Hōchū Ōtsuka

Hōchū Ōtsuka (大塚 芳忠, Ōtsuka Hōchū, born Yoshitada Ōtsuka [same kanji], May 19, 1954) is a Japanese voice actor from Okayama Prefecture, 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, and Jiraiya in Naruto.

Roles

Television animation

• Akagi – Kurata Group's dealer (episode 14)
• Anpanman – Katsubushiman
• Arakawa Under the Bridge – Toru "Shiro" Shiroi
• The Big O – Jason Beck "Gold"
• Bleach – Metastacia, Glasses-wearing ghost - (episode 1)
• Blood+ – George Miyagusuku
• Blue Dragon – Killer Bat
• Brigadoon: Marin & Melan – Melan Blue
• Captain Tsubasa – Makoto Sōda
• Chūnibyō Demo Koi ga Shitai! – Narrator
• Claymore – Orsay
• Coyote Ragtime Show – Bruce Dochley
• Cowboy Bebop – Session 17, Younger Shaft Brother
• Detective Conan – Kikuji Banchō, Shōichirō Hitomi, Takehiko Hitomi, Katsuo Nabeshima
• Doki Doki Precure – King Jikochu
• Durarara!! – Narrator - EP 12.5: Narrator of TV program - DVD-only (Shiki - EP 15)
• Ergo Proxy – Proxy One
• Figure 17 – Isamu Kuroda
• Fist of the Blue Sky – Zhāng Tài-Yán
• Full Metal Panic!: The Second Raid – Gates
• Gallery Fake – Roger Warner
• Gintama – Abuto
• Heavy Metal L-Gaim – Mirao Kyao
• High School! Kimengumi – Nihiruda Yō, Kanzenji Ai
• Kamen no Maid Guy – Gold Fish Miyatsuguchi (EP 11)
• Kamigami no Asobi – Zeus Keraunos)
• Kannagi – Head Maid Cafe owner (EP 6)
• Kazemakase Tsukikage Ran – Takagaki Kojuro (EP 11)
• Kurogane Communication – Cleric
• Metal Armor Dragonar – Tapp Oseano
• Mobile Fighter G Gundam – Chibodee Crocket
• Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam – Yazan Gable
• Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ – Yazan Gable
• Monster Princess – Dracul
• Maoyu – Crusader Commander
• My Sexual Harassment – Niimi
• Naruto – Jiraiya
• Naruto Shippuden – Jiraiya
• Neon Genesis Evangelion – Shiro Tokita
• Nintama Rantarō – Yasujirō, Susumu Masayuki
• Nodame Cantabile – Miyoshi Takehiko
• Noir – Krode Feddi
• One Piece – Montblanc Norland, Z
• Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt – Ghost, episode 4 - High School Nudical
• Pocket Monsters – Kyō
• RahXephon – Masayoshi Kuki
• Ranma 1/2 – Gindo
• Rurouni Kenshin – Tokisada Mutō
• The Sacred Blacksmith – August Arthur
• Saki – Kazue Nanpo's Grandfather
• Saiyuki – Doctor Ni Jianyi
• Saiyuki Reload – Doctor Ni Jianyi
• Samurai Champloo – Jouji
• Sasami-san@Ganbaranai – Kamiomi Tsukuyomi
• Sgt. Frog – Nevara
• Shangri-La – Mi-ko
• Slam Dunk – Akira Sendoh, Norio Hotta
• SoltyRei – Hou Chuu
• Sonic X – Red Pine
• Soul Eater – Little Ogre
• Souten Kouro – Dong Zhuo
• Space Battleship Yamato 2199 – Shiro Sanada
• Spice and Wolf – Marlheit
• Tantei Gakuen Q – Taiki Yoshinari
• Texhnolyze – Kohagura Fuminori
• Toaru Majutsu no Index II – Terra of the Left
• Transformers: The Headmasters – Ultra Magnus, Crosshairs, Wingspan, Ratbat, Deer Stalker
• Transformers: Super-God Masterforce – Ranger
• Transformers: Victory – Gaihawk
• Turn A Gundam – Gavane Gooney
• Vandread – Tenmei Uragasami; AKA, Buzam A. Calessa "BC"
• Working!! – Mahiru's father
• Yaiba – Kotarou
• Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl – Announcer
• Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters GX – X
• Zoids: Chaotic Century – Gunther Prozen

OVA

• 3×3 Eyes – Jake McDonald)
• Blue Submarine 6 – Alexander David Cekeros
• DinoZone – Dino Stego
• Giant Robo: The Day the Earth Stood Still – Gen
• Hellsing Ultimate – Tubalcain Alhambra^[1]
• The Irresponsible Captain Tylor – Barusarōmu
• Kamen Rider Den-O: Collection DVD: Imagin Anime – Deneb
• Last Order: Final Fantasy VII – Martial Artist Turk
• Legend of the Galactic Heroes – Kāre Wirokku
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – Leonardo

Tokusatsu

• Gekisou Sentai Carranger – Signalman, BB Donpa
• Kamen Rider Den-O – Deneb/Kamen Rider Zeronos Vega Form
• Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger – Signalman
• Kamen Rider Gaim – Narrator

Theater animation

• Bonobono – Sunadori Neko-san
• Fist of the North Star – Shuh
• Kamen Rider Den-O: I'm Born! – Deneb/Kamen Rider Zeronos Vega Form
• Kamen Rider Den-O & Kiva: Climax Deka – Deneb/Kamen Rider Zeronos Vega Form
• Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam A New Translation II: Lovers – Yazan Gable
• Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam A New Translation III: Love is the Pulse of the Stars – Yazan Gable
• Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind – Torumekia soldier
• Turn A Gundam I: Eearth Light – Gavane Gooney
• Vampire Hunter D – Kyle
• Gokaiger Goseiger Super Sentai 199 Hero Great Battle – Signalman
• One Piece Film: Z – Zephyr/Z
• Yu Yu Hakusho The Movie: Poltergeist Report aka Meikai Shitou Hen - Hono no Kizuna – Kuronue

Video games

• Azel: Panzer Dragoon RPG – Skiad-Ops Gash
• Armored Core 2: Another Age – Emeraude
• Bravely Default – Barras Lehr
• Bravely Second – Barras Lehr
• Call of Duty: Black Ops – Viktor Reznov (Japanese-dub release version)
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 – Nikolai (Japanese-dub release version)
• Destroy All Humans! series – Orthopox 13
• Future GPX Cyber Formula: A New Challenger – AKF-0/1B Nemesis
• Gungrave: Overdose – Rocketbilly Redcadillac
• Gunparade March – Hisaomi Sakagami
• The Idolm@ster 2 – Junjirou Takagi
• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (video game) – Young Joseph Joestar
• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle – Hol Horse
• Kamen Rider: Battride War – Karasu/Susumu Karashima
• Kamen Rider: Climax Heroes – Kamen Rider Zeronos Vega Form
• Kid Icarus Uprising – Hades
• Kingdom Hearts II – Xigbar
• Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days – Xigbar
• Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep – Braig
• Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance – Braig/Xigbar
• Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker – Ramón Gálvez Mena
• Project X Zone – Meden Traore
• Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves – Captain LeFwee
• Street Fighter Alpha 3 – Dee Jay
• Super Robot Wars – Yazan Gable, Chibodee Crocket, Gavane Gooney, Jason Beck, Miraū Kyao, Tapp Oceano, Masayoshi Kuki
• Tales of Rebirth – Walto
• Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World – Tenebrae
• Tales of Xillia – Nachtigal I. Fan
• Tales of Xillia 2 – Nachtigal I. Fan
• Valkyria Chronicles IV - Phoenix
• White Knight Chronicles – Dregiaz
• Yakuza 4 – Kazuo Shibata
• Zangeki no Reginleiv – Odin
• Kingdom of Paradise – Lei Gai

Dubbing roles

Live-action

• Jean-Claude Van Damme
  • Cyborg (1991 TV Asashi edition) – Gibson Rickenbacker
  • Kickboxer (1991 TV Tokyo edition) – Kurt Sloane
  • Death Warrant – Louis Burke
  • Lionheart – Lyon Gaultier
  • Double Impact – Chad Wagner / Alex Wagner
  • Universal Soldier – Luc Deveraux / GR44
  • Nowhere to Run – Sam Gillen
  • Street Fighter – Colonel William F. Guile
  • Derailed – Jacques Kristoff
  • Friends – Jean-Claude Van Damme
  • Maximum Risk – Alain Moreau / Mikhail Suverov
  • Double Team – Jack Paul Quinn
  • Inferno – Eddie Lomax
  • Universal Soldier: The Return – Luc Deveraux
  • Replicant – The Replicant / Edward "The Torch" Garrotte
  • Las Vegas – Jean-Claude Van Damme
  • Universal Soldier: Regeneration – Luc Deveraux
  • Assassination Games – Vincent Brazil
  • Dragon Eyes – Tiano
  • Six Bullets – Samson Gaul
  • U.F.O. – George
  • Welcome to the Jungle – Storm Rothchild
• Jeff Goldblum
  • Jurassic Park – Dr. Ian Malcolm
  • Independence Day – David Levinson
  • Mad Dog Time – Mickey Holliday
  • The Lost World: Jurassic Park – Dr. Ian Malcolm
  • Holy Man – Ricky Hayman
  • Cats & Dogs – Professor Brody
  • Igby Goes Down – D.H. Banes
  • Man of the Year – Stewart
  • Mortdecai – Krampf
• Gary Oldman
  • State of Grace – Jackie Flannery
  • Bram Stoker's Dracula (15th Anniversary DVD edition) – Count Dracula
  • Batman Begins (2008 Fuji TV edition) – Jim Gordon
• Annie – Guy (Bobby Cannavale)
• Arachnophobia – Ross
• Ben-Hur – Messala
• The Dark Knight (TV Asahi edition) – Joker (Heath Ledger)
• Dawn of the Dead – CJ
• Deep Blue Sea – Carter Blake (Thomas Jane)
• Desperate Housewives – Paul Young
• Die Hard 2 – Colonel Stuart
• Die Hard with a Vengeance – Zeus Carver
• Dragonball Evolution – Lord Piccolo (James Marsters)
• Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman – Reverend Timothy Johnson
• Dune – Feyd-Rautha
• El tiempo entre costuras – Claudio Vázquez (Francesc Garrido)
• Enter the Dragon – Williams
• Edge of Tomorrow – Master Sergeant Farell (Bill Paxton)
• The Fifth Element – Korben Dallas
• Fly Away Home – Thomas Alden
• Full House – Danny Tanner
• Furious 7 – Frank Petty (Kurt Russell)
• Hannibal – Paul Krendler
• Heartbreak Ridge – Stitch
• Highlander – Connor MacLeod/ Russell Nash
• The Hitcher – John Ryder
• Kamen Rider Dragon Knight – General Xaviax
• Licence to Kill – James Bond (Timothy Dalton)
• The Living Daylights – James Bond (Timothy Dalton)
• The Lord of the Rings film trilogy – Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen)
• The Magnificent Seven (2013 Star Channel edition) – Chris Adams (Yul Brynner)
• The Matrix trilogy – Agent Smith (Hugo Weaving)
• Miami Vice – Detective Larry Zito
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest – Davy Jones (Bill Nighy)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End – Davy Jones (Bill Nighy)
• Predator 2 – Agent Keyes
• Saw – Doctor Lawrence Gordon
• The Shawshank Redemption – Andy Dufresne
• Sin City – Cardinal Roark
• Smallville – Doctor Swann
• Spaceballs - Lone Starr (Bill Pullman)
• Speed – Harry
• Star Trek: The Next Generation – Data (Brent Spiner)
• Street Fighter – William Guile
• Super Size Me – Morgan Spurlock
• Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me – James Hurley (James Marshall), Phillip Jeffries (David Bowie)
• Underworld – Lucian
• The Untouchables' – Eliot Ness
• Van Helsing – Count Dracula
• West Side Story – Tony
• The World Is Not Enough – Davidov
• The X-Files – Investigator John Doggett

Animation

• Animaniacs – Michelangelo
• The Animals of Farthing Wood – Fox
• Beware the Batman – Harvey Dent
• Captain Planet and the Planeteers – Captain Planet, Narrator
• Cars 2 – Finn McMissile
• Chuggington - Hanzo
• The Iron Giant – Kent Mansley
• The Lord of the Rings – Merry Brandybuck
• ReBoot – Megabyte
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles films – Leonardo
• Titan A.E. – Professor Sam Tucker
• Up – Alpha the Doberman

Other Japanese

• Pirates of the Caribbean – Davy Jones

References

External links

• Hōchū Ōtsuka at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Houchu Ohtsuka at Ryu's Seiyuu Infos
• Hōchū Ōtsuka at the Internet Movie Database