| Ryūzaburō Ōtomo | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 18, 1952 Tokyo, Japan |
| Occupation | Seiyū, actor |
| Years active | 1979-present |
Ryūzaburō Ōtomo (大友 龍三郎 Ōtomo Ryūzaburō, born May 18, 1952) is a Japanese seiyū and actor from Tokyo. He is currently affiliated with Aoni Production as of December 2006, and was formerly affiliated with 81 Produce and the Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society. He stands at 186 centimeters (6'1") and his blood type is A.
He is best known for the roles in Bakusō Kyōdai Let's & Go!! (as Doctor Ōgami), Digimon Adventure (as Myotismon), Mahōjin Guru Guru (as the second voice of Lord Giri), Dragon Ball Z (as Dabura), Mirai Sentai Timeranger (as Don Dornelo) and One Piece (as Sir Crocodile).
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Overview
Ōtomo possesses a low voice and shrill laugh, and so often voices characters who are either calm, violent, treacherous, or sneaky. Examples including the sorcerer Lord Giri in Mahōjin Guru Guru and Jūsan Saejima in Brave Police J-Decker. He took over the ongoing roles of seiyūs Shigezō Sasaoka and Eiji Kanie after their deaths. In addition, he took over for Shinji Nakae as the narrator of variety show Hey! Spring of Trivia as of May 12, 2007. A number of his foreign film-dubbing roles are occupied by Tesshō Genda in different editions of those films.
Roles
Television animation
- Aris Tantei Kyoku (Urufu-san)
- Ashita no Nadja (Gérard)
- Astro Boy (Gafu)
- AWOL -Absent Without Leave- (Zack Landis)
- Bakusō Kyōdai Let's & Go!! series (Doctor Ōgami)
- Bakusō Kyōdai Let's & Go!! WGP (Principal)
- Beet the Vandel Buster (Grunide)
- Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo (Gunkan, a.k.a. Captain Battleship)
- Brave Command Dagwon (Genocide)
- Brave Police J-Decker (Jūsan Saejima)
- Case Closed (Okita, Shōji Mutsuda, Atsushi Mori practitioner, Shirō Hiraoka, criminal A, Hiruta, Michiaki Okuda, arson offender, Saguru Itakura, detective)
- Cowboy Bebop (Hakimu)
- Digimon Adventure (Myotismon, VenomMyotismon)
- Digimon Frontier (Cherubimon)
- Dragon Ball GT (Liu Xing Long)
- Dragon Ball GT: A Hero's Legacy (The Monster King Yōmaō)
- Dragon Ball Z (Dabra)
- Dragon Drive (Saizō Toki)
- Dr. Slump (Unmō, Yama)
- Excel Saga (Doctor Kabapu)
- Fist of the Blue Sky (Ke-Rong Jin)
- Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (Buccaneer)
- Gaiking: Legend of Daiku-Maryu (Daimon, Darius the Seventeenth)
- Gals! (Mami's father)
- Gregory Horror Show (Chef of Hell)
- Gungrave (Bear Walken)
- Hakugei: Legend of the Moby Dick (Barba)
- Himawari! (Businessman)
- Initial D Fourth Stage (Kōzō Hoshino)
- InuYasha (Hōsenko ogre)
- Kiba (J Rock)
- Kindaichi Case Files (Zensuke Ōkōchi)
- King of Bandit Jing (Baffle D'Ice)
- Mahōjin Guru Guru series
- Mahōjin Guru Guru (Lord Giri (second voice))
- Doki Doki Densetsu Mahōjin Guru Guru (Lord Giri)
- Mitsume Gatōru (Macbeth)
- Mobile Suit Gundam 00 (Homer Katagiri)
- Montana Jones (Lord Zero)
- Nintama Rantarō (Fūki (second season))
- O~i! Ryoma (Gurabā)
- One Piece (Sir Crocodile)
- Pani Poni Dash! (Animal School Gang Leader Hirosuke)
- Planetes (Hakim Ashmead)
- Pokémon (Venusaur, hillman, Muramusa)
- Samurai 7 (Genzō)
- Samurai Champloo (Ishimatsu)
- Speed Grapher (Father Kanda)
- Tenjho Tenge (Kaiba Natsume)
- Toonsylvania (Phil)
- Virtua Fighter (Jeffry McWild)
- Weiß Kreuz (Yokō)
- Yokoyama Mitsuteru Sangokushi (Dong Zhuo)
- Yu-Gi-Oh! (Ushio)
- Zatch Bell! (Demolt)
- Zenderman (Musashi)
OVA
- Legend of the Galactic Heroes (Sandoru Ararukon)
- Macross Zero (D. D. Ivanov)
- Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki (D3)
Theater animation
- Lupin III: Dead or Alive (Chief warden, officer)
- Episode of Alabasta: The Desert Princess and the Pirates (Sir Crocodile)
- Mobile Suit Gundam F91 (Nanto Roos)
- Pokémon: The First Movie (Venusaur)
- Soreike! Anpanman: Palm of the Hand to the Sun (Great black devil)
- Tenchi Muyo! in Love (Troublemaker)
Video games
- Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War (Captain Dominic "Vulture" Zubov)
- Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation (Ghost Eye)
- American McGee's Alice (Cheshire Cat)
- Brave Saga 2 (Jūsan Saejima)
- Burning Rangers (Big Randoman)
- Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex (Uka Uka)
- Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped (Uka Uka)
- Crash Bash (Uka Uka)
- Crash Nitro Kart (Uka Uka)
- Crash Team Racing (Uka Uka)
- Crash Twinsanity (Uka Uka)
- Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 2 (Dabra)
- Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3 (Dabra)
- Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi series (Dabra)
- Dynasty Warriors: Gundam (Musha Gundam)
- Final Fantasy XII (Judge Magister Zargabaath)
- Garasunobara (Kunio Hachiya)
- Gungrave (Bear Walken)
- The Last Blade series (Zantetsu)
- The Last Remnant (The Conqueror)
- Mega Man Battle & Chase (Napalm Man)
- Mega Man X4 (General)
- Musou Orochi: Rebirth of the Demon Lord (Taira no Kiyomori)
- Ninja Gaiden 2 (Genshin)
- Power Stone 2 (Gourmand)
- Psychic Force 2012 (Gudeath)
- Shadow the Hedgehog (Black Doom)
- Solid Force (Yulgen Froint)
- Soulcalibur II (Astaroth)
- Soulcalibur III (Astaroth)
- Soulcalibur III: Arcade Edition (Astaroth)
- Soulcalibur Legends (Astaroth Alpha)
- Soulcalibur IV (Astaroth)
- Star Ocean: Till the End of Time (Crosell)
- Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds (Darth Vader)
- Super Robot Wars series (Euzeth Gozzo, Ashura, Q Bosu, Buritai 7018, Gadesu, Ganan, Emperor Warusa)
- Tales of Legendia (Maurits, Nerifes)
- The Super Dimension Fortress Macross (Buritai Kuridaniku)
Dubbing roles
- 24 (Habib Marwan)
- Batman & Robin (Mr. Freeze)
- Cobra (TV Asahi edition) (Night Slasher)
- Con Air (Diamond Dog)
- Das Boot (DVD edition) (Ario)
- The Glimmer Man (DVD edition) (Donald Cunningham)
- The Green Mile (John Coffey)
- Highlander (TV Asahi edition) (The Kurgan)
- Joy Ride (Rusty Nail)
- Judge Dredd (Zed)
- Mad Max 2 (TBS edition) (Wez)
- Men in Black II (Video and DVD edition) (Pineal Eye)
- The Mummy (High Priest Imhotep)
- The Mummy Returns (Fuji TV edition) (High Priest Imhotep)
- Ordinary Decent Criminal (Noel Quigley)
- Payback (Video and DVD edition) (Bronson)
- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (Bo'sun)
- Predator (TV edition) (Billy)
- Predator 2 (TV edition) (King Willie)
- Six Days Seven Nights (Jager)
- Soldier of Fortune, Inc. (Deacon 'Deke' Reynolds)
- Street Fighter (TV edition) (Zangief)
- The Terminator (T-800)
- Timecop (Cole)
- Tom and Huck (Injun Joe)
- Trespass (Savon)
Tokusatsu roles
- Super Sentai Series
- Ninja Sentai Kakuranger (Voice of Nopperabō)
- Denji Sentai Megaranger (Voice of Javius the First)
- Mirai Sentai Timeranger (Voice of Don Dolnero)
- Juken Sentai Gekiranger (Voice of Gorie Yen)
- Metal Hero Series
- B-Fighter Kabuto (Voice of Astral Saber/Kabuterios)
- Kamen Rider series
- Kamen Rider Hibiki Hyper Video (Bakeneko)
- Kamen Rider Decade (Chinomanako/Chinomanako Diend Form)
- Ultraman series
- Ultraman Mebius: The Armored Darkness (Voice of Armored Darkness)
- Great Decisive Battle! The Super 8 Ultra Brothers (Voice of Super Alien Hipporit)
Other roles
- Hamlet (Marcellus)
External links
- Ryūzaburō Ōtomo at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
- Ryūzaburō Ōtomo at Aoni Production
- Ryūzaburō Ōtomo at Ryu's Seiyuu Infos
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