Hōchū Ōtsuka

Yoshitada Ōtsuka (大塚 芳忠, Ōtsuka Yoshitada^?, May 19, 1954 -), also known by the his stage name Hōchū Ōtsuka (大塚 芳忠, Ōtsuka Hōchū^?), is a Japanese voice actor from Okayama Prefecture, affiliated with the talent management firm Crazy Box. He is the official Japanese dub-over artist for: Gary Oldman and Jean-Claude Van Damme.

He is best known for his roles as the voices of Kyao Miraū in Heavy Metal L-Gaim, Yazan Gable in Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam, Akira Sendō in Slam Dunk, SignalMan in Gekisou Sentai Carranger, Imagin Deneb in Kamen Rider Den-O. and Jiraiya in Naruto

Roles

Television animation

• Anpanman (Katsubushiman)
• Arakawa Under the Bridge (Toru "Shiro" Shiroi)
• The Big O (Jason Beck "Gold")
• Bleach (Metastacia)
• Blood+ (George Miyagusuku)
• Blue Dragon (Killer Bat)
• Brigadoon: Marin & Melan (Melan Blue)
• Captain Tsubasa (Makoto Sōda)
• Claymore (Orsay)
• Coyote Ragtime Show (Bruce Dochley)
• Cowboy Bebop (Session 17, Younger Shaft Brother)
• Detective Conan (Kikuji Banchō, Shōichirō Hitomi, Takehiko Hitomi, Katsuo Nabeshima)
• Durarara!! (Narrator) (EP 12.5: Narrator of TV program - DVD-only) (Shiki) (EP 15)
• Ergo Proxy (Proxy One)
• Figure 17 (Isamu Kuroda)
• Fist of the Blue Sky (Zhāng Tài-Yán)
• Full Metal Panic!: The Second Raid (Gates)
• Gallery Fake (Roger Warner)
• Gintama (Abuto)
• Heavy Metal L-Gaim (Mirao Kyao)
• High School! Kimengumi (Nihiruda Yō, Kanzenji Ai)
• Kamen no Maid Guy (Gold Fish Miyatsuguchi) (EP 11)
• Kannagi (Head Maid Cafe owner) (EP 6)
• Kazemakase Tsukikage Ran (Takagaki Kojuro) (EP 11)
• Kurogane Communication (Cleric)
• Metal Armor Dragonar (Tapp Oseano)
• Mobile Fighter G Gundam (Chibodee Crocket)
• Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (Yazan Gable)
• Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ (Yazan Gable)
• Monster Princess (Dracul)
• My Sexual Harassment (Niimi)
• Naruto (Jiraiya)
• Neon Genesis Evangelion (Shiro Tokita)
• Nintama Rantarō (Yasujirō, Susumu Masayuki)
• Nodame Cantabile (Miyoshi Takehiko)
• Noir (Krode Feddi)
• One Piece (Montblanc Norland)
• Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt (Ghost, episode 4 - High School Nudical)
• Pocket Monsters (Kyō)
• RahXephon (Masayoshi Kuki)
• Ranma 1/2 (Gindo)
• Rurouni Kenshin (Tokisada Mutō)
• The Sacred Blacksmith (August Arthur)
• Saki (manga) (Kazue Nanpo's Grandfather)
• Saiyuki (Doctor Ni Jianyi)
• Saiyuki Reload (Doctor Ni Jianyi)
• Samurai Champloo (Jouji)
• Sgt. Frog (Nevara)
• Shangri-La (Mi-ko)
• Slam Dunk (Akira Sendoh, Norio Hotta)
• SoltyRei (Hou Chuu)
• Sonic X (Red Pine)
• Soul Eater (Little Ogre)
• Souten Kouro (Dong Zhuo)
• Spice and Wolf (Zheren)
• Tantei Gakuen Q (Taiki Yoshinari)
• Texhnolyze (Kohagura Fuminori)
• Toaru Majutsu no Index II (Terra of the Left)
• Transformers: The Headmasters (Ultra Magnus, Crosshairs, Wingspan, Ratbat, Deer Stalker)
• Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (Ranger)
• Transformers: Victory (Gaihawk)
• Turn A Gundam (Gavane Gooney)
• Vandread (Tenmei Uragasami; AKA, Buzam A. Calessa "BC")
• Working!! (Mahiru's father)
• Yaiba (Kotarou)
• Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl (Announcer)
• Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters GX X
• Zoids: Chaotic Century (Gunther Prozen)

OVA

• 3×3 Eyes (Jake McDonald)
• Blue Submarine 6 (Alexander David Cekeros)
• DinoZone (Dino Stego)
• Giant Robo: The Day the Earth Stood Still (Gen)
• Hellsing Ultimate (Tubalcain Alhambra)
• The Irresponsible Captain Tylor (Barusarōmu)
• Kamen Rider Den-O: Collection DVD: Imagin Anime (Deneb)
• Last Order: Final Fantasy VII (Martial Artist Turk)
• Legend of the Galactic Heroes (Kāre Wirokku)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Leonardo)

Tokusatsu

• Gekisou Sentai Carranger (Signalman, BB Donpa)
• Kamen Rider Den-O (Deneb/Kamen Rider Zeronos Vega Form)

Theater animation

• Bonobono (Sunadori Neko-san)
• Fist of the North Star (Shuh)
• Kamen Rider Den-O: I'm Born! (Deneb/Kamen Rider Zeronos Vega Form)
• Kamen Rider Den-O & Kiva: Climax Deka (Deneb/Kamen Rider Zeronos Vega Form)
• Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam A New Translation II: Lovers (Yazan Gable)
• Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam A New Translation III: Love is the Pulse of the Stars (Yazan Gable)
• Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (Torumekia soldier)
• Turn A Gundam I: Eearth Light (Gavane Gooney)
• Vampire Hunter D (Kyle)

Video games

• Azel: Panzer Dragoon RPG (Skiad-Ops Gash)
• Armored Core 2: Another Age (Emeraude)
• Call of Duty: Black Ops (Viktor Reznov) (Japanese-dub release version)
• Destroy All Humans! series (Orthopox 13)
• Future GPX Cyber Formula: A New Challenger (AKF-0/1B Nemesis)
• Gungrave: Overdose (Rocketbilly Redcadillac)
• Gunparade March (Hisaomi Sakagami)
• The Idolm@ster 2 (Junjirou Takagi)
• Kingdom Hearts II (Xigbar)
• Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days (Xigbar)
• Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep (Braig)
• Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker (Ramón Gálvez Mena)
• Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves (Captain LeFwee)
• Street Fighter Alpha 3 (Dee Jay)
• Super Robot Wars (Yazan Gable, Chibodee Crocket, Gavane Gooney, Jason Beck, Miraū Kyao, Tapp Oceano, Masayoshi Kuki)
• Tales of Rebirth (Walto)
• Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World (Tenebrae)
• Tales of Xillia (Nachtigal I. Fan)
• White Knight Chronicles (Dregiaz)
• Yakuza 4 Kazuo Shibata
• Zangeki no Reginleiv (Odin)

Dubbing roles

Live-action

• Batman Begins (Gordon) (Fuji TV Edition)
• Ben-Hur (Messala)
• Bram Stoker's Dracula (Count Dracula) (Japanese Dub 2)
• Dawn of the Dead (CJ)
• Desperate Housewives (Paul Young)
• Die Hard 2 (Colonel Stuart)
• Die Hard with a Vengeance (Zeus Carver)
• Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (Reverend Timothy Johnson)
• Dune (Feyd-Rautha)
• Enter the Dragon (Williams)
• The Fifth Element (Korben Dallas)
• Fly Away Home (Thomas Alden)
• Full House (Danny Tanner)
• Hannibal (television edition) (Paul Krendler)
• Heartbreak Ridge (Stitch)
• Independence Day (David Levinson)
• Jurassic Park (Doctor Ian Malcolm)
• Kamen Rider Dragon Knight (General Xaviax)
• The Lost World: Jurassic Park (Doctor Ian Malcolm)
• Licence to Kill (James Bond)
• The Living Daylights (James Bond)
• The Lord of the Rings film trilogy (Aragorn)
• The Matrix trilogy (Agent Smith)
• Miami Vice (Detective Larry Zito)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (Davy Jones)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (Davy Jones)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (Davy Jones)
• Predator 2 (Agent Keyes)
• Saw (Doctor Lawrence Gordon)
• Smallville (Doctor Swann)
• Star Trek: The Next Generation (Data)
• Super Size Me (Morgan Spurlock)
• Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (James Hurley (James Marshall), Phillip Jeffries (David Bowie))
• Underworld (Lucian)
• The Untouchables) (Eliot Ness)
• Van Helsing (Count Dracula)
• West Side Story (Tony)
• The World Is Not Enough (Davidov)
• The X-Files (Investigator John Doggett)
• The Fellowship of the Ring (Aragorn)
• The Two Towers (Aragorn)
• The Return of the King (Aragorn)

Animation

• Captain Planet and the Planeteers (Captain Planet, Narrator)
• Cars 2 (Finn McMissile)
• The Iron Giant (Kent Mansley)
• The Lord of the Rings (Merry Brandybuck)
• ReBoot (Megabyte)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles films (Leonardo)
• Titan A.E. (Professor Sam Tucker)
• Up (Alpha the Doberman)

Other Japapanese

• Pirates of the Caribbean (Davy Jones)

External links

• Hōchū Ōtsuka at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
• Houchu Ohtsuka at Ryu's Seiyuu Infos
• Hōchū Ōtsuka at the Internet Movie Database

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Name	Otsuka, Hochu
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Date of birth	May 19, 1954
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