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Kōichi Yamadera

1961 - Today

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Koichi Yamadera (山寺 宏一, Yamadera Kōichi; born June 17, 1961) is a Japanese actor, narrator and singer from Shiogama, Miyagi Prefecture. 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. He is known for his roles in Cowboy Bebop (as Spike Spiegel), the Yakuza videogame series (as Shun Akiyama), Shōwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjū (as Sukeroku), Ghost in the Shell (as Togusa), Neon Genesis Evangelion (as Ryoji Kaji), Gintama (as Shoyo Yoshida / Utsuro), Ninja Scroll (as Jūbei Kibagami), Dragon Ball Super (as Beerus), Anpanman (as Cheese), Ranma ½ (as Ryōga Hibiki/P-chan and the Jusenkyō Guide), Space Battleship Yamato 2199 (as Aberdt Desler), Pretty Cure All Stars DX 3 (as Black Hole) and Lupin III (as the official voice of Koichi Zenigata since 2011). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kōichi Yamadera is the 5,391st most popular actor (down from 3,762nd in 2019), the 1,473rd most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,125th in 2019) and the 90th most popular Japanese Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Kōichi Yamadera ranks 5,391 out of 13,578. Before him are Ilse Werner, Lidiya Vertinskaya, Betty Field, Jeetendra, Colin Hanks, and Emily Mortimer. After him are Franca Valeri, Karl Dall, Shaken Aimanov, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Avery Brooks, and Eric Szmanda.

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Among people born in 1961, Kōichi Yamadera ranks 310. Before him are Manuel Estiarte, Mary Barra, Yannick Stopyra, Frank De Winne, Mikhail Shishkin, and Solveig Dommartin. After him are Elena Yakovleva, Darryl Jones, Alber Elbaz, Hironobu Kageyama, Rune Bratseth, and Steve McClaren.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kōichi Yamadera ranks 1,473 out of 6,245. Before him are Kiyonori Kikutake (1928), Satoshi Tezuka (1958), Kenyu Horiuchi (1957), Kōkichi Tsuburaya (1940), Yoshiyuki Tsuruta (1903), and Hiro Mashima (1977). After him are Taiki Tsuruno (1990), Kazunori Yamauchi (1967), Yoshihisa Yoshikawa (1936), Masaaki Suzuki (1954), Takeshi Honda (1981), and Shunji Iwai (1963).

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Among ACTORS In Japan

Among actors born in Japan, Kōichi Yamadera ranks 90. Before him are Kazuo Hasegawa (1908), Akira Ishida (1967), Tamlyn Tomita (1966), Toshiyuki Morikawa (1967), Chikage Awashima (1924), and Kenyu Horiuchi (1957). After him are Kikuko Inoue (1964), Kenjiro Tsuda (1971), Keiko Awaji (1933), Ken Uehara (1909), So Yamamura (1910), and Kotono Mitsuishi (1967).

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