Mitsuo Iwata

Mitsuo Iwata (岩田 光央 Iwata Mitsuo, born July 31, 1967) is a seiyū who was born in Tokorozawa, Saitama.^[1] He is married to fellow seiyū Rikako Aikawa.^[2] Mania.com praised him as "truly one of the greatest seiyū".^[3] Otakunews.com complimented him for the role of Tetsuya from Outlanders.^[4] Mania.com comments on his role of Kintaro Oe (Golden Boy) that he "practiced months before hand, to the point of going hoarse from overwork, to perfect Kintaro's voice" and "there's no one who could replace him for this role".^[3]

Notable voice roles

Anime

Leading roles in bold.

• Adventures of Mini-Goddess(Gan-chan)
• Akira (Kaneda)
• Angelique (Zephel)
• Arad Senki: Slap Up Party (Harusen)
• BECK (Tanabe)
• Cyborg 009 (Pyunma/Cyborg 008)
• D.Gray-man (Arystar Krory)
• Daphne in the Brilliant Blue (Tsutomu Hanaoka)
• Dead Leaves (666 (Three-Six))
• Digimon Frontier (Piddomon)
• Dōbutsu no Mori (film), the film adaptation of the Animal Crossing video game series (Kappei/Kapp'n)
• Doki Doki School Hours (Gen Nakamura ("Oyaji"))
• Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star (Dorororon)
• Hayate the Combat Butler (Akane Himegami)
• I'm Gonna Be An Angel! (Dispel)
• Initial D (Itsuki Takeuchi (Iggy Takeuchi))
• Mirmo! (Incho)
• Nurarihyon no Mago (Ungaikyo)
• One Piece (Emporio Ivankov, 2nd voice)
• Oruchuban Ebichu (Maa-kun)
• Please Teacher! (Hyosuke Magumo)
• Shakugan no Shana (Marchosias)
• Shakugan no Shana Second (Marchosias)
• Shakugan no Shana III Final (Marchosias)
• Sonic the Hedgehog (Rotor the Walrus (also voiced by Kozo Shioya))
• Toriko (Sunny)
• Vandread (Pyoro)
• Yagami-kun's Family Affairs (Ichigaya)
• Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt (Ghost) [Episode 1 Part 2: "Death Race 2010"]

OVAs

• Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan (Binkan Salaryman)
• Golden Boy (Kintaro Oe)
• My Dear Marie (Hiroshi)
• Here is Greenwood (Mitsuru)
• Irresponsible Captain Tylor (Kojiro)
• Shakugan no Shana (Marcosias)

Video games

• Gitaroo Man (Puma)
• Kingdom Hearts (Peter Pan)
• Sonic the Hedgehog (Orbot)
• Street Fighter III: Third Strike (Sean)
• Tales of Vesperia (Yeager)
• The King of Fighters 2002 & 2003 (Kusanagi)

Dubbing roles (live-action)

• 10 Things I Hate About You (Michael Eckman)
• Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (Harvey Kinkle)
• Stand By Me (Teddy Duchamp) [TV version only]
• The Final Destination (Hunt Wynorski)
• Enchanted (Pip)
• Medium (Nathan Hunsecker) (1 episode: Season 5, Episode 10: Then... and Again)
• Growing Pains (Richie) [6 episodes]

Dubbing roles (animation)

• Peter Pan (Peter Pan) [Buena Vista version only]
• Beast Wars (Silverbolt)
• Beast Wars R (Silverbolt/Jetstorm)
• The Incredibles (Young Buddy Pine/IncrediBoy)
• ThunderCats (2011 TV series) (Khamai, Adult Emrick)
• Transformers Animated (Wreck-Gar)
• Transformers: Superlink (Roadbuster)

Tokusatsu

• Samurai Sentai Shinkenger (Sogaizarai)

References

1. ^ Endo, Akira et al. "Voice Actor Spotlight". (November 2006) Newtype USA. pp. 110-111.
2. ^ Wild ARMS Vol.2: Western Romance. Animefringe.
3. ^ ^{a b} Golden Boy Vol. #1. Mania.com
4. ^ DVD Review : Outlanders. Otakunews.com.

External links

• Mitsuo Iwata at the Seiyuu database
• Mitsuo Iwata at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia

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Name	Iwata, Mitsuo
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