- Kei Tomiyama
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name = Kei Tomiyama
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birthname = Kunichika Tomiyama
birthdate =October 31 ,1938
birthplace = flagicon|Manchukuo Anshan,Manchukuo
deathdate = death date and age|1995|9|25|1938|10|31
deathplace =Shinjuku, Tokyo
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occupation =Actor ,seiyū ,narrator
yearsactive = 1965 - 1995
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awards =nihongo|Kei Tomiyama|富山 敬|Tomiyama Kei (
October 31 ,1938 -September 25 ,1995 ), born nihongo|Kunichika Tomiyama|冨山 邦親,|Tomiyama Kunichika, was aJapan eseactor ,seiyū , and narrator from Anshan,Manchukuo . During his life, Tomiyama was affiliated withAoni Production andProduction Baobab .Tomiyama is best known for his roles in "
Tiger Mask " (Naoto Date/Tiger Mask), "Space Battleship Yamato " (Susumu Kodai), "UFO Robo Grendizer" (Duke Fleed/Daisuke Umon),the "Time Bokan " series (Narrator), "GeGeGe no Kitaro 3rd Series" (Nezumi-Otoko), "Chibi Maruko-chan " (Tomozō Sakura), and "Legend of the Galactic Heroes " (Yang Wen-li ).Life
Tomiyama dropped out of
Nihon University 's art department. With his distinctively tender voice, Tomiyama would portray numerous kinds of roles during his career, ranging from heroic, comedic, young, and old. At 9:07 AM onSeptember 25 ,1995 , Tomiyama suddenly died ofpancreatic cancer inShinjuku, Tokyo at the age of 56. In 2007, Tomiyama was posthumously awarded the Special Achievement Award of the firstSeiyū Awards .Tomiyama was a
Scorpius , had a blood type of A, and enjoyed river fishing.uccessors
After Tomiyama's death, a number of seiyū took over his ongoing roles.
*Takeshi Aono ("Chibi Maruko-chan " as Tomozō Sakura)
*Nobuo Tobita ("Chibi Maruko-chan " as Shintarō Honami)
*Tomohiro Nishimura ("Soreike! Anpanman " as SL Man)
*Junpei Takiguchi ("Time Bokan 2000 Kaitō Kiramekiman" as the Narrator)
*Toshihiko Nakajima ("Time Bokan 2000 Kaitō Kiramekiman" as Odatebuta)
*Kōichi Yamadera ("Space Battleship Yamato " as Susumu Kodai, "Idol Defense Force Hummingbird " as President Yajima, "Grendizer " as Duke Fleed, "Yatterman " as the Narrator and Odatebuta)
*Kenyū Horiuchi ("Grendizer " as Duke Fleed ("Super Robot Wars "))
*Shinji Ogawa ("Jurassic Park" as Alan Grant (Sam Neill ))
*Yasunori Matsumoto ("Bokan Desuyo " as Ippatsuman and Odatebuta)
*Hozumi Gōda ("Legend of the Galactic Heroes " asYang Wen-li )
*Shigeru Ushiyama ("" as Mad Hatter)
*Yoshito Yasuhara ("Agatha Christie's Poirot " asArthur Hastings (Hugh Fraser))
*Kappei Yamaguchi ("Looney Tunes " asBugs Bunny )
*Chafūrin ("Barbapapa " as Barbapapa)
*Naoki Tatsuta ("Winnie-the-Pooh " as Rabbit)
*Tomokazu Seki ("Area 88 " as Micky Simon, "Space Emperor God Sigma " as Dantō Toshiya ("Super Robot Wars ")It should be noted that in Harlock Saga, in addition to replacing Tomiyama as Tochiro, Kōichi Yamadera also supplied the voice of
Captain Harlock which up to that point was done byMakio Inoue who is still living.Roles
Major roles in bold
Television animation
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Animal 1 " (Tōjirō)
*' (Marco Polo "')
*"Anmitsu Hime " (Gennai Hiraga , delegation leader (#40))
*"Aoi Blink " (Henry)
*"Around the World with Willy Fog " (Rigodon)
*"Arrow Emblem Hawk of the Grand Prix " (Takaya Todoroki)
*"Asari-chan " (Iwashi Hamano/Papa)
*"Attack on Tomorrow " (Fuwa, Narrator)
*"" (Mad Hatter)
*"Candy Candy " (Terruce Graham Grandchester)
*"Ganpa no Bōken " (Gakusha)
*"GeGeGe no Kitaro " (3rd series) (Nezumi Otoko)
*"Jetter Mars " (Ham Egg)
*"Jungle Emperor (new)" (Ham Egg)
*"Karakuri Kengō Denmu Musashirōdo " (Bokuden)
*"Kimagure Orange Road " (Takashi Kasuga)
*"" (Hutch's Noppo)
*"Kyattō Ninden Teyandee" (Sontoku Emichi (#17))
*"Kyōfu no Kyō-chan " ("Downtown no Gottsu Ee Kanji ") (Electricity shop assistant)
*"La Seine no Hoshi " (Milan)
*"Mokku Woody the Oak Tree" (Chikaro the Monkey)
*"Obatarian " (Yoshio)
*"Oh! Family " (Papa)
*"Ohayō! Spank " (Fujinami)
*"Once Upon a Time... Space " (Professor Maestro)
*"Oraa Guzura Dado " (Papa)
*"Otokoippiki Gaki Taishō " (Mankichi Togawa)
*"Sabu to Ichi Torimono Hikae " (Sabu (#1-33))
*"Samurai Giants " (Ban Banba)
*"Sangokushi " (Zhuge Liang )
*"Science Fiction Saiyuki Starzinger" (Sir Djorgo)
*"Science Ninja Team Gatchaman " (Father Alan, Michael)
*"Serendipity the Pink Dragon " (Prime Minister Dolf)
*"Soreike! Anpanman " (SL Man)
*"Space Battleship Yamato " series (Susumu Kodai)
*"Space Emperor God Sigma " (Dantō Toshiya)
*"Star of the Giants " (Haruhiko Bokujō,Kōji Ōta , newspaper reporter)
*"Tiger Mask " (Naoto Date/Tiger Mask)
*"Thunderbirds 2086 " (Eric Jones)
*"UFO Robo Grendizer" (Daisuke Umon/Duke Fleed)
*"The Ultraman " (Chōichirō Hikari)
*"Urusei Yatsura " (Invader (#167))
*"What's Michael? " (Michael)OVA
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Area 88 " (Micky Simon)
*"" (Gush Hassam)
*"Gall Force " (Exenon)
*"Legend of the Galactic Heroes " (Yang Wen-li )Theater animation
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Golgo 13 " (Robert Dawson)
*"Yellow Submarine" (Ringo Starr )Dubbing roles
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The A-Team " (H. M. Murdock )
*"Dave" (Communications Director Alan Reed)
*"Family Ties " (Steve Keaton)
*"The Final Countdown" (Warren Lasky)
*"The Greatest American Hero " (Ralph Hinkley)
*"Home Alone" (Video/DVD edition) (Peter McCallister)
*"" (Video/DVD edition) (Peter McCallister)
*"The Jim Henson Hour " (Jim Henson )
*"Jurassic Park" (Doctor Grant)
*"L.A. Law " (Arnold Becker)
*"Looney Tunes " (Bugs Bunny )
*"The Poseidon Adventure" (James Martin (TV Asahi edition), Acres (TBS edition))
*"Rain Man " (TV edition) (Raymond Babbitt)
*"Starsky and Hutch " (Huggy Bear)
*"" (Hikaru Sulu )
*Steve Martin
*"Trading Places " (Billy Ray Valentine)
*"The Untouchables" (Fuji TV edition) (Oscar Wallace)
*"West Side Story" (1979 TV edition) (Ice)
*"Winnie-the-Pooh " (Rabbit)External links
*imdb name|id=0866753|name=Kei Tomiyama
*ann name|id=2378|name=Kei Tomiyama
* [http://www1.odn.ne.jp/jaken/tomi-fram.html Kei Tomiyama Fan site]
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