Shozo Iizuka

I will destroy you!!! ONORE!!!

Shozo Iizuka is a veteran seiyuu who is probably best known for voicing Big Bad villains, and Ryu Jose from Mobile Suit Gundam. His baritone voice is a natural for Toku kaijin and Big Bad villains. Also voices The Big Guy characters, usually of the villainous variety. He and Takeshi Watabe are often cast with one another as rivals. He's also the dub voice of B.A Baracus in The A-Team, foo'.

Roles done by Shozo Iizuka:

• Ryu Jose in Mobile Suit Gundam
• Martin Prochnow in Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO
• Nappa in Dragon Ball (What does the scouter say about his Power Level? ... HASEN IJŌ!?)
  • And Android 8/Hat-chan.
• Barragan Luisenbarn in Bleach
• Tetsuichiro Kurumada in Future GPX Cyber Formula
• Bian Zoldark in Super Robot Wars
• A whole slew of Super Sentai and Metal Heroes villains, Daromu in Kamen Rider Black, and one of the Wirepullers in Kamen Rider Faiz: Paradise Lost.
  • Psycho and Kublai in Space Sheriff Sharivan and Space Sheriff Shaider.
  • Oninin Dokusai in Sekai Ninja Sen Jiraiya and the voice of Dr. Giba (who was played by a Western actor) in Kidou Keiji Jiban.
• Mr. Heart in Fist of the North Star ("HIDEBU!!")
  • And Gentle Giant Fudoh of the Mountains later on.
• Doruge in Choujin Barom 1
• Peter Stillman in Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
• Psycho Mantis in Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
• Doctor Light in Mega Man 8 (WAHWEE!)
• Carl Fredricksen in the Japanese version of Up
• Gozen in Shugo Chara
• Various Machine BEMs in Japanese Spider-Man
• Hiroo Shirogane (K.O.J.) in Lightning Legend Daigo no Daibouken