BanjÅ Ginga
Banjō Ginga (銀河万丈 Ginga Banjō born November 12, 1948) is a Japanese voice actor and narrator who was born as Takashi Tanaka (田中 崇 Tanaka Takashi), and is still affiliated with Aoni Production. His deep voice has scored him numerous narration and villain roles. Some of his most notable roles include Gihren Zabi from Mobile Suit Gundam, Souther from Fist of the North Star, Bora from Dragon Ball, Daniel J. D'Arby from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Babbo from MAR, Morgan from One Piece, Admiral Perry from Space Dandy and Sagat from Street Fighter II V.
In the world of dubbing, he has played Chief Thunderhooves in My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Shang Tsung in the first Mortal Kombat film, Killer Croc in Batman: The Animated Series, Thanos in Guardians of the Galaxy, Omega Red in TV Tokyo's dub of X-Men, Zeus in Disney's Hercules, King Neptune in The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, Jigsaw in the Saw franchise and Worf in both Star Trek: The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine.
He is married to fellow voice actress Gara Takashima.
Roles
Scramble City
The Headmasters
Super-God Masterforce
Victory
Revenge of the Fallen
Transformers Animated
External links
- Aoni Production profile (Japanese)
- Banjō Ginga at Wikipedia
- Banjō Ginga at the Internet Movie Database
- Anime News Network profile
- Animenfo.com profile
