is a Japanese voice actor affiliated with the Sigma Seven talent agency. He was born in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, and was raised in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture. He graduated from Waseda University.

On adult works, like OVAs or dating sims, he goes by the alias .

Biography

thumb|Norio Wakamoto at Desucon Frostbite 2013, Finland

Wakamoto studied in Waseda University under the Faculty of Law. During his time there, he participated in Shorin Kempo activities. He was later assigned to his first post at the Kuramae Police Station. Wakamoto became disillusioned with his duties and decided to leave. after he left the union due to a fight with his boss while drunk. Tohokushinsha's dubbing director, Kanji Nakano, encouraged him to go into voice acting despite uncertainties if he would be able to get potential work as a voice actor.

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| || JoJo's Bizarre Adventure || Hol Horse || ||

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| || Hellsing Ultimate || Father Alexander Anderson || ||

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| || Yoshinaga-san Chi no Gargoyle || Gargoyle || ||

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| || Ah! My Goddess: Flights of Fancy || Senbee || ||

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| || Code Geass || Charles zi Britannia || ||

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| || Ghost Slayers Ayashi || Torī Yōzō || ||

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| || Yawaraka Sangokushi Tsukisase!! Ryofuko-chan || Kou Jun || ||

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| || Tetsuwan Birdy: Decode || Skeletso || ||

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| || Antique Bakery || Tadahiro Akutagawa || ||

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| || Sengoku Basara || Oda Nobunaga || ||

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| –2010 || Kiddy Girl-and || Shuu || ||

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| || Muv-Luv Alternative || Paul Radhabinod || ||

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| || Guilty Gear Strive: Dual Rulers || Johnny || ||

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  • Atashin'chi (Ringuana)
  • Baccano! (Gustave St. Germain)
  • Birdy the Mighty (Skeletsuo)
  • Burn Up Excess (Secretary)
  • Candidate for Goddess (Dr. Kuro Rivolde)
  • Canvas 2 ~Niji Iro no Sketch~ (Jirō Misaki)
  • Chrono Crusade (Duke Defeaux)
  • City Hunter 2 (Eric)
  • Cream Lemon ep. 4 (Zack)
  • Crying Freeman ep. 3 (Shikebaro)
  • D.Gray-Man (Winters Sokaro)
  • Daigunder (DragoBurst)
  • Dancouga Nova (Earth Will, Moon Will)
  • Demonbane (Augustus)
  • Digimon Frontier (IceDevimon)
  • Doraemon (Alien Goat)
  • Fairy Tail (Celestial Spirit King)
  • Fist of the North Star (Shuren)
  • Future Boy Conan (Dōke)
  • Ga-Rei Zero (Nabu Brothers)
  • Ghost Sweeper Mikami (Piper)
  • Gunparade Orchestra (Hard-boiled Penguin)
  • Haiyore! Nyaruko-san W (Cyclone vacuum cleaner)
  • Heavy Metal L-Gaim (Rockley Ron)
  • Kannagi: Crazy Shrine Maidens (Drunk man (Episodes 4 and 12))
  • Koi Koi Seven (Head of the Academy)
  • Love Get Chu (Ohara Heizou)
  • Lucky Star (TV Sound at episode 16)
  • Maison Ikkoku (Master of Chachamaru)
  • Mamoru-kun ni Megami no Shukufuku wo! (Naoyuki Takasu)
  • Mirai Nikki (Deus Ex Machina)
  • Monkey Typhoon (Elephant Bishop)
  • Mononoke (The Umizatou)
  • Myself Yourself (Unknown Teacher, Electro-magnetic Shogun)
  • Negima!: Magister Negi Magi (Demon general)
  • Nichijou (Wooden cube)
  • Oh My Goddess! (Senbee)
  • Otogi-Jushi Akazukin (Panpu King)
  • PaRappa Rappa (King Kong Mushi)
  • Pluster World (Dairando)
  • Princess Lover! (Isshin Arima)
  • Ronin Warriors (Kaos)
  • Requiem from the Darkness (Nagamimi)
  • Samurai Deeper Kyo (Bontenmaru, Masamune Date)
  • Science Ninja Team Gatchaman (Police Captain in Episode 51)
  • Shōnen Onmyōji (Kyūki)
  • Sora o Miageru Shōjo no Hitomi ni Utsuru Sekai (Gntarl)
  • The Skull Man (Scarl (Heisei edition))
  • Soul Link (Shigemichi Morimoto)
  • Super Robot Wars Original Generation: Divine Wars (Maier V. Branstein)
  • Tetsuwan Birdy: DECODE (Scherzo)
  • Tayutama: Kiss on my Deity (Mito Yuuri's father)
  • The Tower of Druaga: the Aegis of Uruk (Door's voice in Episode 5)
  • Toaru Majutsu no Index II (Biagio Busoni)
  • Tomorrow's Joe 2 (Shogi Kanetatsu)
  • Transformers: Animated (Megatron)
  • Tsuyokiss (Tachibana Heizō)
  • Ultimate Muscle (Bone Killer)
  • Urusei Yatsura (Art teacher)
  • Wizard Barristers: Benmashi Cecil (Nana Genie)
  • Yu-Gi-Oh! GX (Titan)
  • Zettai Karen Children (Shkii Piroshkiski, General Director Sannomiya)
  • Zoids Fuzors (Roger)

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  • Ace Combat: Assault Horizon Legacy (Ulrich Olsen)
  • Birdy the Mighty (Bachilus)
  • Dancougar - Super Beast Machine God: Blazing Epilogue (Shapiro Keats)
  • Defeat the Pirate Ganzack (Ganzack)
  • Koihime Musou (Chōsen)
  • Madonna (Akira Fuwa)
  • M.D. Geist (Geist) (1986 version)
  • Mezzo Forte (Hirōka)
  • Ninja Resurrection (Mataemon Araki)
  • One Piece (Ganzack)
  • Quiz Magic Academy (Garuda)
  • The Silent Service (Wataru)
  • Taimanin Asagi (Edwyn Black)
  • They Were Eleven (Knu)
  • Urotsukidoji (Suikakujyu, Kohoki)
  • Yawaraka Sangokushi Tsukisase!! Ryofuko-chan
  • Ys (Darm)
  • Puppet Princess (Yasaburo Manajiri)
  • D. Gray-men (Winters Sokaro)
  • Maji de Watashi ni Koi Shinasai! (disguised man from Episode 6, minute 16:32 )

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Film

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| || Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero || Cell Max || ||

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| || Virgin Punk: Clockwork Girl || Tommy J || ||

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  • Mobile Suit Gundam F91 (1991) (Lieutenant Bardo)

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  • The Prince of Darkness (Yamasaki)
  • Bionicle: The Legend Reborn (Ackar)

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Drama CDs

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! Series

! Role

! class="unsortable"| Notes

! class="unsortable"| Source

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| JoJo's Bizarre Adventure || Dio Brando || ||

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| || Guilty Gear X2 || Johnny || Arcade, PlayStation 2 ||

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| || Soulcalibur IV || Yoshimitsu || PlayStation, Xbox 360 ||

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| || Xenoblade Chronicles || Mumkhar || Wii ||

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| || Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance || Xemnas || Nintendo 3DS ||

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| || Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue || Xemnas || PlayStation 4 ||

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|2018

|Castlevania: Requiem

|Dracula

|PlayStation 4

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| || Kingdom Hearts III || Xemnas || PlayStation 4, Xbox One ||

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| || The King of Fighters All Star || M. Bison (Vega) || Android, iOS ||

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|2023

|Guilty Gear Strive

|Johnny

|PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Arcade, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S

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| || Reynatis || Mugen Kaidou || Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, PC ||

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  • Blue Dragon (Nene)
  • Brave Story: New Traveler (Sogreth)
  • Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance (Dracula)
  • Code Geass: Lost Colors (Emperor of Britannia)
  • Crysis (Admiral Morrison, Nanosuit Voice (In Promotion Video))
  • Cyber Troopers Virtual-On Marz (DYMN/Daimon)
  • Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories (Overlord Zenon)
  • Disgaea 2: Dark Hero Days (Overlord Zenon)
  • Dragon Ball Z: Budokai (Cell)
  • Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi (Cell)
  • Eien no Aselia: The Spirit of Eternity Sword (Eternity Sword 'Wisdom'/Takios the Black Blade)
  • Everybody's Golf 6 (Izaak)
  • Fantasy Earth Zero (King Nias Ielsord)
  • Flash Hiders (Moonrize)
  • GetAmped2 (Daigokuin Raizo)
  • Grandia (Baal)
  • inFAMOUS (Kessler)
  • Koihime Musō (Chōsen)
  • Last Bronx (Tōru Kurosawa)
  • Maji de Watashi ni Koi Shinasai! (Prime Minister)
  • Makai Kingdom: Chronicles of the Sacred Tome (King Drake the Third)
  • Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops (Gene)
  • Mobile Suit Gundam Side Story (Philip Hughes)
  • Muv-Luv (Paul Radhabinod)
  • Muv-Luv Alternative (Paul Radhabinod)
  • Odin Sphere (Hindel, Wraith/Halja)
  • Onimusha 3: Demon Siege (Akechi Mitsuhide)
  • Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams (Ishida Mitsunari)
  • Phantasy Star Universe (Renvolt Magashi)
  • Princess Maker 4 (Daikun)
  • Project X Zone 2 (M. Bison, Metal Face)
  • Rhapsody III: Memories of Marl Kingdom (Fonfon, Guwanji)
  • Rusty Hearts (Ian Jablonsky)
  • Samurai Shodown: Edge of Destiny (Golba)
  • SD Gundam G Generation series (Doku Dāmu, Philip Hughs)
  • Sharin no Kuni: The Girl Among the Sunflowers (Houzuki)
  • Skies of Arcadia (Gilder)
  • SNK vs. Capcom series (M. Bison)
  • SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos (M. Bison)
  • Star Ocean: First Departure (Ashlay Barnbelt)
  • Summon Night EX-Thesis: Yoake no Tsubasa (Fighfar)
  • Super Robot Wars series (Neue Regisseur, Stern Neue Regisseur, Maier V. Branstein, Alan Brady, Shapiro Keats, Ōta Kōichirō, Moon Will, Augustus)
  • Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U (Metal Face)
  • Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Metal Face)
  • Tales of Destiny (PS2) (Barbatos Goetia)
  • Tales of Innocence (Gardle)
  • Tales of the World: Narikiri Dungeon 3 (Barbatos Goetia)
  • Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 2 (Barbatos Goetia)
  • Tales of Vesperia (Barbatos Goetia)
  • Tales of VS. (Barbatos Goetia)
  • TERA (Samael Cranwood)
  • Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction (Victor Coste)
  • Transformers: The Game (Megatron)
  • Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Megatron)
  • Tsuyokiss (Tachibana Heizō)
  • Valkyrie Profile (Janus)
  • Wild Arms Alter Code: F (Siegfried/Zeikfried)
  • Xenoblade Chronicles (Mumkhar)
  • Zettai Hero Kaizou Keikaku (Narrator)

Tokusatsu

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! Series

! Role

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| || Tensou Sentai Goseiger || Yuumajuu Zeibu of the Mummy || Ep. 18 ||

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| || Ultraman Zero: The Revenge of Belial || Iaron || Movie ||

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| || Kamen Rider Build || Sclash Driver Voice, Twin Breaker Voice, Crocodile Crack Fullbottle Voice, Cross-Z Magma Knuckle Voice, Great Cross-Z Dragon Voice, Genius Fullbottle Voice (Voiced by Katsuya Kobayashi), Grease Blizzard Knuckle Voice || Eps. 17 – 48 ||

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Overseas dubbing

;Live-action

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! Series

! Role

! Voice dub for

! class="unsortable"| Notes

! class="unsortable"| Source

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| The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe || Maugrim || Michael Madsen || ||

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| Cooties || Wade Johnson || Rainn Wilson || ||

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| Cowboy Bebop || Vicious || Alex Hassell || ||

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| The Cure || The Man with the Gout || Eric Campbell || 2014 Star Channel edition ||

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| Derailed || Mason Cole || Tomas Arana || ||

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| Duck, You Sucker! || Colonel Günther Ruiz || Antoine Saint-John || ||

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|Earthquake

|Miles Quade

|Richard Roundtree

|1981 TBS and 1986 TV Asahi editions

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| The Human Centipede (First Sequence) || Josef Heiter || rowspan="2"| Dieter Laser || ||

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| The Human Centipede 3 (Final Sequence) || Bill Boss || ||

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| Jack Reacher: Never Go Back || General James Harkness || Robert Knepper || ||

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| Last Action Hero || John Practice || F. Murray Abraham || 1996 Fuji TV edition ||

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| Legend || The Lord of Darkness || Tim Curry || ||

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| rowspan="2" | Mad Max 2 || Pappagallo || Michael Preston || 1991 TBS edition ||

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| Wez || Vernon Wells || 1997 TV Asahi edition ||

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| The Mask || Mitch Kellaway || Peter Riegert || ||

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| Me, Myself & Irene || Lt. Gerke || Chris Cooper || ||

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| On Her Majesty's Secret Service || Shaun Campbell || Bernard Horsfall || 1979 TBS edition ||

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| Prison Break || Theodore "T-Bag" Bagwell || Robert Knepper || ||

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| The Professionals || Bodie || Lewis Collins || ||

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| The Rink || Mr. Stout || Eric Campbell || 2014 Star Channel edition ||

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| Rocky IV || Ivan Drago || Dolph Lundgren || 1989 TBS edition ||

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| Seal Team Six: The Raid on Osama Bin Laden || Lieutenant Commander || Robert Knepper || ||

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| Sin City: A Dame to Kill For || Senator Roark || Powers Boothe || ||

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| Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back || rowspan=3|Lando Calrissian|| rowspan="3" |Billy Dee Williams || ||rowspan=3|

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| Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ||

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| Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker ||

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| Superman IV: The Quest for Peace || Nuclear Man|| Gene Hackman || 1989 TV Tokyo edition ||

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| Three to Tango || Charles Newman || Dylan McDermott || ||

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| Transporter 3 || Johnson || Robert Knepper || ||

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| World War Z || Ex-CIA Agent || David Morse|| ||

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| Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon || Huo Yi || Dong Hu || ||

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;Animation

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! Series

! Role

! class="unsortable"| Notes

! class="unsortable"| Source

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| G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero || Ripper || ||

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| Hotel Transylvania 2 || ||

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| Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation || ||

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| Hotel Transylvania: Transformania || ||

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| X-Men || Mister Sinister || TV Tokyo edition ||

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| Transformers: Animated|| Megatron || ||

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「ハートビート」（ブレークトン役） Heartbeat (breakton) ??

「刑事コジャック」Kojak (unknown role, may be non-notable)

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  • Alien Resurrection (Vriess)
  • Batman Begins (2008 Fuji TV edition) (Henri Ducard (Liam Neeson))
  • Commando (2015 Blu-ray edition) (Bennett (Vernon Wells))
  • The Dark Crystal (SkekZok)
  • Die Hard with a Vengeance (Fuji TV edition) (Mathias Targo (Nick Wyman))
  • Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (Jake Slicker)
  • Licence to Kill (VHS version) (Franz Sanchez (Robert Davi))
  • Mortal Kombat (Raiden, Christopher Lambert)
  • Power Rangers Megaforce (Admiral Malkor)
  • Sin City (Senator Roark (Powers Boothe))
  • Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (Lando Calrissian)
  • Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (Lando Calrissian)
  • Space: 1999 (Paul Morrow)
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990 film) (Shredder)
  • Transformers Animated (Megatron)
  • True Lies (Fuji TV edition) (Aziz)
  • Twin Peaks (Ed Hurley)
  • Who Dares Win (Captain Peter Skellen)

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References

  • Official agency profile
  • Norio Wakamoto at Hitoshi Doi's Seiyuu Database
  • Original Name Works Cited (archive) on lain.gr.jp
  • Wakamoto Norio profile (archive) on Animate.tv
  • Iyasare-radio, hosted by Wakamoto (archive)