Koichi Yamadera

Yamadera-san is more than that, of course. He usually voices cool men (Besides Spike from Cowboy Bebop, Kaji from Neon Genesis Evangelion counts as well), but what makes him such a famous VA is his ability to just do ANY type of characters, including Ein from Cowboy Bebop, Donald Duck and "Boxer" (Balrog/Mike Bison) in Street Fighter. He also has dubbed actors for American films dubbed into Japanese, including Jim Carrey, Eddie Murphy, and Robin Williams.

He was married to fellow seiyuu Mika Kanai, from 1994 to 2006. He is also a skilled "monomane tarento" (impressionist), as his appearances in the variety show Monomane Grand Prix would prove.

Koichi Yamadera has performed in the following roles:

Aladdin (The Genie)
Allison and Lillia (Carr Benedict)
Appleseed Ex Machina (Briareos Hecatonchires)
Astro Boy (Memata in the 2003 series)
Austin Powers (Austin Powers and other Mike Myers characters)
Avalon (film) (Stunner)
Back to The Future (Marty McFly and other Michael J. Fox characters in the video and DVD dubs of the trilogy)
Bad Boys (Marcus Burnett [Martin Lawrence] in the DVD dubs)
Tim Burton's Batman movies (Bruce Wayne/Batman [Michael Keaton] in the TV Asahi dubs)
Beauty and the Beast (Beast)
Borat (Borat Sagdiyev) [Sasha Baron Cohen]
Braveheart (William Wallace [Mel Gibson] in the TV dub)
Bubblegum Crisis (Fargo)
Captain Tsubasa: Sekai Daikessen!! Jr. World Cup (Ramone Victorino)
Jim Carrey's characters in Bruce Almighty, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, and Man on the Moon
Catherine (Vincent)
Chars Counterattack (Gyunei Guss)
Cinderella (Jaq)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Roy Neary [Richard Dreyfuss] in the TV Asahi dub)
Cowboy Bebop (Spike Spiegel and Ein, leading to the occasional Talking to Yourself scene)
Crayon Shin-chan (Boss)
Tom Cruise's characters in Austin Powers in Goldmember and Jerry Maguire (video/DVD dubs)
Daa! Daa! Daa! (Yuzuhiko)
Dancougar (Abel)
Detective Conan (Kyōsuke Haga and Masateru Hira in the TV series)
Di Gi Charat Nyo! (Yama-chan)
Donald Duck in Kingdom Hearts, The Three Caballeros, and Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
Donkey Kong Country TV series (Donkey Kong)
Dragon Ball (Stood in for Hirotaka Suzuoki as Tenshinhan for episodes 82 and 84 of Dragonball Z)
The Empire Strikes Back (Han Solo [Harrison Ford] in the TV Asahi dub)
The Fifth Element (Ruby Rhod [Chris Tucker] in the Nippon TV and DVD dubs along with Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg in the latter dub [see Gary Oldman entry below])
Final Fantasy IV (Kain Highwind in the Nintendo DS version)
- Reprises his role of Kain for Dissidia 012: Duodecim Final Fantasy
The Fisher King (the cabaret singer [Michael Jeter])
Full House (Joey Gladstone [Dave Coulier])
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (Isaac McDougall the Ice Alchemist)
Galaxy Angel (Colonel Harry)
Ghost in the Shell (Togusa)
- Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (Togusa, The Laughing Man, Baby Ruth and the Watchdog Robot)
Gremlins 2 The New Batch (Daniel Clamp [John Glover] in the video and DVD dub)
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (Tarzan [Christopher Lambert] in the TV dub)
Guyver (Zerebuth)
Hajime no Ippo Champion Road (Ikki Sanada)
Tom Hanks' characters in Apollo 13 (Nippon TV dub), Forrest Gump (NTV dub), Saving Private Ryan (TV dub), and Sleepless in Seattle (DVD dub)
- Averted for Toy Story; he was considered for the role of Sheriff Woody before the part went to Toshiaki Karasawa.
Harry Potter video game adaptation (Gilderoy Lockhart in the Japanese dub)
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (Marv Merchants [Daniel Stern] in the TV Asahi dub)
Honey and Clover (Rōmaiya-senpai)
Ice Age (Manfred "Manny" the Mammoth)
Independence Day (Captain Steve Hiller [Will Smith])
Jerry Maguire (Jerry Maguire [see Tom Cruise entry above] and Rod Tidwell [Cuba Gooding Jr.] in the TV dub)
Kaiketsu Zorori (Zorori)
Keroro Gunsou (Zorori in the first movie)
Kingdom Hearts (Donald Duck, Beast, Stitch, Mushu, Genie and Sebastian)
Kung Fu Hustle (Sing [Stephen Chow])
Lawrence of Arabia (Thomas Edward Lawrence [Peter O'Toole] in the DVD dub)
Legend of Galactic Heroes (Bruno von Silverberg)
Licence to Kill (James Bond [[[Timothy Dalton]]] in the TV Asahi dub)
Lilo and Stitch (Stitch)
- Stitch! (Stitch)
The Little Mermaid (Sebastian in the 1999 redub)
The Lord of the Rings (Eomer [Karl Urban])
Lupin III (Inspector Koichi Zenigata (replacing Goro Naya))
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (Moto Moto)
Mary Poppins (Bert and Mister Dawes Senior [Dick Van Dyke] in the DVD dub)
Megazone 23 (Shinji Nakagawa)
Mermaid Saga (Yūta)
Michiko to Hatchin (Daniela)
Millennium Actress (The Man with the Key)
Eddie Murphy's characters in Mulan and Shrek
Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water (Eaton)
Neon Genesis Evangelion (Ryōji Kaji)
Ninja Scroll (Jūbee Kibagami)
Gary Oldman's characters in The Fifth Element (DVD dub) and Léon: The Professional (Blu-ray dub)
Paprika (Doctor Morio Osanai)
Brad Pitt's characters in Fight Club, Mr. and Mrs. Smith (DVD dub), and Troy (TV dub)
Has voiced a role in every single Pokémon movie (the most notable are Mew in Mewtwo Strikes Back, Lugia in The Power Of One, Sir Aaron in Lucario and the Mystery Of Mew, and Jack Walker in Pokemon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea)
Pretty Woman (Edward Lewis [Richard Gere] in the TV dub)
Pulp Fiction (Butch Coolidge [Bruce Willis])
Ranma ½ (Ryoga Hibiki, P-Chan and the Jusenkyo Guide)
Red Cliff (Zhou Yu)
Reservoir Dogs (K-Billy DJ)
Rival Schools: United by Fate (Daigo Kazama)
The Rock (Dr. Stanley Goodspeed [Nicolas Cage] in the TV Asahi dub)
The Rocketeer (Cliff Secord [Bill Campbell] in the DVD dub)
Roman Holiday (Mario Delani [Paolo Carlini] in the video and DVD dub)
Saiyuki (Sha Gojyo in the OVA)
Samurai Champloo (Nagamitsu)
Samurai Pizza Cats (Karamaru ("Bad Bird" in the States))
The Simpsons (Leon "Michael Jackson" Kompowsky)
Soreike! Anpanman (Meiken Cheese, Kabao-kun, Kamameshidon, etc.)
Space Jam (Michael Jordan)
Speed (Officer Jack Traven [Keanu Reeves] in the video and DVD dub)
Spy Kids (Romero [Steve Buscemi])
Star Trek III: The Search For Spock (David Marcus [Merritt Butrick] in the first dub)
Stranger Than Fiction (Harold Crick [Will Ferrell])
Street Fighter Alpha 3 (Balrog and Cody)
Sword of the Stranger (Rarō)
Time Cop (Max Walker [Jean-Claude Van Damme] in the TV dub)
Tiny Toon Adventures (Plucky Duck)
Titanic (Caledon Hockley [Billy Zane] in the DVD dub)
Tokyo Babylon (Keiji Sansen)
Tokyo Godfathers (The taxi driver)
Tootsie (Michael Dorsey [Dustin Hoffman] in the DVD dub)
Treasure Planet (B.E.N.)
Unbreakable (Elijah Price [Samuel L. Jackson] in the TV Tokyo dub)
The Untouchables (Eliot Ness [Kevin Costner] in the TV Asahi dub)
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (Meier Link)
Van Helsing (Gabriel Van Helsing [Hugh Jackman] in the TV Asahi dub)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (Roger Rabbit and Donald Duck)
Robin Williams' characters in Aladdin, Flubber (DVD/TV dubs), Jack, Mrs. Doubtfire (video/DVD/TV Asahi dubs), and Robots
Xenosaga (Gaignun Kukai and Albedo Piazzolla)
Yatterman (Yatterwan, Odatebuta and the narrator in the 2008 series and the 2009 live action movie by Takashi Miike. He also has a cameo in person in the latter.)

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