Kappei Yamaguchi
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Kappei Yamaguchi (山口 勝平 Yamaguchi Kappei) is a Japanese voice actor (seiyū) who has voiced characters in anime, drama CDs (namely audio doramas), and video games. Like other seiyū, he has occasionally released some solo CD albums.
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Kappei Yamaguchi
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Biography/profile
- Born on May 23, 1965 in Fukuoka.
- Sometimes mistranslated as Katsuhei Yamaguchi or Shōhei Yamaguchi
- Original name: Mitsuo Yamaguchi (山口光雄 Yamaguchi Mitsuo)
- Blood Type: B
- Height/Weight: 160 cm, 55 kg
- Works for Gekidan 21 Seiki Fox
- Married with a son (http://www.usagi.org/~doi/events/mitsukoshi/9603.html)
Notable voice roles
Anime
TV series
- Ranma Saotome (male) - Ranma ½ (1989)
- InuYasha - InuYasha (2000)
- Sena - Weiss Kreuz Gluhen (2002)
- Takurou - Wedding Peach (1995)
- little Zenki - Zenki (1995)
- Shesta - Escaflowne (1996)
- Tarou Yoshida - Fancy Lala (1998)
- Usopp - One Piece (1999)
- Sai Saishi - G Gundam (1994)
- Noin - Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne (1999)
- Tōru (Todd) - Pokémon (anime) (1997)
- Rattle(Rattor) - Beast Wars (1999)
- Ryo Misaki - Angelic Layer (2001)
- Jin - Yu Yu Hakusho (1992)
- Shin'ichi Kudo / Kaito Kid (Phantom Thief) - Detective Conan (1995)
- Ryuuichi Sakuma - Gravitation (anime) (1999)
- Tsutomu Yamaguchi - Gokinjo Monogatari (1995)
- Yattaro - Kyatto Ninden Teyandee (the original) (1990)
- Rokuta- Juuni Kokki (2002)
- Rhint - episode 10 of Cowboy Bebop (1998)
- Shinpachi Nagakura- Peacemaker Kurogane (2003)
- Yorun- Edens Bowy (1998)
- Taro Yamada - Sister Princess (2001)
- Flex - Silent Möbius TV (1998)
- Kenta Suetake - Sensei no Ojikan (2004)
- Crane Bahnsteik - Akihabara Dennou Gumi (1998)
- Keita Aono - Betterman (1999)
- Tochiro - Gun Frontier (2002)
- Michael - Beyblade (2001)
- Bashatto-san - Pecola (2001)
- Chappy - Papuwa (2003 remake)
- Suon Morata - Mouse (2003)
- Hikoro Oikawa - DearS (2004)
- Tomonori Iwaki - Rizelmine (2002)
- Shester - Captain Tsubasa (1983) (possibly his earliest known voice role)
- Yuuya Noda - Miracle Girls (1993)
- Ono-kun - Chibi Maruko-chan (1990)
- Gokyuu - Asobotto Senki Gokyuu (2002)
- Takuya Enoki - Akachan to Boku (Baby and Me) (1996)
- Utsumi Rai - Dagwon (1996)
- Prince Nikomo - Mahoujin Guru Guru (1994)
- Akashi Shikase - Saber Marionette J to X (1998)
- Gulliver - Gulliver Boy (1995)
- Kimiira - B'T X (1995)
- Ken Kurenai - Red Baron (1995)
- Kentaro Higashikumaru - CLAMP School Detectives (1998)
- supervisor Daitokuji - Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters GX (2004)
- Chuumon - Digimon Adventure (1999)
- Raimon Taro - Eyeshield 21 (2005)
OVAs
- Ranma Saotome (male) - Ranma ½ OVAs (1993-1996)
- Inagaki Kappei- Ayane's High Kick (1996)
- Takuma - Jungle de Ikou (1997)
- Osamu - Mamono Hunter Yohko (Devil Hunter Yoko) (1991)
- Nichol Hawking- Plastic Little (1994)
- Ryuu-Oh - RG Veda (1992)
- Subaru Sumeragi - Tokyo Babylon (1992)
- Etoh - Lodoss to Senki (1990)
- Arslan - Heroic Legend of Arslan (1991)
- Senmatsu the Monkey - Sakura Wars Goka-Kenran (1999)
- Bass - Jewel BEM Hunter Lime (1996)
- Hugo - Battle Angel Alita (1993)
- Haruhiko Kasama - Please Save My Earth (1993)
- Nin-Nin - La Blue Girl (1992)
- Shuu Akiba - Slow Step (1991)
- Takurou - Wedding Peach DX (1997)
- Madara - Madara (1991)
- Wan Dabata - KO Beast (1992)
- Inuma Saurou - Violence Jack (1986)
- Sosuke Inukawa (Gakuzo) - The Hakkenden (1990)
- Lanberts - Legend of the Galactic Heroes (1988)
- Daisaku Kusama - Giant Robo (1992)
- Tenma Koizumi - Here is Greenwood (1991)
- Low - Shadow Skill (1995)
- Ryudo Amaru - Sohryuden (1991)
- Light - Twinbee Paradise (1999)
- Tokino Kanata - Ryokunohara Labyrinth (1990)
- Sada - Virgin Fleet (1991)
- RETRO - Dead Leaves (2004)
- Hanappe - Hanappe Bazooka (1992)
- Shibuya - Desperate Love 1989 (1989)
- Julian - Fire Emblem (1995)
- Bostov - Villgust (1993)
- Kenta - Can Can Bunny (1997)
- Bukida (Fumio Kida) - Gakkou ga Kowai! Inuki Kanako Zekkyou Collection (1999)
Movies
- Ranma Saotome (male) - Ranma ½ movies (1991- 1994)
- InuYasha - InuYasha movies (2001- )
- Usopp - One Piece movies (2000- )
- Tombo - Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)
- Shin'ichi Kudo/Kaito Kid - Detective Conan movies (1997- )
- Roalt- A Tree of Palme (2002)
- Shesta - Escaflowne, A Girl in Gaea (2000)
- Yasuharu Musashino - Rurouni Kenshin: Ishin Shishi no Requiem (1997)
- Johnny - A Wind Named Amnesia (1989)
- Manafu - Noiseman Sound Insect (1997)
- passenger - Junkers Come Here (1995)
- Mireo - Blue Remains (2000)
- Kindaichi Hajime - Kindaichi Case Files, movie #1 (1995)
Video games
- Rapp - Grandia (original) (1999)
- Wataru Hibiya - Tokimeki Memorial: Girl's side (2002)
- Ryu/Rei - Breath of Fire III and V
- InuYasha - InuYasha: A Feudal Fairy Tale (2003)
- Tytree Crowe - Tales of Rebirth (2004)
Anime music and drama CDs
Dialogue roles (doramas)
- Akira Ijyuin - 20 Mensou Ni Onegai! (Man of Many Faces) (Victor, VICL-3001, 1990)
- Yuuji Nonaka - Code Name wa Charmer (Bandai/Apollon, BCCM-6, 1991)
Singing roles
- Chichiri - Fushigi Yuugi "CD books"
- Light - Twinbee Paradise 3 Vocal Bomb (Konami, KICA-7761) and Twinbee Paradise 2 Sound Fantasia (Konami KICA-7652)
- Equal Striver (with Akio Matsuoka) - Shadow Skill V (Star Child, KICA-310, 1996)
- Ranma Saotome (male) - Various Ranma ½ character songs released as singles (1989 - 1993)
- Usopp - One Piece Character Song Albums and various singles.
Other voice roles
- Artemis- Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon (2003)
- Japanese dub voice of Bugs Bunny
- Kyle - South Park (Japanese dub)
- unknown role - Seiyū Daisuki 4: Wedding Bell (Media Remoras, MRCA-20081, 1996)
- Cory Matthews - Boy Meets World(Japanese dub, beginning with episode 3)
Other music CD albums
Solo
- Rollin' (Futureland/Youmex, TYDY-5147, 1990)
- A Boy (Futureland/Youmex, TYCY-5185, 1991)
- Mini-Best (Meldac/Nippon Crown, MECH-18004, 1995)
- Unbalance City (Nippon Columbia, COCC-13586, 1996)
With other seiyū
- Message: Seiyū Collection Volume 1 (Platz, PLCA-808) (1990)
Radio Shows
- Pure Pure Island (aired for a month in 1998 as a tie-in with the anime series Fancy Lala and was co-hosted with J-pop singer Reiko Omori who was also the seiyū who voiced Miho Shinohara)
- Hiroi Ouji's Maruten Cha Cha Cha! (ongoing, co-hosted with seiyū Chisa Yokoyama and Sakura Taisen creator Ohji Hiroi)
Awards
External links and references
In English
- Hitoshi Doi's seiyuu database (http://www.usagi.org/~doi/seiyuu/yamaguchi-kappei/)
- seiyuu.info (http://www.seiyuu.info/extendedlisting.php?seiyuu=Kappei+Yamaguchi)
- IMDb profile (http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0945322/)
- Animenfo.com (http://www.animenfo.com/animeseiyuu,68,ztjvli,yamaguchi_kappe.html)
- ANN profile (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=277)
- Voices.fuzzy.com, link 1 (http://voices.fuzzy.com/actor.idc?actor_id=5798)
- Voices.fuzzy.com, link 2 (http://voices.fuzzy.com/actor.idc?actor_id=3963)
- the Kappei index(fansite) (http://kappei.kuroi-tsuki.org/index.html)
In Japanese
- Maruten radio show homepage (http://www.maruten.com/)
- Voice role listing (http://nagoya.cool.ne.jp/cruller/yamaguti.htm)
- Voice role listing #2 (http://kkoring.hp.infoseek.co.jp/kappei.htm)
- Profile@Gekidan 21 Seiki Fox (http://www.21fox.co.jp/gekidanin/syokai/boy/yamaguti.htm)ja:山口勝平