Naoki Bando
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, often credited as Naoki Bandou, is a Japanese voice actor
who has worked on a few videogame titles and anime
series. He provides the voice of Lord Emon in Shadow of the Colossus
, and the voice of Larikush in Baten Kaitos
. Some of his anime voiceovers include the role of Gatō in Naruto
. He is the voice of Splatter in the Japanese version of the film Thomas and the Magic Railroad
.
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...
who has worked on a few videogame titles and anime
Anime
is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....
series. He provides the voice of Lord Emon in Shadow of the Colossus
Shadow of the Colossus
Shadow of the Colossus, released in Japan as , is an action-adventure game published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 2. The game was released in North America and Japan in October 2005 and PAL territories in February 2006...
, and the voice of Larikush in Baten Kaitos
Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean
is a 2003 role-playing video game that was developed by tri-Crescendo and Monolith Soft and published by Namco in Japan, North America and Europe and by Nintendo Australia for Australia and New Zealand for the Nintendo GameCube. First released in Japan in 2003, it is the first game in the Baten...
. Some of his anime voiceovers include the role of Gatō in 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...
. He is the voice of Splatter in the Japanese version of the film Thomas and the Magic Railroad
Thomas and the Magic Railroad
Thomas and the Magic Railroad is a 2000 British/American film based on the well-known TV series Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends and the United States TV series Shining Time Station. The film was co-produced by Gullane Entertainment and the Isle of Man Film Commission. It was written, produced...
.
Anime Voice Roles
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- Elder C (ep 3); Officer (ep 5); Pope Theo VIII - Bakumatsu Kikansetsu IrohanihohetoBakumatsu Kikansetsu Irohanihohetois a Japanese anime series, created by Ryōsuke Takahashi and Sunrise. It was broadcast between October 6, 2006 and April 6, 2007 on the Japanese internet streaming channel, GyaO.-Story:...
- Hata Meifuu (eps 5-8); Tatsugorou Shinmon (eps 6, 9-14) - Battle Spirits: Brave - Elder
- Battle Spirits: Shōnen Gekiha Dan - Old Otherworld King (ep 26)
- BerserkBerserk (manga)is a manga series written and illustrated by Kentaro Miura. Set in a medieval Europe-inspired world, the story centers around the characters of Guts, an orphaned mercenary, and Griffith, the leader of a mercenary band called the...
- Owen - BettermanBettermanis a Japanese anime television series which began airing in 1999. It was created by Sunrise's internal "Studio 7" under the direction of Yoshitomo Yonetani...
- Officer - The Brave Fighter of Sun FighbirdThe Brave Fighter of Sun Fighbirdis a 1991 Japanese anime television series, created by Sunrise under the direction of Katsuyoshi Yatabe. It is the second animation work in the long running "Brave series", also known as "Yūsha", funded by Takara and produced by Sunrise.-Story:...
- Guard Star - The Brave of Gold GoldranThe Brave of Gold Goldranis a Japanese anime television series series begun in 1995, created by Sunrise under the direction of Shinji Takamatsu, and was the sixth in the Yūsha metaseries funded by Takara and produced by Sunrise. Goldran follows the adventures of three young boys who are tasked with finding alien robot...
- Sylva Rion - The Bush BabyThe Bush Baby, shortened as The Bush Baby, is the title of a 1992 anime series consisting of 40, 25-minute episodes. It is based on the novel, The Bushbabies , by Canadian author William Stevenson....
- Kankari - Case ClosedCase ClosedCase Closed, known as in Japan, is a Japanese detective manga series written and illustrated by Gosho Aoyama. The series is serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday since February 2, 1994, and has been collected in 73 tankōbon volumes as of September 2011...
- Masaharu Motoyama (eps 371-372) - Chimera - Angel of Death - Hitman
- City Hunter: Bay City Wars - Soldier A
- Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion - Izumi
- Crayon Shin-chan: Action Kamen vs Leotard DevilCrayon Shin-chan: Action Kamen vs Leotard DevilCrayon Shin-chan: Action Kamen vs Leotard Devil is a Japanese language animation film from the Crayon Shin-chan Series. It was Shinchan's first anime movie released in 1993. It is dubbed in Hindi Language as Action Kamen vs Higure Rakshas telecasted on Hungama TV...
- Staff - Crayon Shin-chan: The Secret Treasure of Buri Buri KingdomCrayon Shin-chan: The Secret Treasure of Buri Buri Kingdomis a Japanese animated film. It is the second installment of the Crayon Shin-chan movie series released in 1994. It also Dubbed in Hindi and telecasted on Hungama TV.-Plot:...
- Guard - Crayon Shin-chan: Adventure in Henderland Crayon Shin-chan: Adventure in HenderlandCrayon Shin-chan: Adventure in Henderland is a 1996 Japanese language animated film. It is the fourth installment of Crayon Shin-chan series.-Plot:...
- TV Caster - D.Gray-manD.Gray-manis an ongoing Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Katsura Hoshino. The series tells the story of a boy named Allen Walker, a member of an organization of Exorcists who makes use of an ancient substance called Innocence to combat the Millennium Earl and his demonic army of akuma...
- Alphonse Claus (ep 45) - Daa! Daa! Daa! - Principal
- The Five Star Stories - Man E
- GokudoGokudois a light novel series created by Usagi Nakamura. The light novel was first serialized by Kadokawa Shoten in their light novel magazine Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko. It was later adapted into a manga in 1995 and is released in Dengeki Daioh magazine...
- King - Gunslinger Girl: Il TeatrinoGunslinger GirlGunslinger Girl is an ongoing manga by Yu Aida. It first premiered in the November 2002 issue of the monthly shōnen magazine Dengeki Daioh. The chapters are also being published in tankōbon volumes by ASCII Media Works. 13 volumes have been released in Japan as of April 2011...
- Inspector Moro (ep 4) - Hakkenden: Legend of the Dog Warriors - Yoshinari Satome (ep 11)
- Hikaru no GoHikaru no Gois a manga series, a coming of age story based on the board game Go written by Yumi Hotta and illustrated by Takeshi Obata with an anime adaptation. The production of the series' Go games was supervised by Go professional Yukari Umezawa...
- Shinoda Insei Instructor (ep 63) - Hyper PoliceHyper Policeis the name of a manga and anime series created by Minoru Tachikawa under the pseudonym MEE. It is a comic science fiction, set in a period in the far future, in which humanity is almost extinct and most of the population are monsters...
- lizard A (ep 5); Mudagami - Ki*Me*Ra - Soldier
- Kobato. - Addition voice(ep 5)
- KodochaKodochais a manga series by Miho Obana, helped periodically by her sister, Kaori Obana. The series is commonly known under the name Kodocha. The manga won the 1998 Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo. In the year 2007, At the American Anime Awards the anime was nominated for best comedy anime...
- Maeda-san - Lupin III: The Columbus Files (special)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...
- Doctor A - MadlaxMADLAXis a 26-episode Japanese anime television series produced in 2004 by the Bee Train animation studio. Kōichi Mashimo directed Madlax and the soundtrack was composed by Yuki Kajiura...
- Nayman - Magic User's ClubMagic User's Clubis a magical girl/boy anime, released as a six part OVA in 1996 and then a 13-episode TV series in 1999, which was broadcast by WOWOW, and then by the anime television network, Animax, across its respective networks worldwide, including Southeast Asia, South Asia and other regions...
- TV Broadcaster - Mao-chan - Tokusaburo Tokugawa
- Matchless Raijin-Oh - Heavy Metal Man (ep 33)
- Miracle GirlsMiracle Girlsis a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Nami Akimoto. It was adapted into an anime series by Nippon Animation in 1993. Tokyopop has licensed the manga for English release in North America.-Plot summary:...
- Yoshimura-sensei (ep 11) - Mobile Suit Victory GundamMobile Suit Victory Gundam, is a 1993 Japanese science fiction anime television series. It consists of 51 episodes, and was directed by Gundam creator Yoshiyuki Tomino. The series was first broadcast on TV Asahi and later by the anime satellite television network, Animax, across Japan and later its respective networks...
- Fusark; Otis Arkins - MonsterMonsterA monster is any fictional creature, usually found in legends or horror fiction, that is somewhat hideous and may produce physical harm or mental fear by either its appearance or its actions...
- Janacek - Moonlight MileMoonlight Mile (manga)-Music:*Original soundtrack: Kan Sawada*1st Ending theme: "Scarecrow" by the pillows*2nd Ending theme: "BOAT HOUSE" by the pillows-Licensing in the United States:...
- Noguchi (eps 9-11) - Mujin Wakusei Survive - Tako
- NarutoNarutois 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...
- Gatoo; Toubei Kagetsu (ep 186) - Nightwalker - Director (ep 2); Doctor (ep 3); Furano (ep 4)
- Nurse Angel Ririka SOSNurse Angel Ririka SOSis a magical girl series. The manga was written by novelist Yasushi Akimoto and illustrated by Koi Ikeno, and ran in Ribon Magazine. The anime based on it ran in the summer of 1995 and has 35 episodes, and is renowned director Daichi Akitaro's debut as a series director.-Introduction:The heroine,...
- Announcer (ep 30); Dark Joker (ep 34); Hiroshi Uzaki - Photon: The Idiot Adventures - Bandit 1
- Pom PokoPom Pokois a 1994 Japanese animated film, the eighth written and directed by Isao Takahata and animated by Studio Ghibli.Consistent with Japanese folklore, the tanuki are portrayed as a highly sociable, mischievous species, able to use "illusion science" to transform into almost anything, but too...
- Male tanuki A - Rockman.EXE BeastMegaMan NT WarriorMega Man NT Warrior or Mega Man Battle Network, known in Japan as , is an anime and manga series based on the Mega Man Battle Network video game series...
- Zoan Darkman - Shin chan - 20 year old D (ep 173); Junichi Ishizaka
- Shugo Chara!Shugo Chara!, also known as My Guardian Characters, is a Japanese shōjo manga series created by the manga author duo, Peach-Pit. The story centers on elementary school girl Amu Hinamori, whose popular exterior, referred to as "cool and spicy" by her classmates, contrasts with her introverted personality...
- Kōtarō Himeno (ep 49) - SlayersSlayersis a series of over 52 light novels written by Hajime Kanzaka and illustrated by Rui Araizumi. It was later developed into several manga titles, five televised anime series, two three-episode original video animations , and five movies. It also spawned several console role-playing games for the...
- Examiner A (ep 16) - The Story of Saiunkoku - Enjun Sa-taiho; Young Enjun Sa
- Sword for Truth - Officer A
- Ultra Nyan 2: Happy Daisakusen - Goemon
- Urayasu Tekkin KazokuSuper Radical Gag Familyis a Japanese comedy manga series by Hamaoka Kenji. An anime adaptation by Studio Deen aired on Tokyo Broadcasting System in 1998....
- Kintetsu Oosawagi; Toragorou Ushimatsu - Warau Salesman - Additional voice(s)
- Witch Hunter RobinWitch Hunter Robinis a Japanese anime series created by Sunrise. It follows the STN-J, the Japanese branch of a secret global organization called "SOLOMON" or the "Solomon Toukatsu Nin'idantai" , abbreviated as "STN"....
- Institute Head - Yawara! A Fashionable Judo GirlYawara! A Fashionable Judo GirlYAWARA!, also known as Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl, is a Japanese manga series by Naoki Urasawa which ran in Big Comic Spirits from 1986 to 1993...
- Fujiko's Father - Yomigaeru Sora - Rescue WingsYomigaeru Sora - Rescue Wingsis a Japanese anime series produced by J.C. STAFF which aired on TV Tokyo in 2006. The main character is 2nd Lieutenant Uchida Kazuhiro, a helicopter pilot in a search and rescue wing of the Japan Air Self Defense Force . A live-action movie adaptation was produced in 2008, with the original...
- Hirofumi Morimoto (eps 8-9) - ZipangZipang (anime)is a twenty-six episode Japanese anime television series directed by Kazuhiro Furuhashi and produced by Studio Deen. It aired on the Tokyo Broadcasting System in Japan from late 2004 to early 2005, and was licensed for release in North America by Geneon Entertainment with DVD release starting in...
- Matome Ugaki
Dubbing Roles
- Rocky & Bullwinkle (2004)The Rocky and Bullwinkle ShowThe Rocky & Bullwinkle Show is an American animated television series that originally aired from November 19, 1959 to June 28, 1964 on the ABC and NBC television networks...
- Bullwinkle - 24 (live-action TV series)24 (TV series)24 is an American television series produced for the Fox Network and syndicated worldwide, starring Kiefer Sutherland as Counter Terrorist Unit agent Jack Bauer. Each 24-episode season covers 24 hours in the life of Bauer, using the real time method of narration...
- Charles Logan
Film Roles
- Otoko wa Tsurai yo - Torajirō Wasurenagusa (special)Tora-san's Forget Me Notaka Torasan and his Forget-Me-Not is a 1973 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma , and Ruriko Asaoka as his love interest or "Madonna"...
- Neighbor
Video Game Voice Roles
- Ace Combat 5: The Unsung WarAce Combat 5: The Unsung War, released in the PAL region as Ace Combat: Squadron Leader, is a semi-realistic flight combat video game for the PlayStation 2. Like other titles in Namco's Ace Combat series, Ace Combat 5 features gameplay that is a mix between arcade flight and authentic flight simulation...
PS2 - Additional Voices - Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost OceanBaten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Oceanis a 2003 role-playing video game that was developed by tri-Crescendo and Monolith Soft and published by Namco in Japan, North America and Europe and by Nintendo Australia for Australia and New Zealand for the Nintendo GameCube. First released in Japan in 2003, it is the first game in the Baten...
Gamecube - Larikush - Rockman DASHMega Man Legends (video game)Mega Man Legends, known in Japan as , is an action role-playing game released by Capcom. It is the first game in the Mega Man Legends sub-series of Mega Man games from Capcom, and the first major 3D polygonal Mega Man title released in the franchise. It was released on the PlayStation in 1997 in...
N64, PCPersonal computerA personal computer is any general-purpose computer whose size, capabilities, and original sales price make it useful for individuals, and which is intended to be operated directly by an end-user with no intervening computer operator...
, PSPlayStationThe is a 32-bit fifth-generation video game console first released by Sony Computer Entertainment in Japan on December 3, .The PlayStation was the first of the PlayStation series of consoles and handheld game devices. The PlayStation 2 was the console's successor in 2000...
, PSPPSPPSP most commonly refers to the PlayStation Portable, a handheld game console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment.PSP may also refer to:-Computing and programming:*Corel Paint Shop Pro, a graphics editor...
- Police inspector