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Koichi Yamadera

Koichi Yamadera

Acting1961Shiogama, Miyagi, Japan

Biography

Koichi Yamadera is a Japanese voice actor and radio personality, known for voicing Jim Carrey and Eddie Murphy in the Japanese language releases of their respective films. In 2006, he divorced voice actress Mika Kanai. His most notable characters are Spike Spiegel from Cowboy Bebop (1998) and the subsequent follow up film Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001), Beerus from the longstanding Dragonball franchise, and the modern day voice of Inspector Zenigata of the longstanding Lupin the Third franchise after the retirement of the previous voice actor Gorō Naya and first appearing in the role in Lupin the Third: Blood Seal of the Eternal Mermaid (2011)

Acting History

Future
Dragon Ball Super: Beerus
TVas Beerus (voice)• 1 eps
2026
JUJUTSU KAISEN
TVas Miguel (voice)• 1 eps
2025
LUPIN THE IIIRD: Zenigata and the Two Lupins
as Inspector Koichi Zenigata (voice)
LUPIN THE IIIRD: The Movie - The Immortal Bloodline
as Inspector Koichi Zenigata (voice)
MIRU: Paths to My Future
TVas Yoshimura (Voice)
Lazarus
TVas Skinner (voice)• 6 eps
ANIME MANGA EXPLOSION
TVas Self - Voice Actor• 1 eps
Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX
TVas Gihren Zabi (voice)• 1 eps
Your Forma
TVas Kuprian Valentinovich Napolov (voice)• 13 eps
Kamen Rider ZEZTZ
TVas ZEZTZ Driver (voice)• 21 eps
2024
Ranma1/2
TVas Ryoga Hibiki (voice) / Ryoga Hibiki / Jusenkyo Guide (voice) / Jusenkyo Guide (voice)• 3 eps
Ishura
TVas Shalk the Sound Slicer (voice)• 12 eps
2023
LUPIN THE 3rd vs. CAT'S EYE
as Inspector Koichi Zenigata (voice)
PLUTO
TVas North No.2 (voice)• 2 eps
My Home Hero
TVas Shino (voice)
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
TVas Zohakuten (voice)• 4 eps
2022
DEEMO Memorial Keys
as Valensky (voice)
The・Ultraman: Jackal vs. Ultraman
as Jackal, Male Ultras (voice)
Go! Anpanman: Dororin and the Transformation Carnival
as Uncle Jam / Cheese / Kabao-kun (voice)
Sword Art Online -FULLDIVE-
as Akihiko Kayaba (voice)
Shin Ultraman
as Zōffy (voice)
Bleach
TVas Quilge Opie (voice)• 4 eps
Pop Team Epic
TVas (voice)• 1 eps
Arknights
TVas Wei Yenwu (voice)• 26 eps
2021
Jujutsu Kaisen 0
as Miguel (voice)
Gintama: The Very Final
as Utsuro / Shouyou Yoshida (voice)
Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop
as Mr. Fujiyama (voice)
Eureka: Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution
as Dewey Novak (voice)
MARS RED
TVas Tokuichi Yamagami (voice)
Baki Hanma
TVas Lips, Teeth, Tongue (voice)• 12 eps
2020
Over the Sky
as Gimon (voice)
BEM: BECOME HUMAN
as Manstoll (voice)
A Whisker Away
as Mask Seller (voice)
Super Dragon Ball Heroes
TVas Beerus (voice)• 2 eps
Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045
TVas Togusa (voice)• 24 eps
Listeners
TVas Kevin Valentine (voice)• 12 eps
2019
Lupin the Third: Goodbye Partner
as Inspector Koichi Zenigata (voice)
Lupin III: The First
as Inspector Koichi Zenigata (voice)
City Hunter: Shinjuku Private Eyes
as Shinji Mikuni (voice)
NiNoKuni
as Balton (voice)
Lupin the Third: Prison of the Past
as Inspector Koichi Zenigata (voice)
Dragon Quest: Your Story
as Surarin (voice)
gen:LOCK
TVas Kazu Iida (voice)
2018
Batman Ninja
as Batman / Bruce Wayne (voice)
Dragon Ball Super: Broly
as Beerus (voice)
Lupin the Third: Is Lupin Still Burning?
as Inspector Koichi Zenigata (voice)
Okko's Inn
as Bunta Kise (voice)
Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us
as Mayor Oliver / Zeraora (voice)
Layton Mystery Detective Agency: Kat's Mystery‑Solving Files
TVas Professor Hershel Layton (voice)• 50 eps
2017
Gintama
as Yoshida Shoyo (voice)
Lupin the 3rd: Goemon's Blood Spray
as Inspector Koichi Zenigata (voice)
2016
Lupin the Third: Italian Game
as Inspector Koichi Zenigata (voice)
Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju
TVas Sukeroku Yuurakutei (voice)• 25 eps
Neko Neko Nihonshi
TVas Narration (voice)
2015
Cassette Girl
as San-Kun (voice)
Bubu & Bubulina
as (voice)
Robot on the Road
as Robowo (voice)
Lupin the 3rd
TVas Inspector Kōichi Zenigata (voice)• 72 eps
Dragon Ball Super
TVas Beerus (voice)• 131 eps
2014
Kingdom Hearts Re:coded
as Donald Duck / Genie (voice)
Carnage
as (voice)
Possessions
as Man (voice)
Lupin the Third: Jigen's Gravestone
as Inspector Koichi Zenigata (voice)
Japan Animator Expo
TVas (voice)• 36 eps
Nobunaga Concerto
TVas Yasuke (voice)• 10 eps
2013
Short Peace
as Samurai (segment "Tsukumo") (voice)
Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days
as Donald Duck (voice) (archive sound)
Lupin the Third: Princess of the Breeze
as Inspector Koichi Zenigata (voice)
Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2199
TVas Aberdt Desler (voice)• 26 eps
2012
A Letter to Momo
as Kawa (voice)
After School Midnighters
as Kunstlijk / Mozart (voice)
Lupin the Third: The Secret Page of Marco Polo
as Inspector Koichi Zenigata (voice)
Hunter x Hunter
TVas Silva (voice)• 5 eps
Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine
TVas Inspector Koichi Zenigata (voice)• 13 eps
Sword Art Online
TVas Akihiko Kayaba (voice)• 28 eps
2011
Appleseed XIII: Ouranos
as Briareos Hecatonchires (voice)
Deadball
as Baseball Announcer
Karate Girl
as Opening Narration (voice)
Appleseed XIII: Tartaros
as Briareos Hecatonchires (voice)
Lupin the Third: Blood Seal of the Eternal Mermaid
as Inspector Koichi Zenigata (voice)
Appleseed XIII
TVas Briareos (voice)
2010
Gintama: The Movie
as Yoshida Shouyou (voice)
2009
Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva
as Pierre Starbuck (voice)
Yatterman: All New YatterMechas Assembled! Great Decisive Battle in the Toy Kingdom!
as Narrator/Odate-buta/various Yatta characters (voices)
Yona Yona Penguin
as Archangel (voice)
Yatterman
as Yatterwoof / Yatterking / Odate-Buta / Narrator (voice)
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
TVas Isaac McDougal (voice)• 1 eps
The Three Musketeers
TVas Rochefort (voice) / Planchet (voice) / Athos (voice) / Patrick (voice) / Duke of Orléans (voice) / Louis XIII (voice)
2008
Ghost in the Shell 2.0
as Togusa (voice)
Pokémon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior
as Mugen Graceland (voice)
Stitch!
TVas Yuna's Father• 63 eps
Allison & Lillia
TVas Carr Benedict (voice)
2007
Sword of the Stranger
as Luo-Lang (voice)
Appleseed: Ex Machina
as Brialeos Hecatombcales (voice)
Nasu: A Migratory Bird with Suitcase
as Jean-Louis Chochi (voice)
Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai
as Baron Albert (voice)
Oh! Edo Rocket
TVas Ginjiro• 26 eps
2006
Suite Dreams
as Dabudabu Duck (voice)
Paprika
as Morio Osanai (voice)
Fist of the Blue Sky
TVas Kenshiro Kasumi (voice)• 46 eps
Gintama
TVas Yoshida, Shouyou (voice)• 49 eps
2005
Stormy Night
as Barry (voice)
Xenosaga: The Animation
TVas Albedo Piazzolla / Gaignun Kukai (voice)• 12 eps
2004
Godzilla: Final Wars
as Narrator (voice)
Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys
as Dr. Rondo (voice)
2003
Fighting Spirit: Champion Road
as Kazuki Sanada (voice)
Tokyo Godfathers
as Taxi Driver (voice)
Bakuryu Sentai Abaranger
TVas Densuke Hamasaki• 1 eps
2002
Pokémon Heroes
as Rossi (voice)
Go! Anpanman: Sushi-roll Maki-chan and Gold Kamameshidon
as Cheese (voice) / Kamameshidon (voice)
Millennium Actress
as The Man of the Key (voice)
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
TVas Togusa (voice)• 52 eps
2001
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
as Meier Link (voice)
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
as Spike Spiegel (voice)
Sakura Wars: The Movie
as Brent Furlong (voice)
Pokémon 4Ever
as Hunter (voice)
2000
Pokémon 3: The Movie
as David (voice)
Godzilla vs. Megaguirus
as Kid's TV Host
Daa! Daa! Daa! UFO Baby
TVas Yuzuhiko (voice)
1999
Pokémon the Movie 2000
as Lugia (voice)
Reign: The Conqueror
TVas Darius III (voice)
1998
Revival of Evangelion
as Ryoji Kaji (voice)
Galaxy Express 999: Eternal Fantasy
as Captain Herlock (voice)
Lupin the Third: Tokyo Crisis
as Michael Suzuki / Gondō (voice)
DNA Sights 999.9
as Harlock (voice)
EVANGELION: DEATH (TRUE)²
as Ryoji Kaji (voice)
Cowboy Bebop
TVas Spike Spiegel / Ein (voice)• 26 eps
1997
Go! Anpanman: The Pyramid of the Rainbow
as Kamameshidon / Kabao-kun / Cheese (voice)
Cutie Honey Flash: The Movie
as Robert Steiner (voice)
1996
X: The Movie
as Sorata Arisugawa
Apocalypse Zero
TVas Kakugo Hagakure (voice)
1995
Ghost in the Shell
as Togusa (voice)
Tokyo Revelation
as Kuki Takehiko (voice)
Memories
as Miguel Costrela (voice)
Neon Genesis Evangelion
TVas Ryouji Kaji (voice)• 15 eps
1994
Compiler
as Nachi Igarashi (voice)
1993
Sleepless Oedo
as Kikunosuke Bentenyama (voice)
Ninja Scroll
as Jubei Kibagami (voice)
Suikoden Demon Century
as Ryou Hamura (voice)
The Gigolo
as Jin Kaitō (voice)
1992
Go! Anpanman: The Secret of Tsumiki Castle
as Minister Garangara (voice)
Talking Head
as Shinichiro Otsuka (voice)
Ranma 1/2 the Movie 2: Nihao My Concubine
as Ryoga Hibiki / P-Chan (voice)
Tokyo Babylon 1
as Yamagawa
Run, Melos!
as Melos (voice)
Green Legend Ran
TVas Chimin (voice)• 3 eps
1991
Ariel Deluxe
as Demonova
Mermaid Forest
as Yuta (voice)
Detonator Orgun
as Orgun / Tomoru Shindo (voice)
オレは悪魔だデビルマン!
as Baron Ashra (Male)/Baron Ashura (Male) (voice)
Moonlight Pierce
as Demon Prince (voice)
1990
Goddamn
as Gen Todoroki
MAROKO
as Bannai (voice)
Hakkenden: Legend of the Dog Warriors
TVas Dousetsu Inuyama (voice)• 13 eps
Samurai Pizza Cats
TVas Karamaru• 54 eps
Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water
TVas Ayerton (voice)• 39 eps
1989
Venus Wars
as Jeff
Goku: Midnight Eye
as Coroner (voice)
Kiki's Delivery Service
as Bakery Worker / Policeman (voice)
Madö King Granzört
TVas Shaman• 41 eps
The Adventures of Peter Pan
TVas Cecco (voice)• 41 eps
Ranma ½
TVas Ryoga Hibiki
1988
Ten Little Gall Force
as Commander Dorn / Kennichi Shonora / OX-11 (voice)
F
TVas Matsuura (voice)
Go! Anpanman
TVas Cheese / Kamameshidon (voice)• 170 eps
1987
Lupin the Third: The Fuma Conspiracy
as Police Officer B (voice)
Bubblegum Crisis
TVas Fargo (voice)• 8 eps
Zillion
TVas Guardock A• 31 eps
1986
Bosco Adventure
TVas Otter• 26 eps
1985
Megazone 23
as Shinji Nakagawa (voice)
1971
Kamen Rider
TVas Narrator (voice) / ZEZTZ Driver (voice)

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
6/17/1961(64 years old)
Place of Birth
Shiogama, Miyagi, Japan