Kōji Ishii

Kōji Ishii (石井 康嗣, Ishii Kōji, real name Kōzō Ishii (石井 浩司, Ishii Kōzō) on July 1, 1960, in Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese voice actor currently affiliated with Vi-Vo. His major roles include: Koutaro Taiga in The King of Braves GaoGaiGar, Giovanni Bertuccio in Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo, Shigematsu in Toriko, and Prime Minister Honest in Akame ga Kill!. In video games he is the voice of Ryuji Yamazaki and Sokaku Mochizuki in the Fatal Fury series. He also voices Kaji Hyogo in Lime-iro Senkitan, Barlowe in Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia, Ikutidaal in Harukanaru Toki no Naka de, and Matsunaga Hisahide in Samurai Warriors Chronicles 3 and Samurai Warriors 4.

Kōji Ishii
石井 康嗣
Born	Kōji Ishii (石井 浩司) (1960-07-01) July 1, 1960 Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan
Occupation	Voice actor
Years active	1988–present
Agent	Vi-Vo

Filmography

Anime

List of voice performances in anime

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source[1]
1993	Nintama Rantaro	Kinoshita Tetsumaru, Yagyu Retsu-go		[2]
1994–95	Gatchaman 94	Joe Asakura	OAV series
1995–2002	Fushigi Yūgi series	Mitsukake, Tokaki	TV and OVA	[2]
1995–98	El-Hazard	Masamichi Fujisawa	TV and OVA
1997	The King of Braves GaoGaiGar	Koutaro Taiga		[2]
1999	Black Heaven	Tanaka Oji
1999	Now and Then, Here and There	King Hamdo
2000	The King of Braves GaoGaiGar Final	Koutaro Taiga	OVA	[2]
2000	Hunter × Hunter	Silva Zoldyck	1999 TV series
2001	Beyblade	Soichirou Hiwatari		[2]
2002	Haruka: Beyond the Stream of Time ~Ajisai Yumegatari~	Ikutidaal	OVA	[2]
2002	Azumanga Daioh	Kimura		[3][2]
2002	Bomberman Jetters	Mujoe		[2]
2003–04	Lime-iro Senkitan series	Kaji Hyogo	TV and OVA	[3][2]
2003	Astro Boy	Lamp		[2]
2003	Papuwa	Harada Umako		[2]
2003	Fullmetal Alchemist	Balt		[3][2]
2004	Bleach	Dordonii Alessandro Del Socacchio		[2]
2004	Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo	Giovanni Bertuccio		[3][2]
2004	Harukanaru Toki no Naka de Hachiyō Shō	Ikutidaal		[2]
2005–06	Ginga Legend Weed	Hougen		[2]
2006	Super Robot Wars Original Generation: Divine Wars	Nibhal Mubhal		[2]
2006	Reborn!	Dendrobii Kimura		[2]
2007	Romeo × Juliet	Lord Montague		[3][2]
2007	Darker than Black	Kenneth		[2]
2008, 2010	Major	Saunders	TV season 4, 6	[2]
2008	Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's	Takasu		[2]
2008	Vampire Knight series	Asato Ichijo	Also Guilty	[2]
2008	Skip Beat!	Lory Takarada		[2]
2009	Mainichi Kaasan	Pinyari-kun		[2]
2010	Bakugan: New Vestoria	King Zenoheld		[2]
2010	Rainbow: Nisha Rokubō no Shichinin	Ishihara		[2]
2010	Super Robot Wars Original Generation: The Inspector	Nibhal Mubhal		[2]
2011	Toriko	Shigematsu		[2]
2012	Inazuma Eleven GO: Chrono Stone	Sakamaki-Togurou		[2]
2013	Samurai Flamenco	Prime Minister Okuzaki		[2]
2014	Akame ga Kill	Prime Minister Honest		[2]
2014	Terra Formars	Narrator
2016	Tonkatsu DJ Agetarō	Agesaku Katsumata
	Kimezo キメゾー	Kimezo
	One Piece	Fisher Tiger
2016	91 Days	Scusa
2017	Nobunaga no Shinobi	Kitabatake Tomonori
2017	Tomica Hyper Rescue Drive Head Kidō Kyūkyū Keisatsu	Dr. Karigari
2018	Xuan Yuan Sword Luminary	Emperor Long Xiao
2020	Gibiate	Renjiro Hatonami		[4]

Tokusatsu

List of voice performances in feature films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source[1]
2011	Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger	Chief of Staff Damaras	Eps. 1 - 14, 17 - 19, 22, 24 - 30, 31 - 34, 35 - 38, 41 - 43	[2]
2011	Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger The Movie: The Flying Ghost Ship	Chief of Staff Damaras	Movie
2016	Kamen Rider 1	Dark Mind	Movie
2019	Kamen Rider Reiwa The First Generation	Another 1/Another New 1	Movie

Film

List of voice performances in feature films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source[1]
1993	Rail of the Star ja:お星さまのレール	Interpretation		[2]
1997	The day the earth has moved ja:地球が動いた日	Sakai-sensei		[2]
2000	Sin: The Movie	John Blade		[3]
2004	Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light	Anubis		[3]
2005	Zeta Gundam A New Translation: Heirs to the Stars	Blex Forer		[2]
2005	Zeta Gundam A New Translation II: Lovers	Blex Forer		[2]
2005	Black Jack: Futari no Kuroi Isha	Gill		[2]
2006	Zeta Gundam A New Translation III: Love is the Pulse of the Stars	Dogosse Gier Captain		[2]
2008	Strait Jacket	Brian Meno Moderato	OVA series repackaged to feature film	[2][5]
2008	Major: Yūjō no Winning Shot	Saunders		[2]
2009	Redline	Machine head Tetsujin		[2]
2010	Crayon Shin-chan: Super-Dimension! The Storm Called My Bride	KimuYu Electric CM narration		[2]
2011	Gekijō-ban Anime Nintama Rantarō Ninjutsu Gakuen Zenin Shutsudō! no Dan ja:劇場版アニメ 忍たま乱太郎 忍術学園 全員出動!の段	Kinoshita Tetsumaru		[2]
2011	Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos	Graz		[2]
2012	Fairy Tail the Movie: Phoenix Priestess	Cannon		[2]
2013	Doraemon: Nobita's Secret Gadget Museum	Dr. Hartmann		[2]
2014	Space Battleship Yamato 2199: Odyssey of the Celestial Ark	Bodom Mace		[2]
2019	Detective Conan: The Fist of Blue Sapphire	Ginzo Nakamori		[6]
2019	Kamen Rider Reiwa The First Generation	Another 1

Video games

List of voice performances in video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source[1]
1993	Samurai Shodown	Neinhalt Sieger
1995–99	Fatal Fury series	Ryuji Yamazaki, Sokaku Mochizuki, Gato	Starting with Fatal Fury 3: Road to the Final Victory	[2]
1997	The King of Fighters '97	Ryuji Yamazaki		[7]
1998	Tenchu	Akira
1998	Daraku Tenshi	Trigger		[2]
1998	The King of Fighters '98	Ryuji Yamazaki		[7]
1998	Mikagura Shōjo Tanteidan	Moroboshi Daijiro	PS1/PS2	[2]
2000	Harukanaru Toki no Naka de	Ikutidaal	PS1/PS2	[2]
2002	Groove Adventure Rave: Mikan no Hiseki	Pumpkin Drew	PS1/PS2	[2][8]
2002	The King of Fighters 2002	Ryuji Yamazaki		[7]
2002–04	Lime-iro Senkitan series	Kaji Hyogo		[2]
2003	Summon Night: Swordcraft Story	Rundle, Rob
2003	The King of Fighters 2003	Ryuji Yamazaki, Gato		[7][9]
2003	DreamMix TV World Fighters	Mujoe	GameCube, PlayStation 2	[8][3]
2003	Fullmetal Alchemist and the Broken Angel	Wilhelm Eiselstein	PS1/PS2	[2]
2004	Fullmetal Alchemist 2: Curse of the Crimson Elixir	Baldo	PS1/PS2	[2]
2004	Tales of Rebirth	Dobaru
2005	Harukanaru Toki no Naka de Hachiyō Shō	Ikutidaal	PS1/PS2	[2]
2005	Shadow Hearts: From the New World	Killer	PS1/PS2	[2]
2005	The King of Fighters XI	Gato		[9]
2006	Final Fantasy XII	Ba'gamnan
2006	Harukanaru Toki no Naka de Overnight	Ikutidaal	PS1/PS2	[2]
2007	Lost Odyssey	Kakanasu	Xbox 360	[2][8]
2008	Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia	Barlow	DS	[2][8]
2008	Blazer Drive	Beast	DS	[2]
2008	Tales of Hearts	Geo Sutorigau	DS	[2][8]
2009–15	Atelier Rorona: The Alchemist of Arland	Meriodasu-Orukokku	Also Plus versions	[2]
2011	The Last Story	Count Arganan	Wii	[2]
2011	Growlanser Wayfarer of Time	Bauer	PSP	[2]
2011	Dead Island	Rider
2012	Under Night In-Birth	Waldstein	Reprised role in EXE:Late in 2014 and EXE:Latest in 2015	[2]
2012	Soulcalibur V	Edge Master	PS3/Xbox 360	[8]
2014	Samurai Warriors 4	Matsunaga Hisahide		[2]
2014	Samurai Warriors Chronicles 3	Matsunaga Hisahide		[2]
2015	Dissidia Final Fantasy NT	Garland	Arcade, PlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows	[8]
2018	BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle	Waldstein	PC/PS4/Switch	[8][10]
2018	Soulcalibur VI		PC/PS4/Xbox One	[11]
	Tomb Raider	Pierre
2020	Granblue Fantasy	Agielba	Android, iOS

Drama CDs

List of voice performances in drama recordings

Title	Role	Notes	Source[1]
Barbarian Quartetto		Drama and Talk CDs
Dragon Quest	Carmen	Drama CD	[2]
El-Hazard	Fujisawa-sensei	Drama, Talk CDs, radio
Garou: Mark of the Wolves	Gato	Drama, Talk, Song CDs and Radio
Maromaryu	Master carpenter	Drama CD	[2]
Neo Geo DJ Station		Talk CD
Rurouni Kenshin		Talk CD
Sword World Heppoko Boukentai	Galgado	Drama CD	[3]
The King of Fighters	Ryuji Yamazaki	Drama, Talk, Song CDs and Radio	[3]

Overseas dubbing

List of dub performances in overseas productions

Title	Role	Voice dub for, Notes	Source[1]
A Time to Kill	James Lewis Willard
Chuck	Mr. Colt, Clyde Decker	Michael Clarke Duncan, season 2 and 4
Cold Case	Thai Sugar	season 4
Criminal Minds	Blake Wells	season 6
Grimm	Baron	Reg E. Cathey, season 2
John Carter	Tarusu Tarukasu	Willem Dafoe	[12]
Leon	Marquis
The Looney Tunes Show	Yosemite Sam	Maurice LaMarche
The Matrix	Ejonto Jones
Nurse Jackie	Anthony	season 3
The Pink Panther	Pink Panther		[2]
The Powerpuff Girls	Mojo Jojo	Roger L. Jackson	[3]
The Little Mermaid	Viking
The Penguins of Madagascar	Kowalski	Jeff Bennett
Tugs	Zebedee, Fire Tug, Mighty Mo, Old Rusty, Nantucket
Wayward Pines	Christopher James Mitchum	Djimon Hounsou	[13]

References

1. 石井康嗣 詳細ページ [Kouji Ishii resume]. Vi-Vo (in Japanese). Japan. Archived from the original on 31 March 2018. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
2. "声優さん出演リスト 個別表示：石井康嗣(Kouji Ishii)" [Voice actor's appearance list individual display: Kouji Ishii]. Voice Artist Database (in Japanese). GamePlaza-HARUKA-. July 24, 2015. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
3. Doi, Hitoshi (October 23, 2015). "Search results for "Ishii Kouji" in ALL database". Hitoshi Doi's Seiyuu Database. Retrieved October 23, 2015.
4. "Gibiate Anime Reveals More Cast, July 8 Premiere". Anime News Network. June 15, 2020. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
5. Strait Jacket (DVD). Manga Video. October 7, 2008. OCLC 244206876.
6. "金曜ロードシネマクラブ". Nippon TV. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
7. "山崎 竜二 - King Of Fighters - 株式会社SNK". kofaniv.snk-corp.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved March 26, 2020.
8. "Koji Ishii - 137 Character Images | Behind The Voice Actors". behindthevoiceactors.com. Check mark indicates role has been confirmed using screenshots of closing credits and other reliable sources.
9. "山牙刀 - King Of Fighters - 株式会社SNK". kofaniv.snk-corp.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved March 26, 2020.
10. "ワレンシュタイン ｜ CHARACTER ｜ BLAZBLUE CROSS TAGBATTLE ｜ ブレイブルー クロスタッグバトル 公式サイト 公式サイト". blazblue.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved May 12, 2018.
11. Project Soul. Soulcalibur VI. Bandai Namco Entertainment. Scene: Closing credits, Voices (JPN).
12. "ジョン・カーター". Fukikaeru. Retrieved May 4, 2019.
13. "ウェイワード・パインズ　出口のない街　シーズン2 (2017)". 20th Century Fox JP. Retrieved June 5, 2020.

External links

• Official agency profile (in Japanese)
• Kōji Ishii at GamePlaza-Haruka- Voice Acting DataBase (in Japanese)
• Kōji Ishii at Hitoshi Doi's Seiyuu Database
• Kōji Ishii at Anime News Network's encyclopedia