, sometimes credited as his real name , is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator who was born in Kofu, Yamanashi. Ginga is affiliated with Aoni Production. He is married to voice actress Gara Takashima.

Known for his deep baritone voice, his most well-known roles include Gihren Zabi (Mobile Suit Gundam), Crocodine (Dragon Quest: Dai no Daibōken), Jean Paul Rocchina (Armored Trooper Votoms), Shōhei Harada (Touch), Souther (Fist of the North Star, original 1980s series), Babbo (MÄR), Bayman in the Dead or Alive series, Heihachi Mishima and the various models of Jack in the Tekken series, and Liquid Snake and Zero in the Metal Gear series.

His hobbies include painting, salsa dance, riding horses and playing music.

On November 5, 2020, it was announced Ginga had tested positive for COVID-19. On November 16, 2020, it was announced that he had recovered.

Filmography

Television animation

;1975

  • Grendizer - Zuril

;1977

  • Planet Robot Danguard Ace – Doppler

;1978

  • Daikengo – Doctor Gudda, Emperor Mazeran
  • The Perrine Story – Theodor
  • Muteki Kōjin Daitarn 3 – Neros

;1979

  • Entaku no Kishi Monogatari: Moero Arthur – Labick
  • Mobile Suit Gundam – Gihren Zabi, Cozun Graham
  • Koguma no Misha – Misha's Father
  • Cyborg 009 – Geronimo Junior/005, Vishnu

;1980

  • Space Warrior Baldios – Alan, King Bado
  • Astro Boy – Gallon
  • Densetsu Kyojin Ideon – Damido Pecchi
  • Mahou Shoujo Lalabel – Viscous
  • Moero Arthur: Hakuba no Oji – Labick

;1981

  • Swiss Family Robinson – Edward
  • Galaxy Cyclone Braiger – Rasputin
  • Tiger Mask II – Antonio Inoki
  • Taiyou no Kiba Dougram – Chico
  • Dr. Slump – Mr. Kimidori
  • Hello! Sandybell – Edward

;1982

  • Ai no Senshi Rainbowman – Heinz Shousa
  • Ochamegami Monogatari Korokoro Poron – Poseidan
  • Armored Fleet Dairugger XV – Caponero, Mack Chukker
  • Galactic Gale Baxinger – Geruba Zorba
  • The Kabocha Wine – Dekkin
  • Space Adventure Cobra – Col. Velga
  • Sentō Mecha Xabungle – Fatman Big, Narrator, Timp
  • Fuku-chan – Mr. Arakuma

;1983

  • Genesis Climber Mospeada – Jonathan Wolf
  • Armored Trooper Votoms – Jan Paul Rocchina, Narration
  • The Super Dimension Century Orguss – Jabby, Narrator
  • Nanako SOS – Dr. Ishikawa

;1984

  • Panzer World Galient – Council of Legislators
  • Heavy Metal L-Gaim – Maph McTomin
  • Fist of the North Star – Souther, Fake Yuda, Resistance Leader
  • Star Musketeer Bismark – Zatola
  • The Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross – Georges Sullivan
  • Lupin III: Part III – Arnold Oosa
  • Galactic Patrol Lensman – Ban Baskark

;1985

  • Konpora Kid – Shinryuu Kyoutou
  • A Little Princess Sara – Ralph
  • Touch – Shohei Harada
  • Dancougar - Super Beast Machine God – Alan
  • Hai Step Jun – Oohata-sensei

;1986

  • Ai Shoujo Pollyanna Monogatari – Pendelton
  • Uchūsen Sagittarius – Ganre, Franken
  • Ginga Nagareboshi Gin – Riki
  • Sangokushi II: Tenkakeru Hideotachi – Xiahou Yuan
  • Dragon Ball – Bora, Colonel Silver, Giran
  • Bosco Adventure – Hoodman

;1987

  • Around the World with Willy Fog – Willy Fog
  • ESPer Mami – Narrator
  • City Hunter – Harukawa
  • Saint Seiya – Cassios, Jango
  • Transformers: The Headmasters – Scorponok/Mega Zarak
  • One Piece – Axe Morgan
  • Seiyu's Life! – Himself
  • Magical Somera-chan – General
  • Fist of the North Star: Strawberry Flavor – Souther

;2017

  • Magical Circle Guru Guru – Deemon Lord Giri (ep 16, 23 - 24)

;2018

  • GeGeGe no Kitarō 6th series – Nanashi (eps 1 - 3, 11 - 12, 19, 25, 27, 35 - 37, 42, 47 - 48, )
  • Baki - Dorian

;2020

  • Listeners – Robert

;2021

  • Night Head 2041 – Kyōjirō Mikuriya

;2024

  • Solo Leveling – Go Gunhee

;2025

  • #Compass 2.0: Combat Providence Analysis System – Thomas
  • Teogonia – Valley God

;2026

  • Drops of God – Yutaka Kanzaki

Original video animation (OVA)

  • Transformers: Scramble City (1986) – Ultra Magnus
  • The Guyver: Bio-Booster Armor (1989) – Gaster
  • 3×3 Eyes (1991–1992) – Steve Long
  • Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV (2016) – Clarus Amicitia
  • Dragon Ball Super: Broly (2018) – King Vegeta
  • Crayon Shin-chan: Honeymoon Hurricane ~The Lost Hiroshi~ (2019)
  • Gold Kingdom and Water Kingdom (2023) – Rastavan III
  • Spy × Family Code: White (2023) – Snyder
  • Detective Conan: The Million Dollar Pentagram (2024) – Brian D. Kadokura
  • The Rose of Versailles (2025) – General Jarjayes

Video games

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|-

! Year !! Title !! Role !! Console !!Source

|-

|1989

|Ys: Book I and II

|Darm

|PC Engine CD-ROM²

|

|-

| rowspan="3" |1998

|Street Fighter EX2

|Cracker Jack

|Arcade, PlayStation

|

|-

|Soulcalibur|| Astaroth|| Arcade, Dreamcast, iOS, Xbox 360, Android ||

|-

| rowspan="4" |

|2nd Super Robot Wars Z

|Fatman Big, Timp Sharon

|PlayStation Portable

|

|-

|Tales of Xillia|| Dillack Mathis||PlayStation 3 ||

|-

|Tales of Xillia 2|| Dillack Mathis||PlayStation 3 ||

|-

|Super Kirby Clash

|Parallel Nightmare

|Nintendo Switch

|

|-

| rowspan="2" |

|Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot

|Toolo

|Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Stadia, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S

|

|-

|2021

|Super Robot Wars 30

|MF McTomin

|Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4

|

|-

|||Ys Memoire: The Oath in Felghana|| Narrator || Nintendo Switch ||

|-

| rowspan="4" |

|Solo Leveling: Arise

|Kiyoomi Goto

|Android, iOS, Microsoft Windows

|

|}

  • Ar tonelico: Melody of Elemia – Leard Barsett
  • Ar tonelico II: Melody of Metafalica – Dr. Laude
  • Blood Gear – Bey Eurct Degner
  • Front Mission 5: Scars of the War – Morgan Bernard
  • Granblue Fantasy – Eahta/Okto
  • Gungrave – Zell Condorbrave
  • Last Alert – Dr. Garcia
  • Makeruna! Makendō 2 – Makenpo
  • Rockman ZX Advent – Bifrost the Crocoroid
  • Phantasy Star Online 2 – Schlegger Verun
  • Shadow Hearts: From the New World – Frank Goldfinger
  • Shadow the Hedgehog – Commander
  • Shining Force EXA – Avalon
  • Super Robot Wars Original Generations – Ruozorl Zoran Royell
  • Tengai Makyō: Ziria – Gomon
  • Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy — Koala Kong

Tokusatsu

  • X-Bomber (1980) – Emperor Gelma, Kirara
  • Choushinsei Flashman (1986) – Ley Baraki (ep 17 - 19)
  • Kousoku Sentai Turboranger (1989) – Saint Beast Lakia (ep 2)
  • Bakuryū Sentai Abaranger (2003) – Burstosaur Brachiosaurus (eps 1 - 17, 19 - 34, 36, 37, 39 - 50)
  • Bakuryū Sentai Abaranger DELUXE: Abare Summer is Freezing Cold! (2003) – Burstosaur Brachiosaurus
  • Bakuryū Sentai Abaranger vs. Hurricaneger (2004) – Burstosaur Brachiosaurus
  • Ultraman Nexus (2004) - Dark Zagi/The Unknown Hand
  • Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger vs. Abaranger (2005) – Burstosaur Brachiosaurus
  • GoGo Sentai Boukenger (2006) – Gekkou of Illusion (eps 3, 5, 9, 12, 14, 17, 22, 25, 32, 35, 38, 40–42, 44, 46, 49)
  • GoGo Sentai Boukenger The Movie: The Greatest Precious (2006) – Gekkou of Illusion
  • Samurai Sentai Shinkenger vs. Go-onger: GinmakuBang!! (2010) – Pollution President Batcheed
  • Kamen Rider OOO (2011) – Ika-Jaguar Yummy (ep 27 - 28)
  • Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger (2011) – Pollution President Babatcheed (ep 35 - 36)
  • Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger vs. Space Sheriff Gavan: The Movie (2012) – Gekkou of Illusion
  • Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger (2021) - Zenryoku Zenkai Cannon (eps 30 - 49)

Dubbing roles

Live-action

  • Michael Dorn
  • Star Trek: The Next Generation – Worf<!--1987-->
  • Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Worf<!--1993-->
  • Star Trek: First Contact – Worf<!--1996-->
  • Star Trek: Insurrection – Worf<!--1998-->
  • Star Trek: Nemesis – Worf<!--2002-->
  • Ted 2 – Rick<!--2015-->
  • Michael Clarke Duncan
  • The Green Mile (2002 Fuji TV edition) – John Coffey<!--1999-->
  • See Spot Run – Murdoch<!--2001-->
  • The Scorpion King – Balthazar<!--2002-->
  • Sin City – Manute<!--2005-->
  • CSI: NY – Quinn Sullivan<!--2005-->
  • Josh Brolin
  • Guardians of the Galaxy – Thanos<!--2014-->
  • Avengers: Age of Ultron – Thanos<!--2015-->
  • Avengers: Infinity War – Thanos<!--2018-->
  • Avengers: Endgame – Thanos<!--2019-->
  • Delroy Lindo
  • Broken Arrow (1999 NTV edition) – USAF Colonel Max Wilkins<!--1996-->
  • A Life Less Ordinary – Jackson<!--1997-->
  • Romeo Must Die – Isaak O'Day<!--2000-->
  • The Core (2005 TV Asahi edition) – Dr. Edward "Braz" Brazzelton<!--2003-->
  • Keith David
  • Marked for Death (1995 TV Asahi edition) – Max Keller<!--1990-->
  • Article 99 – Luther Jermoe<!--1992-->
  • The Quick and the Dead (1997 TV Asahi edition) – Sgt. Clay Cantrell<!--1995-->
  • Armageddon (2002 Fuji TV edition) – General Kimsey<!--1998-->
  • Tony Todd
  • Final Destination – William Bludworth
  • Final Destination 2 – William Bludworth
  • Final Destination 3 – The Devil
  • Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen – The Fallen
  • Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
  • Mortal Kombat – Shang Tsung
  • Tekken – Heihachi Mishima
  • Tekken 2: Kazuya's Revenge – Heihachi Mishima
  • The Adventures of Huck Finn – Jim (Courtney B. Vance)
  • A.I. Artificial Intelligence – Teddy (Jack Angel)
  • Bad Boys – Fouchet (Tchéky Karyo)
  • Best Sellers – Harris Shaw (Michael Caine)
  • Blade II (2005 TV Tokyo edition) – Reinhardt (Ron Perlman)
  • Bringing Out the Dead – Marcus (Ving Rhames)
  • Chain Reaction (1999 TV Asahi edition) – FBI Agent Leon Ford (Fred Ward)
  • The Day After – Billy McCoy (William Allen Young)
  • Desperate Housewives – Ian Hainsworth (Dougray Scott)
  • Dressed to Kill – Bobby (Michael Caine)
  • Dumbo – Baritone Bates (Michael Buffer)
  • Fearless Hyena Part II – Heaven Devil
  • First Blood (1993 Fuji TV edition) – John Rambo (Sylvester Stallone)
  • Game of Death – Hakim (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar)
  • Get Shorty – Ray "Bones" Barboni (Dennis Farina)
  • The Godfather (2001 DVD edition) – Virgil "The Turk" Sollozzo (Al Lettieri)
  • Godzilla – Philippe Roaché (Jean Reno)
  • The Great Escape (2000 TV Tokyo edition) – Flight Lieutenant Danny Welinski (Charles Bronson)
  • The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug – Master of Lake-town (Stephen Fry)
  • Holy Man – G (Eddie Murphy)
  • Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (2009 WOWOW edition) – Henry Jones Sr. (Sean Connery)
  • It's Complicated – Adam Schaffer (Steve Martin)
  • Jaws 2 (2022 BS Tokyo edition) – Mayor Larry Vaughn (Murray Hamilton)
  • Live and Let Die (1988 TBS edition) – Baron Samedi (Geoffrey Holder)
  • The Magnificent Seven (2013 Star Channel edition) – Harry Luck (Brad Dexter)
  • The Man in the Iron Mask – Porthos (Gérard Depardieu)
  • Moonraker (1984 TBS edition) – Jaws (Richard Kiel)
  • Mortal Engines – Magnus Crome (Patrick Malahide)
  • Nick of Time – Huey The Shoes Shine Man (Charles S. Dutton)
  • Ocean's Twelve (2007 NTV edition) – Frank Catton (Bernie Mac)
  • The Rainbow Thief (2017 Blu-ray edition) – Prince Meleagre (Peter O'Toole)
  • Raw Deal (1988 TBS edition) – Sheriff Mark Kaminski / Joseph P. Brenner (Arnold Schwarzenegger)
  • The Shawshank Redemption (1997 TBS edition) – Byron Hadley (Clancy Brown)
  • Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows – Mycroft Holmes (Stephen Fry)
  • Sin City: A Dame to Kill For – Manute (Dennis Haysbert)
  • Speed – Lieutenant "Mac" McMahon (Joe Morton)
  • Spider-Man 2 – Otto "Doctor Octopus" Octavius (Alfred Molina)
  • Spider-Man: No Way Home – Otto "Doctor Octopus" Octavius (Alfred Molina)
  • Stealing Beauty – Alex Parrish (Jeremy Irons)
  • Stuart Little – Crenshaw Little (Jeffrey Jones)
  • The Tiger: An Old Hunter's Tale – Chun Man-Duk (Choi Min-sik)
  • Tortured – Archie Green (Laurence Fishburne)
  • Twin Peaks – Sheriff Harry S. Truman (Michael Ontkean)
  • Underdog – Dan Unger (Jim Belushi)

Animation

  • Atlantis: The Lost Empire – Dr. Joshua Sweet
  • Atlantis: Milo's Return - Dr. Joshua Sweet
  • Batman: The Animated Series – Killer Croc
  • The Boss Baby: Family Business – Wizzie
  • The Dark Crystal – General
  • Hop – Mr. Bunny
  • Lightyear – Emperor Zurg
  • Planes: Fire & Rescue – Skipper Riley
  • The Secret Life of Pets – Pops
  • The Secret Life of Pets 2 – Pops
  • Small Soldiers – Chip Hazard
  • The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie – King Neptune
  • Tarzan – Clayton
  • Transformers Animated (TV Tokyo dub) – Ultra Magnus
  • What If...? – Thanos
  • X-Men (TV Tokyo dub) - Omega Red

Other

  • Teddy Ruxpin: Grubby

References

  • Official agency profile