Yōsuke Akimoto

Yōsuke Akimoto
Born	Yukio Tajika February 5, 1944 Tokyo, Japan
Occupation	Actor, voice actor
Years active	1971-present

Yōsuke Akimoto (秋元 羊介 Akimoto Yōsuke, born Yukio Tajika (田鹿幸雄 Tajika Yukio), February 5, 1944) is a Japanese actor and voice actor from Tokyo. He is attached to Mausu Promotion. He is a graduate of the Hosei University business school.

Filmography

Television animation

2002

• Mobile Suit Gundam SEED (Siegel Clyne)

2004

• Monster (Maurā)

2014

• Buddy Complex (Viktor Ryazan)
• Nobunaga Concerto (Saitō Dōsan)
• Tenkai Knights (Vilius)

2015

• Gunslinger Stratos: THE ANIMATION (Makabe Mondo)

Unknown date

• Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple (Rūsā)
• Angel Heart (Director)
• Lupin III: Bye Bye Liberty Crisis (Taxi driver)
• Detective Conan (Tōru Imai's husband, Benzō Kadowaki, Kazuyuki Kawai, Shin'ichi Takeda, Ryūtarō)
• City Hunter (Tomomura)
• Crayon Shin-chan (Kenta Musashino's father)
• Fist of the Blue Sky (Huáng Xī-Fēi)
• Gallery Fake (Bill Toravāsu)
• Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo (Gerard de Villefort Procureur-général)
• Gasaraki (Sorachi Genjyo)
• Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG (The Minister of Home Affairs)
• Hamatora (Gasuke)
• He Is My Master (Nakabayashi Yoshitaka's father)
• Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai (Principal Kaieda)
• Inukami! (Doctor Ru)
• Justice League (Vandal Savage (first season))
• Kiddy Grade (Deuxiem)
• Kimi ga Aruji de Shitsuji ga Ore de (Taijiri Yasushi)
• Last Exile (De Vido Madosein)
• Machine Robo: Revenge of Cronos (Garudi)
• Magical Angel Sweet Mint (Subittsu, Announcer, Kantoku, Borisuman)
• Metal Armor Dragonar (Roy)
• Mobile Fighter G Gundam (Master Asia, Stalker)
• Mystery of the Hemingway Papers (Carlos)
• Naruto (Wasabi Jirochō)
• Naruto Shippuden (Lightning Daimyo)
• Ninja Slayer (Dragon Gendoso)
• Noir (Kanora)
• Nurarihyon no Mago (Hidemoto Keikain 27th)
• Otogi-Jushi Akazukin (Rabbi)
• Planetes (Roland)
• Pokémon Advanced Generation (Hagi)
• Ragnarok the Animation (Dark Lord)
• Saint Tail (Ōkura)
• SD Gundam Sangokuden Brave Battle Warriors (Enshou Bawoo)
• Sgt. Frog (Elite Commanding Officer)
• Slayers NEXT (Seigram)
• Stratos 4 (Robert Reynolds)
• Strike Witches (General Trevor Maloney)
• Tactics (Kitahara)
• Tatakae!! Ramenman (Shōkokurō Kensō)
• The Sacred Blacksmith (Hannibal Quasar)
• Touch (Kamimura)
• Uninhabited Planet Survive! (Principal)
• Utawarerumono (Niue)

OVA

• Legend of the Galactic Heroes (1988) (Hirudesuhaimu, Leader of the PKC)
• Giant Robo (1992) (Alberto)

Unknown date

• Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket (Steiner Hardie)
• Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory (Dick Allen)
• Stratos 4 (Robert Reynolds)
• The Silent Service (Saburō Akagaki, Mihairu Marenkofu)

Theatrical animation

• Akira (1988) (Harukiya Bartender)
• Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack (1988) (Captain Musaka)

Unknown date

• Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: The Last Blitz of Zeon (Dick Allen)
• Perfect Blue (Tejima)
• Pocket Monsters: Mewtwo Strikes Back (Professor)
• Touch 2: Sayonara no Okurimono (Uemura)
• Touch 3: Kimi ga Tōri Sugita Ato ni (Sumi)

Drama CDs

• Kishidou Club (????)

Video games

• Alan Wake (Odin Anderson)
• Aoi Shiro (Suzuki Yukokoroyo)
• Black Rock Shooter: The Game (SAHA)
• Chaos Rings II (Bachs/Amon)
• Cowboy Bebop: Tsuioku no Serenade (Kurt Meyer)
• Crash Boom Bang! (Doctor Neo Cortex)
• Daraku Tenshi - The Fallen Angels (Torao Onigawara)
• Elsword (Horatio)
• Fable II (Barnum)
• Fallout 3 (John Henry Eden)
• Final Fantasy XII (Judge Bergan)
• Final Fantasy Type-0 (Narrator)
• Killer Is Dead (Hamada-Yama)
• Kingdom Hearts II (Xaldin)
• Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days (Xaldin)
• Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep (Dilan)
• Magic Pengel (Devil)
• MagnaCarta II (Huaren Jass)
• Max Payne (Alfred Woden) (Japanese dub)
• Muv-Luv Alternative (Tadokoro)
• Ougon Musou Kyoku (Goat)
• Phantasy Star Online 2 (Jean)
• Power Stone (Gunrock)
• Power Stone 2 (Gunrock, Pride)
• Psychic Force (Rokudo Genma)
• Radiant Silvergun (Secretary Igarashi)
• Shin Megami Tensei IV (K)
• Super Robot Wars series (Master Asia, Stalker, Steiner Hardie, Alberto the Impact, Garudi, Zanscare Soldier)
• Tail Concerto (Russell Ryebread, King Hound III)^[1]
• Tales of Hearts (Chen)
• Tears to Tiara (Ogam)
• Way of the Samurai 2 (Kurohai Tetsuo)
• White Knight Chronicles (Belcitane)

Tokusatsu

• Denji Sentai Megaranger (????) (Lizard Nejilar)
• Juken Sentai Gekiranger (????) (Muzankose)
• Samurai Sentai Shinkenger (????) (Ikusazure)
• Shuriken Sentai Ninninger (????) (Super Advanced Yokai Shuten Douji)

Dubbing roles

Live-action

• Criminal Minds (third season) (Harris (episode 7))
• Oz (Nino Schibetta)
• The Pelican Brief (TV Asahi edition) (Gavin Verheek)
• RoboCop (TV Asahi edition) (Donald Johnson)
• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (Leck)
• Star Trek: The Next Generation (Doctor Garin)
• Terminator 2: Judgment Day (Tarissa Dyson (TV edition), Todd Voight (video edition))
• Thirteen Days (DVD edition) (Curtis LeMay)
• Touching Evil (Hank)
• Twin Peaks (Ben Horne (Richard Beymer))
• Xiào Ào Jiāng Hú (Wang Yuanba)

Animation

• Hotel Transylvania 2 (Mike)

References

1. "Tail Concerto:Charactor" (in Japanese). Bandai. Retrieved December 3, 2013.

External links

• Yōsuke Akimoto at Anime News Network's encyclopedia