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

• Jujutsu Kaisen 0 as Miguel (voice)
• Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero as Beerus (voice)
• Memories as Miguel Costrela (voice)
• Shin Ultraman as Zōffy (voice)
• Godzilla: Final Wars as Narrator (voice)
• Sword of the Stranger as Luo-Lang (voice)
• Paprika as Morio Osanai (voice)
• Ghost in the Shell as Togusa (voice)
• Kiki's Delivery Service as Bakery Worker / Policeman (voice)
• Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence as Togusa (voice)

TV

• Ranma ½ as Guide (voice)
• Ranma ½ as Ryoga Hibiki (voice)
• Ranma ½ as Master (voice)
• Cowboy Bebop as Spike Spiegel / Ein (voice)
• Sword Art Online as Akihiko Kayaba (voice)
• Ranma ½ as Ryoga Hibiki
• Lupin the 3rd as Inspector Kōichi Zenigata (voice)
• Baki Hanma as Lips, Teeth, Tongue (voice)
• Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba as Zohakuten (voice)
• Gintama as Yoshida, Shouyou (voice)