Akio Ōtsuka

Akio Ōtsuka

Akio Ōtsuka ( Japanese 大 塚 明夫 , Ōtsuka Akio ; born November 24, 1959 in Tokyo ) is a Japanese voice actor ( seiyū ). He is represented by the Mausu Promotion agency and belongs to the AUN acting troupe. He was married to the Seiyū Yōko Sōmi for 3 years. His father, also seiyū and actor, was Chikao Ōtsuka .

The sharp and calm quality of his voice has earned him many roles in anime, games, and dubbing films. He is u. a. in the roles of Black Jack ( Black Jack ), Solid Snake ( Metal Gear Solid ), Shunsui Kyouraku ( Bleach ), Lieutenant Garuru ( Sgt. Frog ) Gwendal Voltaire ( Kyo Kara Maoh! ), Batou ( Ghost in the Shell ) Blackbeard ( One Piece ), and Anavel Gato ( Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory ).

He is the Japanese dubbing voice of Mel Gibson .

Roles (selection)

Anime

• 3 × 3 eyes (Benares)
• Anpanman (Nigauriman, Naganegiman)
• Astro Boy (2003) (Pluto)
• Grappler Baki (2018) (Yūjirō Hanma)
• Black Jack (Black Jack)
• Bleach (Shunsui Kyōraku)
• Coyote Ragtime Show (Mister)
• Cyborg 009 (005 G. Junior)
• Detective Conan (Inspector Yokomizo)
• Devil May Cry (Morisson)
• Fate / Zero (Rider)
• Fist of the North Star: The Legends of the True Savior (Souther)
• Full Metal Panic! (Andrei Sergeivich Kalinin)
• Ghost in the Shell (Batou)
• Ginga Tetsudō Monogatari (Schwanhert Bulge)
• Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory (Anavel Gato)
• Hakugei: Legend of the Moby Dick (Ahab Ishmael)
• Hajime no Ippo (Bryan Hawk)
• Hunter x Hunter (Uvogin)
• Inuyasha: Tenka Hadō no Ken (Inu no Taisho)
• Keroro Gunsō (Lieutenant Garuru)
• Kiki's Delivery Service (Dirigible Captain)
• Kinnikuman Nisei (The Cyborg)
• Kyō kara Maō! (Gwendal by Voltaire)
• Lupine III (Goemon Ishikawa)
• The Power of the Magic Stone (Captain Nemo)
• Magic Knight Rayearth (Windom)
• Monster (Milan Korāshu)
• Montana (Montana Jones)
• Moomin 's Papa (1990)
• Naruto Shippuuden (Chiriku)
• Neo Ranga (Seigo Hasegawa)
• One Piece (Marshall D. Teach / Blackbeard / Baron Omatsuri)
• Paprika (Detective Konakawa Toshimi)
• Patlabor 1 (Tsutomo Gomioka)
• PoPoLoCrois (King Bieto, Gamigami)
• Porco Rosso (Donald Curtis)
• Rurouni Kenshin (Kurogasa)
• Samurai Champloo (Okuru)
• Saint Seiya (Hades)
• Seikai no Monshō (Samson)
• Street Fighter II V (narrator, Chief Barrac, head investigator)
• Tenchi Muyo (Azusa)
• Tokyo Godfathers (Doctor)
• Trigun (Rai-Dei the Blade)
• Vexille (Saito)
• The Vision of Escaflowne (King Goau)
• Howl's Moving Castle (King)
• Vinland Saga (Thorkell)

Foreign productions

• Alert Level: Red (Casey Ryback)
• Animaniacs (Bobby of the Goodfeathers)
• The Animatrix (Thadeus)
• Avalon - Game for Your Life (Bishop)
• Bad Boys (Mike Lowrey)
• Balto-A Dog with a Hero's Heart (Steele)
• Blade (Blade)
• Con Air (Cameron Poe)
• Tiger and Dragon (Li Mu Bai)
• Dallas (John Ross "JR" Ewing, Jr.)
• Darkwing Duck (Launchpad McQuack)
• Desperado (El Mariachi)
• Die hard (Karl)
• Die Hard 2 (Major Grant)
• Dragonheart (Bowen)
• D-Tox - In the Eye of Fear (Jake Malloy)
• DuckTales - News from Duckburg (Launchpad McQuack)
• Emergency Room - The emergency room (Peter Benton)
• Lonely Decision (Lieutenant Colonel Austin Travis)
• Erin Brockovich (George)
• The Replacement Killers (John Lee)
• Four Rooms (man)
• The Gift (Donnie Barksdale)
• Just 60 seconds to go (Randall Raines)
• Iron Man (Iron Man / Tony Stark)
• K-19 - Showdown in the Deep (Polish woman)
• Hard Target (Chance Boudreaux)
• Léon - The Professional (Léon)
• Lord of War - Merchant of Death (Yuri Orlov)
• The mask of Zorro (Zorro)
• Money train (john)
• Pearl Harbor (Commander Minoru Genda )
• Dangerous surf (Bodhi)
• Spy Kids (Gregorio Cortez)
• Starship Enterprise: The Next Century ( William T. Riker )
• Star Wars ( Han Solo )
• SWAT - The Special Forces (Hondo)
• Taxi series (Daniel)
• Thomas the Little Locomotive (Donald)
• Todd McFarlane's Spawn (Spawn / Al Simmons)
• Ultraman: The Ultimate Hero (Ultraman Powered)
• Gone with the Wind (Rhett Butler)

Computer games

• Ape Escape 3 (Pipo Snake / Solid Snake in Japanese version)
• Ayakashi Ninden Kunoichiban (Juzen Hagakure)
• Dissidia: Final Fantasy (Judge Gabranth)
• Final Fantasy XII (Judge Gabranth)
• Final Fantasy XIV (Gaius van Baelsar)
• Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn (Gaius van Baelsar)
• Genji: Dawn of the Samurai (Benkei Musahibo)
• Kingdom Hearts (Ansem)
• Kingdom Hearts II (Xehanort)
• Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete (Laike Bogard, Dyne)
• Metal Gear Solid (Solid Snake)
• Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (Solid Snake, Solidus Snake)
• Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (Naked Snake)
• Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops (Naked Snake)
• Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (Old Snake, motion capture actor for Big Boss)
• The Last Blade ( Hyo Amano )
• Onimusha (Oda Nobunaga / Fortinbras)
• Rival Schools Series (Daigo Kazama)
• Namco x Capcom (Unknown Soldier 1P)
• Samurai Warriors: Xtreme Legends (Tadakatsu Honda)
• Soulcalibur II (Spawn)
• Street Fighter IV (Seth)
• Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Solid Snake)
• Tales of Symphonia (Regal Bryant)
• Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World (Regal Bryant)
• Time Crisis 4 (William Rush)
• Valkyria Chronicles (Radi Yaeger)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ AUN. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; Retrieved May 1, 2009 (Japanese).  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    

Web links

• Entry at Mausu Promotion (Japanese)
• Akio Ōtsuka in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Akio Ōtsuka on the Anime News Network (English)
• Profile of Akio Ōtsuka on anisearch.de