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Kappei Yamaguchi

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Kappei Yamaguchi

Born May 23, 1965 · 61 years351 titles 204 movies · 147 TV
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Mitsuo Yamaguchi (山口 光雄, Yamaguchi Mitsuo), better known by his stage name of Kappei Yamaguchi (山口 勝平, Yamaguchi Kappei) is a Japanese voice actor and actor from Fukuoka, affiliated with Gokū and 21st Century Fox. He is best known for the roles of Ranma Saotome (Ranma ½), Jackson Neil (Miracle Girls), Tombo (Kiki's Delivery Service), Yattaro (Kyattou Ninden Teyandee), InuYasha (InuYasha), Ryuichi Sakuma (Gravitation), L (Death Note), Usopp (One Piece), Hideyoshi (Law of Ueki), and Kaito Kid and Shinichi Kudo (Case Closed). His current starring roles include that of Raimon "Monta" Taro, the Deimon Devil Bats' ace receiver in Eyeshield 21. Yamaguchi has appeared in eroge as Kyōya Ushihisa (牛久 京也, Ushihisa Kyōya).  He made his first public appearance in North America at Otakon 2008;  and was also a guest at Sakura-Con 2009.  Yamaguchi's third appearance to date has been at Animazement in 2010. He is married and has a daughter, Akane Yamaguchi (山口 茜), and a son, Ryunosuke Yamaguchi (山口 竜之介), who also are voice actors. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kappei Yamaguchi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Also known as

Mitsuo Yamaguchi · Kinoshita Toukichirou · Ushiku Kyouya · Yamaguchi Kappei · Yamaguchi Mitsuo · 木下 桃吉郎 · 牛久 京也 · 山口 勝平 · 山口 光雄 · کاپِی یاماگوچی

Born

May 23, 1965

Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan

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Roles across career

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1989 2 title(s)

1990 10 title(s)

1991 15 title(s)

1992 19 title(s)

1993 10 title(s)

1994 17 title(s)

1995 4 title(s)

1996 14 title(s)

1997 10 title(s)

1998 11 title(s)

1999 9 title(s)

2000 8 title(s)

2001 7 title(s)

2002 16 title(s)

2003 9 title(s)

2004 13 title(s)

2005 9 title(s)

2006 12 title(s)

2007 9 title(s)

2008 9 title(s)

2009 8 title(s)

2010 9 title(s)

2011 10 title(s)

2012 13 title(s)

2013 6 title(s)

2014 14 title(s)

2015 11 title(s)

2016 9 title(s)

2017 8 title(s)

2018 7 title(s)

2019 7 title(s)

2020 4 title(s)

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2022 6 title(s)

2023 3 title(s)

2024 8 title(s)

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