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Kei Tomiyama

Kei Tomiyama
富山 敬
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Born
Kunichika Tomiyama

July 31, 1938
Anshan, Fengtian, Manchukuo
DiedSeptember 25, 1995 (aged 56)
Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
Occupation
Years active1960–1995
AgentProduction Baobab
Height162 cm (5 ft 4 in)

Kunichika Tomiyama (冨山 邦親, Tomiyama Kunichika, October 31, 1938 – September 25, 1995), better known by his stage name Kei Tomiyama (富山 敬, Tomiyama Kei), was a Japanese actor, voice actor, and narrator from Anshan, Manchukuo. He was also declared the Mel Blanc of Japanese voice acting. During his life, Tomiyama was affiliated with Aoni Production and Production Baobab.

Tomiyama is best known for his roles in Tiger Mask (Naoto Date/Tiger Mask), Space Battleship Yamato (Susumu Kodai), UFO Robo Grendizer (Duke Fleed/Daisuke Umon), the Time Bokan series (Narrator), GeGeGe no Kitaro 3rd Series (Nezumi-Otoko), Chibi Maruko-chan (Tomozō Sakura, Shintarō Honami), and Legend of the Galactic Heroes (Yang Wen-li).

Life

Tomiyama dropped out of Nihon University's art department. With his distinctively tender voice, Tomiyama would portray numerous kinds of roles during his career, ranging from heroic, comedic, young, and old. At 9:07 AM on September 25, 1995, Tomiyama suddenly died of pancreatic cancer in Shinjuku, Tokyo at the age of 56. In 2007, Tomiyama was posthumously awarded the Special Achievement Award of the first Seiyu Awards.

Successors

After Tomiyama's death, a number of voice actors took over his ongoing roles.

In the Harlock Saga, in addition to replacing Tomiyama as Tochiro, Kōichi Yamadera also supplied the voice of Captain Harlock which up to that point was done by Makio Inoue who is still living.

Filmography

Television animation

1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
  • Chibi Maruko-chan (1990) (Tomozou Sakura (First voice), Shintarō Honami (First voice))
  • Kyatto Ninden Teyandee (1990) (Sontoku Emichi (#17))
  • Musashi, the Samurai Lord (1990) (Bokuden)
  • Obatarian (1990) (Yoshio)
  • Tetsujin 28-Go FX (1993) (Doctor Mouse)
  • Kyōfu no Kyō-chan (Downtown no Gottsu Ee Kanji) (1994) (Electricity shop assistant)
  • Magic Adventures of Mumfie (1994) (Scarecrow)
  • Fievel's American Tails (1995) (Chula)

OVA

  • Area 88 (1985) (Micky Simon)
  • Leda: The Fantastic Adventure of Yohko (1985) (Ringamu)
  • Gall Force (1986) (Exenon)
  • Yōtōden (1987) (Shinosuke Hayami)
  • Legend of the Galactic Heroes (1988) (Yang Wen-li)
  • Patlabor: The New Files (1992) (Zero)
  • Final Fantasy: Legend of the Crystals (1994) (Gush Hassam)
  • Barbapapa (1995) (Barbapapa, Narrator)

Theatrical animation

  • Grendizer, Getter Robo G, Great Mazinger: Kessen! Daikaijuu (1976) (Daisuke Umon/Duke Fleed)
  • UFO Robot Grendizer vs. Great Mazinger (1976) (Daisuke Umon/Duke Fleed)
  • Space Battleship Yamato (1977) (Susumu Kodai)
  • Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato (1978) (Susumu Kodai)
  • Yamato: The New Voyage (1979) (Susumu Kodai)
  • Be Forever Yamato (1980) (Susumu Kodai)
  • Final Yamato (1983) (Susumu Kodai)
  • Golgo 13 (1983) (Robert Dawson)
  • Kimagure Orange Road (1989) (Takashi Kasuga)
  • Time Bokan: Royal Revival (1993) (Narrator, Sasayaki Reporter, Tommy Yama)
  • Crayon Shin-chan: Unkokusai's Ambition (1995) (Hieru-Jokoman)

Video Games

Dubbing

Live-action

Animation

References

  1. ^ "スペースボール". Star Channel. Retrieved July 8, 2019.
  2. ^ "レッド・オクトーバーを追え！ アドバンスト・コレクターズ・エディション". NBCUniversal Japan. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
  3. ^ "ジュラシック・パーク". Star Channel. Retrieved July 8, 2019.
  4. ^ "１９８４＜ＨＤニューマスター版＞". Zeque Productions. Retrieved September 17, 2019.

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