Ryūzaburō Ōtomo

Ryūzaburō Ōtomo (大友 龍三郎, Ōtomo Ryūzaburō, born May 18, 1952) is a Japanese voice actor, actor and narrator who is affiliated with Aoni Production in December 2006, with 81 Produce and the Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society.

He plays villainous characters like Norio Wakamoto, either in children's programs such as Mahōjin Guru Guru (as Lord Giri), Sir Crocodile from One Piece and Montana Jones (as Zero) or in villainous roles such as Yūsha Keisatsu J-Decker (as Jūsan Saejima). He has taken over ongoing roles for voice actors Shigezō Sasaoka, Eiji Kanie, Shinji Nakae, Daisuke Gōri and Hirotaka Suzuoki after their deaths. A number of his foreign film-dubbing roles are occupied by Tesshō Genda in different editions of those films.

Roles

Television animation

1979

• The Ultraman (Roiger)

1980

• Zenderman (Musashi)

1985

• The Three-Eyed One (Macbeth)

1988

• Soreike! Anpanman (Kaseki no Maō)

1991

• Yokoyama Mitsuteru Sangokushi (Dong Zhuo)

1992

• O~i! Ryoma (Gurabā)
• Crayon Shin-chan (Pippen)

1994

• Brave Police J-Decker (Juzo Saejima, Narrator)
• Dragon Ball Z (Dabra)
• Ginga Sengoku Gun'yūden Rai (Geni)
• Kitaretsu Daihyakka (Priest)
• Macross 7 (Suren Rangu)
• Montana Jones (Lord Zero, Feudal Lord)
• Tottemo! Luckyman (Senkaoman, Hitman)

1995

• Aris Tantei Kyoku (Urufu-san)
• Fushigi Yūgi (Ashitare - Oyado)
• Kaitō Saint Tail (Board Chairman)
• Kūsōkagashi Sekai Gulliver Boy (Paeria)
• Demon Beast Resurrection (Mailman)
• Mahōjin Guru Guru (Lord Giri (second voice))
• Virtua Fighter (Jeffry McWild)

1996

• Bakusō Kyōdai Let's & Go!! series (Doctor Ōgami)
• Brave Command Dagwon (Super Lifeform Genocide)
• Dragon Ball GT (Liu Xing Long, Giant)
• GeGeGe no Kitarō (fourth series) (Oboro Kuroma, Mizutora, Kaiwanao)
• Jigoku Sensei Nūbē (Sauraki)
• Meitantei Conan (Okita, Shōji Mutsuda)

1997

• Bakusō Kyōdai Let's & Go!! WGP (Principal)
• Chō Mashin Eiyūden Wataru (Kurogane no Kenō)
• Dr. Slump (Unmō, Enma Daiō)
• Dragon Ball GT Special: Gokū Gaiden! Yūki no Akashishi ha Shiseikyū (Yōmaō)
• Hakugei Densetsu (Barba)
• Kindaichi Shōnen no Jigenbo (Zensuke Ōkōchi)
• Kyūketsu Hime Miyu (Kami-Ma Garyū)
• Meitantei Conan (Atsushi Mori practitioner)
• Nintama Rantarō (Fūki (second episode))
• Weiß Kreuz (Shigemi Yokō)

1998

• AWOL: Absent Without Leave (Zack Landis)
• Bakusō Kyōdai Let's & Go!! Max (Gen-san)
• BB-Daman Bakugaiden (Darkmazā, Dark Emperor)
• Cowboy Bebop (Abdul Hakim)
• Kurogane Communication (Industrial Enterprise Master)
• Meitantei Conan (Shirō Hiraoka)
• Pocket Monsters (Fushigibane, Woodsman)
• Sentimental Journey (Gakkōrei (Boss))
• Trigun (Denim)
• Yu-Gi-Oh! (Ushio)

1999

• Digimon Adventure (Vamdemon, VenomVamdemon)
• Excel Saga (Doctor Kabapu)
• Gregory Horror Show (Chef of Hell)
• Meitantei Conan (Criminal A, Hiruta, Michiaki Okuda)

2000

• Doki Doki Densetsu Mahōjin Guru Guru (Lord Giri)
• InuYasha (Hōsenki)
• Meitantei Conan (Arson offender)
• Pocket Monsters (Muramase)

2001

• Chō Gals! Kotobukiran (Mami's Father)
• Ōdorobō Jing (Baffle D'Ice)

2002

• Digimon Frontier (Cherubimon)
• Dragon Drive (Saizō Toki)
• One Piece (Sir Crocodile)

2003

• Ashita no Nadja (Gérard)
• Astro Boy (Gafu)
• Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo (Gunkan)
• Divergence Eve (Luke Walker)
• Gungrave (Bear Walken)
• Konjiki no Gash Bell!! (Demolt)
• Meitantei Conan (Saguru Itakura)
• Jūbei Ninpūchō: Ryūhōgyoku Hen (Tessai)
• Planetes (Hakim Ashmead)

2004

• Bōken Ō Beet (Grunide)
• Initial D Fourth Stage (Kōzō Hoshino)
• Kaiketsu Zorori (Kichizō Kumada)
• Meitantei Conan (Detective)
• Samurai 7 (Genzō)
• Samurai Champloo (Ishimatsu (episodes 3 and 4))
• Tenjō Tenge (Kaiba Natsume)

2005

• Gaiking: Legend of Daiku-Maryu (Daimon, Darius the Seventeenth)
• Pani Poni Dash! (Hirosuke)
• Speed Grapher (Father Kanda)

2006

• Kiba (J Rock)
• Sōten no Ken (Ke-Rong Jin)

2007

• Himawari! (Businessman)

2008

• Mobile Suit Gundam 00 (Homer Katagiri)

2009

• Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (Buccaneer)
• Keroro Gunsō (Witness)

2010

• Kiddy Girl-and (Basil)
• Dragon Ball Kai (Porunga, Gyū-Maō, King Cold)

2011

• Wolverine (Omega Red)
• Digimon Xros Wars (Sethmon)
• Digimon Xros Wars: The Young Hunters Who Leapt Through Time (Ogremon)

2012

• Mobile Suit Gundam AGE (Fezarl Ezelcant)
• Saint Seiya Ω (Capricorn Ionia)

Original video animation (OVA)

• El-Hazard (Galus)
• Legend of the Galactic Heroes (Sandoru Ararukon)
• Macross Zero (D. D. Ivanov)
• Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki (D3)
• Urotsukidoji (Caesar)

Theater animation

• Lupin III: Dead or Alive (Chief warden, officer)
• Episode of Alabasta: The Desert Princess and the Pirates (Sir Crocodile)
• Mobile Suit Gundam F91 (Nanto Roos)
• Pokémon: The First Movie (Venusaur)
• Soreike! Anpanman: Palm of the Hand to the Sun (Great black devil)
• Tenchi Muyo! in Love (Troublemaker)
• Naruto Shippuden The Movie: The Lost Tower: (Mukade/Anrokuzan)

Video games

• Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War (Captain Dominic "Vulture" Zubov)
• Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation (Ghost Eye)
• American McGee's Alice (Cheshire Cat)
• Brave Saga 2 (Jūsan Saejima)
• Burning Rangers (Big Randoman)
• Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex (Uka Uka)
• Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped (Uka Uka)
• Crash Bash (Uka Uka)
• Crash Nitro Kart (Uka Uka)
• Crash Team Racing (Uka Uka)
• Crash Twinsanity (Uka Uka)
• Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 2 (Dabra)
• Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3 (Dabra)
• Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi series (Dabra)
• Dynasty Warriors: Gundam (Musha Gundam)
• Final Fantasy XII (Judge Magister Zargabaath)
• Garasunobara (Kunio Hachiya)
• Gungrave (Bear Walken)
• The Last Blade series (Zantetsu)
• The Last Remnant (The Conqueror)
• Mega Man Battle & Chase (Napalm Man)
• Mega Man X4 (General)
• Musou Orochi: Rebirth of the Demon Lord (Taira no Kiyomori)
• Ninja Gaiden 2 (Genshin)
• One Piece: Pirate Warriors (Sir Crocodile)
• Power Stone 2 (Gourmand)
• Psychic Force 2012 (Gudeath)
• Shadow the Hedgehog (Black Doom)
• Shadow Hearts II (Grigori Rasputin)
• Solid Force (Yulgen Froint)
• Soulcalibur II (Astaroth)
• Soulcalibur III (Astaroth)
• Soulcalibur III: Arcade Edition (Astaroth)
• Soulcalibur Legends (Astaroth Alpha)
• Soulcalibur IV (Astaroth)
• Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny (Astaroth)
• Star Ocean: Till the End of Time (Crosell)
• Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds (Darth Vader)
• Super Robot Wars series (Euzeth Gozzo, Ashura, Q Bosu, Buritai 7018, Gadesu, Ganan, Emperor Warusa)
• Tales of Legendia (Maurits, Nerifes)
• Tales of Xillia (Jiao)
• Tales of Xillia 2 (Jiao)
• The Super Dimension Fortress Macross (Buritai Kuridaniku)

Dubbing roles

• 24 (Habib Marwan)
• Alien Resurrection (VHS/DVD edition) (Johner)
• Aliens (TV Asahi Special Edition) (Private Mark Drake)
• Batman & Robin (Mr. Freeze)
• Cadillac Records (Howlin' Wolf)
• Casino Royale (TV Asahi edition) (Steven Obanno)
• Cobra (TV Asahi edition) (Night Slasher)
• Con Air (DVD edition) (Diamond Dog)
• Daredevil (Kingpin)
• Das Boot (DVD edition) (Ario)
• Dogma (Metatron)
• Eight Legged Freaks (TV edition) (Leon)
• The Glimmer Man (DVD edition) (Donald Cunningham)
• Goosebumps (Death) (Episode: "Say Cheese and Die - Again!")
• The Green Mile (DVD edition) (John Coffey)
• Highlander (TV Asahi edition) (The Kurgan/Victor Kruger)
• Joy Ride (DVD edition) (Rusty Nail)
• Judge Dredd (Zed)
• Mad Max 2 (TBS edition) (Wez)
• Major League (VHS/DVD edition) (Pedro)
• Men in Black (VHS/DVD edition) (Edgar the Bug)
• Men in Black II (VHS/DVD edition) (Pineal Eye)
• The Mummy (High Priest Imhotep)
• The Mummy Returns (Fuji TV edition) (High Priest Imhotep)
• Ordinary Decent Criminal (Noel Quigley)
• Payback (Video and DVD edition) (Bronson)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (Bo'sun)
• Predator (TV edition) (Billy, Predator)
• Predator 2 (TV edition) (King Willie)
• The Replacement Killers (Michael Kogan)
• Resident Evil (VHS/DVD edition) (One)
• Rush Hour (Luke)
• Six Days Seven Nights (VHS/DVD edition) (Jager)
• Soldier of Fortune, Inc. (Deacon 'Deke' Reynolds)
• Street Fighter (TV edition) (Zangief)
• The Terminator (T-800)
• Timecop (Cole)
• Tom and Huck (Injun Joe)
• Trespass (Savon)

Western animation

• Biker Mice from Mars (Lord Camembert)
• DuckTales (Armstrong)
• Felidae (Kong)
• Hercules (Nessus)
• Home on the Range (Rico the Bounty Hunter)
• Spider-Man: The New Animated Series (Kingpin)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
  • TV Tokyo edition (Rat King, Chakahachi)
  • BS2 edition (Leatherhead)
• Toonsylvania (Phil)
• Treasure Planet (Scroop)
• X-Men (TV Tokyo edition) (Magneto)

Tokusatsu roles

• Super Sentai Series
  • Ninja Sentai Kakuranger (Voice of Nopperabō)
  • Denji Sentai Megaranger (Voice of Javius the First)
  • Seijuu Sentai Gingaman (Voice of Dotoumusha)
  • Kyuukyuu Sentai GoGoFive (Voice of Darkness King Gill)
  • Mirai Sentai Timeranger (Voice of Don Dolnero)
  • Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger (Voice of Ginjifuan Kazak)
  • Juken Sentai Gekiranger (Voice of Gorie Yen)
• Metal Hero Series
  • B-Fighter Kabuto (Voice of Astral Saber/Kabuterios)
• Kamen Rider series
  • Kamen Rider Hibiki Hyper Video (Bakeneko)
  • Kamen Rider Decade (Chinomanako/Chinomanako Diend)
  • Kamen Rider Wizard (Wizardragon)
• Ultraman series
  • Ultraman Mebius: The Armored Darkness (Voice of Armored Darkness)
  • Superior Ultraman 8 Brothers (Voice of Super Alien Hipporit)
• Tomica Hero Rescue Fire (Don Kaen, series finale)

Other roles

• Dragon Ball Z Infinite World PV
• Hamlet (Marcellus)
• Sengoku Raiden Championship VTR Narration (Sengoku ~Daigojin~)

External links

• Ryūzaburō Ōtomo at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
• Ryūzaburō Ōtomo at Aoni Production
• Ryūzaburō Ōtomo at Ryu's Seiyuu Infos