Yoshito Yasuhara

is an actor and seiyū born on November 17, 1949 in Aioi, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. He is a member of Theatre Echo, a theatre troupe and talent management firm known for its comedy sketches. Yasuhara is known for being the Japanese dubbing voice of Mickey Rourke.

Roles

Television animation

*""
*"Cat's Eye" (Toshio Utsumi)
*"Cats & Company" (Grandpa, Leroy)
*"Dokaben" (Santarō Hohoemi, Sankichi Sakata)
*"DT Eitoron" (Doctor Genesis)
*"Fist of the North Star" (Jūza)
*"The Flying House" (Doctor Tokio Taimu - "Professor Humphrey Bumble" in the U.S. version)
*"Galactic Hurricane Sasuraiger" (Narration)
*"Gowappā 5 Godam" (Gō Tsunami)
*"Haikara-san ga Tōru" (Shingo Onishima)
*"" (White Hat)
*"High School! Kimengumi" (Takuma Sessa)
*"Jikū Bōkenki Zentrix" (Doctor Kōi)
*"Konjiki no Gash Bell!" (Doronma)
*"Magical Idol Pastel Yumi" (Ichirō Hanazono)
*"Mirai Robo Dartanius" (Tamaji Hiiragi)
*"Monster" (Hekkeru)
*"Mū no Hakugei" (Narration)
*"Oz no Mahōtsukai" (Scarecrow)
*"Pāman" (TV Asahi version) (Birdman)
*"Petite Princess Yucie" (Fairy King)
*"The Rose of Versailles" (Louis the 16th)
*"Rurouni Kenshin" (Shinomori Aoshi)
*"Space Battleship Yamato" (Kenjirō Ōta)
*"Space Emperor God Sigma" (Juri Noguchi)
*"Tentōmushi no Uta" (Kaji Isshū)
*"Tokimeki Tonight" (Mori Etō)
*"Tokusō Kihei Dorvack" (Maruseru)
*"Tondemo Senshi Muteking" (Caster Robo, Omatsuri Robo)
*"Tōshi Gordian" (Daigo Ōtaki)
*"Wakakusa no Charlotte" (Sandy)
*"Wild Arms" (Valeria)
*"The Wonderful Adventures of Nils" (Morten)
*"Yakyūkyō no Uta" (Sentō)

OVA

*"Area 88" (Satoru Kanzaki)
*"" (Noera)
*"Harlock Saga" (Alberich)
*"Legend of the Galactic Heroes" (Boris Konev)
*"" (Ginjirō Manta)
*"Shinshū Sudamahen" (Ichidō Kanketsu)
*"Terashima-chō Kidan" (Gramps)

Theater animation

*"" (Sabaku-nya)
*"" (Makoto Wakabayashi)
*"" (Louie)
*"Locke the Superman" (Yamaki)
*"" (Burīfu)
*"Pa-Pa-Pa The Movie Pāman" (Birdman)
*"Space Battleship Yamato" series (Kenjirō Ōta)
*"Technopolis 21C" (Kyōsuke Mibu)
*"" (Miyasato)

Dubbing roles

*"9½ Weeks" (John Grey)
*"Agatha Christie's Poirot" (Captain Arthur Hastings (second voice))
*"The A-Team" (Lieutenant Templeton "Faceman" Peck)
*"Big Trouble in Little China" (Jack Burton)
*"Bird on a Wire" (Rick Jarmin)
*"Casper" (Nippon TV edition) (Doctor James Harvey)
*"Conspiracy Theory" (Jerry Fletcher)
*"Die Hard" (TV Asahi edition) (Richard Thornburg)
*"The Fifth Element" (Nippon TV edition) (Korben Dallas)
*"Ghostbusters" (Peter Venkman)
*"Ghostbusters II" (Peter Venkman)
*"The Great Escape" (TV Tokyo edition) (Captain Virgil Hilts)
*"Groundhog Day" (Phil Connors)
*"Growing Pains" (Doctor Jason Seaver)
*"Hardcastle and McCormick" (first season) (Mark "Skid" McCormick)
*"Hollow Man" (TV edition) (Doctor Sebastian Caine)
*"Independence Day" (Video edition) (President Thomas J. Whitmore)
*"Lethal Weapon 3" (Martin Riggs)
*"Lethal Weapon 4" (Martin Riggs)
*"Little House on the Prarie" (Percival Dalton/Isaac Cohen)
*"Mad Max" (Max Rockatansky)
*"" (Gus Cantrell)
*"Maverick" (Bret Maverick)
*"Monty Python" (Graham Chapman)
*"Muppets Tonight" (Kermit the Frog)
*"My Lucky Stars" (Herb)
*"Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less" (Jean-Pierre Lamanns)
*"Quantum Leap" (Sam Beckett)
*"Sin City" (Marv)
*"Sneakers" (Martin Bishop/Martin Brice)
*"Starman" (Starman/Scott Hayden)
*"Tango & Cash" (Gabriel "Gabe" Cash)
*"Tremors" (video edition) (Valentine McKee)

External links

*ja icon [http://www.t-echo.co.jp/renmei/actor/yasuhara.html Theatre Echo]
*ja icon [http://sdb.noppo.com/yosito_y.htm Seiyū Database]
*en icon [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=2109 Anime News Network]
*en icon imdb name|id=0946653|name=Yoshita Yasuhara