Subaru Kimura
Subaru Samuel Bartsch (昴・サミュエル・バーチュ, Subaru Samyueru Bāchu, born 29 June 1990), known professionally as Subaru Kimura (木村 昴, Kimura Subaru), is a German–Japanese actor, voice actor and singer. His best-known role is voicing Takeshi Goda in the Doraemon series, which has spawned numerous specials.
Subaru Kimura | |
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木村 昴 | |
Born | Subaru Samuel Bartsch 29 June 1990[1] Blankenburg (Harz), Germany[1] |
Alma mater | Asia University |
Occupation |
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Years active | 2000–present |
Agent | Atomic Monkey |
Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)[1] |
Biography
Kimura was born in Blankenburg (Harz) and raised in Japan. After spending seven years in Germany, he returned to the theater company belonging to Sanno Production. In 2002, he appeared as a tap dancer in the Broadway musical Annie. He graduated from Harumi Sogo High School, but dropped out of Asia University.
When he was in elementary school, he appeared as a child who resembled Kenji Haga in the impersonation program Mimakin on Nippon TV.
On 15 April 2005, he became the new voice of Takeshi Goda in TV Asahi's anime series Doraemon, replacing Kazuya Tatekabe. Kimura was a junior high school student when he started the role.
Filmography
TV drama
- Tanken Bakumon (2012), Narrator
Anime
- 2005
- Doraemon (2005–present), Takeshi Goda
- 2011
- Mawaru Penguindrum, Kanba Takakura, Penguin 1
- 2012
- Kuroko's Basketball, Papa Mbai Siki
- Code:Breaker, Heike Masaomi
- 2013
- Gundam Build Fighters, Alan Adams
- 2014
- The Kindaichi Case Files R, Daisuke Kujiraki
- Psycho-Pass 2, Ogino
- Ping Pong: The Animation, Manabu Sakuma
- Black Bullet, Takuto Yasuwaki
- 2015
- Assassination Classroom, Ryōma Terasaka[2]
- Dance with Devils, Mage Nanashiro
- 2016
- Sekkō Boys, Jiro Sandajima, Agrippa, Dionysos
- Bubuki Buranki, Sōya Arabashiri
- Assassination Classroom 2nd Season, Ryōma Terasaka
- Kagewani -II-, Jōji Honma
- 91 Days, Strega Galassia
- Haikyū!! Karasuno High School vs Shiratorizawa Academy, Satori Tendō[3]
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans, Dayne Uhai[4]
- March Comes in like a Lion, Issa Matsumoto[5]
- 2017
- Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS, Shōichi Kusanagi[6]
- Puri Puri Chiichan!!, Chiteko (ep. 24)
- Altair: A Record of Battles, Kurt
- Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, Kū
- 2018
- Zombie Land Saga, Rapper A
- Devilman Crybaby, Gabi[7]
- Zoids Wild, Gyoza[8]
- 2019
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind, Pesci[9]
- RobiHachi, Allo
- Midnight Occult Civil Servants, Kiyo Gongen
- ACTORS: Songs Connection, Chiguma Marume[10]
- Carole & Tuesday, Ezekiel[11]
- Case File nº221: Kabukicho, Masaya
- 2020
- Akudama Drive, Punk
- Hypnosis Mic: Division Rap Battle: Rhyme Anima, Ichiro Yamada
- 2021
- 2.43: Seiin Kōkō Danshi Volley-bu, Yusuke Okuma[12]
- Beastars Season 2, Free[13]
- The World Ends With You: The Animation, Bito Daisukenojo[14]
Original net animation (ONA)
- Monster Strike (2016), Sanjo Takii
- Koro-sensei Q! (2016), Ryoma Terasaka
- Gundam Build Fighters: Battlogue (2017), Allan Adams
Theatrical animation
- Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur 2006 (2006), Takeshi Goda
- Furusato Japan (2007), Gonji Abe
- Doraemon: Nobita's New Great Adventure into the Underworld (2007), Takeshi Goda
- Doraemon: Nobita and the Green Giant Legend (2008), Takeshi Goda
- Doraemon: The Record of Nobita's Spaceblazer (2009), Takeshi Goda
- Doraemon: Nobita's Great Battle of the Mermaid King (2010), Takeshi Goda
- Doraemon: Nobita and the New Steel Troops—Winged Angels (2011), Takeshi Goda
- Doraemon: Nobita and the Island of Miracles—Animal Adventure (2012), Takeshi Goda
- Doraemon: Nobita's Secret Gadget Museum (2013), Takeshi Goda
- Doraemon: New Nobita's Great Demon—Peko and the Exploration Party of Five (2014), Takeshi Goda
- Stand by Me Doraemon (2014), Takeshi Goda
- Psycho-Pass: The Movie (2015), Sem
- Doraemon: Nobita's Space Heroes (2015), Takeshi Goda
- Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan 2016 (2016), Takeshi Goda
- Doraemon the Movie 2017: Great Adventure in the Antarctic Kachi Kochi (2017), Takeshi Goda
- Dance with Devils: Fortuna (2017), Mage Nanashiro
- Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Treasure Island (2018), Takeshi Goda
- Doraemon: Nobita's Chronicle of the Moon Exploration (2019), Takeshi Goda
- Doraemon: Nobita's New Dinosaur (2020), Takeshi Goda
- Stand by Me Doraemon 2 (2020), Takeshi Goda
Tokusatsu
- Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger (2016), Bowlingam (ep. 19–20)
- Uchu Sentai Kyuranger (2017), Seiza Blaster Voice,[15] Ragio Voice (ep. 11–12), Dark Blaster (ep. 26, 28, 31)
Video games
- IDOLiSH7 (2017), Inumaru Touma
- The World Ends with You (2007), Bito Daisukenojo[16]
- Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance (2012), Bito Daisukenojo[16]
- Granblue Fantasy (2015), J.J.
- Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue (2017), Aced,[16] Bito Daisukenojo
- Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux (2017), Zeus[16]
- Kingdom Hearts III (2019), Aced[16]
- The King of Fighters for Girls (2019), Ryo Sakazaki[17]
- Disney: Twisted-Wonderland (2020), Sam
- Final Fantasy VII Remake (2020), Kotch[16]
Music/drama CD
- Hypnosis Mic: Division Rap Battle (2017), Ichiro Yamada (MC B.B.)
Dubbing
Live-action
- Taron Egerton
- Testament of Youth, Edward Brittain
- Kingsman: The Secret Service, Gary "Eggsy" Unwin
- Kingsman: The Golden Circle, Gary "Eggsy" Unwin[18]
- Robin Hood, Robin Hood[19]
- Rocketman, Elton John[20]
- The 100, Lincoln (Ricky Whittle)
- Avengers: Endgame, M'Baku (Winston Duke)[21]
- Avengers: Infinity War, M'Baku (Winston Duke)
- Bad Boys for Life, Dorn (Alexander Ludwig)[22]
- Bad News Bears, Mike Engelberg
- Black Panther, M'Baku (Winston Duke)
- CJ7, Storm Dragon
- Dallas, Tommy Sutter
- Empire, Jamal Lyon (Jussie Smollett)[23]
- Ender's Game, Dink Meeker (Khylin Rhambo)
- Fantastic Four, Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic (Miles Teller)
- Frankenstein's Army, Sergei (Joshua Sasse)
- Fury, Lt. Parker (Xavier Samuel)
- The Gallows, Ryan Shoos[24]
- Get Smart (2011 TV Asahi edition), Lloyd (Nate Torrence)
- The Greatest Showman, Phillip Carlyle (Zac Efron)[25]
- The Handmaid's Tale, Commander Nick Blaine (Max Minghella)[26]
- Houdini & Doyle, George Gudgett (Adam Nagaitis)[27]
- Mulan, Yao (Chen Tang)[28]
- Spin Out, Billy (Xavier Samuel)[29]
- Superfly, Eddie (Jason Mitchell)[30]
Animation
- The Book of Life, Manolo Sánchez
- Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart, Badgerclops
- Megamind, Hal Stewart/Tighten
- Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures, Skeebo
- RWBY, Cardin Winchester
- Smallfoot, Migo
- Stanley, Lionel Griff
References
- "木村 昴|日本タレント名鑑". Nihon Tarento Meikan (in Japanese). Retrieved 17 November 2018.
- "Assassination Classroom Anime's Full Class 3-E Cast Announced". October 16, 2014.
- "3rd Haikyu!! Anime Casts Shiratorizawa Gakuen Volleyball Club". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 14, 2016.
- "Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans Season 2 Reveals 2nd Promo Video, Theme Song Artists, New Cast". Anime News Network. Retrieved August 27, 2016.
- "March comes in like a lion Anime Casts Marina Inoue, Takahiro Sakurai, More". Anime News Network. 2016-08-18. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
- "Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS Anime Casts Takahiro Sakurai, Subaru Kimura". Anime News Network. Retrieved April 20, 2017.
- "Awesome New Devilman crybaby Anime Promo Debuts". otakuusamagazine. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
- "Zoids Wild, Characters, Gyoza". Zoids Wild Website. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
- "ペッシ | CHARACTER | TVアニメ『ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 黄金の風』公式サイト". jojo-animation.com (in Japanese). Retrieved August 28, 2019.
- "ACTORS: Songs Connection TV Anime Reveals Promo Video, Staff, Cast, Fall Premiere". Anime News Network. March 24, 2019. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
- "Ezekiel - Character -CAROLE & TUESDAY Official Site-". caroleandtuesday.com. Retrieved August 28, 2019.
- "2.43: Seiin Kōkō Danshi Volley-bu TV Anime Premieres in January 2021 on Noitamina". Anime News Network. June 18, 2020. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
- "Beastars Anime's 2nd Season Premieres in 2021". Anime News Network. March 20, 2020. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
- "The World Ends With You Anime Debuts Worldwide in 2021". Anime News Network. July 3, 2020. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
- "宇宙戦隊キュウレンジャー PRE02 キャラクター紹介第二弾!" (in Japanese). Toei Company. 2017-01-15. Retrieved 2017-01-15.
- "Subaru Kimura - 32 Character Images | Behind The Voice Actors". behindthevoiceactors.com. Retrieved August 29, 2019. Check mark indicates role has been confirmed using screenshots of closing credits and other reliable sources.
- "『KOF』の女性向け『KOF乙女』発表。友情あり恋愛ありのイケメン格闘家育成ゲーム". dengekionline.com (in Japanese). June 12, 2019. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
- "「キングスマン」続編の吹替版に中村悠一、田中敦子ら参加!木村昴と森田順平が続投". 映画ナタリー. Retrieved April 10, 2020.
- "フッド:ザ・ビギニング【Blu-ray】". Rakuten. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
- "ロケットマン ブルーレイ+DVD<英語歌詞字幕付き> [Blu-ray]". Amazon. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
- "アベンジャーズ/エンドゲーム". Fukikaeru. Retrieved May 10, 2019.
- "バッドボーイズ フォー・ライフ". Sony Pictures. Retrieved March 21, 2020.
- "Empire/エンパイア 成功の代償". Fox Japan. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
- "死霊高校". Star Channel. Retrieved June 2, 2020.
- "グレイテスト・ショーマン". Star Channel. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
- "ハンドメイズ・テイル/侍女の物語 シーズン2". Wowow. Retrieved March 5, 2020.
- "フーディーニ&ドイルの怪事件ファイル 〜謎解きの作法〜". Sony Pictures. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
- "ムーラン". Fukikaeru. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
- "僕と君の片想い". Sony Pictures Japan. Retrieved May 27, 2019.
- "スーパーフライ". Sony Pictures Japan. Retrieved May 21, 2019.
External links
- Official blog (in Japanese)
- Official agency profile (in Japanese)
- Subaru Kimura at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Subaru Kimura on IMDb