Norio Wakamoto (若本 規夫, Wakamoto Norio?) (born October 18, 1945) is a veteran male seiyū and budō expert affiliated with Sigma Seven. He was born in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, and was raised in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture. He graduated from Waseda University.
[edit] Overview
After graduation from Waseda University, Wakamoto initially found employment as a police officer assigned to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's Anti-Riot Squad division before becoming a seiyū.
The quality of Wakamoto's voice is known for uniting astringency and sharpness, usually leading him to villain roles in dubbing work and games. Examples include Oskar von Reuenthal in Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Johnny in the Guilty Gear series, Barbatos Goetia in Tales of Destiny 2, Charles zi Britannia in Code Geass, Black Shadow in F-Zero GP Legend, Xemnas in Kingdom Hearts II, Oda Nobunaga in Devil Kings, Cell in Dragon Ball Z and GT, Dracula in Castlevania series, Bison in the Street Fighter series, Igniz and Omega Rugal in The King of Fighters series and many others. On adult works, like OVAs or dating sims he goes by the alias "Hiruma Kyounosuke".
He holds the rank of 3-dan in both Shorinji Kempo and Kendo[1].
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[edit] Television anime
- Acrobunch (Hiro Randō)
- Antique Bakery (Tadahiro Akutagawa)
- Atashin'chi (Ringuana)
- Aura Battler Dunbine (Narrator, Alan Brady)
- Ayakashi Ayashi (Torī Yōzō)
- Azumanga Daioh (Chiyo-chichi)
- Baccano! (Gustave St. Germain)
- Basilisk: The Kouga Ninja Scrolls (Yagyū Munenori)
- Berserk (Gambino)
- Burn Up Excess (Secretary)
- Canvas 2 ~Niji Iro no Sketch~ (Jirō Misaki)
- Case Closed (Police Inspector Gorō Ōtaki, Michihiko Suwa, Satoshi Miyahara, Korehisa Kanie)
- Chrno Crusade (Duke Defeaux)
- City Hunter 2 (Eric)
- Code Geass (Charles zi Britannia)
- Cowboy Bebop (Vicious)
- Cream Lemon ep. 4 (Zack)
- Cromartie High School (Shinichi Mechazawa, Sushi Chef)
- Cyborg 009 (Scarl (Heisei edition))
- D.Gray-Man (Winters Sokaro)
- Daigunder (DragoBurst)
- Dancougar - Super Beast Machine God (Shapiro Keats)
- Dancouga Nova (Earth Will, Moon Will)
- Demonbane (Augustus)
- Desert Punk (Rain Spider)
- Digimon Frontier (IceDevimon)
- Dragon Ball GT (Cell)
- Dragon Ball Z (Cell)
- Duel Masters (Jōji)
- Fist of the North Star (Shuren)
- F-Zero GP Legend (Black Shadow)
- Future Boy Conan (Dōke)
- Ghost Sweeper Mikami (Piper)
- Gin Tama (Matsudaira)
- Hayate the Combat Butler (Voice of the Heavens (Narration))
- Heat Guy J (Serge Echigo)
- Heavy Metal L-Gaim (Rockley Ron)
- Infinite Ryvius (Conrad Visukesu)
- Inukami! (Sekidousai)
- Kannagi: Crazy Shrine Maidens (Drunk man (Episodes 4 and 12))
- Kiddy Grade (Chevalier)
- Koi Koi Seven (Head of the Academy)
- Konjiki no Gash Bell!! (Fein, Victoream)
- Love Get Chu (Ohara Heizou)
- Maison Ikkoku (Master of Chachamaru)
- Mamoru-kun ni Megami no Shukufuku wo! (Naoyuki Takasu)
- Master Keaton (Herman (Episode 20))
- Miracle Girls (Mr. X)
- Monkey Typhoon (Elephant Bishop)
- Mononoke (The Umizatou)
- Myself Yourself (Unknown Teacher, Electro-magnetic Shogun)
- Naruto (Pakkun)
- Negima!: Magister Negi Magi (Demon general)
- Ninin Ga Shinobuden (Onsokumaru)
- Oh My Goddess! (Senbee)
- Otogi-Jushi Akazukin (Panpu King)
- PaRappa Rappa (King Kong Mushi)
- Planetes (Gigalt Gangalagash)
- Pluster World (Dairando)
- Princess Lover! (Isshin Arima)
- Ronin Warriors (Kaos)
- Sailor Moon (Yusuke Amade)
- Samurai Champloo (Bundai)
- Sazae-san (Anago, Hanazawa's father, prowler, others)
- Science Ninja Team Gatchaman (Police Captain in Episode 51)
- s-CRY-ed (Opening narration)
- Sengoku Basara (Oda Nobunaga)
- Sgt. Frog (Shurara)
- Shounen Onmyouji (Kyūki)
- Sora o Miageru Shōjo no Hitomi ni Utsuru Sekai (Gntarl)
- The Skull Man (Scarl (Heisei edition))
- Soul Link (Shigemichi Morimoto)
- Super Robot Wars Original Generation: Divine Wars (Maier V. Branstein)
- Tatakae!! Ramenman (Kinnikuken Banboro)
- Tekkaman Blade (Tekkaman Omega, Kengo Aiba)
- Tetsuwan Birdy: DECODE (Scherzo)
- Tayutama: Kiss on my Deity (Mito Yuuri's father)
- The Tower of Druaga: the Aegis of Uruk (Door's voice in Episode 5)
- Tomorrow's Joe 2 (Shogi Kanetatsu)
- Transformers: Cybertron (Flame Convoy)
- Tsuyokiss (Tachibana Heizō)
- Ultimate Muscle (Bone Killer)
- Urusei Yatsura (Art teacher)
- Weiss Kreuz (Reiji Takatori)
- Wolf's Rain (Fukurō)
- Yoshinaga-san Chi no Gargoyle (Gargoyle)
- Yu-Gi-Oh! GX (Titan)
- YuYu Hakusho (Gouki, Chu)
- Zettai Karen Children (Shkii Piroshkiski, General Director Sannomiya)
- Zoids Fuzors (Roger)
[edit] Theater animation
[edit] Video games
[edit] Dubbing roles
[edit] Tokusatsu
[edit] Video/DVD
- Seijuu Sentai Gingaman vs. Megaranger (Narrator)
[edit] Credited as Hiruma Kyonosuke
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