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'''Norio Wakamoto''' (若本 規夫 ''Wakamoto Norio'') is a Japanese voice actor and former policeman, born [[October 18]], [[1945]]. His imposing voice leads to him being typecast as villains, evidenced by his roles as [[Dracula]] in the ''[[Simon Belmondo|Castlevania]]'' video games, Barbatos Goetia in several of the ''[[Wikipedia:Tales (series)|Tales]]'' series, Cell in ''Dragon Ball'', M.Bison in ''Street Fighter'', Father Alexander Anderson in ''Hellsing'', Xemnas in the ''Kingdom Hearts'' series and Charles vi Britannia in ''Code Geass''. | '''Norio Wakamoto''' (若本 規夫 ''Wakamoto Norio'') is a Japanese voice actor and former policeman, born [[October 18]], [[1945]]. His imposing voice leads to him being typecast as villains, evidenced by his roles as [[Dracula]] in the ''[[Simon Belmondo|Castlevania]]'' video games, Barbatos Goetia in several of the ''[[Wikipedia:Tales (series)|Tales]]'' series, Cell in ''Dragon Ball'', M.Bison in ''Street Fighter'', Father Alexander Anderson in ''Hellsing'', Xemnas in the ''Kingdom Hearts'' series and Charles vi Britannia in ''Code Geass''. Despite voicing mainly bad guys he has also done the voice for the strange cat-like creature Chiyo-chichi in ''Azumanga Daioh''. | ||
In the world of dubbing he has done the voices for Raiden in ''Mortal Kombat'', Ra's Al Ghul in ''[[Batman|Batman Begins]]'', Shredder in the 4Kids ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' series, Lando Calrissian in the ''[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]]'' trilogy, [[Dusty]] in ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero]]'' and Theodore "T-Bag" Bagwell in ''Prison Break''. | |||
Wakamoto sometimes goes under the alias of '''Hiruma Kyonosuke''' for well... "Adult Works". | |||
He's also available in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lzG9MnkVlA GPS form]. | He's also available in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lzG9MnkVlA GPS form]. | ||
Revision as of 16:07, 9 May 2013
Norio Wakamoto (若本 規夫 Wakamoto Norio) is a Japanese voice actor and former policeman, born October 18, 1945. His imposing voice leads to him being typecast as villains, evidenced by his roles as Dracula in the Castlevania video games, Barbatos Goetia in several of the Tales series, Cell in Dragon Ball, M.Bison in Street Fighter, Father Alexander Anderson in Hellsing, Xemnas in the Kingdom Hearts series and Charles vi Britannia in Code Geass. Despite voicing mainly bad guys he has also done the voice for the strange cat-like creature Chiyo-chichi in Azumanga Daioh.
In the world of dubbing he has done the voices for Raiden in Mortal Kombat, Ra's Al Ghul in Batman Begins, Shredder in the 4Kids Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series, Lando Calrissian in the Star Wars trilogy, Dusty in G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero and Theodore "T-Bag" Bagwell in Prison Break.
Wakamoto sometimes goes under the alias of Hiruma Kyonosuke for well... "Adult Works".
He's also available in GPS form.
Roles
Galaxy Force
Transformers: The Game
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen The Game
Animated
Notes
In the Japanese dub of Animated, Megatron sometimes refers to Professor Sumdac as "Mr. Fuguta". This is a callback by Wakamoto to his role in the incredibly long-lived series Sazae-san as the character Mr. Anago, whose co-worker was a man named Masuo Fuguta. Running with the gag, Starscream even calls Megatron "Mr. Anago" in the Japanese dub of "TransWarped, Part 2".
