Katsuhisa Hōki

Katsuhisa Hōki (宝亀 克寿 Hōki Katsuhisa) is a Japanese voice actor born October 30, 1946. He usually plays gruff older men, such as Rihaku in the Fist of the North Star: The Legends of the True Savior films or Hōjō Teppei in Higurashi - When They Cry, and is also known for the role of Gekko Moriah in One Piece. Hōki has also done plenty of work in dubbing, voicing "Flutterguy" in My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Darkseid in Superman: The Animated Series and commonly voices characters played by Ving Rhames.

Coincidentally, he played a minor character in the anime Slayers named Rodimus.

Roles

The Transformers

Hōki portrayed these characters only in the Japanese dub of "The Rebirth", which was released in Japan under the American The Transformers branding to distinguish it from the Japanese Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers continuity.

• Duros
• Punch/Counterpunch
• Zarak

Micron Legend

• Grap

External links

• Official profile at Kenyu Office (Japanese)
• Katsuhisa Hōki at Anime News Network