- Akira Kamiya
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Kamiya has also played many playboy lady-killer types, including pretty-boy pitcher Satoru Satonaka in
Dokaben , Godai's tennis-coach rival Shun Mitaka inMaison Ikkoku , and the rich and arrogant Shinnosuke Kazamatsuri in Yawara!. In addition to this he has also played goofier roles, like Tosaka-senpai in Kyuukyoku Choujin R and Nyarome inMouretsu Atarou . Currently, he is playing the lazy, washed-up private detective Kogoro Mori (Richard Moore) in the long runningDetective Conan anime .The 1980s would see a string of memorable performance from Kamiya, including
Shutaro Mendou inUrusei Yatsura ,Suguru Kinniku inKinnikuman ,Kenshirou in Hokuto no Ken (Fist of the North Star ),Roy Focker in Super Dimensional FortressMacross and Ryo Saeba inCity Hunter .Apart from
anime , Kamiya has done some dub work, most notably dubbingPierce Brosnan inRemington Steele and 2James Bond movies (Goldeneye andTomorrow Never Dies ).In recent years, he has lectured at the Nihon Kogakuin Vocational School. Some of his students include
Megumi Toyoguchi ,Ryoko Shintani , andAi Shimizu .The Kinnikuman Incident
After reprising the role of Ryo Saeba for the
City Hunter movie series andKenshiro for the "Hokuto no Ken" ("Fist of the North Star ") video games, Kamiya reprised the role ofKinniku Suguru for the initialKinnikuman Nisei movie and theGameCube game Kinnikuman Nisei: Legend Chojins vs. New Generation Chojins. However, he was replaced byToshio Furukawa for the Nisei (Ultimate Muscle ) TV series and the expanded version of the video game (Kinnikuman Generations,PS2 ). No official reason had been given for this cast change and Kamiya himself claimed in an interview onWaratte Iitomo that he was never even offered the roles. Most fans were upset by the change and confused about why it was done. During aFebruary 3 ,2007 guest appearance onSeishun Radimenia , Kamiya said that he was unable to play Kinnikuman on those occasions because of theproduction budget .As of the second expansion of the video game (Kinnikuman Muscle Generations, PSP), Kamiya has resumed the role of
Kinniku Suguru .Rumiko Takahashi WorksKamiya played the rival character in Rumiko Takahashi's works
Urusei Yatsura (Shuutarou Mendou ) andMaison Ikkoku (Shun Mitaka). She was so impressed with his performances that she personally recommened him for the part ofTatewaki Kuno fromRanma ½ . However, directorTomomi Mochizuki wished to use newer voice actors (as anime based on Takahashi's works tended to use the same voice actors), so he chose the lateHirotaka Suzuoki instead (though Hirotaka previously did the voice of Inaba in UY). Takahashi then requested that Kamiya portray Kuno's anime original servantSasuke Sarugakure , but this too was rejected andShigeru Chiba was chosen instead.Kamiya would later appear in two episodes of
Rumic Theater . He did not do any voices inInuYasha .Notable voice roles
Lead roles in bold
TV Anime
*Ashita e Attack! (Ichirou)
*Animation Kikou Marco Polo no Boken (Chapandu)
*Three Musketeers (Athos)
*Iga no Kabamaru (Mejiro)
*Inakappe Taishou (Classmate, Pupil, Sightseer, Hiroshi, Mike, Ichirou, Masami)
*Space Pirate Captain Harlock (Tadashi Daiba)
*Space Battleship Yamato (Saburou Katou)
*Space Battleship Yamato III (Shirou Katou)
*Urusei Yatsura (Shuutarou Mendou )
*Angel Heart (Ryo Saeba)
* (Arthur)
*Oyo Neko Būnyan (Oyoyo Neko)
*Gatchaman (Romina)
*Mechander Robo (Jimmy Orion)
*Karate Baka Ichidai (Ariake Shougo)
*Cutey Honey Flash (Professor Kisaragi)
*Kinnikuman (Suguru Kinniku (Kinnikuman), Tatsunori Kinniku)
* (Suguru Kinniku )
*Getter Robo (Ryouma Nagare)
*Getter Robo G (Ryouma Nagare)
*Gera-Gera Boos Monogatari (Boos)
*Kouya no Shonen Isamu (Isamu)
*City Hunter (Ryo Saeba)
*Saint Seiya (Perseus Algol ,Dubhe Alpha Siegfried )
*Zero Tester (Shin Fubuki)
*Daikumaryu Gaiking (Sanshirou Tsuwabuki)
*Time Travel Tondekeman! (Prince Dandarn)
*Time Bokan "Series"
**Time Bokan (Prince, Isotchi)
**Yatterman (Sasuke)
**Zenderman (Theseus )
**Yatodetaman (Michelangelo )
*Treasure Island (Papy)
*Earth Defence Family (Mamoru Daichi)
*The Super Dimension Fortress Macross (Roy Focker )
*Toushou Daimos (Kazuya Ryuuzaki)
*Dokaben (Satoru Satonaka)
*Nine (Kentarou Yamanaka)
*Nine 2 (Kentarou Yamanaka)
*Great Dangaiou (Dangaiou Ur)
*Babel II (Babel II)
*All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku (Kyusaku Natsume)
*Sailor Moon (Suichi Tomoe)
*Golion (Prince Sinkline; ("Prince Lotor" inVoltron ))
*Hyoga Senshi Gaislugger (Mito Kaya)
*Hokuto no Ken /Hokuto no Ken 2 (Kenshirou )
*Future Police Urashiman (Claude)
*Miracle Girl Limit-chan (Jun)
*Detective Conan (Kogoro Mori (Richard Moore))
*Maison Ikkoku (Shun Mitaka)
*Mouretsu Atarou "1990" (Nyarome)
*Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl (Shinnosuke Kazamatsuri)
*Yuusha Raideen (Akira Hibiki)
*Grendizer (Ainsu)
*Wakusei Robo Danguard A (Takuma Ichimonji)OVA
*
Urusei Yatsura "Series" (Shuutarou Mendou )
*Outlanders (Nao)
*Starship Troopers (Zim)
*Legend of the Galactic Heroes (Bagdash)
* (Narrator)
*Kyuukyoku Choujin R (Tosaka-senpai)
*Twilight of the Dark Master (Huang Long)
*Sukeban Deka (Jin Kyouichirou)
*Nayuta (Kiro)
*Nekketsu Koukou Dodgeball-bu Soccer-hen (Kunio)
*Dangaioh (Roll Kran)
*All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku (Kyuusaku Natsume)
*All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku DASH (Kyuusaku Natsume)
*Macross Zero (Roy Focker )
*Detective Conan
**Conan vs. Yaiba vs. Kid (Kogoro Mouri)
**The 16 Suspects (Kogoro Mouri)
**The Target is Kogoro Mouri!! (Kogoro Mouri)
*Record of Lodoss War (Ashram)
*Yagami-kun's Family Affairs (Akira Yokkaichi)
*Yamato 2520 (Richard)Anime Movies
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Space Battleship Yamato (Saburou Katou)
*Farewell Space Battleship Yamato (Saburou Katou)
*Be Forever Yamato (Shirou Katou)
*Space Battleship Yamato Final Chapter (Shirou Katou)
*Urusei Yatsura "Series" (Shuutarou Mendou )
*Kinnikuman "Series" (Kinniku Suguru )
*Kinnikuman Nisei (Kinniku Suguru )
* (Dorapan)
*City Hunter "Series" (Ryou Saeba)
* (Atlas)
*Slayers Gorgeous (Lord Culvert)
* (Zorori (Kaiketsu Zorori short))
* (Dr. Mashirito)
*Toushou Daimos (Kazuya Ryuuzaki)
*They Were 11 (Tadatos Lane)
*Hokuto no Ken (Kenshirou )
*Toward the Terra (Seki Leigh Shiroei)
* (Roy Focker )
* (Garlic Jr. )
*Tooi Umi Kara Kita Coo (Tony Bottoms)
*Ninja Hattori-kun andPāman : The Psychic Wars (Psychoman)
*Slayers Gorgeous (Lord Calvert)
*Pom Poko (Tamasanrou)
*Detective Conan "Series" (Kogorou Mouri)
* (Shun Mitaka)
*Wakusei Robo Danguard A vs. The Insect Robot Army (Takuma Ichimonji)Games
*
Space Battleship Yamato (Saburou Katou)
*Farewell Space Battleship Yamato (Saburou Katou)
*Kingdom Hearts (Iago)
* (Kinniku Suguru )
*Kinnikuman Muscle Generations (Kinniku Suguru )
*Kinnikuman Muscle Grand Prix "Series" (Kinniku Suguru )
*Sakura Wars 2 (Kyougoku Keigo)
*Super Robot Wars (Ryouma Nagare, Tsuwabuki Sanshirou, Kazuya Ryuuzaki, Akira Hibiki,Roy Focker , Roll Kran)
*Popful Mail (Blacky)
*Far East of Eden (Sangue)
*Tobal No. 1 (Gren Cuts)
*Hokuto no Ken "Series" (Kenshirou )
*Super Dimensional Fortress Macross (Roy Focker )
* (Roy Focker )
*Red Alert (Guy Kazama)
*Unison (Dance Instructor)Dub Work
*Aladdin "Series" (Iago)
*Goldeneye (Pierce Brosnan :James Bond )
*Logan's Run (Michael York: Logan)
*Tomorrow Never Dies (Pierce Brosnan :James Bond )
*Remington Steele (Pierce Brosnan : Remington Steele)
*Face/Off (John Travolta : Sean Archer)
*Hokuto no Ken ~ Fist of the North Star (Gary Daniels :Kenshirou )
*Ordinary People (Timothy Hutton : Conrad)
*Bad Boys
*An Officer and a Gentleman
*Tequila Sunrise (Mel Gibson : Mac)Pachinko
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Sammy :Hokuto no Ken (Kenshirou )Tokusatsu *
Chouriki Sentai Ohranger (Ganmajin)
*Ganbare!! Robokon (Robo-Deki)
*Akumaizer 3 (Basukaru)
*Voicelugger (Ganmaa)Puppet Show
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Purinpurin Monogatari (Bon-Bon, Zerozerozebun Hennakibun)
*Benikujaku (Kotemoku)Radio
*
A Megumi no Dream Dream Party (Nippon Cultural Broadcasting )
*XYZ Ryo's Bar (FM NACK5 )
*All Night Nippon [Thursday Evenings] (Nippon Broadcasting System )
*Konnichiwa Kamiya Akira desu (TBS Radio )
*Shougakusei Challenge Housoukyoku (TBS Radio )Internet Radio
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Kamiya Akira Returns (AII Radio)May 9 ,2005
*Kamiya Akira Hot Beat Party (Saeba Shouji )May 3 ,2005 ~CD
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Condition Green (Phillip Emitt)
* (Narrator)Commercials
*
Sega Mega Drive (Gunstar Heroes ) (Narration)
*Super Robot Wars F (PlayStation version) (Instructor Kamiya)
*Super Robot Wars α
*Yamagata Bank (Narration)Other
* [Soundtrack] (
Kinniku Suguru )
*Cyborg 009 1979 Radio Drama (Joe Shimamura/009)
*Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo : 1985 Jump FestivalAnime (Keiichi Nakagawa)
*Ore-tachi Hyoutekin Zoku (Hyoutekin Star Tanjou Shikai)
*Sengoku Jieitai (2006 Narrator)
*Hey! Spring of Trivia (Asking trivia questions as Kenshirou [2004-12-8] ; Onsei Tajuu Housou Narrator [2006-5-3] )
*Denki Groove [Cafe de Oni (Kao to Kagaku)] (Narration)
*Tadaki Muscle! (Chuugyou TV) Heavenly Voice (Narration)Music
*Performed Endings 2-4 on
Kinnikuman
*Performed the Opening toOyo Neko Būnyan
*Performed on theUrusei Yatsura ,Hokuto no Ken ,Kinnikuman , andCity Hunter soundtracks
*Performed Theme song to 1993Kaiketsu Zorori short film
*Played bass in a band called Slapstick with fellowseiyū sToshio Furukawa ,Toru Furuya , andKazuyuki Sogabe .Trivia
* Blood Type: A
* Hobbies:Photography , Driving,Computers .
* His favorite role he's played is Ryo Saeba fromCity Hunter , saying in interviews that the character reminds him of himself. His own personal voice acting firm, Saeba Shoji, is named after him. He reprises this role in Angel Heart.
* He has frequently co-starred withHideyuki Tanaka , often playing characters who are connected with each other in some way.
** InDokaben they play teammates Tarou Yamada (Tanaka) and Satoru Satonaka (Kamiya); inKinnikuman they play best friends and tag team partnersKinniku Suguru (Kamiya) andTerryman (Tanaka); inCity Hunter /Angel Heart they play business partners Ryo Saeba (Kamiya) and Hideyuki Makimura (Tanaka); in Hokuto no Ken 2 they playKenshirou (Kamiya) and Falco (Tanaka), whom consider each other equals as fighters and decide to travel together; in they play foster brothers Arthur (Kamiya) and Kay (Tanaka); inThey Were 11 Kamiya plays the main character Tadatos Lane while Tanaka plays Maya Baceska, whom considers himself the leader of the crew.
** Other smaller connections exist between their characters in anime likeRecord of Lodoss War ,Detective Conan ,Saint Seiya , andMaison Ikkoku .External links
* [http://www.tokyo-saeba.com/ Tokyo Saeba] (Japanese)
* [http://homepage2.nifty.com/akkie-fanclub/ Kamiya Akira Fanclub - AKKIE CLUB] (Japanese)
* [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=1583 Akira Kamiya at Anime News Network]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0436776/ Akira Kamiya at Internet Movie Database]
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