Koichi Yamadera
Acting · Born 1961-06-17 in Shiogama, Miyagi, Japan
Biography
Koichi Yamadera is a Japanese voice actor and radio personality, known for voicing Jim Carrey and Eddie Murphy in the Japanese language releases of their respective films. In 2006, he divorced voice actress Mika Kanai. His most notable characters are Spike Spiegel from Cowboy Bebop (1998) and the subsequent follow up film Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001), Beerus from the longstanding Dragonball franchise, and the modern day voice of Inspector Zenigata of the longstanding Lupin the Third franchise after the retirement of the previous voice actor Gorō Naya and first appearing in the role in Lupin the Third: Blood Seal of the Eternal Mermaid (2011)
Filmography
- Lupin the Third: The Fuma Conspiracy as Police Officer B (voice)
- Lupin the Third: Operation: Return the Treasure as Ivan Crockovich (voice)
- Lupin the Third: The Secret Page of Marco Polo as Inspector Koichi Zenigata (voice)
- DEEMO Memorial Keys as Valensky (voice)
- Jujutsu Kaisen 0 as Miguel (voice)
- 20th Century Boys 3: Redemption as DJ Konchi
- Gintama: The Movie as Yoshida Shouyou (voice)
- Gintama: The Very Final as Utsuro / Shouyou Yoshida (voice)
- Gintama: The Final Chapter - Be Forever Yorozuya as Time Thief (voice)
- Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva as Pierre Starbuck (voice)