Kenji Utsumi
Kenji Utsumi (内海 賢二; Utsumi Kenji August 26, 1937 - June 13, 2013) was a veteran Japanese voice actor. His extensive resume dates back to the 1950s, during which he voiced such memorable characters as Shenron, Recoome & Porunga in the Dragon Ball franchise, Alexander Louis Armstrong in the Fullmetal Alchemist franchise, Senbei Norimaki in Dr. Slump & Arale-Chan, Raoh & Kaioh in Fist of the North Star, Zodd Nosferatu in Berserk, Genji Kamogawa in Fighting Spirt and among many other titles.
In the realm of dub work, he was the official dub-over voices for Steve McQueen, Sammy Davis, Jr., Victor Mature, and Robert Shaw, as well as voicing Apollo Creed in the Rocky franchise. Other credits include Gimli in The Lord of the Rings trilogy, M. Bison in the TV Asahi dub of Street Fighter, Apocalypse in the TV Tokyo dub of X-Men, Gordon in Thomas & Friends, Scrooge McDuck in the TVTokyo dub of Ducktales and later Merlock in DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp, Parallax in Green Lantern, the Shredder in the BS2 Dub of the 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon, Mr. Perkins in Despicable Me, Kerchak in Tarzan, Audrey II in Little Shop of Horrors, Hexxus in FernGully: The Last Rainforest, Big Bad Wolf in Shrek, Pops Racer in Speed Racer, Morpheus in the Fuji TV dub of The Matrix trilogy and more.
Utsumi had passed away due to peritoneal cancer on June 13 2013. Of the life he lived, he had not a single regret.
He was also married to fellow voice actress Michiko Nomura.
Voice Roles
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- IMDB entry
- Anime News Network entry
- My Anime List entry
- Behind The Voice Actors entry