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Hōchū Ōtsuka

1954 - Today

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Hōchū Ōtsuka (大塚 芳忠, Ōtsuka Hōchū; born Yoshitada Ōtsuka [same kanji], May 19, 1954) is a Japanese voice actor and narrator affiliated with the talent management firm Crazy Box. He is best known for his roles as the voices of Kyao Mirao in Heavy Metal L-Gaim; Mont Blanc Noland in One Piece; Yazan Gable in Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam; Akira Sendō in Slam Dunk; SignalMan in Gekisou Sentai Carranger; Imagin, Deneb in Kamen Rider Den-O, Abuto in Gintama, Makoto Sōda in Captain Tsubasa, Jiraiya in Naruto, Junjirō Takagi in The Idolmaster, Dr. Ni Jianyi in Saiyuki; and Sakonji Urokodaki in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba. He is also known for dubbing for Jean-Claude Van Damme, Donnie Yen (especially in Ip Man series), Jeff Goldblum, Ray Liotta, Tim Robbins, John C. McGinley, Brent Spiner, Robert Patrick and many more. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hōchū Ōtsuka is the 4,448th most popular actor (down from 4,265th in 2019), the 1,283rd most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,209th in 2019) and the 72nd most popular Japanese Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Hōchū Ōtsuka ranks 4,448 out of 13,578. Before him are René Navarre, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Johnny Knoxville, Bogusław Linda, Rachel Bilson, and Saif Ali Khan. After him are Mark Forest, Rachael Harris, Alexandra Rapaport, Hero Fiennes-Tiffin, Cole Hauser, and Enrico Maria Salerno.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Hōchū Ōtsuka ranks 319. Before him are Edward Natapei, Michel Camilo, Philippe Bergeroo, Lance Kinsey, Roy Jacobsen, and Tahar Djaout. After him are Spagna, Ariane Ascaride, Norihito, Prince Takamado, Carter Burwell, E. Allen Emerson, and Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Hōchū Ōtsuka ranks 1,283 out of 6,245. Before him are Shozo Sasahara (1929), Hidetaka Miyazaki (1974), Katsuhiro Kusaki (1962), Akira Miyawaki (1928), Banjō Ginga (1948), and Yoshiki Tanaka (1952). After him are Shoji Nishio (1927), Kazuo Imanishi (1941), Masamune Shirow (1961), Yasushi Akimoto (1958), Sakyo Komatsu (1931), and Kenichi Ohmae (1943).

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Among ACTORS In Japan

Among actors born in Japan, Hōchū Ōtsuka ranks 72. Before him are Ikue Ōtani (1965), Ryūsei Nakao (1951), Unshō Ishizuka (1951), Tura Satana (1938), Kenichi Ogata (1942), and Banjō Ginga (1948). After him are Haruko Sugimura (1909), Momoe Yamaguchi (1959), Kappei Yamaguchi (1965), Ichikawa Raizō VIII (1931), Akio Ōtsuka (1959), and Daisuke Gōri (1952).

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