Kōichi Kitamura

Hajimu Kimura (木村 一, Kimura Hajimu, December 18, 1931 – October 2, 2007), better known by the stage name Kōichi Kitamura (北村 弘一, Kitamura Kōichi), was a Japanese voice actor born in Osaka, Japan. Kitamura was employed by the talent management agency Mausu Promotion. He died on October 2, 2007 of pneumonia.

Anime

TV

• April to Sandman (Sandman)
• Dragon Ball GT (Eskar)
• Esper Mami (Gentleman)
• Fighting Spirit (Nanba Boxing Club President)
• Fushigi na Merumo (Waregarasu-sensei)
• Hiatari Ryōkō! (Coach)
• Hime-chan's Ribbon (The King)
• Invincible Steel Man Daitarn 3 (Garrison Tokida)
• Karate Baka Ichidai ()
• La Seine no Hoshi (Papa)
• Like the Clouds, Like the Wind (Mano)
• Lupin III: Operation Return the Treasure (Tokarev)
• Lupin III: The Secret of Twilight Gemini (Officer Burutokarī)
• Lupin III: Steal Napoleon's Dictionary! (Aged Scholar)
• Mirmo! (Jidai)
• Monster (General Helmut Wolf)
• Kaibutsu-kun (Cop)
• Moomin (Chief)
• Nine (Coach Nakao)
• One Piece (Professor Clover)
• Pekora (Professor Kamikutta)
• Ojarumaru (Bookstore owner)
• Rurouni Kenshin (Okina)
• Sakura Wars (Count Aritsune Hanakoji)
• Sabu to Ichi Torimono Hikae (Saheiji)
• Soar High! Isami (Miyahito Hanaoka)
• The Super Dimension Century Orguss (Gorv)
• Time Bokan (Da Vinci)
• Touch (Coach Nishio)
• Urusei Yatsura (Mendō's father, shopkeeper, Saizō)
• Virtua Fighter (Shun Di)
• YuYu Hakusho (Yōta)
• Zenki (Tōbei)

OVA

• Armored Trooper Votoms: Big Battle (Cherokee)
• The Heroic Legend of Arslan (Jon Bodan)
• Key the Metal Idol (Dr. Murao Mima)
• Macross Plus (General Gomez)

Movies

• Akira (Miyako, Committee Member A)
• Doraemon: Nobita and the Knights of Dinosaur (Section Chief)
• Doraemon: Nobita's Galactic Express (Ninja Master)
• Doraemon: The Record of Nobita: Spaceblazer (Mesu)
• The Heroic Legend of Arslan (Jon Bodan)
• Sakura Wars series (Count Aritsune Hanakoji)
• Touch series (Coach Nishio)

Games

• Brave Fencer Musashi (Yukkeru Jii)
• Lunar: The Silver Star (Faidy (Quark) the White Dragon)
• Sakura Wars series (Count Aritsune Hanakoji)
• Tenchu series (Naotada Sekiya)

Other voice over

Kitamura is known for dubbing roles played by Peter Cushing. He has also dubbed the following roles:

• Animaniacs (Dr. Otto Scratchansniff)
• Batman (Alfred)
• DuckTales (Scrooge McDuck)
• DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp (Scrooge McDuck)
• Felix the Cat (Professor)
• James Bond series
  • Goldfinger
  • Moonraker (General Gogol)
  • A View to a Kill (Q)
  • Licence to Kill (Q)
  • Tomorrow Never Dies (Q)
  • The World Is Not Enough (Q)
• Muppets Tonight (Waldorf, Dr. Phil Van Neuter)
• Ned's Newt (Shopkeeper)
• The Simpsons (Mr. Burns)
• The Rescuers
• The Aristocats (Georges Hautecourt)
• Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film) (Sleepy)

Live action

• Moonlight Mask (Policeman, others)

External links

• (Japanese) Mausu Promotion
• Kōichi Kitamura at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• (Japanese) Seiyū Database
• (Japanese) Japan Movie Database