With the MS-186H-CH "Auris Char Aznable" Toyota made in his honor. note
Shuichi Ikeda... HE IS A CHAAAAAAR!!!
This is how most anime fans know Shuichi Ikeda (born December 2, 1949), as the notorious Char Aznable of Mobile Suit Gundam, whose subsequent roles eventually had Char references that he even accepted, with some reluctance. He was once married to Keiko Toda of Anpanman fame, but later married Sakiko Tamagawa. He's also the official dub actor for Jet Li.
Notable roles by Shuichi Ikeda:
- Adrian Veidt/Ozymandias (Jeremy Irons) in the Japanese dub of Watchmen TV series.
- Aegaeon in Xenoblade Chronicles 2
- Ashikaga Yoshiteru in Sengoku Basara 4
- Super Sentai:
- Sandaaru in Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger
- Bat Li in Juken Sentai Gekiranger
- Sandaaru Jr. in Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger
- BloomLordmon in Digimon Ghost Game
- Captain Jurgen T. Kork (Christian Tramitz) in the Japanese dub of Traumschiff Surprise – Periode 1.
- Dagda in Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse
- Dark Vader in Gintama who's obviously inspired by Char.
- Dii from Utawarerumono
- Eldeel in Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys
- Escalade Cadillac in Uchuu Senkan Tiramisu
- Friston-3 in Arknights
- Gabriel Sekaibashi in Cube×Cursed×Curious
- Gundam series:
- Char Aznable of Mobile Suit Gundam, Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (As Quattro Bajeena), Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack and the Super Robot Wars series
- Full Frontal of Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn
- Count George de Gourmant in Honoo no Alpen Rose
- Gilbert Durandal of Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny
- Commander Sazabi in SD Gundam Force
- Harry Spencer in The Sniper
- Herc Hansen in the Japanese dub of Pacific Rim, who is, fittingly, a pilot in a Humongous Mecha genre movie
- Hiko Seijuro of Rurouni Kenshin
- Jabberwock of Project ARMS
- Jack Norman in Resident Evil: Revelations
- Kite in Hunter × Hunter (2011)
- Kyoshiro Nagumo of Future GPX Cyber Formula SAGA and SIN
- Lahabrea and Hephaistos in Final Fantasy XIV
- Leo Millafoden in Birdie Wing
- Margarette of The Law of Ueki
- Marluxia of Kingdom Hearts
- Martin Resuto in Monster
- Commander Radik in Daitarn 3
- Raoul Duke (Johnny Depp) in the Japanese dub of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
- Robert Châteaubriand in Sakura Wars 2: Thou Shalt Not Die
- Sazanami of Naruto
- Silvermask of The Heroic Legend of Arslan
- Seedle in Makai Kingdom
- Scorpio Milo of Saint Seiya (replaced by Toshihiko Seki)
- Shadow Red of Tech Romancer
- Shanks of One Piece
- Shin Natsume of Tenjho Tenge
- Masayoshi Shido in Persona 5
- Shouka Kou and the Narrator of The Story of Saiunkoku
- Shuichi Akai of Case Closed
- Sun Wukong and his clone Silent Monk in the Japanese dub of The Forbidden Kingdom
- Ulrich Kesler of Legend of the Galactic Heroes
- Ryuzu Myoujin in Cardfight!! Vanguard G.
- Wong Fei-hung (Jet Li) in the Japanese dub of the Once Upon a Time in China movies
- Walfried/The Blue Knight in Granblue Fantasy
- Yomi and Nigi in the Tengai Makyou series
- Rick Blaine in the Japanese HBO Max dub of Casablanca
