Hidekatsu Shibata
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is a Japanese voice actor
Seiyu
Voice acting in Japan has far greater prominence than in most other countries. Japan's large animation industry produces 60% of the animated series in the world; as a result, Japanese voice actors, or , are able to achieve fame on a national and international level.Besides acting as narrators and...

 from Asakusa
Asakusa
is a district in Taitō, Tokyo, Japan, most famous for the Sensō-ji, a Buddhist temple dedicated to the bodhisattva Kannon. There are several other temples in Asakusa, as well as various festivals.- History :...

, Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

 who is affiliated with Aoni Production
Aoni Production
Aoni Production is a Japanese talent agency representing a fair number of voice actors and other Japanese entertainers.-Voice actors currently affiliated with Aoni:...

. He was a classmate of Yasuo Fukuda
Yasuo Fukuda
was the 91st Prime Minister of Japan, serving from 2007 to 2008. He was previously the longest-serving Chief Cabinet Secretary in Japanese history, serving for three and a half years under Prime Ministers Yoshirō Mori and Junichiro Koizumi....

 at Azabu High School
Azabu High School
, referred to as "Azabu," is a private preparatory day school in Japan. It teaches boys between seventh and twelves grades. The campus of Azabu is located in the Azabu district of Minato, Tokyo, Japan...

. http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-09-24/yasuo-fukuda-wins-leadership-election-over-taro-aso He is married to voice actress Akiko Sekine.

He is most known for the roles of Baron Ashura
Baron Ashura
is a fictional character featuring in the works of Go Nagai. It is the main henchman of Dr. Hell, the antagonist of Super Robot series Mazinger Z. It plagues the hero Kouji Kabuto for much of the series' run, until finally being killed in one of the later episodes....

 (Mazinger Z
Mazinger Z
, known briefly as Tranzor Z in United States, is a Super Robot manga and anime series created by Go Nagai. The first manga version was serialized in Shueisha Weekly Shōnen Jump from October 1972 to August 1973, and it later continued in Kodansha TV Magazine from October 1973 to September 1974. In...

), Kenzou Kabuto (Great Mazinger
Great Mazinger
is a manga comic book and anime television series by manga artist Go Nagai, made as a direct continuation of the successful Mazinger Z series...

), Count Mecha (Galaxy Express 999
Galaxy Express 999
is a manga written and drawn by Leiji Matsumoto, as well as various anime films and TV series based on it. It is set in a space-faring, high-tech future in which humans have learned how to transfer their minds into mechanical bodies, thus achieving practical immortality.The manga won the...

), General Shadow (Kamen Rider Stronger
Kamen Rider Stronger
is a Japanese tokusatsu television series. The fifth program to be created as part of the Kamen Rider Series, the series was broadcast on TBS and MBS from April 5, 1975 to December 27, 1975, lasting 39 episodes, and aired every Saturday at 7:00 p.m...

), Hiruzen Sarutobi (Naruto
Naruto
is an ongoing Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masashi Kishimoto. The plot tells the story of Naruto Uzumaki, an adolescent ninja who constantly searches for recognition and aspires to become the Hokage, the ninja in his village who is acknowledged as the leader and the strongest of...

) and Führer King Bradley (FullMetal Alchemist
Fullmetal Alchemist
, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiromu Arakawa. The world of Fullmetal Alchemist is styled after the European Industrial Revolution...

).

TV Anime

  • Angel Beats!
    Angel Beats!
    is a 13-episode Japanese anime television series produced by P.A. Works and Aniplex and directed by Seiji Kishi. The story was originally conceived by Jun Maeda, who also wrote the screenplay and composed the music with the group Anant-Garde Eyes, with original character design by Na-Ga; both Maeda...

     (Computer Technician)
  • Armored Trooper Votoms
    Armored Trooper Votoms
    is a 52-episode anime television series, created by Ryosuke Takahashi and Sunrise, featuring mechanical designs by Kunio Okawara. The series originally aired in Japan from April 1, 1983 to March 23, 1984 on TV Tokyo...

     (Wiseman)
  • D.Gray Man (Samo Han Wong)
  • Bakugan: Gundalian Invaders (Nurzak) (Japanese dub)
  • Dragon Ball (King Chapa)
  • Dragon Ball GT (Il Shenron, Yi Xing Long)
  • Dragon Quest
    Dragon Warrior (TV series)
    is a 1989 Japanese animated television series based on the video game series of the same name.The complete series boxset was released on 10 September 2006. Only 13 Episodes were shown in the United States dubbed in English by Saban Entertainment.- Plot :...

     (Wizard Moore)
  • Ergo Proxy
    Ergo Proxy
    is a science fiction suspense anime television series, produced by Manglobe, which premiered across Japan on 25 February 2006 on the WOWOW satellite network. It is directed by Shukō Murase, with screenplay by Dai Satō et al.. Ergo Proxy has been described as dark science fiction mystery with...

     (Husserl)
  • Fairy Tail
    Fairy Tail
    is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiro Mashima. It has been serialized in Weekly Shōnen Magazine since August 23, 2006, and has been published by Kodansha in 29 tankōbon volumes . An ongoing anime produced by A-1 Pictures and Satelight was released in Japan on October 12, 2009,...

     (Narrator, Igneel)
  • Flame of Recca
    Flame of Recca
    is a manga series written and illustrated by Nobuyuki Anzai, which was adapted into an anime series spanning forty-two episodes by Studio Pierrot. The series has also been adapted into two video games; Flame of Recca for the Game Boy Advance and Flame of Recca Final Burning for the PlayStation...

     (Meguri Kyouza)
  • Fullmetal Alchemist
    Fullmetal Alchemist
    , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiromu Arakawa. The world of Fullmetal Alchemist is styled after the European Industrial Revolution...

     (Führer King Bradley/Pride)
  • Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (Führer King Bradley/Wrath)
  • Galaxy Express 999
    Galaxy Express 999
    is a manga written and drawn by Leiji Matsumoto, as well as various anime films and TV series based on it. It is set in a space-faring, high-tech future in which humans have learned how to transfer their minds into mechanical bodies, thus achieving practical immortality.The manga won the...

     (Count Mecha)
  • Gate Keepers
    Gate Keepers
    is primarily a role-playing game for the PlayStation. The game was then adapted into a manga series written by and drawn by Keiji Gotoh and an anime series produced by Gonzo, and first aired on April 3, 2000.....

     (Count Akuma)
  • Ginga: Nagareboshi Gin
    Ginga: Nagareboshi Gin
    Ginga: Nagareboshi Gin Silver") is an adventure manga by Yoshihiro Takahashi. It was published by Shueisha in Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1983 to 1987, and collected in 18 bound volumes...

     (Bill)
  • Great Mazinger
    Great Mazinger
    is a manga comic book and anime television series by manga artist Go Nagai, made as a direct continuation of the successful Mazinger Z series...

     (Kenzou Kabuto)
  • Heat Guy J
    Heat Guy J
    is a 26 episode science fiction anime series created by Escaflowne director Kazuki Akane and Satelight.Heat Guy J was licensed and distributed in the U.S. in 2003 by Pioneer . It is set for re-release by Funimation Entertainment in the fall of 2009. The first 13 episodes of the show also was...

     (Lorenzo Leonelli)
  • Heavy Metal L-Gaim
    Heavy Metal L-Gaim
    is an anime television series, begun in 1984, which was directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino. Its characters and mecha were designed by Mamoru Nagano, who would later go on to create The Five Star Stories. Heavy Metal L-Gaim takes place in the Pentagona System, a solar system made up of five planets...

     (Sai Quo Addar)
  • Jigoku Shōjo
    Jigoku Shojo
    , also known as Jigoku Shōjo: Girl from Hell, is an anime series produced by Aniplex and Studio Deen. It focuses on the existence of a supernatural system that allows people to take revenge by having other people sent to Hell via the services of the mysterious titular character and her assistants...

     (Spider)
  • Legend of the Galactic Heroes
    Legend of the Galactic Heroes
    is a series of science fiction novels by Yoshiki Tanaka. An anime adaptation of the novels by Artland ran from 1988 to 2000 as well as a manga based on the novels, with art by Katsumi Michihara...

     (Gregor von Mückenberger)
  • Mazinger Z
    Mazinger Z
    , known briefly as Tranzor Z in United States, is a Super Robot manga and anime series created by Go Nagai. The first manga version was serialized in Shueisha Weekly Shōnen Jump from October 1972 to August 1973, and it later continued in Kodansha TV Magazine from October 1973 to September 1974. In...

     (Baron Ashura
    Baron Ashura
    is a fictional character featuring in the works of Go Nagai. It is the main henchman of Dr. Hell, the antagonist of Super Robot series Mazinger Z. It plagues the hero Kouji Kabuto for much of the series' run, until finally being killed in one of the later episodes....

    )
  • Naruto
    Naruto
    is an ongoing Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masashi Kishimoto. The plot tells the story of Naruto Uzumaki, an adolescent ninja who constantly searches for recognition and aspires to become the Hokage, the ninja in his village who is acknowledged as the leader and the strongest of...

     (Hiruzen Sarutobi)
  • Nichijou
    Nichijou
    is a Japanese comedy manga by . The manga began serialization in the December 2006 issue of Kadokawa Shoten's manga magazine Shōnen Ace, and was also serialized in Comptiq between the March 2007 and July 2008 issues. An anime adaptation by Kyoto Animation aired in Japan between April and September...

     (Melon Bread
    Melonpan
    , also known as Melon pan, Melon buns or Melon bread, are sweet bakery products from Japan, but also popular in Taiwan and China. They are made from an enriched dough covered in a thin layer of crisp cookie dough. Their appearance resembles a melon, such as a rock melon...

    )
  • One Piece
    One Piece
    is a Japanese shōnen manga series written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda. It has been serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump since August 4, 1997; the individual chapters are being published in tankōbon volumes by Shueisha, with the first released on December 24, 1997, and the 64th volume released as...

     (Dragon, Calgara, Cobra)
  • Samurai Champloo
    Samurai Champloo
    is a Japanese anime series created and directed by Shinichirō Watanabe. It was broadcast in Japan from May 20, 2004 through March 19, 2005 on Fuji TV. Samurai Champloo has earned Watanabe a renowned title in the anime and Japanese television communities...

     (Heitarou Kawara)
  • Star Driver: Kagayaki no Takuto
    Star Driver: Kagayaki no Takuto
    is a 2010 Japanese anime television series created and animated by Bones. The series is directed by Takuya Igarashi, with character designs by Yoshiyuki Ito and Hiroka and Misa Mizuya. The anime premiered on October 3, 2010, on MBS-TBS's prime Sunday 5pm timeslot. Aniplex of America premiered the...

     (Ikurou Tsunashi)
  • Space Adventure Cobra
    Space Adventure Cobra
    is a space-opera manga series written and illustrated by Buichi Terasawa of the Black Sheep studio. The serialized form of Cobra originally appeared the Japanese shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump during 1978–1984...

     (Lord Salamander)
  • Space Carrier Blue Noah
    Space Carrier Blue Noah
    is a science fiction anime TV series produced by Office Academy which ran in Japan from October 13, 1979 through March 30, 1980. It was later distributed overseas in English by West Cape Corporation under the name "Thundersub"...

     (Satoshi Tsuchikado)
  • Space Pirate Captain Harlock
    Space Pirate Captain Harlock
    is a manga series written and illustrated by Leiji Matsumoto, serialized Akita Shoten's Play Comic from 1977 to 1979. The series was adapted into an animated television series in 1978 directed by Rintaro and produced by Toei Animation....

     (Commander Kiruta, Narration)
  • Saint Seiya
    Saint Seiya
    , also known as Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac or simply Knights of the Zodiac, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masami Kurumada and serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1986 to 1991, and adapted into an anime TV series by Toei Animation from 1986 to 1989.The story follows...

     (Guilty: Ikki's Master on Death Queen Island))
  • Tentai Senshi Sunred
    Tentai Senshi Sunred
    is a Japanese manga created by Makoto Kubota. It started serialization on Square Enix's seinen manga magazine Young Gangan on August 25, 2005. An anime adaptation produced by AIC A.S.T.A. aired from October 3, 2008 to March 27, 2009 in Japan. The second season of the anime started airing on October...

     (General Hengel)
  • Tiger Mask
    Tiger Mask
    is a Japanese manga series written by Ikki Kajiwara and illustrated by Naoki Tsuji. The series was first published in Kodansha's Bokura Magazine from 1968 to 1969 and was later published in Weekly Shōnen Magazine from 1970 to 1971...

     (Mr. X)
  • Transformers: Super-God Masterforce
    Transformers: Super-God Masterforce
    is the title of a Japanese Transformers line of toys and anime series that ran from April 12, 1988 to March 7, 1989 for 42 episodes. On July 3, 2006 the series was released on DVD in the UK, and it was aired on AnimeCentral in the UK a few years later....

     (Devil Z)
  • Toshinden Subaru {Genma}
  • Wakusei Robo Dangaurd A (Dantetsu Ichimonji)

OVA

  • Gate Keepers 21
    Gate Keepers 21
    is a Japanese six-part sequel OVA series to the Gate Keepers animated TV series and has a darker and more serious plot than its predecessor. Some of the questions left unanswered in the TV series are answered in this sequel...

     (Count Akuma)
  • Guyver
    Guyver
    is a manga series written by Yoshiki Takaya. The Guyver itself is a symbiotic techno-organic device that enhances the capabilities of its host....

     (Richard Guyot)
  • Fatal Fury: Legend of the Hungry Wolf
    Fatal Fury: Legend of the Hungry Wolf
    is an animated TV Special based on the fighting game Fatal Fury. It originally aired on Fuji TV on December 23, 1992. The movie was directed by Hiroshi Fukutomi and features character designs by Masami Ōbari...

     (Geese Howard
    Geese Howard
    is a fictional video game character appearing in SNK Playmore's Fatal Fury fighting games series. Debuting in Fatal Fury: King of Fighters, Geese is the local crime boss of the fictional city of South Town. Geese hosts a fighting tournament named "The King of Fighters", in which he faces the...

    )
  • Fatal Fury 2: The New Battle
    Fatal Fury 2: The New Battle
    is an anime TV Special based on the Neo Geo SNK video game, Fatal Fury 2 and is a sequel to the previous TV movie, Fatal Fury: Legend of the Hungry Wolf. The movie was directed by Kazuhiro Furuhashi and once again features character designs by Masami Ōbari...

     (Geese Howard)

Anime movie

  • Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' on Heaven's Door (Colonel)
  • Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture
    Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture
    is a 1994 Japanese animated feature film based on the SNK video game series Fatal Fury originally released in Japan on July 16, 1994. It was directed by character designer Masami Ōbari and follows the same continuity as the preceding two TV specials, Fatal Fury: Legend of the Hungry Wolf and Fatal...

     (Geese Howard)
  • Felidae
    Felidae (film)
    Felidae is a 1994 German animated mystery directed by Michael Schaack, written by Martin Kluger, Stefaan Schieder and Akif Pirinçci based on the novel Felidae, produced by Trickompany, and starring Ulrich Tukur, Mario Adorf and Klaus Maria Brandauer. The famed nightmare sequence was directed,...

     (Pascal/Claudandus)
  • Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa
    Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa
    is a 2005 Japanese animated film directed by Seiji Mizushima and written by Sho Aikawa, and acts as a continuation of the first Fullmetal Alchemist television series...

     (Mabuse/Fritz Lang)
  • Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid
    Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid
    is a Japanese anime film based on Hans Christian Andersen's eponymous fairy tale, released in 1975 by Toei Animation. Unlike the later Walt Disney Pictures animated film adaptation released 14 years later, this film is closer to Andersen's original story, notably in its preservation of the original...

     (King of the Mermaid)
  • Kinnikuman
    Kinnikuman
    is a manga created by the duo of Yudetamago , which is composed of Yoshinori Nakai and Takashi Shimada. The manga was published in Shueisha's Weekly Jump, and received the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen manga in 1985...

     Great Riot! Justice Superman (Black Emperor)
  • Kinnikuman
    Kinnikuman
    is a manga created by the duo of Yudetamago , which is composed of Yoshinori Nakai and Takashi Shimada. The manga was published in Shueisha's Weekly Jump, and received the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen manga in 1985...

     Crisis in New York! (Akuma Shogun)
  • Locke the Superman
    Locke the Superman
    is a manga series by Yuki Hijiri which was later adapted into a movie and three OVA releases. It was given an obscure video release in the United States as Locke the Superpower Ten volumes were published in Poland under the tile Locke Superczłowiek....

     (Professor Ramses)
  • Lupin III
    Lupin III
    , also known as Lupin the 3rd, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kazuhiko Kato under the pen name of Monkey Punch. The story follows the adventures of a gang of thieves led by Arsène Lupin III, the grandson of Arsène Lupin, the gentleman thief of Maurice Leblanc's series of...

    : Mystery of Mamo
    Mystery of Mamo
    The Secret of Mamo, or The Mystery of Mamo, is the most common English name for the 1978 first animated feature film based on the Lupin III character created by Monkey Punch, originally released in Japan as simply and now known there as in order to differentiate it from the four others that...

     (Special Agent Gordon)
  • Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space
    Mobile Suit Gundam
    is a televised anime series, created by Sunrise. Created and directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino, it premiered in Japan on Nagoya Broadcasting Network on April 7, 1979, and lasted until January 26, 1980, spanning 43 episodes...

     (Degwin Sodo Zabi
    Degwin Sodo Zabi
    is a fictional character in the anime Mobile Suit Gundam universe. He was the absolute dictator of the Principality of Zeon and came to power in UC 0068 after the suspicious death of Zeon Zum Deikun.- Rise to Power :...

    )
  • Twelve Months (Additional voice)

Video games

  • Bushido Blade
    Bushido Blade
    Bushido blade or Kannuki may refer to:* Bushido Blade , a 1981 American film about a stolen samurai sword* Bushido Blade , a 1997 3D fighting game developed by Light Weight* Bushido Blade 2, a 1998 sequel video game...

     (Hanzaki)
  • Castlevania: Lament of Innocence
    Castlevania: Lament of Innocence
    Castlevania: Lament of Innocence, released as in Japan, Europe, and Australia, is an action-adventure video game developed by Konami for the PlayStation 2 console. Belonging to Konami's Castlevania video game series, it is the first installment of the series on the PlayStation 2 and the third to...

     (Rinaldo Gandolfi)
  • Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3 (Yi Xing Long)
  • Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2 (Yi Xing Long)
  • Final Fantasy XII
    Final Fantasy XII
    is a console role-playing video game developed and published by Square Enix for the PlayStation 2. Released in 2006, it is the twelfth title in the Final Fantasy series and the last in the series to be released exclusively on the PlayStation platform...

     (Emperor Gramis Gana Solidor)
  • Mega Man ZX Advent
    Mega Man ZX Advent
    Mega Man ZX Advent, known in Japan as , is a video game developed by Inti Creates and published by Capcom for the Nintendo DS handheld game console. It is the sequel to Mega Man ZX...

     (Master Thomas)
  • Sonic and the Black Knight
    Sonic and the Black Knight
    is a title within the Sonic the Hedgehog series, released exclusively on Wii as the second entry in the Sonic Storybook series, following on from Sonic and the Secret Rings. The game is directed by Tetsu Katano, who was the lead programmer of the Sonic Adventure titles and Sonic Heroes...

     (King Arthur)
  • Langrisser IV
    Langrisser IV
    Langrisser IV is the sequel to Langrisser III, and has never been released outside Japan.- Story :The story in Langrisser IV departs from the timeline of the first three games, but ties together with Langrisser V: The End of Legend.- See also :...

     (Gizlof)
  • Langrisser V (Gizlof)

Tokusatsu

  • Kamen Rider Stronger
    Kamen Rider Stronger
    is a Japanese tokusatsu television series. The fifth program to be created as part of the Kamen Rider Series, the series was broadcast on TBS and MBS from April 5, 1975 to December 27, 1975, lasting 39 episodes, and aired every Saturday at 7:00 p.m...

     (General Shadow)
  • OOO, Den-O, All Riders: Let's Go Kamen Riders
    OOO, Den-O, All Riders: Let's Go Kamen Riders
    is a film released on April 1, 2011, to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Kamen Rider Series. The catchphrase for the movie is . While the film will feature all of the franchise's protagonists, the main heroes of the original Kamen Rider , Kamen Rider Den-O, and Kamen Rider OOO will be the...

     (General Shadow)
  • Ninja Sentai Kakuranger
    Ninja Sentai Kakuranger
    was TOEI Company Limited's eighteenth production of the Super Sentai television series. The name given to this series by Toei for international distribution is Ninja Rangers....

     (Daimao)
  • Seijuu Sentai Gingaman
    Seijuu Sentai Gingaman
    is a Japanese tokusatsu television series. It is Toei's 22nd entry of the Super Sentai television series. The series aired from February 22, 1998 to February 14, 1999 airing alongside Tetsuwan Tantei Robotack...

     (Captain Zahab)
  • Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger
    Hyakujuu Sentai GaoRanger
    is Toei's twenty-fifth production of the Super Sentai television series airing in 2001 and celebrated the franchise's 25th anniversary. Its footage was used in the 2002 American series Power Rangers Wild Force and was later dubbed in 2010 as the retitled Power Ranger: Jungle Force for South Korean...

     (Rasetsu, Lower Mouth)
  • Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger
    Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger
    is the twenty-eighth production of the Super Sentai television series produced by Toei. The action footage from the show was used for the American series Power Rangers S.P.D..The opening catchphrase of the series is .-Story:...

     (Doggy's master (44))
  • Juuken Sentai Gekiranger (Maku)
  • Tensou Sentai Goseiger: Epic on the Movie
    Tensou Sentai Goseiger: Epic on the Movie
    is the title of the film edition of the 34th Super Sentai Series Tensou Sentai Goseiger. It was released on August 7, 2010, double-billed with the Kamen Rider W film W Forever: A to Z/The Gaia Memories of Fate. The film follows the Goseigers as they try to save the Earth from Warstar's surviving...

     (Gyōten'ō of the Supernova))
  • Ultraman Tiga
    Ultraman Tiga
    is a Japanese tokusatsu TV show and is the 11th show in the Ultra Series. Produced by Tsuburaya Productions, Ultraman Tiga was aired at 6:00pm and aired between September 7, 1996 to August 30, 1997, with a total of 52 episodes with 4 movies After a franchise hiatus of over 15 years, set in a...

     (Sukuna-Oni (16))

Other television animation

  • Police Academy: The Animated Series (Kingpin
    Kingpin (comics)
    The Kingpin is a fictional character, a supervillain in the . Kingpin is one of the most feared and powerful crime lords in the Marvel Universe. The character is a major adversary of Daredevil, the Punisher, and Spider-Man...

    , Mayor)

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