadera (Japanese: 山寺宏一, born June 17, 1961) is a Japanese voice actor who provides the voices of main or semi-main characters in the Pokémon movies.
Kōichi Yamadera was born on June 17, 1961, in Miyagi, Japan. 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.
In addition to being a popular voice actor, Yamadera also hosts a children's series, Oha Star, and has had several live-action roles, including some in recent Godzilla movies.
Pokémon
While Yamadera has only had one role on the Pokémon television series, he has held a main or supporting role in each of the movies.
Voices on Pokémon
- Mew (Mewtwo Strikes Back, The Birth of Mewtwo)
- Lugia (The Power of One)
- David (Spell of the Unown)
- Hunter (Pokémon 4Ever)
- Ross (Pokémon Heroes)
- 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)
- Damos (Arceus: To a Conquering Spacetime)
- Keita's Farfetch'd (EP049)
Famous non-Pokémon roles
Note: In the case of dubbing roles, the name of the character and TV show/movie/franchise are followed by the original English actor's name in parenthesis.
- Spike Spiegel (Cowboy Bebop)
- Ryoga Hibiki (Ranma ½)
- Ryoji Kaji (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
- Sha Gojyo (Saiyūki)
- Captain Harlock (Harlock Saga)
- Togusa (Ghost in the Shell)
- Sorata Arisugawa (X (movie))
- Dr. Morio Osanai (Paprika) (with Megumi Hayashibara)
- Donkey Kong
- Kaiketsu Zorori
- Kain Highwind in Final Fantasy IV (Nintendo DS version) (VG) (with Takeshi Kaga)
- dub voices for
- Eddie Murphy and Jim Carrey
- Stitch (Chris Sanders)
- Austin Powers (Mike Meyers)
- Genie (Robin Williams and Dan Castellaneta)
- Sebastian the Crab (Samuel E. Wright) (current voice)
- Donald Duck (Clarence Nash and Tony Anselmo)
- Cat in Red Dwarf (Danny John-Jules)
- Michael Jordan in Space Jam
- David Marcus in the first Japanese dub of Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (Merritt Butrick)
- Han Solo in the TV Asahi version of Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (Harrison Ford)
External links
- Kōichi Yamadera (official website)
- Role list at Anime News Network
- The Comical Star! the fanlisting for Kōichi Yamadera at The Fanlistings Network
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