Kappei Yamaguchi

Acting · Born 1965-05-23 in Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan

Biography

Mitsuo Yamaguchi (山口 光雄, Yamaguchi Mitsuo), better known by his stage name of Kappei Yamaguchi (山口 勝平, Yamaguchi Kappei) is a Japanese voice actor and actor from Fukuoka, affiliated with Gokū and 21st Century Fox. He is best known for the roles of Ranma Saotome (Ranma ½), Jackson Neil (Miracle Girls), Tombo (Kiki's Delivery Service), Yattaro (Kyattou Ninden Teyandee), InuYasha (InuYasha), Ryuichi Sakuma (Gravitation), L (Death Note), Usopp (One Piece), Hideyoshi (Law of Ueki), and Kaito Kid and Shinichi Kudo (Case Closed). His current starring roles include that of Raimon "Monta" Taro, the Deimon Devil Bats' ace receiver in Eyeshield 21. Yamaguchi has appeared in eroge as Kyōya Ushihisa (牛久 京也, Ushihisa Kyōya). He made his first public appearance in North America at Otakon 2008; and was…

Filmography

• Detective Conan: Captured in Her Eyes as Shinichi Kudo (voice)
• Detective Conan: The Time Bombed Skyscraper as Shinichi Kudo (voice)
• Case Closed: The Fourteenth Target as Shinichi Kudo (voice)
• A Tree of Palme as Roualt (voice)
• One Piece: Clockwork Island Adventure as Usopp (voice)
• One Piece: The Desert Princess and the Pirates: Adventure in Alabasta as Usopp / Lashes (voice)
• TIGER & BUNNY: The Beginning as Robin Baxter (voice)
• Inuyasha the Movie 3: Swords of an Honorable Ruler as Inuyasha (voice)
• Inuyasha the Movie 4: Fire on the Mystic Island as Inuyasha (voice)
• Ranma ½: Nightmare! Incense of Spring Sleep as Ranma Saotome ♂ (voice)