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| name = Hisashi Katsuta
| name = Hisashi Katsuta
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| birth_date = 2 April 1927
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| birth_place = [[Tokyo Prefecture]], [[Japan]]
| death_date = 21 February 2020 (age 92)
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| death_place = [[Ōme, Tokyo]]
| native_name = 勝田 久
| native_name_lang = ja
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1927|4|2|df=y}}
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| birth_place = [[Tokyo]], [[Empire of Japan]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2020|2|21|1927|4|2|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Ōme, Tokyo]], [[Japan]]
| alma_mater = [[University of Electro-Communications|Technical Institute for Wireless-Communications]]
| alma_mater = [[University of Electro-Communications|Technical Institute for Wireless-Communications]]
| occupation = {{Flatlist|
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| years_active = 1948–2020
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{{nihongo|'''Hisashi Katsuta'''|勝田 久|Katsuta Hisashi|2 April 1927 – 21 February 2020}} was a Japanese voice actor and author. He is best known for his voice-over portrayal of [[Professor Ochanomizu]] in three anime adaptations of the ''[[Astro Boy]]'' franchise, and also voiced Dr. Hoshi in ''[[Astroganger]]'' (1972–1973), Professor Tobishima in ''[[Groizer X]]'' (1976–1977), and Shin'ichirō Izumi in ''[[Tōshō Daimos]]'' (1978–1979).
| spouse = Katsumi (勝美)
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{{nihongo|'''Hisashi Katsuta'''|勝田 久|Katsuta Hisashi|2 April 1927 – 21 February 2020}} was a Japanese actor and voice actor. He is best known for his voice-over portrayal of [[Professor Ochanomizu]] in three [[anime]] adaptations of the ''[[Astro Boy]]'' franchise, and also voiced Dr. Hoshi in ''[[Astroganger]]'' (1972–1973), Professor Tobishima in ''[[Groizer X]]'' (1976–1977), and Shin'ichirō Izumi in ''[[Tōshō Daimos]]'' (1978–1979).


==Early life==
==Early life==
Hisashi Katsuta was born on 2 April 1927 in [[Tokyo Prefecture]], later [[Tokyo Metropolis]],<ref name="meikan">{{Cite web|url=https://www.vip-times.co.jp/?talent_id=M93-0830|title=勝田 久|work=日本タレント名鑑|accessdate=6 January 2020}}</ref><ref name="goo">{{Cite web|url=https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/person/勝田久/|title=勝田久(かつたひさし)の解説|work=goo人名事典|accessdate=6 January 2020}}</ref> and was educated at [[Seigakuin Junior & Senior High School]] and the Technical Institute for Wireless-Communications (now the [[University of Electro-Communications]]).<ref name="talent">{{Cite book|和書|author=|title=日本タレント名鑑（2004年版）|page=99|publisher=VIPタイムズ社 |isbn=978-4-9901242-2-9|date=8 April 2004}}</ref>
Hisashi Katsuta was born on 2 April 1927 in [[Tokyo]],<ref name="meikan">{{Cite web|url=https://www.vip-times.co.jp/?talent_id=M93-0830|title=勝田 久|work=日本タレント名鑑|access-date=6 January 2020}}</ref><ref name="goo">{{Cite web|url=https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/person/勝田久/|title=勝田久(かつたひさし)の解説|work=goo人名事典|access-date=6 January 2020}}</ref> and was educated at [[Seigakuin Junior & Senior High School]] and the Technical Institute for Wireless-Communications (now the [[University of Electro-Communications]]).<ref name="talent">{{Cite book|title=日本タレント名鑑（2004年版）|page=99|publisher=VIPタイムズ社 |isbn=978-4-9901242-2-9|date=8 April 2004}}</ref>


He had been interested in film and theater since childhood, and he and his elder brother would often see films.<ref name="hukikae1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cinematoday.jp/news/N0090853 |title=黒柳徹子も後輩！お茶の水博士の声の人が知るテレビ草創期|publisher=[[シネマトゥデイ]]|accessdate=22 February 2020}}</ref> He graduated from the {{ill|Kamakura Academia|ja|鎌倉アカデミア}} Faculty of Theatre in 1949.<ref name=kse/> He became a member of the [[Toho]] Drama Club<ref name="見えない主役">{{Cite book|author=勝田久|title=見えない主役 声優のすべて|pages=|publisher=[[集英社]]|chapter= 著者略歴|isbn=|date= 1979}}</ref> in 1948,<ref name=kse/> and was also a member of the {{ill|Tōkyō Hōsō Gekidan|ja|東京放送劇団}}, Mori no Kai, Players Center, Tēbura,
He had been interested in film and theater since childhood, and he and his elder brother would often see films.<ref name="hukikae1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cinematoday.jp/news/N0090853 |title=黒柳徹子も後輩！お茶の水博士の声の人が知るテレビ草創期|date=9 April 2017 |publisher=[[シネマトゥデイ]]|access-date=22 February 2020}}</ref> He graduated from the {{ill|Kamakura Academia|ja|鎌倉アカデミア}} Faculty of Theatre in 1949.<ref name=kse/> He became a member of the [[Toho]] Drama Club<ref name="見えない主役">{{Cite book|author=勝田久|title=見えない主役 声優のすべて|publisher=[[集英社]]|chapter= 著者略歴|date= 1979}}</ref> in 1948,<ref name=kse/> and was also a member of the {{ill|Tōkyō Hōsō Gekidan|ja|東京放送劇団}}, Mori no Kai, Players Center, Tēbura,
Rindō Pro,[[Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society]], and [[Arts Vision]].<ref name="artsvision">{{Cite web|url=https://www.artsvision.co.jp/talent/604/|title=勝田 久｜株式会社アーツビジョン|accessdate=12 January 2020}}</ref><ref name="声優の世界">{{Cite book|author=|title=声優の世界－アニメーションから外国映画まで|date=30 October 1979|publisher=[[朝日ソノラマ]]|isbn=|series=[[ファンタスティックコレクション]]別冊|page=76}}</ref><ref name="見えない主役"/>
Rindō Pro, [[Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society]], and [[Arts Vision]].<ref name="artsvision">{{Cite web|url=https://www.artsvision.co.jp/talent/604/|title=勝田 久｜株式会社アーツビジョン|access-date=12 January 2020}}</ref><ref name="声優の世界">{{Cite book|title=声優の世界－アニメーションから外国映画まで|date=30 October 1979|publisher=[[朝日ソノラマ]]|series=[[ファンタスティックコレクション]]別冊|page=76}}</ref><ref name="見えない主役"/>


== Voice acting career ==
==Voice acting career==
His voice acting career started in 1948 when he appeared in [[NHK]]'s 1948 radio adaptation of the [[Shi Nai'an]] novel ''[[Water Margin]]'',<ref name="obit">{{Cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/ja-jp/entertainment/story/%E3%80%8C%E3%81%8A%E8%8C%B6%E3%81%AE%E6%B0%B4%E5%8D%9A%E5%A3%AB%E3%80%8D%E5%A3%B0%E5%84%AA%E3%83%BB%E5%8B%9D%E7%94%B0%E4%B9%85%E3%81%95%E3%82%93%E6%AD%BB%E5%8E%BB-%EF%BC%99%EF%BC%92%E6%AD%B3%E3%80%81%E8%80%81%E8%A1%B0/ar-BB10hgXW|title=「お茶の水博士」声優・勝田久さん死去 ９２歳、老衰|website=www.msn.com|access-date=25 February 2020}}</ref> and he was contracted to the broadcaster in 1949 before being released in 1954.<ref name=kse/> Katsuta would later become a pioneer in [[voice acting in Japan]].<ref name=obit/> He started dubbing work with the Japanese dub of ''[[The Buccaneers (TV series)|The Buccaneers]]'', a television drama produced in the [[United Kingdom]] in 1956.<ref name="hukikae2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.fukikaeru.com/?p=6200 |title=「昭和声優列伝」出版記念 勝田久さんインタビュー|publisher=ふきカエル|accessdate=22 February 2020}}</ref> He later cited ''[[Surfside 6]]'' and ''[[The Beverly Hillbillies]]'', both American live-action shows in the 1960s, as two of his most memorable dubbing works.<ref name="hukikae2" />
His voice acting career started in 1948 when he appeared in [[NHK]]'s 1948 radio adaptation of the [[Shi Nai'an]] novel ''[[Water Margin]]'',<ref name="obit">{{Cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/ja-jp/entertainment/story/%E3%80%8C%E3%81%8A%E8%8C%B6%E3%81%AE%E6%B0%B4%E5%8D%9A%E5%A3%AB%E3%80%8D%E5%A3%B0%E5%84%AA%E3%83%BB%E5%8B%9D%E7%94%B0%E4%B9%85%E3%81%95%E3%82%93%E6%AD%BB%E5%8E%BB-%EF%BC%99%EF%BC%92%E6%AD%B3%E3%80%81%E8%80%81%E8%A1%B0/ar-BB10hgXW|title=「お茶の水博士」声優・勝田久さん死去 ９２歳、老衰|website=www.msn.com|access-date=25 February 2020}}</ref> and he was contracted to the broadcaster in 1949 before being released in 1954.<ref name=kse/> Katsuta would later become a pioneer in [[voice acting in Japan]].<ref name=obit/> He started dubbing work with the Japanese dub of ''[[The Buccaneers (1956 TV series)|The Buccaneers]]'', a television drama produced in the [[United Kingdom]] in 1956.<ref name="hukikae2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.fukikaeru.com/?p=6200 |title=「昭和声優列伝」出版記念 勝田久さんインタビュー|publisher=ふきカエル|access-date=22 February 2020}}</ref> He later cited ''[[Surfside 6]]'' and ''[[The Beverly Hillbillies]]'', both American live-action shows in the 1960s, as two of his most memorable dubbing works.<ref name="hukikae2" />


In 1963, he was cast as [[Dr. Ochanomizu]] in the anime ''[[Astro Boy]]''.<ref name=ann/> The Ochanomizu character would become Katsuta's own [[magnum opus]],<ref name="hukikae1" /> and he would later reprise his role in both the [[Astro Boy (1980 TV series)|1980]] and [[Astro Boy (2003 TV series)|2003]] anime adaptations of ''Astro Boy'',<ref name=gph/> as well as the film adaptations ''Hero of Space'' and ''Shinsengumi''.<ref name=ann/>
In 1963, he was cast as [[Dr. Ochanomizu]] in the anime ''[[Astro Boy]]''.<ref name=ann/> The Ochanomizu character would become Katsuta's own [[magnum opus]],<ref name="hukikae1" /> and he would later reprise his role in both the [[Astro Boy (1980 TV series)|1980]] and [[Astro Boy (2003 TV series)|2003]] anime adaptations of ''Astro Boy'',<ref name=gph/> as well as the film adaptations ''Hero of Space'' and ''Shinsengumi''.<ref name=ann/>


In addition to Dr. Ochanomizu, he also voiced Dr. Hoshi in ''[[Astroganger]]'', Professor Tobishima in ''[[Groizer X]]'', and Shin'ichirō Izumi in ''[[Tōshō Daimos]]''.<ref name=ann/> In 1979, Katsuta voiced the fictional depiction of King [[Louis XV of France]] in ''[[The Rose of Versailles]]'' and a fictional depiction of the Sengoku-era samurai [[Sanada Yukimura]] in ''[[Manga Sarutobi Sasuke]]''.<ref name=ann/><ref name=gph/> He had minor roles in several anime series, including ''[[Cat's Eye (manga)|Cat's Eye]]'', ''[[Dororo]]'', ''[[Jetter Mars]]'', ''[[Katri, Girl of the Meadows]]'', ''[[Kimba the White Lion]]'', ''[[Legend of the Galactic Heroes]]'', ''[[Marine Boy]]'', ''[[Megazone 23]]'', ''[[Musashi no Ken]]'', ''[[Oishinbo]]'', ''[[Perman]]'', ''[[Jungle Emperor Leo|Shin Jungle Taitei: Susume Leo!]]'', ''[[The Monster Kid]]'', and ''[[Voltes V]]''.<ref name=ann/><ref name=gph/>
In addition to Dr. Ochanomizu, he also voiced Dr. Hoshi in ''[[Astroganger]]'', Professor Tobishima in ''[[Groizer X]]'', and Shin'ichirō Izumi in ''[[Tōshō Daimos]]''.<ref name=ann/> In 1979, Katsuta voiced the fictional depiction of King [[Louis XV of France]] in ''[[The Rose of Versailles]]'' and a fictional depiction of the Sengoku-era samurai [[Sanada Yukimura]] in ''[[Manga Sarutobi Sasuke]]''.<ref name=ann/><ref name=gph/> He had minor roles in several anime series, including ''[[Cat's Eye (manga)|Cat's Eye]]'', ''[[Dororo]]'', ''[[Jetter Mars]]'', ''[[Katri, Girl of the Meadows]]'', ''[[Kimba the White Lion]]'', ''[[Legend of the Galactic Heroes]]'', ''[[Marine Boy]]'', ''[[Megazone 23]]'', ''[[Musashi no Ken]]'', ''[[Oishinbo]]'', ''[[Perman]]'', ''[[Jungle Emperor Leo|Shin Jungle Taitei: Susume Leo!]]'', ''[[The Monster Kid]]'', and ''[[Voltes V]]''.<ref name=ann/><ref name=gph/>
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Katsuta was taught by "veteran voice actors" and felt that he wanted to teach voice actors, and after being a lecturer in several voice acting schools, he started a voice acting class in April 1982, which in April 1987 would later become the {{nihongo|Katsuta Voice Acting Academy|勝田声優学院|Katsuta Seiyū Gakuin}}, where he would be dean.<ref name=kse>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120421031332fw_/http://www.k-seiyu.com/first/aisatsu2.html Profile] of Katsuta Voice Actor Academy</ref>
Katsuta was taught by "veteran voice actors" and felt that he wanted to teach voice actors, and after being a lecturer in several voice acting schools, he started a voice acting class in April 1982, which in April 1987 would later become the {{nihongo|Katsuta Voice Acting Academy|勝田声優学院|Katsuta Seiyū Gakuin}}, where he would be dean.<ref name=kse>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120421031332fw_/http://www.k-seiyu.com/first/aisatsu2.html Profile] of Katsuta Voice Actor Academy</ref>


== Later life ==
He later published a book on voice acting, {{nihongo||昭和声優列伝　テレビ草創期を声でささえた名優たち|Shōwa seiyū retsuden terebi sōsō-ki o koe de sasaeta meiyū-tachi}},<ref name="hukikae1"/> and later credited the fact that [[voice acting in Japan]] has a history as his reason for authoring the book.<ref name="hukikae2"/> He also published {{nihongo|''Soshite seiyū ga hajimatta''|そして声優が始まった}}, an autobiography that feature thirty-two voice actors with a prominent impact on Japanese culture.<ref name="hukikae2"/>
He later published a book on voice acting, {{nihongo||昭和声優列伝　テレビ草創期を声でささえた名優たち|Shōwa seiyū retsuden terebi sōsō-ki o koe de sasaeta meiyū-tachi}},<ref name="hukikae1"/> and later credited the fact that [[voice acting in Japan]] has a history as his reason for authoring the book.<ref name="hukikae2"/> He also published {{nihongo|''Soshite seiyū ga hajimatta''|そして声優が始まった}}, an autobiography that feature thirty-two voice actors with a prominent impact on Japanese culture.<ref name="hukikae2"/>
He was one of three winners of the Synergy Award at the [[3rd Seiyu Awards]] on 7 March 2009. The other two winners were Yōko Mizugaki and Mari Shimizu.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-03-07/3rd-annual-seiyu-award-winners-officially-announced|title=3rd Annual Seiyū Award Winners Officially Announced (Updated)|website=Anime News Network|language=en|access-date=25 February 2020}}</ref>
He was one of three winners of the Synergy Award at the [[3rd Seiyu Awards]] on 7 March 2009.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-03-07/3rd-annual-seiyu-award-winners-officially-announced|title=3rd Annual Seiyū Award Winners Officially Announced (Updated)|website=Anime News Network|language=en|access-date=25 February 2020}}</ref>


==Death==
Katsuta died of senility on 21 February 2020 at the age of 92<ref name="ann"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://comicbook.com/anime/2020/02/22/astro-boy-anime-death-hisashi-katsuta-obituary/|title=Astro Boy Star Hisashi Katsuta Dies at 92|website=Anime|language=en|access-date=25 February 2020}}</ref> in a hospital in [[Ōme, Tokyo]]; he was survived by his wife {{nihongo|Katsumi|勝美}}.<ref name="asahi20200222">{{Citenews|title=声優の勝田久さん死去 鉄腕アトムの「お茶の水博士」|url=https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASN2Q570QN2QUTFL002.html|newspaper=朝日新聞DIGITAL|date=22 February 2020|accessdate=22 February 2020}}</ref>
Katsuta died of senility on 21 February 2020, at the age of 92<ref name="ann"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://comicbook.com/anime/2020/02/22/astro-boy-anime-death-hisashi-katsuta-obituary/|title=Astro Boy Star Hisashi Katsuta Dies at 92|website=Anime|language=en|access-date=25 February 2020}}</ref> in a hospital in [[Ōme, Tokyo]]; he was survived by his wife {{nihongo|Katsumi|勝美}}.<ref name="asahi20200222">{{Cite news|title=声優の勝田久さん死去 鉄腕アトムの「お茶の水博士」|url=https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASN2Q570QN2QUTFL002.html|newspaper=朝日新聞DIGITAL|date=22 February 2020|access-date=22 February 2020}}</ref>


==Filmography==
==Filmography==

===Animation===
;1963
;1963
*''[[Astro Boy]]'', [[Professor Ochanomizu]]<ref name=gph/>
*''[[Astro Boy]]'', [[Professor Ochanomizu]]<ref name=gph/>
;1965
;1965
*''[[Kimba the White Lion]], Mandi<ref name=gph>[http://gph.sakura.ne.jp/va_memo/system/vadb.cgi?action=view_ind&value=02689&namecode=1 Profile] at GamePlaza~Haruka</ref>
*''[[Kimba the White Lion]]'', Mandi<ref name=gph>[http://gph.sakura.ne.jp/va_memo/system/vadb.cgi?action=view_ind&value=02689&namecode=1 Profile] at GamePlaza~Haruka</ref>
;1967
;1967
*''[[Perman]]'', Mantarō Suwa<ref name=gph/>
*''[[Perman]]'', Mantarō Suwa<ref name=gph/>
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*''[[Dororo]]'', Shinsuke<ref name=gph/>
*''[[Dororo]]'', Shinsuke<ref name=gph/>
*''[[Marine Boy]]'', boss, subordinate<ref name=gph/>
*''[[Marine Boy]]'', boss, subordinate<ref name=gph/>
*''[[Kamui (manga series)|Ninpū Kamui Gaiden]]'', Shoya<ref name=gph/>
*''[[Kamui (1964 manga)|Ninpū Kamui Gaiden]]'', Shoya<ref name=gph/>
;1970
;1970
*''Bakuhatsu Gorō'', Aozora Gakuen Principal<ref name=gph/>
*''Bakuhatsu Gorō'', Aozora Gakuen Principal<ref name=gph/>
;1971
;1971
*''{{ill|Animetally Ketsudan|ja|アニメンタリー 決断}}'', Sōsaku Suzuki<ref name=gph/>
*''{{ill|Animetally Ketsudan|ja|アニメンタリー 決断}}'', Sōsaku Suzuki<ref name=gph/>
;1972
;1972
*''[[Astroganger]]'', Dr. Hoshi<ref name=ann/>
*''[[Astroganger]]'', Dr. Hoshi<ref name=ann/>
*''{{ill|Mon Cherie Coco|ja|モンシェリCoCo}}'', Papa<ref name=gph/>
*''{{ill|Mon Cherie Coco|ja|モンシェリCoCo}}'', Papa<ref name=gph/>
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;1977
;1977
*''[[Jetter Mars]]'', Dr. Kawashimo<ref name=gph/>
*''[[Jetter Mars]]'', Dr. Kawashimo<ref name=gph/>
*''[[Lupin the Third Part II]], Los Angeles Police Station Chief<ref name=gph/>
*''[[Lupin the Third Part II]]'', Los Angeles Police Station Chief<ref name=gph/>
*''[[Voltes V]]'', General Dange<ref name=gph/>
*''[[Voltes V]]'', General Dange<ref name=gph/>
*''[[Yakyū-kyō no Uta]]'', Owner<ref name=gph/>
*''[[Yakyū-kyō no Uta]]'', Owner<ref name=gph/>
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*''{{ill|RPG Densetsu Hepoi|ja|RPG伝説ヘポイ}}'', Takuwan Taoist<ref name=gph/>
*''{{ill|RPG Densetsu Hepoi|ja|RPG伝説ヘポイ}}'', Takuwan Taoist<ref name=gph/>
;2003
;2003
*''[[Astro Boy (2003 TV series)|Astro Boy]], [[Professor Ochanomizu]]<ref name=gph/>
*''[[Astro Boy (2003 TV series)|Astro Boy]]'', [[Professor Ochanomizu]]<ref name=gph/>

===Film===
===Film===
;1982
;1982
*''[[The Monster Kid]]: Demon Sword'', President of Akumajuku<ref name=gph/>
*''[[The Monster Kid]]: Demon Sword'', President of Akumajuku<ref name=gph/>

===Dubbing===
*''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]'', Dr. Jim McNulty ([[Ed Asner]])<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.superdramatv.com/line/er/cast/detail.html|title= ER 緊急救命室|access-date= October 30, 2021|work= SuperDramaTV}}</ref>
*''[[Friends]]'', Roy ([[Danny DeVito]])<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.thecinema.jp/vod/friends8-kaidra/|title= フレンズ シーズン8|access-date= January 29, 2023|work= The Cinema}}</ref>
*''[[The Great Escape (film)|The Great Escape]]'' (1971 Fuji TV edition), Flight Lieutenant Colin Blythe ([[Donald Pleasence]])<ref>{{cite web |url= https://happinet-p.com/jp3/releases/hpxr-2012|title= 大脱走-60th ANNIVERSARY 日本語吹替音声完全収録 4K レストア版-|access-date= February 24, 2023|work= Happinet Pictures}}</ref>


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Hisashi Katsuta
勝田 久
Born(1927-04-02)2 April 1927
Tokyo, Empire of Japan
Died21 February 2020(2020-02-21) (aged 92)
Ōme, Tokyo, Japan
Alma materTechnical Institute for Wireless-Communications
Occupations
  • Actor
  • voice actor
Years active1948–2020
SpouseKatsumi (勝美)

Hisashi Katsuta (勝田 久, Katsuta Hisashi, 2 April 1927 – 21 February 2020) was a Japanese actor and voice actor. He is best known for his voice-over portrayal of Professor Ochanomizu in three anime adaptations of the Astro Boy franchise, and also voiced Dr. Hoshi in Astroganger (1972–1973), Professor Tobishima in Groizer X (1976–1977), and Shin'ichirō Izumi in Tōshō Daimos (1978–1979).

Early life

Hisashi Katsuta was born on 2 April 1927 in Tokyo,[1][2] and was educated at Seigakuin Junior & Senior High School and the Technical Institute for Wireless-Communications (now the University of Electro-Communications).[3]

He had been interested in film and theater since childhood, and he and his elder brother would often see films.[4] He graduated from the Kamakura Academia [ja] Faculty of Theatre in 1949.[5] He became a member of the Toho Drama Club[6] in 1948,[5] and was also a member of the Tōkyō Hōsō Gekidan [ja], Mori no Kai, Players Center, Tēbura, Rindō Pro, Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society, and Arts Vision.[7][8][6]

Voice acting career

His voice acting career started in 1948 when he appeared in NHK's 1948 radio adaptation of the Shi Nai'an novel Water Margin,[9] and he was contracted to the broadcaster in 1949 before being released in 1954.[5] Katsuta would later become a pioneer in voice acting in Japan.[9] He started dubbing work with the Japanese dub of The Buccaneers, a television drama produced in the United Kingdom in 1956.[10] He later cited Surfside 6 and The Beverly Hillbillies, both American live-action shows in the 1960s, as two of his most memorable dubbing works.[10]

In 1963, he was cast as Dr. Ochanomizu in the anime Astro Boy.[11] The Ochanomizu character would become Katsuta's own magnum opus,[4] and he would later reprise his role in both the 1980 and 2003 anime adaptations of Astro Boy,[12] as well as the film adaptations Hero of Space and Shinsengumi.[11]

In addition to Dr. Ochanomizu, he also voiced Dr. Hoshi in Astroganger, Professor Tobishima in Groizer X, and Shin'ichirō Izumi in Tōshō Daimos.[11] In 1979, Katsuta voiced the fictional depiction of King Louis XV of France in The Rose of Versailles and a fictional depiction of the Sengoku-era samurai Sanada Yukimura in Manga Sarutobi Sasuke.[11][12] He had minor roles in several anime series, including Cat's Eye, Dororo, Jetter Mars, Katri, Girl of the Meadows, Kimba the White Lion, Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Marine Boy, Megazone 23, Musashi no Ken, Oishinbo, Perman, Shin Jungle Taitei: Susume Leo!, The Monster Kid, and Voltes V.[11][12]

Katsuta was taught by "veteran voice actors" and felt that he wanted to teach voice actors, and after being a lecturer in several voice acting schools, he started a voice acting class in April 1982, which in April 1987 would later become the Katsuta Voice Acting Academy (勝田声優学院, Katsuta Seiyū Gakuin), where he would be dean.[5]

He later published a book on voice acting, Shōwa seiyū retsuden terebi sōsō-ki o koe de sasaeta meiyū-tachi (昭和声優列伝　テレビ草創期を声でささえた名優たち),[4] and later credited the fact that voice acting in Japan has a history as his reason for authoring the book.[10] He also published Soshite seiyū ga hajimatta (そして声優が始まった), an autobiography that feature thirty-two voice actors with a prominent impact on Japanese culture.[10] He was one of three winners of the Synergy Award at the 3rd Seiyu Awards on 7 March 2009.[13]

Death

Katsuta died of senility on 21 February 2020, at the age of 92[11][14] in a hospital in Ōme, Tokyo; he was survived by his wife Katsumi (勝美).[15]

Filmography

Animation

1963
1965
1967
1968
1969
1970
  • Bakuhatsu Gorō, Aozora Gakuen Principal[12]
1971
1972
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1983
1984
1985
1988
1990
2003

Film

1982

Dubbing

References

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  2. ^ "勝田久(かつたひさし)の解説". goo人名事典. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  3. ^ 日本タレント名鑑（2004年版）. VIPタイムズ社. 8 April 2004. p. 99. ISBN 978-4-9901242-2-9.
  4. ^ a b c "黒柳徹子も後輩！お茶の水博士の声の人が知るテレビ草創期". シネマトゥデイ. 9 April 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  5. ^ a b c d Profile of Katsuta Voice Actor Academy
  6. ^ a b 勝田久 (1979). "著者略歴". 見えない主役 声優のすべて. 集英社.
  7. ^ "勝田 久｜株式会社アーツビジョン". Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  8. ^ 声優の世界－アニメーションから外国映画まで. ファンタスティックコレクション別冊. 朝日ソノラマ. 30 October 1979. p. 76.
  9. ^ a b "「お茶の水博士」声優・勝田久さん死去 ９２歳、老衰". www.msn.com. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  10. ^ a b c d "「昭和声優列伝」出版記念 勝田久さんインタビュー". ふきカエル. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Voice Actor Hisashi Katsuta Passes Away". Anime News Network. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  12. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad Profile at GamePlaza~Haruka
  13. ^ "3rd Annual Seiyū Award Winners Officially Announced (Updated)". Anime News Network. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  14. ^ "Astro Boy Star Hisashi Katsuta Dies at 92". Anime. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  15. ^ "声優の勝田久さん死去 鉄腕アトムの「お茶の水博士」". 朝日新聞DIGITAL. 22 February 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  16. ^ "ER 緊急救命室". SuperDramaTV. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  17. ^ "フレンズ シーズン8". The Cinema. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  18. ^ "大脱走-60th ANNIVERSARY 日本語吹替音声完全収録 4K レストア版-". Happinet Pictures. Retrieved 24 February 2023.

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