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Kōichi Yamadera
Born June 17, 1961 (1961-06-17) (age 48)
Shiogama, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
Other name(s) Yama-chan, Bazooka Yamadera
Occupation Seiyū, actor, tarento, narrator
Years active 1985-present
Spouse(s) Mika Kanai (1994-2006)

Kōichi Yamadera (山寺 宏一 Yamadera Kōichi?) (June 17, 1961 - ) is a Japanese seiyū, actor, tarento and narrator from Shiogama, Miyagi Prefecture.[1][2][3] He graduated from Tohoku Gakuin University's economics school, and is currently affiliated with Across Entertainment. Before that, he was affiliated with the Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society.[1]

His nickname is Yama-chan (山ちゃん Yama-chan?).[1] As a radio personality, he is known as Bazooka Yamadera (バズーカ山寺 Bazūka Yamadera?)[1] among other things. He is best known for his roles in Kaiketsu Zorori (Zorori), the Japanese dub of Full House (Joey Gladstone), Ranma ½ (Ryōga Hibiki/P-chan,[4] Jusenkyō Guide), Soreike! Anpanman (Cheese, Kabao, Kamameshidon), Brave Exkaiser (Osamu Tokuda), Ghost in the Shell (Togusa), Neon Genesis Evangelion (Ryōji Kaji),[5] Cowboy Bebop (Spike Spiegel),[5] the Yatterman remake (Narrator, Yatter-Wan, Odatebuta), and Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack (Gyunei Guss). He is known for voicing Jim Carrey and Eddie Murphy in the Japanese language releases of their respective films.[5]

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History

He was the manager of the Tagajō Senior High School basketball team before he made a name for himself. His voice-acting debut was the OVA Megazone 23 as the motorcycle-riding Shinji Nakagawa,[5] while his television debut was the anime Bosco Adventure as the cowardly Otter. Yamadera's break-out role as a seiyū was the anime Ranma ½, in which he played the dual role of Hibiki Ryōga and the Jusenkyō Guide. In 1991, Yamadera joined forces with Toshihiko Seki and Noriko Hidaka to form the acting unit Banana Fritters (バナナフリッターズ Banana Furittāsu?), which disbanded in 1995. On the October of 1997, Yamadera became a host on the TV Tokyo children's variety show Oha Suta.[5] Yamadera married fellow seiyū Mika Kanai in 1994 and they stayed married for twelve years until divorcing on the spring of 2006[2] (though the divorce wasn't made public until late 2007).[6][7] Kanai is said to have kept their 4-story house, while Yamadera lives in an apartment in Tokyo.[4]

Career

Roles

Major roles in bold

Television animation

1986

1987

1988

  • Chōon Senshi Borgman (Dust Jead, Thunder)
  • City Hunter 2 (Silver fox, Rubāto, Shirozaru, government person, Mosada, Misawa, Akira, Kazama, Master, Schmit, additional voices)
  • Ikinari Dagon (Pilot)
  • Mashin Eiyūden Wataru (Kurama Wataribe, Bibide Sēkima Tsū (episode 30), Umashika (episode 34), Niō Otōto (episode 36))
  • Meimon! Daisan Yukyūbu (Naoya Kyōmoto)
  • Moeru! Onii-san (Teacher #A (episode 5))
  • Soreike! Anpanman (Cheese, birch husband, birch husband's father, Kamameshidon, Yuzujijiya, tanuki spirit)
  • Tsuide ni Tonchinkan (Imahishirō Furusawa)

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1995

1997

  • City Hunter: Goodbye, My Sweetheart (Professor Takeaki Mutō)
  • Gakkyū Ō Yamazaki (Yamadera)

1998

1999

2000

  • Hidemari no Ki (Ryōan Tezuka)

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

  • Meitantei Conan (Masateru Hira (episode 449))
  • Oh! Edo Rocket (Ginjirō the Locksmith)

2008

2009

Sources:[2][9][10]

OVA

Sources:[2][10]

Theater animation

Sources:[2][3][5][9][10][11][12]

Web animation

Video games

Sources:[2][10]

Dubbing roles

Television dramas

Animation

Other

Sources:[2][10]

Television drama

  • Aikotoba ha Yūki (Chikō Keno)
  • Doyō Drama: Shanhai Typhoon
  • The Fantastic Deer-Man (Deer (voice))
  • Hikeshi Ya Komachi (Higashi Mama)
  • Jyoshiana Icchokusen!
  • Kiteretsu Daihyakka (Kiteretsu's father)
  • Koinu no Waltz (Katsuyuki Imai)
  • Kuitan
  • Psycho Doctor (Chikaraishi)
  • Yoishyo no Otoko (Shinya Matsunaga, Narrator)

Sources:[3]

Live-action films

Sources:[1][2][11][12]

Tokusatsu

Sources:

Variety shows

Sources:[1][2][3][13]

Radio

Drama CDs

Sources:[2][10]

CDs

  • Breath
  • Gap System Menthol
  • Gap System Super Light
  • Glay ("Giant Strong Faust Super Star") (Doctor Moog)

Sources:

Singles

  • GLORY DAYS (1992)
  • Tsukareta (1996)
  • Jabba Jabba Morning/OHA OHA Starter (with Raymond, 1998)
  • Tensai Bakabon no Kuku ha Korediinoda!! (1999)
  • Utau (2000)
  • Hustle (Kaiketsu Zorori, 2004)
  • Ajyapā (with Rikako Aikawa and Motoko Kumai, 2005)

Commercials

Sources:[1][10]

Other

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "山寺　宏一". Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society. http://www.haikyo.or.jp/PROFILE/man/10285.html. Retrieved 2008-02-22. 
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Kouichi YAMADERA". Anime News Network. http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=1009. Retrieved 2008-02-22. 
  3. ^ a b c d "山寺宏一 PROFILE". Oricon. http://www.oricon.co.jp/artists/213269/. Retrieved 2008-02-23. 
  4. ^ a b Alicia Keys Plays Free Show in Tokyo, Japan Entertainment News - November 30, 2007
  5. ^ a b c d e f "山寺宏一". Yahoo!映画. http://info.movies.yahoo.co.jp/detail/typs/id119822/. Retrieved 2008-02-23. 
  6. ^ "かないみか、山寺宏一との離婚ノーコメント". ZakZak. 2007-12-17. http://www.zakzak.co.jp/gei/2007_12/g2007121703.html. Retrieved 2008-02-23. 
  7. ^ "山寺宏一ドッキリ…離婚？「大丈夫」". Daily Sports Online. 2007-12-15. http://www.daily.co.jp/gossip/2007/12/15/0000771318.shtml. Retrieved 2008-02-23. 
  8. ^ "3rd Annual Seiyū Award Winners Officially Announced (Updated) - Anime News Network". Anime News Network. 2009-03-07. http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-03-07/3rd-annual-seiyu-award-winners-officially-announced. Retrieved 2009-03-11. 
  9. ^ a b "山寺宏一のプロフィール". Talent Schedule. http://talent-schedule.jp/山寺宏一. Retrieved 2008-02-23. 
  10. ^ a b c d e f g 涌井 貴之 (Waqui Takayuki) (2004-05-23). "山寺 宏一 (Yamadera Kouichi)". Seiyuu Database WWW version. http://sdb.noppo.com/koichi_y.htm. Retrieved 2008-02-23. 
  11. ^ a b "山寺宏一". goo 映画. http://movie.goo.ne.jp/cast/92392/. Retrieved 2008-02-23. 
  12. ^ a b "山寺宏一". Japanese Movie Database. http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/person/p0145840.htm. Retrieved 2008-02-23. 
  13. ^ "おはスタ　やまちゃん大解剖". Shogakukan Productions. http://www.shopro.co.jp/oha/yamachan/. Retrieved 2008-02-23. 

External links

v • d • e
Across Entertainment
Representative director
Jun Fujisaka
Attached seiyū
Male
Kazuo Asakura - Sumitada Azumano - Yuichi Fujita - Daisuke Namikawa - Kōichi Yamadera
Female
Akari Higuchi - Yūko Ishibashi - Yukako Mino - Yūna Mizuki - Kiyu Morita - Moemi Nakamura - Fuyuka Ōura - Miho Sakuma - Chie Sawaguchi - Mayuko Suzuki - Gara Takashima - Yukiko Takashima - Miki Yoshino
Under custody
Nami Okamoto - Mizuki Tamate - Rina Uehara
Business partnership
Formely attached seiyū
Associated companies
Across - Limelight



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