Hochu Otsuka
Acting1954Tsuyama, Okayama, Japan
Biography
Hochu Otsuka (大塚 芳忠, Ōtsuka Hōchū, born Yoshitada Ōtsuka [same kanji], May 19, 1954) is a Japanese voice actor and narrator affiliated with the talent management firm Crazy Box.
He is best known for his roles as the voices of Kyao Mirao in Heavy Metal L-Gaim; Yazan Gable in Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam; Akira Sendō in Slam Dunk; SignalMan in Gekisou Sentai Carranger; Imagin, Deneb in Kamen Rider Den-O, Abuto in Gintama, Makoto Sōda in Captain Tsubasa and Jiraiya in Naruto. He is also the famous official dubbing roles for Jean-Claude Van Damme, Donnie Yen (especially in Ip Man series), Jeff Goldblum, Ray Liotta, Tim Robbins, John C. McGinley, Brent Spiner, Kiefer Sutherland, Robert Patrick and many more.
Known For
Naruto Shippūden
Jiraiya (voice)
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
Sakonji Urokodaki (voice)
Naruto
Jiraiya (voice)
Castle in the Sky
Man in Black Glasses (voice)
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
Tolmekian Soldier (voice)
Cowboy Bebop
Shaft (voice) (as Yoshitada Ôtsuka)
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation
Talhand (voice)
Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie
Jiraya (voice)
Acting History
2026
Gintama: Yoshiwara in Flames
as Abuto (voice)
ヤマトよ永遠に REBEL3199 第五章 白熱の銀河大戦
as 真田 志郎
Love Through a Prism
TVas Charles Brant (voice)• 20 eps
SHIBOYUGI: Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table
TVas Jinmenju (voice)
2025
The Rose of Versailles
as Louis XV (voice)
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle
as Sakonji Urokodaki (voice)
Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League
as Alfred Pennyworth (voice)
Tabekko Doubutsu: THE MOVIE
as King Gotton (voice)
Butt Detective the Movie: Star and Moon
as Kaitō G (voice)
MLB x Demon Slayer
as Sakonji Urokodaki
Star Wars: Visions
TVas Toad (voice)• 1 eps
Ameku M.D.: Doctor Detective
TVas Ryuichiro Kuwata (voice)• 3 eps
The Water Magician
TVas (voice)• 12 eps
Princession Orchestra
TVas Sergeant Duck (voice)• 41 eps
SAKAMOTO DAYS
TVas Takamura (voice)• 22 eps
Lazarus
TVas Committee Chairman (voice)• 1 eps
I'm Getting Married to a Girl I Hate in My Class
TVas Tenryu Hojo (voice)• 12 eps
CITY THE ANIMATION
TVas Narration (voice)• 7 eps
Umamusume: Cinderella Gray
TVas Ginjirou Musaka (voice)• 23 eps
2024
KIZUMONOGATARI -Koyomi Vamp-
as Guillotinecutter (voice) (archive footage)
Fureru
as (voice)
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM
as Alexei Konoe (voice)
ダメな奴 ～ラッパー紅桜 刑務所からの再起～
as Narration
Be Forever Yamato: Rebel 3199: Part 1: Dark Invasion
as Sanada Shirō (voice)
Tokyo Override
as Kageyama (Lizard)
Delicious in Dungeon
TVas Freinag (voice)• 1 eps
Suicide Squad Isekai
TVas The Thinker (voice)• 3 eps
Go! Go! Loser Ranger!
TVas Lord Peltrola (voice)• 9 eps
The Dangers in My Heart
TVas Ken Kataoka (voice)• 1 eps
Tokyo Override
TVas Kageyama (Lizard) (voice)
Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 3199
TVas Shirou Sanada (voice)
Dungeon People
TVas Renfringe (voice)• 12 eps
Spice and Wolf: MERCHANT MEETS THE WISE WOLF
TVas Richten Marlheit (voice)• 3 eps
Murai in Love
TVas Narrator (voice)
Wistoria: Wand and Sword
TVas Aron Masterius Oldeking (voice)• 13 eps
'Tis Time for "Torture," Princess
TVas Jimochi (voice)• 12 eps
2023
Black Clover: Sword of the Wizard King
as Edward Avalaché (voice)
Spy Classroom
TVas Uwe (voice)• 3 eps
My Daughter Left the Nest and Returned an S-Rank Adventurer
TVas Graham (voice)• 4 eps
Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts
TVas Galois (voice)• 3 eps
Dark Gathering
TVas Alien Doll Spirit (voice)• 4 eps
Onimusha
TVas Kensuke Matsui (voice)
Me and Moffun
TVas Moffun (voice)
The Demon Sword Master of Excalibur Academy
TVas Jakuto (voice)• 2 eps
Alice Gear Aegis Expansion
TVas Souitiro Iwata (voice)
Ohsama Sentai King-Ohger
TVas Moffun (voice)• 3 eps
2022
Thunderbirds 55/GOGO
as Jeff Tracy (voice)
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Scarlet Bond
as Hakurou (voice)
The Little Lies We All Tell
TVas Narration (voice) / UFO (voice)• 1 eps
Ya Boy Kongming!
TVas Tsuyoshi Kondo (voice)• 1 eps
Raven of the Inner Palace
TVas Zuoqiu Yao/Sakyuu You (voice)• 1 eps
Urusei Yatsura
TVas Principal (voice)• 6 eps
Arknights
TVas Mouse King (voice)• 26 eps
Tomodachi Game
TVas Teacher (voice)• 2 eps
Teasing Master Takagi-san
TVas Live Commentator (voice)• 1 eps
Requiem of the Rose King
TVas narration (voice)
Love of Kill
TVas Donny (voice)
CHEF-1グランプリ
TVas narrator
宇宙戦艦ヤマト2205 新たなる旅立ち 後章 -STASHA-
TVas Shirou Sanada (voice)
The Eminence in Shadow
TVas Ruslan (voice)• 2 eps
2021
Gintama: The Very Final
as Abuto (voice)
EDENS ZERO
TVas Ziggy (voice)• 14 eps
I'm Standing on a Million Lives
TVas Game Master (voice)• 1 eps
Baki Hanma
TVas Biscuit Oliva (voice)• 39 eps
The Duke of Death and His Maid
TVas Rob (voice)• 36 eps
Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan
TVas The Voice of God (voice)
The Slime Diaries
TVas Hakurou (voice)• 12 eps
ODDTAXI
TVas Donraku Shofutei (voice)• 1 eps
The Way of the Househusband
TVas Retired Yakuza Boss (voice)• 4 eps
Wonder Egg Priority
TVas Doctor Seki (voice)• 1 eps
Cute Executive Officer
TVas Bakery Manager (voice)
宇宙戦艦ヤマト2205 新たなる旅立ち 前章 -TAKE OFF-
TVas Shirou Sanada (voice)
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation
TVas Talhand (voice)• 10 eps
2020
The Misfit of Demon King Academy
TVas Melheis Boran (voice)• 8 eps
Tower of God
TVas Headon (voice)• 13 eps
BNA
TVas Prime Minister Shiramizu (voice)• 12 eps
Listeners
TVas Field Marshal Ace (voice)• 12 eps
Fireball
TVas ヘカトンケイル• 2 eps
Gebäude-Bäude
TVas Hecatonchires (voice)
2019
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - Sibling's Bond
as Sakonji Urokodaki (voice)
One Piece: Episode of Skypiea
as Mont Blanc Norland (voice)
Saga of Tanya the Evil: The Movie
as Hans von Zettour (voice)
Crayon Shin-chan: Honeymoon Hurricane ~The Lost Hiroshi~
as Chief (voice)
City Hunter: Shinjuku Private Eyes
as Vince Englert (voice)
Miru Tights
TVas Master (voice)• 12 eps
Levius
TVas Malcolm Eden (voice)• 12 eps
Isekai Quartet
TVas Hans von Zettour (voice)• 35 eps
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
TVas Sakonji Urokodaki (voice)• 8 eps
2018
Batman Ninja
as Alfred Pennyworth (voice)
K: Seven Stories Movie 5 - Memory of Red - Burn
as Tenkei Iwafune (voice)
K: Seven Stories Movie 3 - Side:Green - The Overwritten World
as Tenkei Iwafune
Pop Team Epic
TVas Pipimi (voice)• 1 eps
Hi Score Girl
TVas Narrator (voice)• 21 eps
Zombie Land SAGA
TVas Barkeeper (voice)• 1 eps
A Certain Magical Index
TVas Terra of the Left (voice) / Terra (voice)• 2 eps
Angels of Death
TVas Abraham Gray• 12 eps
宇宙戦艦ヤマト2202 愛の戦士たち
TVas Shiro Sanada
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
TVas Hakurou (voice)• 77 eps
2017
Space Battleship Yamato 2202: Warriors of Love - Ch. 3
as Shiro Sanada
Zero 21 Hi-Vision Master Version
as Narrator
Haikyuu!! Special Feature! The Spring Tournament of Their Youth
as Narrator (voice)
Restaurant to Another World
TVas Tatsugorou (Teriyaki chicken)• 24 eps
March Comes In Like a Lion
TVas Sakutarou Yanagihara (voice)• 7 eps
Alice & Zoroku
TVas Ryuu Naitou (voice)
Love Tyrant
TVas Kamisama
Saga of Tanya the Evil
TVas Hans von Zettour (voice)• 12 eps
2016
Ajin: Demi-Human – Confront
as Satō (voice)
Ajin: Demi-Human – Collide
as Satō (voice)
Kizumonogatari Part 2: Nekketsu
as Guillotinecutter (voice)
Kizumonogatari Part 1: Tekketsu
as Guillotinecutter (voice)
Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan
as Gigazombie (voice)
Ajin
TVas Satō (voice)• 26 eps
JOKER GAME
TVas Lieutenant Colonel Howard Marks (voice)• 1 eps
D.Gray-man Hallow
TVas Bookman (voice)
Monogatari
TVas 奇洛金卡达• 4 eps
Bungo Stray Dogs
TVas Natsume Souseki• 60 eps
2015
Ajin: Demi-Human – Compel
as Satō (voice)
Kamen Rider Gaim: Final Stage
as Maja / Kamen Rider Gaim Yami / Kamen Rider Maja
Super Hero Wars GP: Kamen Rider #3
as Deneb (voice)
Kamen Rider 4
as Deneb (voice)
Chaos Dragon: Sekiryuu Sen'eki
TVas Red Dragon (voice)• 12 eps
Kamen Rider #4
TVas Deneb (voice)
Cyborg 009 vs. Devilman
TVas Jinmen (voice)
2014
Kingdom Hearts Re:coded
as Braig (voice)
THE iDOLM@STER MOVIE: Beyond the Brilliant Future!
as Junjirou "President" Takagi (voice)
Space Battleship Yamato 2199: A Voyage to Remember
as Shiro Sanada
Space Battleship Yamato 2199: Odyssey of the Celestial Ark
as Shiro Sanada (voice)
TIGER & BUNNY: The Rising
as Mark Schneider (voice)
Space Dandy : The Cosmic Compilation
as Narrator
2013
Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days
as Xigbar (voice)
宇宙戦艦ヤマト2199 第四章「銀河辺境の攻防」
as Shiro Sanada (voice)
宇宙戦艦ヤマト2199 第五章「望郷の銀河間空間」
as Shiro Sanada (voice)
Space Battleship Yamato 2199: Offense and Defense on the Outer Reaches of the Galaxy
as Shiro Sanada (voice)
Muromi-san
TVas Wiseman• 13 eps
The Severing Crime Edge
TVas Fritz Mayord (voice)
Kamen Rider Gaim
TVas Narration (voice)
Sasami-san@Ganbaranai
TVas Tsukuyomi Kamiomi
Glitter Force Doki Doki
TVas King Jikochu (voice)• 49 eps
Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2199
TVas Shirou Sanada (voice)• 52 eps
2012
Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie
as Jiraya (voice)
After School Midnighters
as Fred (voice)
One Piece Film: Z
as Z (voice)
宇宙戦艦ヤマト2199 第三章「果てしなき航海」
as Shiro Sanada (voice)
宇宙戦艦ヤマト2199 第二章「太陽圏の死闘」
as Shiro Sanada (voice)
Space Battleship Yamato 2199
as Shiro Sanada (voice)
Berserk: The Golden Age Arc I - The Egg of the King
as Laban (voice)
2011
Gokaiger Goseiger Super Sentai 199 Hero Great Battle
as Signalman (voice)
Nichijou: My Ordinary Life
TVas Soldier No. 8 (voice)• 1 eps
THE iDOLM@STER
TVas Junjirou "President" Takagi (voice)• 25 eps
2010
Gintama: The Movie
as Abuto (voice)
Arakawa Under the Bridge
TVas Toru Shirai (voice)• 26 eps
Wagnaria!!
TVas Mr. Inami (voice)• 3 eps
Super Kamen Rider Den-O Trilogy - Episode Red: Zero's Star Twinkle
Theme Song Performance
2009
Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva
as Inspector Clamp Grosky (voice)
Beyond the Heavens
TVas Dong Zhuo• 26 eps
The Sacred Blacksmith
TVas Augustus Arthur (voice)
2008
Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Bonds
as Jiraiya (voice)
Kamen Rider Den-O: Final Trilogy Special Edition
as Deneb (voice)
The Sky Crawlers
as Honda (voice)
Kamen Rider Den-O & Kiva: Climax Deka
as Deneb (voice)
Farewell Kamen Rider Den-O: Final Countdown
as Deneb (voice)
Spice and Wolf
TVas Liechten Marheit (voice)• 24 eps
The Daughter of Twenty Faces
TVas Kouhei Kakishima (voice)• 22 eps
Kannagi: Crazy Shrine Maidens
TVas Maid Cafe Manager (voice)• 1 eps
King of Conte
TVas Narration
Kamen Rider Den-O: Imagin Anime
TVas Deneb (voice)
2007
Kamen Rider Den-O: Final Stage
as Deneb
Kamen Rider Den-O The Movie: I'm Born!
as Deneb (voice)
Kamen Rider Den-O: Singing, Dancing, Great Training!!
as Deneb (voice)
Momotaros' Summer Vacation
as Deneb (voice)
Claymore
TVas Orsay (voice)• 2 eps
Blue Dragon
TVas Killer Bat (voice)• 102 eps
Princess Resurrection
TVas Dracul
Kamen Rider Den-O
TVas Deneb (voice)
Saiyuki Reload: Burial
TVas Ukoku Sanzō (voice)
Naruto Shippūden
TVas Jiraiya (voice)• 500 eps
2006
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam - A New Translation III: Love is the Pulse of the Stars
as Yazan Gable (voice)
Akagi
TVas Yamanaka (voice)• 1 eps
Ergo Proxy
TVas (voice) / Memory Interventionist (voice) / Proxy One (voice)• 1 eps
009-1
TVas Number Zero (voice)
Coyote Ragtime Show
TVas Bruce Dochley (voice)
Gintama
TVas Abuto (voice)• 49 eps
2005
Final Fantasy VII: Last Order
as The Turks - Martial Arts (voice)
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam - A New Translation II: Lovers
as Yazan Gable (voice)
Blood+
TVas George Miyagusuku (voice)• 50 eps
2004
Netrun-mon the Movie
as Samuraidamashii Ken
Naruto
TVas Jiraiya (voice)• 116 eps
2003
2002
Dolls
as Matsumoto's Friend
2001
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
as Kyle Marcus (voice)
Earth Maiden Arjuna
TVas Bob• 13 eps
Figure 17: Tsubasa & Hikaru
TVas Isamu Kuroda
Kaze no Yojimbo
TVas Samekichi Shirogane
2000
Reign: The Conqueror Movie
as Cleitus
Carried by the Wind: Tsukikage Ran
TVas Kojuro Takagaki (voice)• 13 eps
Saiyuki
TVas Ni Jianyi (voice)• 50 eps
Brigadoon: Marin & Melan
TVas Melan Blue
1999
Detective Conan: The Last Wizard of the Century
as Ryuu Sagawa (voice)
Turn A Gundam
TVas Gavane Gooney (voice)• 50 eps
Meltylancer: The Animation
TVas Collins One Seven (voice)
Zoids: Chaotic Century
TVas Gunther Prozen (voice)• 67 eps
Cowboy Bebop
TVas Shaft (voice) (as Yoshitada Ôtsuka)• 1 eps
Reign: The Conqueror
TVas Cleitus (voice)
1998
Devil Lady
TVas Algoth (voice)• 26 eps
Kurogane Communication
TVas Cleric
1997
Gekisou Sentai Carranger vs Ohranger
as Signalman
1996
Tenchi Muyo! In Love
as Sabato
Crayon Shin-chan: Great Adventure In Henderland
as Makao (voice)
Detective Conan
TVas Yuukaihan (voice)
1995
Gunsmith Cats
as Bill Collins (voice)
Gunsmith Cats
TVas Bill Collins (voice)
1994
Yu Yu Hakusho: The Movie - Poltergeist Report
as Kuronue (voice)
The Irresponsible Captain Tylor OVA
TVas Barsalom (voice)• 10 eps
Mobile Fighter G Gundam
TVas Chibodee Crocket (voice)• 49 eps
Maps
TVas Gahha Kala Kala (voice)
1993
Coo of the Far Seas
as Jean (voice)
Bonobono
as Sunadorineko-san
The King of Minami
as information
Black Jack
TVas President Kelly (voice)• 1 eps
Slam Dunk
TVas Akira Sendo (voice)• 101 eps
1990
City Hunter: Bay City Wars
as Norton's Aide (voice)
1989
1988
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
as (voice)
Mami the Psychic: Dancing Dolls in a Starry Sky
as Hideki (voice)
Transformers: Super-God Masterforce
TVas Ranger (Autobots - Godmasters)
1987
Project A-Ko 2: Plot of the Daitokuji Financial Group
as Mr. Daitokuji (voice)
Digital Devil Story - Megami Tensei
as Loki (voice)
Dead Heat
as Saburou
Heavy Metal L-Gaim III - Full Metal Soldier
as Mirao Kyao
Mister Ajikko
TVas Takao Ajiyoshi• 99 eps
Transformers: The Headmasters
TVas Crosshairs• 35 eps
Metal Armor Dragonar
TVas Tapp Oceano (voice)• 48 eps
Manga Nihon Keizai Nyuumon
TVas 津川
Spaceship Sagittarius
TVas Cosmo Service (voice) / Chemical's Subordinate (voice) / Fisherman (voice) / Reporter (voice) / Soldier (voice) / Official (voice) / Youth (voice) / Cosmo Service Staff (voice)• 1 eps
1986
Captain Tsubasa Movie 04: The Great World Competition!! The Junior World Cup
as Makoto Souda (voice)
Captain Tsubasa Movie 03: Run Towards Tomorrow!
as Makoto Souda (voice)
Grey: Digital Target
as Cricket (voice)
Heavy Metal L-Gaim I: Pentagona Window + Lady Gavlet
as Mirao Kyao
Castle in the Sky
as Man in Black Glasses (voice)
Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ
TVas Yazan Gable• 47 eps
1985
Ninja Robots
TVas Grathan Gryn• 43 eps
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam
TVas Yazan Gable (voice)• 3 eps
1984
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
as Tolmekian Soldier (voice)
Heavy Metal L-Gaim
TVas Mirauu Kyao• 54 eps
Katri: Girl of the Meadows
TVas Raski (voice)• 49 eps
1983
Captain Tsubasa
TVas (voice)• 128 eps
Genesis Climber MOSPEADA
TVas Batra
1971
Kamen Rider
TVas Deneb (voice)