Tesshō Genda

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Japan's own cowboy!

Tesshō Genda (玄田 哲章 Genda Tesshō) is a Japanese voice actor. He was born in Okayama, Japan on May 20, 1948, as Mitsuo Yokoi (横居 光雄 Yokoi Mitsuo).

Some of his most famous roles include Umibōzu in City Hunter and Angel Heart, Guile in many of the Street Fighter video games and anime, Shu from Dragonball, Action Bastard from Shin Chan. In terms of dubbing, some of his roles include Tigger from Winnie the Pooh, almost every Batman since the Animated Series, Cable in Saban's X-Men, the current voice for Foghorn Leghorn Looney Tunes, George Costanza in Seinfeld and the slumbering dragon in My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. He's also the official Japanese dub-voice for Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, Hulk Hogan, Steven Seagal and, uh, Dan Aykroyd.

Roles

Fight! Super Robot Lifeform: The Transformers

Transformers 2010

  • Convoy
  • Omega Supreme

The Headmasters

Galaxy Force

  • Primus

Kiss Players

  • Convoy

Transformers (2007) movie

Revenge of the Fallen movie

  • Optimus Prime

Animated

Dark of the Moon movie

  • Optimus Prime

Notes

  • Because of his healthy background in ballet, one of his popular nicknames is "Pirouette Genda". *snicker*