Akira Kamiya

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Akira Kamiya (神谷 明, Kamiya Akira, born September 18, 1946) is a veteran seiyū who was born in Kanagawa Prefecture, Yokohama. He has been represented by Theater Echo, Aoni Production, and others. He is currently represented by Saeba Shoji.

He is most famous for the roles of Kenshirou (Fist of the North Star), Suguru Kinniku (Kinnikuman), Ryo Saeba (City Hunter/Angel Heart), Shutaro Mendou (Urusei Yatsura), Shun Mitaka (Maison Ikkoku), and Kogoro Mori (Detective Conan). He has also starred in several Super Robot animes in which his distinctive voice has earned him the beloved moniker "Mr. Super Robot" from fans.


[edit] Career

Kamiya made his debut on Mahou no Mako-chan in 1970 while working for Theater Echo. He went on to have a regular role on Akaki Chi no Eleven as Sasuke Yatsume and later co-starred with Kei Tomiyama in Fushigi na Merumo.

In 1973 he played the title character in Babel II, and then went on to play the lead role in many Super Robot animes, such as Nagare Ryou in Getter Robo, Akira Hibiki in Yuusha Raideen, Jimmy Orion in Mechander Robo, and Takuma Ichimonji in Wakusei Danguard Ace. Because of his tendency to shout dramatically, he earned the nickname Sakebi no Kamiya (叫びの神谷, Screaming Kamiya).

Kamiya has also played many playboy lady-killer types, including pretty-boy pitcher Satoru Satonaka in Dokaben, Godai's tennis-coach rival Shun Mitaka in Maison 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 in Mouretsu Atarou. Currently, he is playing the lazy, washed-up private detective Kogoro Mori (Richard Moore) in the long running Detective Conan anime.

The 1980s would see a string of memorable performance from Kamiya, including Shutaro Mendou in Urusei Yatsura, Suguru Kinniku in Kinnikuman, Kenshirou in Hokuto no Ken (Fist of the North Star), Roy Focker in Super Dimensional Fortress Macross and Ryo Saeba in City Hunter.

Apart from anime, Kamiya has done some dub work, most notably dubbing Pierce Brosnan in Remington Steele and 2 James Bond movies (Goldeneye and Tomorrow Never Dies).

In recent years, he has lectured at the Nihon Kogakuin Vocational School. Some of his students include Megumi Toyoguchi, Ryoko Shintani, and Ai Shimizu.

[edit] The Kinnikuman Incident

After reprising the role of Ryo Saeba for the City Hunter movie series and Kenshiro for the Hokuto no Ken (Fist of the North Star) video games, Kamiya reprised the role of Kinniku Suguru for the initial Kinnikuman Nisei movie and the Game Cube game Kinnikuman Nisei: Legend Chojins vs. New Generation Chojins. However, he was replaced by Toshio Furukawa for the Nisei (Ultimate Muscle) TV series and the expanded version of the video game (Kinnikuman Generations, PS2). No official reason has been given for this cast change and Kamiya himself claimed in an interview on Waratte Iitomo that he was never even offered the roles. Most fans were upset by the change and confused about why it was done. He also has been replaced as Kenshiro for both the three-part Shin Hokuto no Ken OAV series and the Shin Kyūseishu Densetsu pentalogy of films (both featured their own voice actor for Kenshiro).

As of the second expansion of the video game (Kinnikuman Muscle Generations, PSP), Kamiya has resumed the role of Kinniku Suguru.

[edit] Notable voice roles

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[edit] Pachinko

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[edit] Puppet Show

  • Purinpurin Monogatari (Bon-Bon, Zerozerozebun Hennakibun)
  • Benikujaku (Kotemoku)

[edit] Radio

[edit] Internet Radio

  • Kamiya Akira Returns (AII Radio) May 9, 2005
  • Kamiya Akira Hot Beat Party (Saeba Shouji) May 3, 2005~

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[edit] Other

[edit] Music


[edit] Trivia

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