Takeshi Kusao
Takeshi Kusao (草尾 毅 Kusao Takeshi born November 20, 1965) is a Japanese voice actor. Some of his notable roles are Hanamichi Sakuragi in Slam Dunk!, Trunks in Dragon Ball, Cless Alvein in Tales of Phantasia, Kohza in One Piece, Krad in D.N.Angel, Kyoichi Saionji in Revolutionary Girl Utena, Dororo in Keroro Gunsou, Bankotsu in InuYasha, Mao in Code Geass and Ryo Sanada in Ronin Warriors, just to name a few.
In the world of dubbing, he was the official dub voice for Leonardo DiCaprio during the '90s, played the title character of the Tintin franchise in the various cartoons produced by Nelvana and Belvision, the titular characters of Napoleon Dynamite, Willow and Chuck, Patrick Bateman in American Psycho, Daniel LaRusso in the Karate Kid series, Billy Cranston in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie, Rikochet in ¡Mucha Lucha!, Ren in The Pirates of Dark Water, James Francis Ryan in the TV Asahi dub of Saving Private Ryan, Shazam in The Cinema dub of Shazam!, Josto Fadda on Fargo, Donatello in the Fuji TV dub of the first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie and then Baxter Stockman in Mutant Mayhem.
Roles
[edit]Super-God Masterforce
[edit]External links
[edit]- Official profile at Aoni Production
- Takeshi Kusao at the Internet Movie Database
- Takeshi Kusao at Anime News Network