Masashi Ehara (江原 正士, Ehara Masashi?) (May 4, 1953 - ), better known as Masashi Ebara (江原 正士, Ebara Masashi?), is a Japanese seiyū, actor and narrator from Kanagawa Prefecture. He stands at 175 centimeters (5 feet, 9 inches) and is affiliated with 81 Produce. He is best known for his roles in the Initial D series (as Jōshima Toshiya), Naruto (as Might Guy), Eat-Man (as Bolt Crank), the Shakugan no Shana series (as Alastor the Flame of Heavens), Bakusō Kyōdai Let's & Go!! (as Doctor Tsuchiya), Buso Renkin (as Captain Bravo), The Transformers (as Ratchet) and Final Fantasy XIII (as Sazh Katzroy). He is also the official dub-over artist of Tom Hanks. [edit] Background Ebara graduated from Tōkyōtoritsu Chitosegaoka Senior High School. After previously working with Gekidan Subaru, he affiliated himself with 81 Produce. In dubbing American movies, Ebara often dubs over Tom Hanks, Wesley Snipes, and Andy Garcia. Much of his roles are occupied by Kōichi Yamadera in different editions of the films. Bold denotes major roles [edit] Television animation - Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple (George Challenger)
- Astro Boy (Archer)
- Baketsudegohan (Zubrofsky)
- Bakusō Kyōdai Let's & Go!! (Doctor Tsuchiya)
- Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon R (Chiral)
- Black Jack (Myū)
- Buso Renkin (Captain Bravo, Narrator)
- Chōjya Raidiin (Kularken)
- Cowboy Bebop (Andy Von de Oniyate)
- Crayon Shin-chan (Majī Di Gamecchini)
- Deltora Quest (Farō, Brandin)
- Demashita! Powerpuff Girls Z (Mojo Jojo)
- Detective Conan (Keigo Endō, Yūji Mikasa)
- Eat-Man (Bolt Crank)
- Eat-Man '98 (Bolt Crank)
- El Cazador de la Bruja (Shop manager)
- Ergo Proxy (MCQ)
- Fullmetal Alchemist (Hohenheim)
- Fushigi no Umi no Nadia (Gonzales)
- Gad Guard (Jack Bruno)
- Gin Sō Ki Kō Ōdian (Baltoro)
- Gunslinger Girl (Hilshire)
- Hakaba Kitarō (Johnny the Vampire)
- Initial D series (Jōshima Toshiya)
- Jungle King Tar-chan (Alan)
- Kaiketsu Zorori (Gaon, Husky)
- Kamisama Kazoku (Osamu Kamiyama)
- Kasumin (Haruo Kirima)
- Kekkaishi (Haganeyoru)
- Kodomo no Omocha (Rick, narration)
- Legendz: Tale of the Dragon Kings (Yul Hepburn)
- Love Get CHU ~Miracle Seiyū Hakusho~ (Kuroiwa)
- Love Hina (Kōji Maehara (Shinobu's father))
- Madlax (Friday Monday)
- Magical Princess Minky Momo (Papa)
- Majime ni Fumajime: Kaiketsu Zorori (Gaon, Husky)
- Mashin Eiyūden Wataru (Thunder Blue)
- Master Keaton (Robert Fenders)
- Michiko to Hatchin (Old gentleman)
- Mugen Senki Fortress (Black-clothed man)
- Naruto (Might Guy)
- Naruto: Shippūden (Might Guy)
- Negibōzu no Satarō (Aona no Shakimi)
- Nintama Rantarō (Young Ryūōmaru, Heishirō Kusai)
- Nodame Cantabile (Sebastian Vierra)
- Obake no Horry (Nyangirasu, Mukimukin)
- O~i! Ryoma (Yōdō Yamauchi)
- Onegai My Melody ~ Kurukuru Shuffle!~ (Flat-kun's papa)
- PaRappa Rappa (Boxy Boy)
- Pocket Monsters (Jangō)
- Pokonyan (Papa (Shigeru Konoha), Chanpuku)
- PoPoLoCrois Monogatari (White Knight)
- Robin Hood no Daibōken (Lord Alwine)
- Sengoku Eiyūdensetsu Shinshaku Sanada Ten Braves The Animation (Kuroda Nagamasa)
- Shakugan no Shana series (Lord of the Crimson Realm Alastor)
- Shaman King (Dōen)
- Shūkan Storyland (Leader, narration)
- Soreike! Anpanman (Unadonman, Pineappleman, Princess Dorian, Crayonman)
- Soreike! Uchū Senkan Yamamoto Yōko (Meo-Toroll no Fūrigā)
- The SoulTaker (Richard Vincent)
- Thomas and Friends (James (ninth season onwards))
- Tottoko Hamutarō (Lion-sensei)
- Warauseerusuman (Kenzō Warii (episode 93), Shokudō no Oyaji (December 26 1992 special))
- Xenosaga: The Animation (Ziggurat 8)
- Yokoyama Mitsuteru Sangokushi (Xun Yu)
- Yu Yu Hakusho (Yomi)
[edit] Theater animation [edit] Video games [edit] Dubbing roles - Alec Baldwin
- Andy Garcia
- Bill Murray
- Bill Paxton
- Aliens (Carter J. Burke (2004 TV Asahi edition), Private William Hudson (DVD edition), Private Mark Drake (TBS edition))
- Predator 2 (Jerry Lambert)
- True Lies (Video and DVD edition) (Simon)
- Bruce Campbell
- Eddie Murphy
- Beverly Hills Cop 3 (Video edition) (Detective Axel Foley)
- Bowfinger (Kit Ramsey/Jeffernson 'Jiff' Ramsey)
- Dr. Dolittle (Video edition) (Doctor John Dolittle)
- Dr. Dolittle 2 (Video edition) (Doctor John Dolittle)
- Meet Dave (Dave Ming-Chang, The Captain)
- The Nutty Professor (Video edition) (Professor Sherman Klump, Buddy Love, Cletus 'Papa' Marcellus Klump, Anna Pearl 'Mama' Jensen Klump, Ida Mae 'Granny' Jensen, Ernie Klump Senior)
- Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (Video edition) (Professor Sherman Klump, Buddy Love, Cletus 'Papa' Marcellus Klump, Anna Pearl 'Mama' Jensen Klump, Ida Mae 'Granny' Jensen, Ernie Klump Senior, Lance Perkins)
- Vampire in Brooklyn (Maximillian, Preacher Pauly, Guido)
- Jack Black
- Keanu Reeves
- Kevin Bacon
- Martin Lawrence
- Martin Short
- Nicolas Cage
- Peter MacNicol
- Pierce Brosnan
- Rob Schneider
- Robin Williams
- Samuel L. Jackson
- Tom Hanks
- Vince Vaughn
- Wesley Snipes
- Will Smith
- Willem Dafoe
- The Abyss (Fuji TV edition) (Lieutenant Hiram Coffey)
- A Knight's Tale (Geoffrey Chaucer)
- Alien vs. Predator (Graeme Miller)
- Anne of Green Gables (Mister Phillips)
- Armageddon (Colonel Lev Andropov (Fuji TV edition), Lieutenant General Kimsey (Newer TV edition))
- Armour of God II: Operation Condor (TV Asahi edition) (Frank the Guard)
- Around the World in 80 Days (Inspector Fix)
- Assassins (Fuji TV edition) (Miguel Bain)
- Babe (Nippon TV edition) (Ferdinand the Duck)
- Back to the Future Part II (Goldie Wilson III)
- Bad Boys (Captain Howard)
- Bad Boys II (DVD edition) (Captain Howard)
- Batman (TV Asahi edition) (Alexander Knox)
- The Bourne Identity (Fuji TV edition) (The Professor)
- The Cable Guy (Chip Douglas)
- Category 6: Day of Destruction (Craig Shilts)
- Chasing Sleep (Ed Saxon)
- Cinema Paradiso (Ignazio)
- Constantine (TV Asahi edition) (Balthazar)
- Contact (TV Tokyo edition) (Kent Clark)
- Crash Dive (TV edition) (James Carter)
- Crash Dive 2 (TV edition) (James Carter)
- Creepshow (Harry Wentworth)
- The Day After Tomorrow (TV edition) (Jack Hall)
- Desperate Housewives (Peter McMillian)
- Die Hard (Argyle (TV Asahi edition), Richard Thornburg (video and DVD edition))
- Die Hard 2 (TV Asahi and DVD editions) (Richard Thornburg)
- Double Dragon (Koga Shuko)
- Escape from L.A. (TV edition) (Snake Plissken)
- Exit Wounds (Nippon TV edition) (Henry Wayne)
- The Exorcist III (Fuji TV edition) (The Gemini Killer, Patient X)
- Face/Off (Fuji TV edition) (Sean Archer)
- The Fall Guy (Howie Munson)
- Firelight (Charles Godwin)
- Firestorm (Jesse Graves)
- Freddy vs. Jason (Video and DVD edition) (Freddy Krueger)
- Frequency (TV edition) (Satch DeLeon)
- Ghost (Video and Fuji TV editions) (Sam Wheat)
- G.I. Jane (TV edition) (Command Master Chief John Urgayle)
- The Glimmer Man (DVD edition) (Jim Campbell)
- Glory (TV edition) (Robert Gould Shaw)
- Grace of My Heart (Joel Millner)
- The Grinch (Lou Lou Who)
- Hard Boiled (Video edition) (Inspector "Tequila" Yuen)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Lord Voldemort)
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Lord Voldemort)
- Hellboy II: The Golden Army (Johann Krauss)
- Home Alone (Nippon TV and Fuji TV editions) (Marv Murchens)
- Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (Fuji TV edition) (Marv Murchens)
- Home Alone 3 (TV edition) (Burton Jernigan)
- Identity (Doctor Malick)
- Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (Fuji TV edition) (Lestat de Lioncourt)
- It Takes Two (Video edition) (Roger)
- Jerry Maguire (Video edition) (Rod Tidwell)
- JFK (TV Asahi edition) (David Ferrie)
- Jingle All the Way (DVD edition) (Ted)
- Jurassic Park (Mister DNA)
- Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (Nippon TV edition) (Terry Sheridan)
- Last Action Hero (Fuji TV edition) (Benedict)
- The Last Boy Scout (James Alexander "Jimmy" Dix (Nippon TV edition), Milo (Fuji TV edition), Billy Cole (Video edition))
- The Living Daylights (TV edition) (General Georgi Koskov)
- Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (Tom)
- The Matrix Reloaded (Fuji TV edition) (Merovingian)
- The Matrix Revolutions (Fuji TV edition) (Merovingian)
- Mission: Impossible (TV Asahi edition) (Eugene Kittridge)
- The Mummy Returns (Fuji TV edition) (Jonathan Carnahan)
- The Muppets Take Manhattan (Fozzie Bear)
- Muppets Tonight (Fozzie Bear, Doctor Bunsen Honeydew, Snooky)
- The Muppets' Wizard of Oz (Fozzie Bear, Doctor Bunsen Honeydew)
- Murder, She Wrote (Brian East)
- Panic Room (Video and DVD edition) (Raoul)
- The Pelican Brief (TV Asahi edition) (Fletcher Coal)
- Powder (Video edition) (Donald Ripley)
- Predator (DVD edition) (Rick Hawkins)
- Red Dwarf (Arnold Rimmer)
- Resident Evil (Video edition) (Spence Parks)
- Resident Evil: Apocalypse (Fuji TV edition) (Carlos Oliveira)
- Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (Fuji TV edition) (Robin Hood)
- RoboCop (TV Asahi edition) (Leon Nash)
- RoboCop 2 (TV Asahi edition) (Mayor Kuzak)
- Roman Holiday (1994-2000 Fuji TV edition) (Mario Delani)
- Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (Video edition) (Sandy Frink)
- Rules of Engagement (Major Mark Biggs)
- The Running Man (TV Asahi edition) (Harold Weiss)
- Shaft (Peoples Hernandez)
- The Shawshank Redemption (Heywood)
- Snow Queen (Polar bear)
- The Specialist (Video edition) (Tomas Leon)
- Species II (TV edition) (Dennis Gamble)
- Street Fighter (Ryu Hoshi)
- S.W.A.T. (TV edition) (Captain Thomas Fuller)
- Target (Chris Lloyd)
- Tequila and Bonetti (Nico "Nick" Bonetti)
- Terminal Velocity (Kerr)
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day (Fuji TV edition) (T-1000)
- Thunderbirds Are Go (Video edition) (Doctor Tony Grant)
- Titanic (Fuji TV edition) (Caledon Hockley)
- Twin Peaks (Albert Rosenfield)
- Ultraman: The Ultimate Hero (Rick Sanders)
- Ultraviolet (Daxus)
- Wedding Crashers (United States Secretary of the Treasury William Cleary)
- White Noise (Jonathan Rivers)
- Wild Things (DVD edition) (Kenneth Bowden)
- Windtalkers (Video edition) (Private Pappas)
- xXx (TV Asahi edition) (Xander Cage)
[edit] Animation - The Angry Beavers (Norbert Beaver)
- Animaniacs (Squit of the Goodfeathers, opening narration)
- Batman: The Animated Series (Clayface)
- Batman: The Brave and the Bold (Aquaman)
- Beauty and the Beast (Lumiére)
- Brandy & Mr. Whiskers (Lorenzo)
- Budgie The Little Helicopter (Jon Claude Smokey and Ernest)
- Brother Bear (Ram #2)
- Disney's House of Mouse (Mortimer Mouse, Lumiere, White Rabbit, Card)
- Ganpare TUGS (Top Hat, Zip)
- Garfield and Friends (WOWOW edition) (Binky the Clown)
- G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (Storm Shadow, Major Bludd, others)
- Iron Man (Iron Man)
- The Jungle Book II (Lucky the Vulture)
- Kipper the Dog (The Frog)
- Looney Tunes (Sylvester J. Pussycat, Sr., Daffy Duck (first voice), Wil E. Coyote)
- Mickey's Christmas Carol (Jiminy Cricket)
- Oliver & Company (DeSoto)
- Peter Pan (Pony Canyon edition) (Captain Hook)
- Pinocchio (Pony Canyon edition) (Jiminy Cricket)
- Robin Hood (Pony Canyon edition) (Robin Hood)
- The Simpsons Movie (Tom Hanks)
- Song of the South (Pony Canyon edition) (Brer Rabbit)
- The Sword in the Stone (Pony Canyon edition) (Archimedes the Owl)
- The Transformers (Ratchet, Skywarp, others)
- The Transformers: The Movie (Spike Witwicky, Ratchet, Blitzwing, Glen)
- Transformers 2010 (Spike Witwicky, Broadside, Blitzwing, others)
- Transformers: The Headmasters (Spike Witwicky, Scattershot/Computron, Pounce)
- WALL-E (AUTO)
- X-Men (TV Tokyo edition) (Wolverine)
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