Kappei Yamaguchi
Kappei Yamaguchi (山口 勝平 Yamaguchi Kappei, born May 23, 1965) is a famous Japanese voice actor. He has performed many notable anime roles, including the title characters of Ranma ½ and InuYasha, L in Death Note, Rai Utsumi in Brave Command Dagwon, Usopp in One Piece, Shinichi Kudoh in Case Closed/Detective Conan, Jin in Yu Yu Hakusho, Sai Saici in Mobile Fighter G Gundam, Speedy/Yattaro in Samurai Pizza Cats/Kyatto Ninden Teyandee, Forever in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Kuma/Teddie in Persona 4, Lyman Banner in Yu-Gi-Oh GX!, Feitan in the 2011 Hunter X Hunter anime, Mizuki Akabayashi in Durarara X2!!, and Artemis from that live action Sailor Moon show in Japan.
In the world of dubbing, he has played Snips in My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Michelangelo in the 2012 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon, Kyle Broflovski in South Park, Cody Banks in Agent Cody Banks, Cory Matthews in Boy Meets World, Goku in Dragon Ball Evolution, Garfield in Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties, Blu in the Rio series, Max Goof in A Goofy Movie, An Extremely Goofy Movie and Disney's House of Mouse, Mort in the Madagascar trilogy and the current voice of Bugs Bunny in all Looney Tunes media.
Roles
Beast Wars
Beast Wars Metals
- Rattle
Beast Wars Returns
- Rattle
Animated
Notes
- Yamaguchi has been loosely associated with Canadian voice actor Richard Ian Cox, where they have shared several long-running roles, but not any Transformers roles as of yet.
External links
- Official profile at 21st Century Fox (Japanese)
- Saru no Oukoku (Yamaguchi's blog, Japanese)
- Kappei Yamaguchi at the Internet Movie Database
- Kappei Yamaguchi at Anime News Network
