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Kappei Yamaguchi

1965 - Today

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Mitsuo Yamaguchi (山口 光雄, Yamaguchi Mitsuo; born May 23, 1965), known professionally as Kappei Yamaguchi (山口 勝平, Yamaguchi Kappei), is a Japanese actor, voice actor, and rakugoka affiliated with Gokū and 21st Century Fox. After making his voice acting debut in 1989 as the male version of Ranma Saotome in Ranma ½, Yamaguchi went on to other notable roles, including Inuyasha in Inuyasha and its sequel Yashahime, and L in Death Note. He currently voices Shinichi Kudo and Kaito Kid in Case Closed, Usopp in One Piece and Teddie in Persona 4. He is married and has a son, Ryunosuke, and a daughter, Akane. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Kappei Yamaguchi is the 4,522nd most popular actor (down from 3,838th in 2024), the 1,299th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,147th in 2019) and the 75th most popular Japanese Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Kappei Yamaguchi ranks 4,522 out of 13,578. Before him are Leonid Filatov, Evan Peters, Virginie Ledoyen, Ronald Lacey, Davy Jones, and Harrison Young. After him are Nancy Kwan, Warren Frost, Thomas H. Ince, Philip Ahn, Facundo Arana, and Tarcísio Meira.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Kappei Yamaguchi ranks 229. Before him are Pam Bondi, Peter Greene, Antonio Saca, Belén Rueda, Bernardo Fernandes da Silva, and John Bosman. After him are Gennady Zhidko, Andreas Krieger, Álex de la Iglesia, Owen Hart, Emilio Sánchez, and Steve Coogan.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kappei Yamaguchi ranks 1,299 out of 6,245. Before him are Haruko Sugimura (1909), Masahiro Akimoto (1979), Momoe Yamaguchi (1959), Hiroki Kosai (1933), Eijun Kiyokumo (1950), and Takayuki Kubota (1934). After him are Takako Doi (1928), Masafumi Terada (1994), Minoru Honda (1913), Ichikawa Raizō VIII (1931), Seiichiro Kashio (1892), and Michitsuna's mother (935).

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Among ACTORS In Japan

Among actors born in Japan, Kappei Yamaguchi ranks 75. Before him are Tura Satana (1938), Kenichi Ogata (1942), Banjō Ginga (1948), Hōchū Ōtsuka (1954), Haruko Sugimura (1909), and Momoe Yamaguchi (1959). After him are Ichikawa Raizō VIII (1931), Akio Ōtsuka (1959), Daisuke Gōri (1952), Minami Takayama (1964), Rinko Kikuchi (1981), and Atsuko Tanaka (1962).

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