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Mitsuo Iwata

Mitsuo Iwata
岩田 光央
BornJuly 31, 1967
Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan
Occupation
  • Actor
  • voice actor
  • singer
Years active1977–present
AgentAoni Production
Height165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Spouse(s)Rikako Aikawa
Children1

Mitsuo Iwata (岩田 光央, Iwata Mitsuo, born July 31, 1967) is a Japanese actor, voice actor and singer who was born in Tokorozawa, Saitama.[1] He is married to voice actress Rikako Aikawa.[2] Mania.com praised him as "truly one of the greatest seiyuu".[3] Otakunews.com complimented him for the role of Tetsuya from Outlanders.[4] Mania.com comments on his role of Kintaro Oe (Golden Boy) that he "practiced months before hand, to the point of going hoarse from overwork, to perfect Kintaro's voice" and "there's no one who could replace him for this role".[3] He is also known for the role of Kaneda in the 1988 anime film Akira and won the 7th Seiyu Awards for Best Personality in 2013. He was previously affiliated with Office Osawa and Across Entertainment, but is currently affiliated with Aoni Production.

Filmography

Television animation

  • DNA^2 (1994) (Kakimaro Someya)
  • Hikaru no Go (2002) (Atsushi Kurata)
  • Inuyasha (2004) (Suzaku)
  • Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star (2006) (Dorodoron)
  • Hayate the Combat Butler (2007) (Akane Himegami)
  • Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt (2010) (Ghost) [Episode 1 Part 2: "Death Race 2010"]
  • Kill la Kill (2013) (Takaharu Fukuroda)
  • World Trigger (2014) (Isami Tōma)
  • Space Patrol Luluco (2016) (Keiji)
  • March Comes in like a Lion (2016) (Manabu Yasui)
  • 100% Pascal-sensei (2017) (Demon Pascal (ep. 3)/Demon Pascal D (ep. 8), Hell Emperor Pascal (ep. 23))
  • Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (2019) (Toyo)
  • Jujutsu Kaisen (2020) (Kiyotaka Ijichi)
  • Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai (2020) (Zaboera)

Animated films

  • Akira (1988) (Kaneda)
  • Dead Leaves (2004) (666 (Three-Six))

Original video animation (OVA)

  • Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-Chan (xxxx) (Binkan Salaryman)
  • Golden Boy (xxxx) (Kintaro Oe)
  • My Dear Marie (xxxx) (Hiroshi)
  • Irresponsible Captain Tylor (xxxx) (Kojiro)
  • Outlanders (xxxx) (Tetsuya)
  • Shakugan no Shana (xxxx) (Marcosias)
  • Yondemasuyo, Azazel-san (xxxx) (Seiya)
  • Onegai Twins (xxxx) (Hyosuke Magumo)
  • Here is Greenwood (1991) (Mitsuru)

Video games

  • Gitaroo Man (xxxx) (Puma)
  • Initial D Arcade Stage (xxxx) (Itsuki Takeuchi)
  • Sonic the Hedgehog (xxxx) (Orbot)
  • Street Fighter III: Third Strike (1999) (Sean)
  • Tales of Vesperia (xxxx) (Yeager)
  • The King of Fighters '99 (only "Evolution" updated port), 2000, 2002, 2003, Neowave & 2002UM (Syo Kirishima, Kusanagi)
  • Kingdom Hearts (2002) (Peter Pan)
  • The King of Fighter for Girls (2020) (Choi Bounge)[6]

Drama CDs

  • Abunai series 4: Abunai Campus Love (Sakura Nanba)
  • Eden wo Tooku ni Hanarete series 2: Ryokuin no Rakuen (Masayuki Kawahara)
  • Eden wo Tooku ni Hanarete series 3: Setsunai Yoru no Rakuen (Masayuki Kawahara)
  • Mainichi Seiten! series 1 (Jou Obinata)
  • Mainichi Seiten! series 2: Kodomo wa Tomaranai (Jou Obinata)
  • Ourin Gakuen series 1: Ikenai Seitokaishitsu (Kyouhei Fukazawa)
  • Rolex ni Kuchizukewo (Chikao Ootsuka)
  • Sakurazawa vs Hakuhou series 1: Shokuinshitsu de Naisho no Romance (Kyousuku Sonoda)

Tokusatsu

  • Samurai Sentai Shinkenger (Ayakashi Sogizarai (ep. 36))
  • Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger (Bibaboo (ep. 44))
  • Shuriken Sentai Ninninger (Youkai Enraenra (ep. 11))
  • Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger (Quval (eps. 1 - 27, 30 - 42))[7]
  • Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger vs. Ninninger the Movie: Super Sentai's Message from the Future (Quval)
  • Mashin Sentai Kiramager (Mashin Shovellow)

Dubbing roles

Live-action

Animation

References

  1. ^ Endo, Akira et al. "Voice Actor Spotlight". (November 2006) Newtype USA. pp. 110-111.
  2. ^ Wild ARMS Vol.2: Western Romance Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine. Animefringe.
  3. ^ a b "Golden Boy Vol. #1". mania.com. Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  4. ^ DVD Review : Outlanders. Otakunews.com.
  5. ^ サイト名. dc-taka.com (in Japanese). Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  6. ^ "【お知らせ】KOFGイベント・キャンペーンスケジュール公開（2020年2月中旬）". kofg.net (in Japanese). February 7, 2020. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
  7. ^ 動物戦隊ジュウオウジャー 第1話 どきどき動物ランド 東映 [テレビ] (in Japanese). www.toei.co.jp. 2016-02-07. Retrieved 2016-05-29.
  8. ^ "恋のからさわぎ". Star Channel. Retrieved August 31, 2019.
  9. ^ "午後ロード「ファイナル・デッドサーキット」地上波初!10月の(木)はファイナルＤ". TV Tokyo. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
  10. ^ "【ジュラシックワールド】新吹き替えになぜ変更って理由がヤバい「声優キャスト一覧は豪華で永野もシェーッ！」". Clippy. Retrieved September 6, 2019.
  11. ^ "ピーター・パン". Disney. Retrieved November 27, 2019.

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