Kazuki Yao
Kazuki Yao (矢尾一樹 Kazuki Yao, born June 17, 1959) is a veteran Japanese voice actor. Some of his best known roles include Franky in One Piece, Jack Levin in F-Zero: GP Legend, Lt. Yoki in the Fullmetal Alchemist series, Gaston in the Berserk Golden Age trilogy, Dark Schneider in Bastard!!, Judau Ashta in Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ, Ninjaman in Ninja Sentai Kakuranger, and Shinobu Fujiwara in Dancouga – Super Beast Machine God, for which he also sang a ripoff of homage to "Dare".
In the world of dubbing, Yao played Wild Thing (Charlie Sheen) in the Nippon TV dub of Major League, Lenny (Steve Zahn) in That Thing You Do!, Frankie Four-Finger (Benicio Del Toro) in Snatch, additional voices in Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan, and Billy in Adventure Time.
In December 2024, Yao announced he would be stepping down from many of his ongoing roles due to ongoing health struggles.