Kaneta Kimotsuki

was a Japanese actor, voice actor, and theater director. He was the founder of theater troupe 21st Century FOX and was affiliated with 81 Produce.

He is best known for his roles as Suneo Honekawa (Doraemon), Iyami (Osomatsu-kun), Conductor (Galaxy Express 999), Horrorman (Let's Go! Anpanman), Takeshi Gōda (Doraemon), Hōzen Ōyama (Perman #4) (Perman), Kemuzō Kemumaki (Ninja Hattori-kun), Sir Great Britain (Cyborg 009), Jiminy Cricket (Pinocchio), Benzou Karino (Kiteretsu Encyclopedia), Quackerjack (Darkwing Duck), and Tom (Tom and Jerry).

Biography

Early life

Kimotsuki was born on November 15, 1935, as a descendant of the Kimotsuki clan in Kiire, Kagoshima Prefecture, Empire of Japan (which later became Kiire Town, and is now Kiire Town, Kagoshima City).

He left Kagoshima at age three and lived in Nakano, Tokyo City, Tokyo Prefecture until he was four years old.

He then grew up in Itabashi, Tokyo.

While he attended Itabashi Municipal Itabashi Fourth Elementary School, he and the other schoolchildren were evacuated to Yuhiso in Minakami Village, Tone District, Gunma Prefecture (later and now Minakami Town) due to war. He was evacuated again to Ryūō Town in Ryūō Village, Nakakoma District, Yamanashi Prefecture (later Ryūō Town, now Kai City).

At the time, he was a quiet, timid child, so the scene of being tearfully separated from his parents while being put on a train was etched to his mind forever. From the first night he arrived, he cried for his parents, who were back in Tokyo. Unable to cope with his constant crying, his teacher sent him back to his parents. Evacuees were viewed with hostility at the time, and even in Ryūō, the village children teased him mercilessly, calling him a “spoiled city kid” and a “crybaby.” His days became a cycle of crying, yet he stayed there for about a year and a half.

After the war finally ended, he returned cheerful and talkative, as he would run through the streets to gather up playmates and entertain by imitating the rakugo stories he heard from the radio at the evacuation site he stayed in and the G.I.s he saw in town. On his change in personality, Kimotsuki reflected years later as an adult, "I guess I was a city boy after all." He felt really happy to be back in Tokyo, and his old playmates felt like kindred spirits to him. He re-analyzed that moment in his lifetime, saying, "I was so moved I wanted to hug them," and "I was incredibly happy."

Becoming an actor

When he advanced to junior high school, Kimotsuki took a required entrance exam for a private school but failed. At that time, he dreamed of becoming a movie actor and auditioned twice.

In his second year of junior high, he went to audition for director Keisuke Kinoshita's film Boyhood and was able to clear the second round. With a massive boost in confidence, Kimotsuki traveled to Ōfuna for a camera test in the snow, but he was unsuccessful. The child actor who was ultimately chosen went on to become an actor. Kimotsuki said in a 1999 interview that sometime later he saw that same person on a variety show where they said they were burdened with many debts, to which seeing it made him realize how tough it was being a star and that he was ultimately glad he didn't win the part in the end.

To take his mind off things, Kimotsuki often listened to radio dramas. One day, when he went to watch a public recording of The Fountain of Stories on NHK, he thought he could work at the place it was performed, and that was the spark that made him aspire to become a film actor. His idol was actor Kenichi Enomoto. But his grandmother told him he didn't have the looks to become a film actor, which made him decide to instead aim to perform voice acting in radio dramas.

He went to Teikyo Junior and Senior High School, where he founded a drama club. After performing Junji Kinoshita's play Twilight Crane, Kimotsuki decided to pursue an acting career.

Career

After Kimotsuki completed high school, he gave up attending university due to the death of his father. He applied for the fourth class of Radio Tokyo (now TBS) Broadcasting Troupe but was unsuccessful, as instead he joined the Shichiyōkai Theater Company while working at Takashimaya. While working for Takashimaya, he joined theater troupe Shichiyōkai. At the time, Shichiyōkai worked with NHK, which caused Kimotsuki to start making appearances in NHK's radio dramas. To solidify his personal resolve to make a living as an actor, he decided to leave Takashimaya. However, even after he made his debut as a voice actor, he was short on money, so he gathered some friends and established his own travel agency. At the same time, he juggled several part-time jobs as a tour escort, banquet MC, shoe shiner, and dentist. After Shichiyōkai disbanded, he auditioned and was accepted as part of the opening performance at the Nissay Theatre alongside Takeshi Aono. Following a stint with the theater troupe Sakuhinza, which had split from the Shichiyōkai, Kimotsuki was invited to join a company that was established by Koichi Chiba, who was a former member of the TBS Broadcasting Theater Troupe and was recruiting actors.

Kimotsuki's affiliated production companies throughout his career were Kiri no Kai, Sanko Office, Kawa no Kai, Ezaki Office, Actor Project, Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society, Mausu Promotion, Aoni Production, Production Baobab, and even his own company 21st Century FOX. As of February 2016, he was affiliated with 81 Produce. He had also been previously affiliated with Office Boro and Winner Entertainment.

His feature film debut was in When the Kobushi Flowers Bloom. At the time, he was still a theater troupe trainee and was credited under his birth name, Kanemasa Kimotsuki, playing a young barber. Aside from this, he also was in the pornographic film Woman of Shame, but both movies are his only appearances as an actor in live-action feature films.

His radio drama debut was in Women's Hour where he played an errand boy working for a dry cleaner. He had only two lines, but since everything was broadcast live back then, he remembered the tension performing his lines all the way until his death.

His voice acting debut was as a member of a motorcycle gang in the drama District Attorney. When he first appeared in an anime, he had already done dubbing for children's dramas, so he found it easy to match with the dialogue.

During a small theater boom in the 1980s, he encountered Sō Kitamura's Kotobuki Uta and was deeply touched by the play. Motivated by his strong desire to pursue theater work as an actor, Kimotsuki found the script for Kitamura's Eleven Boys at Kinokuniya and wanted to perform a play using it. He obtained permission to do so, gathered people from the training school where he was teaching, and in September 1983, left both Garakuta Kobo and Production Baobab in order to start his theatre company 21st Century FOX.

The original members of 21st Century FOX included Takeru Miyashita, Matsuo Matsuo, Kei Hayami, and Kumiko Nishihara, with Kappei Yamaguchi joining shortly after. Within the troupe, Kimotsuki directed and structured productions, also serving as a mentor and would train younger actors. In 2008, the troupe celebrated its 25th anniversary by holding a commemorative performance in December that year that featured former members like Kentaro Ito.

In 1985, from November to December, he was hospitalized for vocal cord throat surgery. His roles as Suneo Honekawa in Doraemon and Hakase in Obake no Q-Tarō were temporarily filled in by Naoki Tatsuta. Fearful of his voice becoming clean after the surgery, the laryngeal polyp was crushed using tweezers.

Awards

In 2005, Kimotsuki received the Rikiya Tayama Award at the 14th Japanese Movie Critics Awards alongside his Doraemon co-stars Nobuyo Ōyama, Noriko Ohara, Michiko Nomura, and Kazuya Tatekabe.

The following year in November 2006, they received a Special Award at the 11th Animation Kobe.

And in March 2007, they received the 3rd Lifetime Achievement Award at the Tokyo International Anime Fair 2007.

In 2012, Kimotsuki received the Distinguished Service Award at the 6th Seiyu Awards.

Final years

In 2010, Kimotsuki was diagnosed with lung cancer.

Around May 2016, his physical health started to worsen, and he was diagnosed with pneumonia at a hospital in Tokyo. He was hospitalized for tests several times and continued his voice acting career after being discharged, but his condition worsened even further by October that year.

Death

Kimotsuki died from pneumonia on October 20, 2016, at the age of 80.

His grave is currently located at Tsukiji Hongwanji Nishitama Cemetery in Akiruno, Tokyo.

Posthumous releases & legacy

His last acting appearance was in an episode of the NHK Radio program Radio Midnight for the segment Series: Voices that Created an Era which broadcast on November 6, 2016; his dialogue having been recorded on September 19, one month before he died.

In January 2017, Kimotsuki was ranked 23rd place in a special program Popular Voice Actors 200 Seriously Choose! Voice Actor General Election! 3-Hour Special, which broadcast on TV Asahi.

In November 2019, Jajamaru from Niko Niko Pun appeared in the NHK family concert Let's Go On The Mysterious Train, held to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Okaasan to Issho, but with no replacement voice actor available, archive audio of Kimotsuki's lines for Jajamaru were used.

Personality

Being the third son out of six children, Kimotsuki got married at the age of 24 and had a son and a daughter. His personal motto was “Respect Heaven and Love People.”

Features

His voice type was tenor.

Kimotsuki's voice had been considered distinctive since childhood, but he himself only realized it was unique after he started voice acting. In high school, he played leading roles for the radio drama club and thought he had a good voice. After joining the Tokyo Broadcasting Theater Company, he thought he wanted to play leading roles in radio dramas, but decided not to do so.

Kimotsuki's spoken dialects were Kagoshima and Kansai.

As he had been active since the early days of Japanese animation, Kimotsuki's voice acting roles generally consisted of bully leaders, grandpas, and grandmas, none of them being good lookers, but supporting characters.

After voicing Godzilla in the first television adaptation of Fujiko Fujio's Obake no Q-Tarō, he started taking on more slightly mischievous character roles.

Regarding memorable works, Kimotsuki cited his first leading role as Kurobē in Jungle Kurobē and Barbapapa. Particularly in Barbapapa, he and Noriko Ohara voiced all of the series' characters themselves and they also performed the theme song for the three children, which was released on vinyl record format. He later remarked he was probably the first voice actor to ever become a “singing voice actor.”

Kimotsuki was asked to perform the theme song for Jungle Kurobē, but the song’s tempo was too fast for him, so Kumiko Ōsugi performed instead. Later on down the line, when voicing Jajamaru in Niko Niko Pun, he normally sang about 2,000 songs, with a pace of three episodes a week. He recalled that while he was singing, he gradually learned the rhythm, but that the first two or three years doing so were very difficult.

In The Monster Kid, the monster trio of Count Dracula, Wolfman, and Franken perform the song "We Are the Monster Trio". However, the voice actors of the characters, consisting of Kimotsuki, Takuzo Kamiyama, and Tarō Sagami respectively, were tone-deaf in singing, which composer Asei Kobayashi had an extremely difficult time working with.

For foreign film dubbing, he provided the Japanese dub voice for Woody Allen and Jerry Lewis in several works.

In Disney films, he voiced Donald Duck. Takuya Fujioka, the Japanese dubbing actor of Donald until he took over, became busy doing film and television dramas, so Kimotsuki took over as his official replacement.

He also voiced Jiminy Cricket, Roquefort, and Scuttle in the Japanese dubbed versions of Disney films.

He stepped down from the role of Suneo Honekawa in the Doraemon franchise on March 18, 2005, but continued to provide the character's voice in projects such as the narrator for Trivia no Izumi. He continued his career as a voice actor well into his later years, such as Horrorman in Let's Go! Anpanman and Tom in the Japanese dubbed versions of the Tom and Jerry cartoons.

He also worked as a lecturer in the voice acting department at the Tokyo Animation College.

In 2006, Kimotsuki formed the Paradise Troupe alongside Ichiro Inui, the president of the Bungakuza theater company, and director Masami Uryu.

About his works

He has appeared in almost all works based off the stories written by the Fujiko Fujio duo, with his first role in a Fujiko Fujio anime being the character Godzilla in the 1965 adaptation of Obake no Q-Tarō.

At the time, child roles were almost exclusively done by female voice actors like Michie Kita and Masako Nozawa, and there were few characters with strong personalities. He was left unsure if he could actually pull off portraying a young character. He later stated that up until then, he felt like all that he did was done half-heartedly, he wasn't succeeding as an actor, and even when playing roles, he couldn't fully immerse himself and become the character.

When he voiced Godzilla in Q-Tarō, his manager told him that while he was funny outside the studio, he was boring on the inside. During the recording session for the fourth episode, he decided to started improvising dialogue. Fujiko F. Fujio, who was observing the recording session, clapped his hands and loved it. it became the catalyst for him being specifically requested by the original author for roles. Even for projects where Kimotsuki hadn't been specifically requested, Fujiko would ask during production what he would do. Previously, improvisations weren't accepted, as he had been told to just stick to what was written in the scripts.

After breaking through with Godzilla in Q-Tarō, he started getting more child character roles. Works by Fujiko he didn't appear in include Chimpui and Mojako.

For Jungle Kurobē, he originally auditioned for the role of Kurobē's father. When he was informed the part had been settled on, he thought he got the role, but was instead cast as the main protagonist. Recording was hard and extremely grueling, as he had to raise his voice constantly, which exhausted him.

For the television adaptation of Doraemon on TV Asahi, he voiced Suneo Honekawa from 1979 to 2005. Kimotsuki previously voiced Takeshi Gōda in the first television adaptation of Doraemon on NNS. He admitted in his later years that he had very little memory voicing Gian and mistakenly believed it was a black-and-white anime.

On March 15, 2008, he made a guest appearance alongside Doraemon co-star Nobuyo Ōyama on the Kansai Television program Nanbo DE Nanbo. They discussed personal memories recording episodes of Doraemon together and their feelings towards their roles over the years.

Several ad-libs Kimotsuki made in the roles he portrayed became part of the character's established traits or a signature line of theirs, such as Tsutomu's dialect in Kiteretsu Daihyakka, Suneo's line “You're so cheeky for someone like Nobita!” in Doraemon, and the line "Ossu!! It's Jajamaru-san!“ in Niko Niko Pun.

The role that made Kimotsuki realize he was suited to manga was the aforementioned Donald Duck, for he didn't have many script lines and mainly improvised. He realized he was suited to the field of work when he performed at the original tempo without breaking the storyline. Later on, when he appeared in Let's Go Hector, he felt that "fast-paced roles like anime would be better," which gave him the confidence needed and led to him receiving more voice acting roles.

When he voiced the Conductor in the television adaptation of Galaxy Express 999, he recalled it as the most challenging voice acting role he had ever done and the original author of the manga, Leiji Matsumoto, did not reveal the Conductor's true identity to Kimotsuki, who initially portrayed the character with a serious, conscientious image, but upon finding out the truth, he remarked, "If I had known from the beginning that he was a blank slate, I wouldn't have been able to play the role" before laughing.

He often appeared as a voice actor in the numerous television adaptations of manga artist Fujio Akatsuka's works. Kimotsuki made a guest appearance in the Yūji's Honest Room segment for Onegai! Ranking, where he revealed that Akatsuka did not approve of him as Iyami's voice actor for the second Osomatsu-kun television adaptation. Kyōji Kobayashi, who voiced Iyami for the first television adaptation of Osomatsu-kun in 1966, portrayed the character relatively quickly with a gentlemanly tone, while Kimotsuki emphasized his sarcastic and cunning characteristics, making it a completely different take. Akatsuka had even made his discomfort open to those around him, expressing, "He's completely different from before."

However, after Osomatsu-kun ended the following year, Akatsuka had grown to accept Kimotsuki's Iyami, saying, "Maybe it's okay to say that he's a different type of Iyami." Kimotsuki performed the role with such intensity that after he recorded his lines, he would often quip, “I broke seven capillaries today.”

In Dokaben, he voiced Tonma Hitori. Tonma's “zura” speech pattern is a Yamanashi dialect, so he incorporated his own personal experiences from when he was there into the role. Tonma joined the Orix Buffaloes as the 5th draft pick in Dokaben: Professional Baseball Edition, and his “pendulum swing batting style was even imitated by Ichiro,” leading him to providing commentary in-character during professional baseball broadcasts. He even had his Twitter account go under “tonoma_zura_”.

Relationships

Kimotsuki had a close friendship with voice actor and manager Kazuya Tatekabe for over 50 years. In a 1982 interview with Kibitsu, he said that he and Tatekabe's voice were similar in tone.

In 2004, when interviewed for the 25th anniversary of the Doraemon anime series, Kimotsuki stated, "In terms of personality, Mr. Tatekabe and I are completely different. We were both in the same theater troupe, and we had similar problems. There was a time when it was fashionable to have discussions about everything, and when I talked to Mr. Tatekabe during that time, I found his perspective very insightful. I thought, 'So that's another way of thinking about it.'" When Tatekabe passed away in 2015, Kimotsuki himself delivered the wake address and the funeral eulogy at his services, concluding both calling out to Gian in-character as Suneo doing his voice, a reference to their roles in the Doraemon series.

Kimotsuki and Masako Nozawa often co-starred in animated productions such as Galaxy Express 999, The Monster Kid, Doraemon, Ultra B, Gutsy Frog, and Dororon Enma-kun, to which Nozawa herself once jokingly remarked, "We're closer than a married couple because we spend so much time together."

Kimotsuki also worked with fellow theater troupe member Takeshi Aono as bartenders at a snack bar. They hit it off and constantly improvised, becoming known as the “Comedy Bartenders,” with their witty bantering being a huge hit with customers.

The “Kappei” in Kappei Yamaguchi's stage name originated from Kimotsuki, who was his mentor, referring to him as "Inakappei" because he still had a strong Fukuoka accent.

Kimotsuki also named the acting unit “Sannin no Kai” (The Three-Person Group), consisting of Yamaguchi, Tomokazu Seki, and Wataru Takagi.

Hobbies, interests, and skills

Kimotsuki's personal hobbies included sports (mainly golf) and creating model railroads.

In junior high school, Kimotsuki had wanted to become a technician. He enjoyed working, and my parents would encourage him to pursue it. Whenever he was making models, Kimotsuki used to craft them from wood by himself. Next door to his house at the time lived a craftsman who created musical instruments, and Kimotsuki would watch from afar. That made him think, "Making instruments seems interesting too", so during his second junior high school year, he made a chair using a board from the household shrine altar, though his mother got very angry at him for doing so. During his theater troupe days, a play needed a cake prop, but a real cake would not work. So he got plaster from his part-time job and made one out of that. He also made a pistol, using only photos as reference, by joining pieces of Japanese oak. He made a 38 Smith & Wesson caliber revolver, so the cylinder part rotated. Afterwards, people kept asking him to build things, but he refrained because it was growing to interfere with his career as an actor. His wife would ask him to build shelves sometimes, but he did not like that kind of work, and his personal sense of pride would not let it happen.

Kimotsuki's special skills were rakugo (comic storytelling) and nagauta (traditional ballad singing). He would perform rakugo at an elementary school appreciation event and aspired to be a rakugo artist during his student days. His high school senior was Kokinji Katsura, who would visit his sophomore year school and perform a rakugo piece. Kimotsuki would persistently beg to be taken in as an apprentice Kokinji's performances, but Kokinji was a Shochiku star, so told him that he was not a rakugo performer and did not take in apprentices. He also possessed a creative visionary side, as the "Voice Actor Festival" event held for young voice actors in the 1980s was an idea that he conceived. He was also skilled with machinery. When his company 21st Century FOX faced deficits, he personally edited and sold videos in order to cover for the losses. He held a standard driver's license.

He loved movies, particularly being influenced by his grandparents who enjoyed Western films, with Chaplin's movies especially leaving a strong impression on him. At his fifth birthday celebration, he would insist on having his picture taken while holding a cane.

He was a fast runner. At the age of 50, he appeared on TV Asahi's “Beat Takeshi's Sports Champion” and won the 100m dash (time: 11.2 seconds). He was so fast he beat Karl-Heinz Rummenigge in a race, though it was actually a 90m dash due to a handicap.

Until around the age of 50, Kimotsuki could not drink alcohol at all. He and Seizō Katō, also a non-drinker, would often attend program wrap-up parties and drink only cola. In his later years, he was able to drink, albeit small amounts.

Successors

Following Kimotsuki's resignations due to his advancing age and subsequent death, the actors listed below have taken over some of his established voice roles.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:small" border="1"

!Successor!!Character!!Works!!Debut

| Tetsuo Gotō || rowspan=2|Scuttle || rowspan=2| The Little Mermaid || The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea

| Kōji Ishii || Disney's House of Mouse

| Naoki Tatsuta || Roquefort || The Aristocats || Additional dub recordings

| Setsuji Satō || Tom || Tom and Jerry || The Tom and Jerry Show

| Kazuki Yao || Horrorman || rowspan=2| Let's Go! Anpanman || Let's Go! Anpanman: Bulbul's Big Treasure Hunt Adventure

| Hirohiko Kakegawa || Chocolatepanman || TBA

| Yōhei Tadano || Jiminy Cricket || Pinocchio || Kingdom Hearts III

Filmography

Television anime

8 Man (1963): additional voice
0-sen Hayato (1964): additional voice
Big X (1964): additional voice
Q-Tarō the Ghost (1965): Tsuyoshi "Godzilla" Saigō
Astro Boy (1963): Roboid, Atom's father, Ham Egg (substitute)
The Golden Bat (1967): additional voice
Gokū no Daibōken (1967): Villager A
Perman (1967): Kabao
Princess Knight (1967): additional voice
Sunset Banchō (1968): additional voice
Umeboshi Denka (1968): additional voice
Kaibutsu-kun (1968): Banno
Fight Da!! Pyuta (1968): Sayuri's father, Commander Domelia
Detective Brat Pack (1968): Subordinate B
Attack No. 1 (1969): Ichinose's father
Otoko Ippiki Gaki Daishō (1969): Masae Mito (The Old Lady of Mito)
Marine Boy (1969): Henchman
Star of the Giants (1969): additional voice
Judo Boy (1969): additional voice
Kamui (1969): Seppa, Hayane
The Genie Family (1969): Bus driver, Cow, Conductor, Horse owner, Butler
Akakichi no Eleven (1970): Jiro Komano
Tomorrow's Joe (1970): Skinny Pine, Inmate C
Granny Mischief (1970): Noboru
Norakuro (1970): Humble
Bakuhatsu Gorō (1970): Clear Water
Animentary: Ketsudan (1971): additional voice
Andersen Monogatari (1971): Japanese Beetle, Lion et al.
Kunimatsu-sama no Otōridai (1971): Ino
Golgo 13 (1971): additional voice
New Q-Tarō the Ghost (1971): Tsuyoshi "Godzilla" Saigō, Tanu Jiro
Tensai Bakabon (1971): additional voice
Marvelous Melmo (1971): God C
Triton of the Sea (1972): Cal
Pinocchio: The Series (1972): Cricket, Prison Guard, Fisherman, Minions, Sawshark, additional voice
Hazedon (1972): Pooyan
Karate Master (1973): additional voice
Kōya no Shōnen Isamu (1973): additional voice
Demetan Croaker, The Boy Frog (1973): Elder Beard Man, Resident, Kun-san
Samurai Giants (1973): additional voice
Jungle Kurobē (1973): Kurobē
Casshan (1973): OOA No., Luger
Devilman (1973): additional voice
The Gutsy Frog (1973): Street Vendor, Dad, additional voice
Doraemon (1973): Takeshi "Gian" Gōda
Dororon Enma-kun (1973): Kapaeru
Microid S (1973): Kankurō
Miracle Girl Limit-chan (1973): Ryūta Ishibashi (Boss)
Fables of the Green Forest (1973): Harry of the Ten
Little Wansa (1973): Gambling
Heidi, Girl of the Alps (1974): Sebastian
Science Ninja Team Gatchaman (1974): Butler
Calimero (1974): Peter
Great Mazinger (1974): Reptilian General Draydou
The Adventures of Hutch the Honeybee (1974): additional voice
Vicke Viking (1974): additional voice
First Human Giatrus (1974): Touchan
Majokko Megu-chan (1974): additional voice
Gamba no Bouken (1975): Dolphin
Shogun in His Boyhood (1975): Kinoshita Tōkichirō
Time Bokan (1975): Mondōru (episode 9), Dr. Tomoda, Little Devil
Original Genius Bakabon (1975): Officer, additional voice
Maya the Honey Bee (1975): Termite
Reideen the Brave (1975): Berostan
Candy Candy (1976): Alistair Cornwell
Gowappa 5 Gōdam (1976): Godaemon
Dino Mech Gaiking (1976): Chin
Dokaben (1976): Kazuto Tonoma
Adventures of Pinocchio (1976): Rocco
Blocker Gundan 4 Machine Blaster (1976): Chibisuki
Paul's Miraculous Adventure (1976): The Spirit of the Mayfly
Machine Hayabusa (1976): Yoshihiko Yamato
Manga Hana no Kakarichō (1976): additional voice
Robokko Beeton (1976): Oh Hender, Numassy-chan, Pickpocket, Gorilla, Doctor, additional voice
Nobody's Boy: Remi (1977): additional voice
Ippatsu Kanta-kun (1977): Yamada
Monarch: The Big Bear of Tallac (1977): Phaco
Angie Girl (1977): Benjamin, Khan, Fireworks Shop, Douglas
Balatack (1977): Dr. Gobra
Barbapapa (1977): Barbapapa, additional voice
Balloon Girl Temple (1977): Gappe
Yatterman (1977): Yokubaba, Minicui, Grandpa, Elderly Person, Witch
Starzinger (1978): Matsudo
Galaxy Express 999 (1978): Police, Conductor
Treasure Island (1978): Ben Gunn
Haikara-San: Here Comes Miss Modern (1978): Imprint, Drunken Boy
One Million-Year Trip: Bandar Book (1978): Dr. Sharaku
Song of Baseball Enthusiasts (1977): Jin-kusu
New Lupin the Third (1977): additional voice
The Adventures of Marco Polo (1979): Omar
Undersea Super Train: Marine Express (1979): Sharaku
Galaxy Express 999: Can You Live Like a Warrior!? (1979): Conductor
Misha the Bear Cub (1979): Drago Tragon
Cyborg 009 (1979): 007 / Sir Great Britain
Bannertail: The Story of Gray Squirrel (1979): Radoru
Zenderman (1979): Master Gikē, Old Man (episode 15), Old Man with a Hump (episode 16)
Doraemon (1979-2005): Suneo Honekawa
Japan Fairytale Masterpiece Series: Heart of the Red Bird (1979): additional voice
The Monster Kid (1980): Dracula
Galaxy Express 999: Eternal Traveller Emeraldas (1980): Conductor
Galaxy Express 999: Can You Love Like a Mother!? (1980): Conductor
Astro Boy (1980): Drop-3 (episode 9), Dr. Mazeb (episode 44)
Back to the Forest (1980): Yakobus
Hoero! Bun Bun (1980): Ponta
Cheerful Dwarves of the Forest: Belfy & Lillibit (1980): Docklin (aka "Dr. Snoozabit")
Urusei Yatsura (1981): Manchinro, The Devil, Count Dracula, The Old Master, Chief, additional voice
Ninja Hattori-kun (1981): Kemuzou Kemumaki
Belle and Sebastian (1981): Lyon
Go For It, Ippatsuman! (1982): Kon Corudo, Trelawny, Soryasooda
Game Center Arashi (1982): Komanosuke
Chie the Brat (1982): An Old Man Cat from The Tohoku Region
The Mysterious Cities of Gold (1982): Pedro
Dash Kappei (1982): Village Chief (episodes 12-13)
Tokimeki Tonight (1982): Bulldog
Don Dracula (1982): Yasubei the Bat
Lucy of the Southern Rainbow (1982): Dayton
Ninjaman Ippei (1982): School Mask
Pro Golfer Saru (1982): Narrator, Manager, Commentator, Elderly Man, Golfer A, additional voice
Magical Princess Minky Momo (1982): Count
Itadakiman (1983): Director
Perman (1983): Hōzen Ōyama (Perman #4)
Creamy Mami, the Magic Angel (1983): Negative
Miyuki (1983): Ueda
Chickun Takkun (1984): Takkun Hat
Q-Tarō the Ghost (1985): Doctor
Anmitsu Hime (1986): Guardian of the Bitter Taste
Ultraman Kids Proverb Stories (1986): Gattsun
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1986): Old Crow, additional voice
Robotan (1986): additional voice
Ultra B (1987): Papa
Kiteretsu Large Encyclopedia (1987): Clockwork Warrior (first voice), Kiteretsusai (first voice), Benzō Karino, Genta
Esper Mami (1987): Suneo Honekawa, Fisherman
Osomatsu-kun (1988): Iyami
New Pro Golfer Saru (1988): Manager
Wowser (1988): Ron
Billiken (1988): additional voice
Parasol Henbē (1989): Tonbee
Fujiko F. Fujio Anime Special: SF Adventure - Time-Patrol Bon (1989): Setofuru
Dash! Yonkuro (1989): Village Headman
Billiken Nandemo Shōkai (1989): Dr. Torino
Idol Angel Yokoso Yoko (1990): Lionel Weber
NG Knight Ramune & 40 (1990): Arara Colyara Yokkora III
Peesuke (1990): Pesuke Heino
Let's Go! Anpanman (1988): Chocolatepanman (first voice), Horrorman (first voice)
Ultraman Kids: 30 Million Light-Years in Search of Mother (1991): Gattsun
Emergency Takeoff Saver Kids (1991): Dr. Bug
City Hunter '91 (1991): Robber (episode 7)
21 Emon (1991): Sasayama Alien (episode 1), Onabe, Captain (episode 4), Detective A (episode 13), Omiso
Bakabon: Three Thousand Miles in Search of Osomatsu's Curry (1991): Iyami
Flaming Rugby Boy: Dodge Danpei (1991): Venerable Tōkyūji
The Laughing Salesman (1991): Kyoichi Shiratama
Free Kick Toward Tomorrow (1992): Adolf Beckett
Oi! Ryoma (1992): Kodai Kawada
Pokonyan! (1993): Ippongi Mikinosuke
Akazukin Chacha (1994): Tory, Grandpa Coppett
The Brave of Gold Goldran (1995): Don't-Waste Grandma
The Legend of Zorro (1996): Indigenous Elder
Gegege no Kitarō (1996): Pillow Turner
You're Under Arrest (1996): Takaya Sugano
Rurouni Kenshin (1996): Tadashi Horinaka
The Kindaichi Case Files (1997): Yūichirō Matoba (episodes 1-3)
Totsugeki! Pappara-tai (1998): Mizushima's father
Trigun (1998): Leonof the Puppetmaster
The Secret of Akko-chan (1998): Fuusuishi, Feng Shui Scammer
New YAT Anshin! Uchū Ryokō (1998): Geruto (episode 9)
Bomberman B-Daman Bakugaiden (1998): Dowasurebon
Gambler Densetsu Tetsuya (2000): Nezu
Detective Conan (1996): Konosuke Jii (first voice)
Wild 7: Another (2002): Hassan
Zatch Bell! (2003): Grisa
Space Symphony Maetel: Galaxy Express 999 (2004): Conductor
Cinderella Boy (2004): Dr. Grimm
Shura no Mon (2004): Tomita Shigeyasu
Black Jack (2005): Alexe Morozof (Karte 47)
Sergeant Keroro (2004): Ambassador from Planet Yakunin
Shampoo Ōji (2007): King Soap
Student Council's Discretion (2009): Train Conductor (episode 7)
Yuki Yuna Is a Hero (2014-2017): Maro(episode 3)/Yoshiteru (episodes 5, 8, 11)

Theatrical anime

Star of the Giants (1969): additional voice
Do It! Yasuji's Pornorama!! (1971): additional voice
Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid (1975): Crab, Triton's Trumpet Snail
Triton of the Sea (1979): Karu
Good Luck!! Tabuchi-kun!! (1979): Owner Tsutsumi
Galaxy Express 999 (1979): Conductor
Adventures of the Polar Cubs (1979): Liquor
Good Luck!! Tabuchi-kun!! 2nd Bullet: The Heat of the Pennant Race (1980): Owner Tsutsumi
Good Luck!! Tabuchi-kun!! Hatsu Warai 3rd Bullet: Aa Tsuppari Jinsei (1980): Owner Tsutsumi
Galaxy Express 999: Claire of Glass (1980): Conductor
Cyborg 009: Legend of the Super Galaxy (1980): 007 / Sir Great Britain
Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur (1980): Suneo Honekawa
Makoto-chan (1980): Makoto-Mushi
Tomorrow's Joe 2 (1981): additional voice
The Monster Kid: Invitation to Monster Land (1981): Dracula
Goodbye, Galaxy Express 999 -Andromeda Terminal Station- (1981): Conductor
Doraemon: The Record of Nobita, Spaceblazer (1981): Suneo Honekawa
Doraemon: What Am I for Momotaro? (1981): Suneo Honekawa
21 Emon: Welcome to Space! (1981): Gonsuke
The Monster Kid: The Demon Sword (1982): Dracula
Gauche the Cellist (1982): Cuckoo
Doraemon: Nobita and the Haunts of Evil (1982): Suneo Honekawa
Ninja Hattori-kun: Abracadabra Magic Picture Diary (1982): Kemuzou Kemumaki
Doraemon: Nobita and the Castle of the Undersea Devil (1983): Suneo Honekawa
Ninja Hattori-kun: Abracadabra Hometown Battle Diary (1983): Kemuzou Kemumaki
Famous Detective Holmes (1984): Todd
Doraemon: Nobita's Great Adventure into the Underworld (1984): Suneo Honekawa
Ninja Hattori-kun + Perman: Psychic Wars (1984): Kemuzou Kemumaki
Doraemon: Nobita's Little Star Wars (1985): Suneo Honekawa
Ninja Hattori-kun + Perman: Ninja Beast Jippō vs. Miracle Egg (1985): Kemuzou Kemumaki, Hōzen Ōyama (Perman #4)
Q-Tarō the Ghost: Jump Out! The Great Bake-Bake Operation (1986): Hakase
Doraemon: Nobita and the Steel Troops (1986): Suneo Honekawa
Q-Tarō the Ghost: Jump Out! Operation 1/100 (1987): Hakase
Doraemon: Nobita and the Knights on Dinosaurs (1987): Suneo Honekawa
Ultra B: The Dictator B.B. from the Black Hole!! (1988): Papa
Doraemon: The Record of Nobita's Parallel Visit to the West (1988): Suneo Honekawa
Legend of the Forest (1988): Coco Spider
Osomatsu-kun: Hello from the Watermelon Star, Zansu! (1989): Iyami
Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan (1989): Suneo Honekawa
Dorami-chan: Mini-Dora SOS!!! (1989): Suneki Honekawa, Future Suneo Honekawa
It's the Ocean! It's Time to Sail! Niko Niko, Pun (1990): Jajamaru
Doraemon: Nobita and the Animal Planet (1990): Suneo Honekawa
Maji! (1990): Boss
Let's Go! Anpanman: Fly! Fly! Chibigon (1991): Horrorman
Doraemon: Nobita's Dorabian Nights (1991): Suneo Honekawa
Dorami-chan: Wow, A Kid Gang of Bandits! (1991): Sunemaru Honekawa
Doraemon: Nobita and the Kingdom of Clouds (1992): Suneo Honekawa
21 Emon: To Space! The Barefoot Princess (1992): Onabe
Sanpei the Kappa (1993): Grim Reaper
Let's Go! Anpanman: Nosshi the Dinosaur's Big Adventure (1993): Horrorman
Doraemon: Nobita and the Tin Labyrinth (1993): Suneo Honekawa
Let's Go! Anpanman: The Lyrical Magical Witch's School (1994): Horrorman
Let's Go! Anpanman: Everyone Gather Together! Anpanman World (1994): Horrorman
Doraemon: Nobita's Three Visionary Swordsmen (1994): Suneo Honekawa
Let's Go! Anpanman: Let's Defeat the Haunted Ship!! (1995): Horrorman
Doraemon: Nobita's Diary on the Creation of the World (1995): Suneo Honekawa
2112: The Birth of Doraemon (1995): Sunerobo
Let's Go! Anpanman: The Flying Picture Book and the Glass Shoes (1996): Horrorman
Let's Go! Anpanman: Baikinman and the 3-"Bai" Punch (1996): Horrorman
Doraemon: Nobita and the Galaxy Super-express (1996): Suneo Honekawa
Jungle Emperor: The Movie (1997): Coco
Let's Go! Anpanman: The Pyramid of the Rainbow (1997): Horrorman
Doraemon: Nobita and the Spiral City (1997): Suneo Honekawa
Galaxy Express 999: Eternal Fantasy (1998): Conductor
Let's Go! Anpanman: The Palm of the Hand to the Sun (1998): Horrorman
Doraemon: Nobita's Great Adventure in the South Seas (1998): Suneo Honekawa
Doraemon Comes Back (1998): Suneo Honekawa
Let's Go! Anpanman: When the Flower of Courage Opens (1999): Horrorman
Doraemon: Nobita Drifts in the Universe (1999): Suneo Honekawa
Nobita's the Night Before a Wedding (1999): Future Suneo Honekawa
Let's Go! Anpanman: The Tears of the Mermaid Princess (2000): Horrorman
Doraemon: Nobita and the Legend of the Sun King (2000): Suneo Honekawa
A Grandmother's Recollections (2000): Suneo Honekawa
Let's Go! Anpanman: Gomira's Star (2001): Horrorman
Let's Go! Anpanman: The Amazing Naganegiman and Yakisobapanman (2001): Horrorman
Doraemon: Nobita and the Winged Braves (2001): Suneo Honekawa
Good Luck! Gian!! (2001): Suneo Honekawa
Let's Go! Anpanman: The Secret of Roll and Laura's Floating Castle (2002): Horrorman
Let's Go! Anpanman: Tuna Maki-chan and Gold Kamameshidon (2002): Horrorman
Digimon: Runaway Locomon (2002): Parasimon
Doraemon: Nobita and the Robot Kingdom (2002): Suneo Honekawa
The Day When I Was Born (2002): Suneo Honekawa
Inuyasha the Movie: Swords of an Honorable Ruler (2003): Saya
Let's Go! Anpanman: Ruby's Wish (2003): Horrorman
Let's Go! Anpanman: The Amazing Naganegiman and Princess Doremi (2003): Horrorman
Doraemon: Nobita and the Windmasters (2003): Suneo Honekawa
Pa-Pa-Pa The Movie: Perman (2003): Kemuzou Kemumaki, Hōzen Ōyama (Perman #4)
Let's Go! Anpanman: Nyanii of the Country of Dream Cats (2004): Horrorman
Let's Go! Anpanman: Tsukiko and Shiratama ~Heart-racing Dancing~ (2004): Horrorman
Doraemon: Nobita in the Wan-Nyan Spacetime Odyssey (2004): Suneo Honekawa
Pa-Pa-Pa The Movie: Perman - Octopus with a Pop! Legs with a Pon! (2004): Kemuzou Kemumaki, Hōzen Ōyama (Perman #4)
Let's Go! Anpanman: Happy's Big Adventure (2005): Horrorman
Let's Go! Anpanman: Princess Snow-black and Popular Baikinman (2005): Horrorman
Let's Go! Anpanman: Dolly of the Star of Life (2006): Horrorman
Let's Go! Anpanman: Kokin-chan and the Blue Tears (2006): Horrorman
Let's Go! Anpanman: Purun of the Bubble Ball (2007): Horrorman
Let's Go! Anpanman: Horrorman and Hora-horako (2007): Horrorman
Let's Go! Anpanman: Rinrin the Fairy's Secret (2008): Horrorman
Let's Go! Anpanman: Hiyahiyahiyarico and Babu-Babu-Baikinman (2008): Horrorman
Let's Go! Anpanman: Dadandan and the Twin Stars (2009): Horrorman
Let's Go! Anpanman: Baikinman VS Baikinman!? (2009): Horrorman
Let's Go! Anpanman: Blacknose and the Magical Song (2010): Horrorman
Let's Go! Anpanman: Run! The Exciting Anpanman Grand Prix (2010): Horrorman
Let's Go! Anpanman: Rescue! Kokorin and the Star of Miracles (2011): Horrorman
Let's Go! Anpanman: Sing and Play! Anpanman and the Treasure in the Forest (2011): Horrorman
Let's Go! Anpanman: Revive Banana Island (2012): Horrorman
Let's Go! Anpanman: Rhythm and Play! Anpanman and the Strange Parasol (2012): Horrorman
Let's Go! Anpanman: Fly! The Handkerchief of Hope (2013): Horrorman
Let's Go! Anpanman: Fun for Everyone! Anpanman and the Mischievous Ghosts (2013): Horrorman
Let's Go! Anpanman: Apple Boy and the Wishes For Everyone (2014): Horrorman
Let's Go! Anpanman: Mija and the Magic Lamp (2015): Horrorman
Let's Go! Anpanman: Sing and Rhythm! Anpanman Summer Festival (2015): Horrorman
Let's Go! Anpanman: Nanda and Runda of the Toy Star (2016): Horrorman

Original video animation

Doraemon: The Fishing Pond in My Study Room (1978): Suneo Honekawa
Unico: Black Cloud, White Feathers (1979): Mouse (Garappachi)
Creamy Mami: Forever Once More (1984): Nega
Magical Angel Creamy Mami: Long Good-Bye (1985): Nega
Magical Angel Creamy Mami: Curtain Call (1986): Nega
Cosmos Pink Shock (1986): Computer
Urusei Yatsura: Nagisa's Fiancé (1988): Nagisa's father
Legend of the Galactic Heroes (1989): Huang Louis
Osomatsu-kun: Iyami Alone in the Wind (1990): Iyami
The Legend of the Dog Warriors: The Hakkenden (1990): Narration
NG Knight Lamune & 40 EX: The Panic Triangle - Love's Storm Operation (1991): Arara Koryarya Yokkola III
Madara (1991): Hakutaku
The Hakkenden (1993): Narrator
Heidi, Girl of the Alps: Alm Mountain Chapter (1993): Sebastian
Heidi, Girl of the Alps: Heidi and Clara Chapter (1993): Sebastian
Doraemon: Nobita and the Future Notes (1994): Suneo Honekawa
Key the Metal Idol (1994): Maestro
Let's Go to the Jungle! (1997): A Ham
The Galaxy Railways: A Letter from the Abandoned Planet (2007): Conductor

Web anime

Galaxy Express 999: An Energy Journey Beyond Time and Space (2010-2011): Conductor

Video games

Doraemon: Nobita's Dorabian Nights (1992): Suneo Honekawa
Kingdom Hearts (2002): Jiminy Cricket

Tokusatsu

Robot Detective (1973): Kowashiman (episodes 5-6), Karateman (episodes 19-20)
Ganbare!! Robocon (1974): Roboinu
Chouriki Sentai Ohranger (1995): Butler Acha (episodes 1-15, 17-20, 22-31, 33, 35-48)
Chouriki Sentai Ohranger Movie (1995): Butler Acha
Gekisou Sentai Carranger (1996): TT Terurin (ep. 24)
Moero!!! Robocon (1999): Robogeta

Dubbing

Live-action

The Empire Strikes Back (1980): Cal Alder (Jack McKenzie)
Ewoks: The Battle for Endor (1985): Willy (Tony Cox)
Shocker (1989): Sidney Cooper (Sam Scarber)

Animation

The Aristocats (1970): Roquefort
Charlotte's Web (1973): Wilbur
Darkwing Duck (1991): Quackerjack
Josie and the Pussycats (1970): Sebastian the Cat
The Little Mermaid (1989): Scuttle
Pinocchio (1940): Jiminy Cricket
Police Academy: The Animated Series (1988): Additional voices
The Mouse and His Child (1977): Bluejay
Robin Hood (1973): Friar Tuck
Tom and Jerry (1940): Tom
The Tom and Jerry Show (2014): Tom

Japanese voice-over

Pinocchio's Daring Journey (1983): Jiminy Cricket
Star Tours (1987): F-24
Sindbad's Storybook Voyage (2001): Announcer
E.T. Adventure (1990): Bigzom
The Amazing Adventure of Spider-Man the Ride (1999): Softman
Galaxy Express 999 for Planetarium (2002): Conductor