Taichirō Hirokawa

Taichirō Hirokawa (広川 太一郎, Hirokawa Taichirō, February 15, 1940 – March 3, 2008) was a Japanese voice actor and narrator. He was born in Tokyo on February 15, 1940 and died on March 3, 2008 in Shibuya from cancer. His death was announced at the beginning of the 2nd Seiyu Awards.

Roles

Film

• Otoko wa tsurai yo (1969) (Sakura's boyfriend)
• Warau Michael (2006) (Narrator)

Television dramas

• Phantom Agents (1964) (Tsukiaki)

Television animation

• Moomin (1969) (Snorken)
• Tomorrow's Joe (1970) (Carlos Rivera)
• Andersen Monogatari (1971) (Ibu)
• Star of the Giants (1971) (Nishioka)
• Tensai Bakabon(1971)
• Space Battleship Yamato Series (1974) (Mamoru Kodai)
• Vicky the Viking (1974) (Snope)
• La Seine no Hoshi (1975) (The Black Tulip, Narrator)
• Captain Future (1978) (Captain Future)
• Sherlock Hound (1984) (Holmes)
• Miracle Girls (1993) (Narrator)
• Soreike! Anpanman (1998) (Hamled)
• Mezzo (2004) (Kenichi Kurokawa)

OVA

• Yamato 2520 (1995) (Narrator)

Theater animation

• Saint Seiya: Legend of Crimson Youth (1988) (Abel)
• Pokémon Heroes (2002) (Announcer)

Dub Work

Live-action

• Tony Curtis
  • Some Like It Hot
  • The Great Race
  • Spartacus
  • Sweet Smell of Success (first time dubbing Curtis)
  • The Persuaders!
  • The Defiant Ones
  • Vega$
• Robert Redford
  • Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
  • The Great Gatsby
  • Spy Game (TV Tokyo version)
  • All the President's Men (TBS version)
  • A Bridge Too Far (NTV version)
  • Legal Eagles (TV Tokyo version)
• Roger Moore
  • The Cannonball Run
  • Live and Let Die
  • The Man with the Golden Gun
  • The Spy Who Loved Me
  • Moonraker
  • For Your Eyes Only
  • Octopussy
  • A View to a Kill
• Dan Aykroyd
  • Trading Places
  • Ghostbusters
  • Ghostbusters II
  • Dragnet
• Michael Hui
  • The Private Eyes (Wong Yeuk Sze)
  • Rob-B-Hood
• Batman (Batman (Adam West))
• Monty Python's Flying Circus and The Holy Grail (Eric Idle)
• On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1979 TBS edition (James Bond (George Lazenby)))
• Splash (Dr. Walter Kornbluth (Eugene Levy))
• Young Frankenstein (Frederick Frankenstein (Gene Wilder))

Animation

• The New Adventures of Superman (Superman)
• Wacky Races (Kizatoto-kun (Peter Perfect))

Tokusatsu

• Juken Sentai Gekiranger (2007) (Voice of Confrontation Beast Pig-Fist Tabu)

Radio

• Otoko-tachi no yoru kana
• Edogawa Ranpo Series as Kogoro Akechi
• Hoshi e Iku fune

External links

• Taichirō Hirokawa at Internet Movie Database
• Taichirō Hirokawa at Anime News Network's encyclopedia