Yū Mizushima

Yū Mizushima (水島 裕, Mizushima Yū, born Kenji Noda (野田 憲司, Noda Kenji) on January 18, 1956) is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator. He is the Japanese voice-over for Sammo Hung, and is the Japanese voice of Wakko.

Yū Mizushima
水島 裕
Born	Kenji Noda (1956-01-18) January 18, 1956 Tokyo, Japan
Education	Nihon University
Occupation	Actor voice actor narrator
Years active	1970–present
Agent	Production Ace
Height	167 cm (5 ft 6 in)

In May 2020, Mizushima announced he will take a hiatus in order to undergo vocal cord polyp surgery.[1]

Biography

Filmography

Television animation

1970s

• Chojin Sentai Barattack (1977) – Mac
• Choudenji Machine Voltes V (1977) – Young Ragooru
• Galaxy Express 999 (1978) – Beethoven
• Dokaben (1979) – Tomoaki Takashiro
• Hana no Ko Lunlun (1979) – Serge Flora (Selge)

1980s

• Beast King GoLion (1981) – Isamu Kurogane ("Lance")
• Six God Combination Godmars (1981) – Mars/Takeru Myoujin
• Tokimeki Tonight (1982) – Shun Makabe
• Creamy Mami, the Magic Angel (1983) – Toshio Otomo
• Persia, the Magic Fairy (1984) – Riki Muroi
• Magical Emi, the Magic Star (1985) as Shou Yuuki
• Obake no Q-Taro (1985) – Shinichi
• Pastel Yumi, the Magic Idol (1986) as Kyouhei Misawa
• Saint Seiya (1986) – Lizard Misty, Sid, Bud
• Tekken Chinmi (1988) – Raochu
• Ulysses 31 (1988) – Telemachos

1990s

• Akazukin Chacha (1994) – Franken-chan
• Detective Conan (1996) – Toshihiko Takasugi
• Hakugei: Legend of the Moby Dick (1997) – General Ho
• Kindaichi Case Files (1999) – Sudou (ep 100)

2000s

• .hack//Intermezzo (2002) – Male Heavyblade
• L/R: Licensed by Royalty (2003) – Rocky
• Requiem from the Darkness (2003) – Gunhachirou (Momosuke's brother)
• Submarine Super 99 (2003) – Gorô Oki
• Fullmetal Alchemist (2004) – Scar's Brother
• Kaiketsu Zorori (2004) – Goburu
• Madlax (2004) – Luciano
• Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (2004) – Rare Hunter (ep 68); Light Mask (ep 70-74); Bobasa
• Naruto (2005) – Mondai (ep 161)
• Tsubasa Chronicle (2005) – Sakura's Father
• Black Cat (2006) – Doctor (Kanzaki)
• Pocket Monsters: Diamond and Pearl (2009) – Gen/Riley

2010s

• Saint Seiya Omega (2013) – Equuleus Subaru
• Parasyte (2014) – Takeshi Hirokawa
• Kirakira PreCure a la Mode (2017) – Elder
• One Piece (2017) - Napoleon, Zeus, Prometheus, Kawamatsu

2020s

• Oda Cinnamon Nobunaga (2020) - Ichiko's father[2]

OVA

• Fire Tripper (1986) – Shukomaru
• Black Magic M-66 (1987) – Leakey
• Devilman (1987) – Ryo Asuka
• Digital Devil Story (1987) – Akemi Nakajima
• Spirit Warrior (1988) – Tenshu
• Legend of the Galactic Heroes (1989) – Neithardt Müller
• Mario World: Mario to Yoshi no Bōken Land (1990) - Luigi
• Black Jack (1998) – Yasuhiko Shirabyoshi

Theatrical animation

• Kimagure Orange Road (1985) – Kyōsuke Kasuga
• Guyver: Out of Control (1986) – Sho Fukamachi/Guyver
• Super Mario Bros.: Peach-Hime Kyushutsu Dai Sakusen! (1986) – Luigi
• The Rose of Versailles: I'll Love You – Long – I Live (1987) – Andre
• Saint Seiya: The Movie (1987) – Orion Jäger
• Neo Tokyo (1987) – Tsutomo Sugioka
• Cyborg 009 Vs. Devilman (2015) – Chang Changku/006
• Crayon Shin-chan: Burst Serving! Kung Fu Boys ~Ramen Rebellion~ (2018)

Tokusatsu

• Juken Sentai Gekiranger (2007) – Master Elehung Kam Po (eps. 10 - 12, 18, 23, 28, 32, 36, 49)
• Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger (2013) – Sorrowful Knight Aigaron (eps. 1 - 11, 13, 16 - 17, 19, 21 - 26, 28 - 30, 32 - 34, 36 - 39, 42 - 46) (voice), President (ep. 28, 44) (actor)
• Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger vs. Go-Busters: The Great Dinosaur Battle! Farewell Our Eternal Friends (2014) – Sorrowful Knight Aigaron
• Kaettekita Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger 100 Years After (2014)– Jealousy Knight Hoshigaron

Dubbing

Live-action

• Sammo Hung
  • Enter the Fat Dragon – Ah Lung
  • By Hook or by Crook – Fatso
  • Encounters of the Spooky Kind – Bold Cheung
  • Project A – Fei[3]
  • Winners and Sinners – "Teapot"[4]
  • Wheels on Meals – Moby[5]
  • Heart of Dragon – Danny / Dodo Fung[6]
  • My Lucky Stars – "Eric" / "Kidstuff" / "Fastbuck" / "Chi Koo Choi"[7]
  • Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars – "Eric" / "Kidstuff" / "Fastbuck" / "Chi Koo-choi"[8]
  • Lucky Stars Go Places – "Eric" / "Kidstuff" / "Fastbuck" / "Chi Koo-choi"[9]
  • Millionaires Express – Ching Fong-Tin
  • Eastern Condors – Tung Ming-sun[10]
  • Mr. Vampire III – Hung
  • Dragons Forever – Wong Fei-Hung / Luke Wang[11]
  • Lai Shi, China's Last Eunuch – Liu Lai Shi's teacher
  • Island of Fire – Fatty John Liu Hsi Chia[12]
  • Martial Law – Sammo Law
  • The Legend of Zu – Grandmaster White Brows[13]
  • Around the World in 80 Days (2008 TV Tokyo edition) – Wong Fei Hung / Tiger #2
  • Dragon Squad – Kong Long
  • SPL: Sha Po Lang – Wong Po
  • Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon – Luo Ping'an
  • Ip Man 2 – Hung Chun-nam
  • A Simple Life – Director Hung
  • The Last Tycoon – Huang Jinrong
  • The Bodyguard – Ding Hu[14]
• Matthew Perry
  • Friends – Chandler Bing
  • Three to Tango – Oscar Novak
  • The Whole Nine Yards – Nicholas "Oz" Oseransky
  • The Whole Ten Yards – Nicholas "Oz" Oseransky
• Mark Hamill
  • Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1985 NTV edition) – Luke Skywalker
  • Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1986 NTV edition) – Luke Skywalker
  • Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1988 NTV edition) – Luke Skywalker
  • Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back – Cocknocker
• 8 Simple Rules – Paul Hennessy (John Ritter)
• Bewitched – Ritchie (Jason Schwartzman)[15]
• Big Trouble in Little China – Wang Chi (Dennis Dun)
• Casualties of War – Private Max Eriksson (Michael J. Fox)[16]
• Good Morning, Vietnam – Edward Garlick (Forest Whitaker)[17]
• The Karate Kid (1988 TV Asahi edition) – Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio)
• Mars Attacks! – Jason Stone (Michael J. Fox)
• Spider-Man 2 – Mr. Aziz (Aasif Mandvi)
• T. J. Hooker – Officer Vince Romano (Adrian Zmed)

Animation

• Animaniacs – Wakko Warner
• Johnny Test – Johnny Test
• The Little Mermaid – Harold the Seahorse
• Mighty Orbots - Rob Simmons
• Sitting Ducks – Bill

Singing

• Warrior of Love Rainbowman both 1972 and 1982 openings, 1972 first ending (as Kenji Yasunaga)

Awards

Year	Award ceremony	Award	Result
2020	14th Seiyu Awards	Kei Tomiyama Memorial Award	Won

References

1. https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-05-11/voice-actor-yu-mizushima-to-have-vocal-cord-polyp-surgery/.159429
2. "Oda Cinnamon Nobunaga Anime Casts Yū Mizushima, Noriko Hidaka". Anime News Network. January 9, 2020. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
3. "プロジェクトA デジタル・リマスター版". NBCUniversal Japan. Retrieved April 26, 2019.
4. "五福星　〈日本語吹替収録版〉". NBCUniversal Japan. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
5. "スパルタンX　〈日本語吹替収録版〉". NBCUniversal Japan. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
6. "ファースト・ミッション（ブルーレイ）". Shochiku. Retrieved December 26, 2019.
7. "香港発活劇エクスプレス　大福星　〈日本語吹替収録版〉". NBCUniversal Japan. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
8. "七福星　〈日本語吹替収録版〉". NBCUniversal Japan. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
9. "十福星 デジタル・リマスター版". NBCUniversal Japan. Retrieved April 29, 2019.
10. "イースタン・コンドル デジタル・リマスター版". NBCUniversal Japan. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
11. "サイクロンZ　〈日本語吹替収録版〉". NBCUniversal Japan. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
12. "炎の大捜査線 デジタル・リマスター版". NBCUniversal Japan. Retrieved April 29, 2019.
13. "天上の剣　The Legend of ZU". NBCUniversal Japan. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
14. "おじいちゃんはデブゴン". Twin. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
15. "奥さまは魔女". Star Channel. Retrieved February 16, 2020.
16. "カジュアリティーズ". Star Channel. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
17. "グッドモーニング，ベトナム". Star Channel. Retrieved August 16, 2020.

External links

• Official agency profile (in Japanese)
• Yū Mizushima at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Yū Mizushima on IMDb
• Yū Mizushima at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)