Ryūzaburō Ōtomo

Ryūzaburō Ōtomo
Native name	大友 龍三郎
Born	(1952-05-18) May 18, 1952 Tokyo, Japan
Occupation	Voice actor, actor and narrator
Years active	1979–present

Ryūzaburō Ōtomo (大友 龍三郎, Ōtomo Ryūzaburō, born May 18, 1952) is a Japanese voice actor, actor and narrator from Tokyo who is affiliated with Aoni Production in December 2006, with 81 Produce and the Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society.

He plays villainous characters like Norio Wakamoto, either in children's programs such as Mahōjin Guru Guru (as Lord Giri), Crocodile from One Piece, and Montana Jones (as Zero) or in villainous roles such as Yūsha Keisatsu J-Decker (as Jūsan Saejima). He has taken over ongoing roles for voice actors Shigezō Sasaoka, Eiji Kanie, Shinji Nakae, Daisuke Gōri and Hirotaka Suzuoki after their deaths. A number of his foreign film-dubbing roles are occupied by Tesshō Genda in different editions of those films.

Filmography

Television animation

1979

• The Ultraman (Roiger)

1980

• Zenderman (Musashi)

1985

• The Three-Eyed One (Macbeth)

1988

• Soreike! Anpanman (Kaseki no Maō)

1991

• Yokoyama Mitsuteru Sangokushi (Dong Zhuo)

1992

• O~i! Ryoma (Gurabā)
• Crayon Shin-chan (Pippen)

1994

• Brave Police J-Decker (Juzo Saejima, Narrator)
• Dragon Ball Z (Dabra)
• Ginga Sengoku Gun'yūden Rai (Geni)
• Kitaretsu Daihyakka (Priest)
• Macross 7 (Suren Rangu)
• Montana Jones (Lord Zero, Feudal Lord)
• Tottemo! Luckyman (Senkaoman, Hitman)

1995

• Aris Tantei Kyoku (Urufu-san)
• Fushigi Yūgi (Ashitare - Oyado)
• Kaitō Saint Tail (Board Chairman)
• Kūsōkagashi Sekai Gulliver Boy (Paeria)
• Demon Beast Resurrection (Mailman)
• Mahōjin Guru Guru (Lord Giri (second voice))
• Virtua Fighter (Jeffry McWild)

1996

• Bakusō Kyōdai Let's & Go!! series (Doctor Ōgami)
• Brave Command Dagwon (Super Lifeform Genocide)
• Dragon Ball GT (Liu Xing Long, Giant)
• GeGeGe no Kitarō (fourth series) (Oboro Kuroma, Mizutora, Kaiwanao)
• Jigoku Sensei Nūbē (Sauraki)
• Detective Conan (Okita, Shōji Mutsuda)

1997

• Bakusō Kyōdai Let's & Go!! WGP (Principal)
• Chō Mashin Eiyūden Wataru (Kurogane no Kenō)
• Dr. Slump (Unmō, Enma Daiō)
• Dragon Ball GT Special: Gokū Gaiden! Yūki no Akashishi ha Shiseikyū (Yōmaō)
• Hakugei Densetsu (Barba)
• Kindaichi Shōnen no Jigenbo (Zensuke Ōkōchi)
• Kyūketsu Hime Miyu (Kami-Ma Garyū)
• Detective Conan (Atsushi Mori practitioner)
• Nintama Rantarō (Fūki (second episode))
• Weiß Kreuz (Shigemi Yokō)

1998

• AWOL: Absent Without Leave (Zack Landis)
• Bakusō Kyōdai Let's & Go!! Max (Gen-san)
• BB-Daman Bakugaiden (Darkmazā, Dark Emperor)
• Cowboy Bebop (Abdul Hakim)
• Kurogane Communication (Industrial Enterprise Master)
• Detective Conan (Shirō Hiraoka)
• Pocket Monsters (Fushigibane, Woodsman)
• Sentimental Journey (Gakkōrei (Boss))
• Trigun (Denim)
• Yu-Gi-Oh! (Ushio)

1999

• Digimon Adventure (Vamdemon, VenomVamdemon)
• Excel Saga (Doctor Kabapu)
• Gregory Horror Show (Chef of Hell)
• Detective Conan (Criminal A, Hiruta, Michiaki Okuda)

2000

• Doki Doki Densetsu Mahōjin Guru Guru (Lord Giri)
• InuYasha (Hōsenki)
• Detective Conan (Arson offender)
• Pocket Monsters (Muramase)

2001

• Super GALS! Kotobuki Ran (Mami's Father)
• Ōdorobō Jing (Baffle D'Ice)

2002

• Digimon Frontier (Cherubimon)
• Dragon Drive (Saizō Toki)
• One Piece (Crocodile)

2003

• Ashita no Nadja (Gérard)
• Astro Boy: Mighty Atom (Gafu)
• Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo (Gunkan)
• Divergence Eve (Luke Walker)
• Gungrave (Bear Walken)
• Konjiki no Gash Bell!! (Demolt)
• Detective Conan (Saguru Itakura)
• Jūbei Ninpūchō: Ryūhōgyoku Hen (Tessai)
• Planetes (Hakim Ashmead)

2004

• Bōken Ō Beet (Grunide)
• Initial D Fourth Stage (Kōzō Hoshino)
• Kaiketsu Zorori (Kichizō Kumada)
• Detective Conan (Detective)
• Samurai 7 (Genzō)
• Samurai Champloo (Ishimatsu (episodes 3 and 4))
• Tenjho Tenge (Kaiba Natsume)

2005

• Gaiking: Legend of Daiku-Maryu (Daimon, Darius the Seventeenth)
• Pani Poni Dash! (Hirosuke)
• Speed Grapher (Father Kanda)

2006

• Kiba (J Rock)
• Sōten no Ken (Ke-Rong Jin)

2007

• Himawari! (Businessman)

2008

• Bleach (Aaroniero Arruruerie - deep-voiced head)
• Mobile Suit Gundam 00 (Homer Katagiri)

2009

• Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (Buccaneer)
• Sgt. Frog (Witness)

2010

• Kiddy Girl-and (Basil)
• Dragon Ball Kai (Porunga, Gyū-Maō, King Cold)

2011

• Wolverine (Omega Red)
• Digimon Xros Wars (Sethmon)
• Digimon Xros Wars: The Young Hunters Who Leapt Through Time (Ogremon)

2012

• Mobile Suit Gundam AGE (Fezarl Ezelcant)
• Saint Seiya Ω (Capricorn Ionia)

2013

• Freezing Vibration - Howard el Bridget

2014

• * Dragon Ball Kai (Dabra, Gyū-Maō)

2015

• Fafner in the Azure: EXODUS (Narain Wiseman-Bose)

Original video animation (OVA)

• Avengers Confidential: Black Widow & Punisher (Cain)
• Crying Freeman (Oshu Tohgoku)
• El-Hazard (Galus)
• La Blue Girl (zipang)
• Legend of the Galactic Heroes (Sandoru Ararukon)
• Macross Zero (D. D. Ivanov)
• Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki (D3)
• Urotsukidoji (Caesar)

Theater animation

• Lupin III: Dead or Alive (Chief warden, officer)
• Episode of Alabasta: The Desert Princess and the Pirates (Crocodile)
• Mobile Suit Gundam F91 (Nanto Roos)
• Pokémon: The First Movie (Venusaur)
• Soreike! Anpanman: Palm of the Hand to the Sun (Great black devil)
• Tenchi Muyo! in Love (Kain)
• Naruto Shippuden The Movie: The Lost Tower: (Mukade/Anrokuzan)

Video games

• Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War (Captain Dominic "Vulture" Zubov)
• Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation (Ghost Eye)
• American McGee's Alice (Cheshire Cat)
• Brave Saga 2 (Jūsan Saejima)
• Burning Rangers (Big Randoman)
• Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex (Uka Uka (Clancy Brown))
• Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped (Uka Uka (Clancy Brown))
• Crash Bash (Uka Uka (Clancy Brown))
• Crash Nitro Kart (Uka Uka (Clancy Brown))
• Crash Team Racing (Uka Uka (Clancy Brown))
• Crash Twinsanity (Uka Uka (Alex Fernandez))
• Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 2 (Dabra)
• Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3 (Dabra)
• Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi series (Dabra)
• Dynasty Warriors: Gundam (Musha Gundam)
• Final Fantasy XII (Judge Magister Zargabaath)
• Garasunobara (Kunio Hachiya)
• Gungrave (Bear Walken)
• Initial D Arcade Stage' (Kōzō Hoshino)
• The Last Blade series (Zantetsu)
• The Last Remnant (The Conqueror)
• Mega Man Battle & Chase (Napalm Man)
• Mega Man X4 (General)
• Musou Orochi: Rebirth of the Demon Lord (Taira no Kiyomori)
• Ninja Gaiden 2 (Genshin)
• One Piece: Pirate Warriors (Crocodile)
• Power Stone 2 (Gourmand)
• Psychic Force 2012 (Gudeath)
• Shadow the Hedgehog (Black Doom)
• Shadow Hearts II (Grigori Rasputin)
• Solid Force (Yulgen Froint)
• Soulcalibur II (Astaroth)
• Soulcalibur III (Astaroth)
• Soulcalibur III: Arcade Edition (Astaroth)
• Soulcalibur Legends (Astaroth Alpha)
• Soulcalibur IV (Astaroth)
• Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny (Astaroth)
• Star Ocean: Till the End of Time (Crosell)
• Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds (Darth Vader)
• Super Robot Wars series (Euzeth Gozzo, Ashura, Q Bosu, Buritai 7018, Gadesu, Ganan, Emperor Warusa)
• Street Fighter V (Birdie)
• Tales of Legendia (Maurits, Nerifes)
• Tales of Xillia (Jiao)
• Tales of Xillia 2 (Jiao)
• The Super Dimension Fortress Macross (Buritai Kuridaniku)

Drama CDs

• Bad Boys! (Rikiya Hodate)

Dubbing roles

Live-action

• 24 (Habib Marwan)
• Alien Resurrection (VHS/DVD edition) (Johner)
• Aliens (TV Asahi Special Edition) (Private Mark Drake)
• Batman & Robin (Mr. Freeze)
• Cadillac Records (Howlin' Wolf)
• Casino Royale (TV Asahi edition) (Steven Obanno)
• Cobra (TV Asahi edition) (Night Slasher)
• Con Air (DVD edition) (Diamond Dog)
• Daredevil (Kingpin)
• Das Boot (DVD edition) (Ario)
• Dogma (Metatron)
• Eight Legged Freaks (TV edition) (Leon)
• The Glimmer Man (DVD edition) (Donald Cunningham)
• Goosebumps (Death) (Episode: "Say Cheese and Die - Again!")
• The Green Mile (DVD edition) (John Coffey)
• Highlander (TV Asahi edition) (The Kurgan/Victor Kruger)
• The Hobbit trilogy (Smaug)
• Joy Ride (DVD edition) (Rusty Nail)
• Judge Dredd (Zed)
• Mad Max 2 (TBS edition) (Wez)
• Major League (VHS/DVD edition) (Pedro)
• Men in Black (VHS/DVD edition) (Edgar the Bug)
• Men in Black II (VHS/DVD edition) (Pineal Eye)
• Mercury Rising (DVD edition) (Peter Burrell)
• The Mummy (High Priest Imhotep)
• The Mummy Returns (Fuji TV edition) (High Priest Imhotep)
• Ordinary Decent Criminal (Noel Quigley)
• Payback (Video and DVD edition) (Bronson)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (Bo'sun)
• Predator (TV edition) (Billy, Predator)
• Predator 2 (TV edition) (King Willie)
• The Replacement Killers (Michael Kogan)
• Resident Evil (VHS/DVD edition) (One)
• Rush Hour (Luke)
• Six Days Seven Nights (VHS/DVD edition) (Jager)
• Soldier of Fortune, Inc. (Deacon 'Deke' Reynolds)
• Street Fighter (TV edition) (Zangief)
• The Terminator (T-800 (Arnold Schwarzenegger))
• Timecop (Cole)
• Tom and Huck (Injun Joe)
• Transformers: Age of Extinction (Galvatron)
• Trespass (Savon)

Western animation

• Kevin Michael Richardson
  • Uncle Grandpa (Mr. Gus)
  • Steven Universe (Mr. Gus)
• Biker Mice from Mars (Lord Camembert)
• Cats Don't Dance (Max)
• DuckTales (Armstrong)
• Felidae (Kong)
• Hercules (Nessus)
• Home on the Range (Rico the Bounty Hunter)
• Spider-Man: The New Animated Series (Kingpin)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
  • TV Tokyo edition (Rat King, Chakahachi)
  • BS2 edition (Leatherhead)
• Toonsylvania (Phil)
• Treasure Planet (Scroop)
• X-Men (TV Tokyo edition) (Magneto)

Tokusatsu roles

• Super Sentai Series
  • Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger (Voice of skeleton rickshaw driver [episode 40, 41 and 42])
  • Ninja Sentai Kakuranger (Voice of Noppera-bō)
  • Denji Sentai Megaranger (Voice of Javius the First)
  • Seijuu Sentai Gingaman (Voice of Dotoumusha)
  • Kyuukyuu Sentai GoGoFive vs Gingaman (Voice of Darkness King Gill)
  • Mirai Sentai Timeranger (Voice of Don Dolnero, Douzan Kinjou (Actor by:Kihee Senbonmatsu))
  • Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger (Voice of Ginjifuan Kazak)
  • Juken Sentai Gekiranger (Voice of Gorie Yen)
  • Tensou Sentai Goseiger (Voice of Yuumajuu Giemurou of the Kappa)
• Metal Hero Series
  • B-Fighter Kabuto (Voice of Astral Saber/Kabuterios)
• Kamen Rider series
  • Kamen Rider Hibiki Hyper Video (Voice of Bakeneko)
  • Kamen Rider Decade (Voice of Ayakashi Chinomanako/Chinomanako Diend)
  • Kamen Rider OOO Movie (Voice of Gara (Monster form) )
  • Kamen Rider Wizard (Voice of Wizardragon)
  • Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Gaim & Wizard: The Fateful Sengoku Movie Battle (Voice of Wizardragon)
• Ultraman series
  • Ultraman Mebius: The Armored Darkness (Voice of Dark Magic Armor Armored Darkness)
  • Superior Ultraman 8 Brothers (Voice of Super Alien Hipporit)
• Tomica Hero Rescue Fire (Voice of Don Kaen, series finale)
• Garo: Makai Senki (Voice of Gajari)
• Choukou Senshi Changerion (Darkness General Zhender)

Other roles

• Dragon Ball Z Infinite World PV
• Hamlet (Marcellus)
• Sengoku Raiden Championship VTR Narration (Sengoku ~Daigojin~)

External links

• Ryūzaburō Ōtomo at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Ryūzaburō Ōtomo at Aoni Production
• Ryūzaburō Ōtomo at Ryu's Seiyuu Infos
• Ryūzaburō Ōtomo at GamePlaza-Haruka Voice Acting Database (Japanese)
• Ryūzaburō Ōtomo at Hitoshi Doi's Seiyuu Database (Japanese)