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7	Another great candidate of villain voices, second to only Creator/NorioWakamoto. Despite his high pitched, wry voice and versatile acting skills... Ryūsei Nakao (born Tomoharu Takeo, February 5, 1951) tends to be cast as someone who has the label of pure evil in '''Boldface'''. Most of his characters tends to be extremely sadistic, cunning and scheming, mostly on the intelligence side.
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9	His three most infamous roles: [[EvilOverlord Freeza]] of ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', [[MadScientist Mayuri Kurotsuchi]] of ''Anime/{{Bleach}}'' and [[MadScientist Caesar Clown]] of ''Anime/OnePiece'' pretty much sums up the quality of his main forte roles. But... we ''did'' say he is a versatile actor, right? In fact, when it comes to WesternAnimation dubs, he tends to play ''the heroes/protagonists'' (mostly the trickster ones, but still)
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11	But then again, considering his reputation for being a charming gentleman and ladies' man with a ''sweet and gentle'' (you read that right) singing voice....
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13	Appeared as a guest in ''Series/DenshiSentaiDenziman'', where he got to sing a disco number. Then, he went on to voice the BigBad of ''Series/TokusouSentaiDekaranger'' then the EvilGenius for ''Series/ShurikenSentaiNinninger''.
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15	Compare with other voice actors that specializes well in villain roles like Creator/NorioWakamoto or Creator/JojiNakata
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17	Interestingly, most (if not almost all) of the characters he voices tend to have the color purple incorporated into their design.
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19	!!Some of Ryūsei Nakao's most notable roles include:
20	* Agent Abrella (voice) in ''Series/TokusouSentaiDekaranger'', as well as his cameo in ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger''
21	* Ameno-sagiri in ''Anime/Persona4TheAnimation''
22	* Anre in ''VideoGame/GranblueFantasy''
23	* Arekshim in ''VideoGame/TechRomancer''
24	* Baikinman (Bacteriaman) in ''[[Literature/{{Anpanman}} Soreike! Anpanman]]''
25	* Bartok in the Japanese version of ''WesternAnimation/{{Anastasia}}''
26	* [[Creator/RobinWilliams Batty Koda]] in the Japanese version of ''WesternAnimation/FernGullyTheLastRainforest''
27	* [[Creator/DustinHoffman Mr. Bergstrom]] in the Japanese dub of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''
28	* Bethor Zelazny in ''VideoGame/PhantasyStarOnline2''
29	* Boober Fraggle in ''Series/FraggleRock'' (1985 Creator/{{NHK}} dub)
30	* Brain Freezer in the Japanese dub of ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyTest''
31	* Buster Bunny in the dub of ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures''
32	* Brad Kilstein in ''VideoGame/PsychicForce''
33	* Caesar Clown, Eric and Indigo in ''Manga/OnePiece''
34	* Captain C. Howard (Creator/JoePantoliano) in the TV Asahi dub of ''Film/BadBoysII''
35	* Carlos Rivera in ''Manga/TomorrowsJoe'' (PlayingAgainstType since Carlos is mostly a NiceGuy when off the ring)
36	* Cindelman in ''VideoGame/LiveALive'' (2022 remake)
37	* Cobra Commander in the Japanese dub of ''WesternAnimation/GIJoeTheMovie''
38	* Cranky Kong in the ''WesternAnimation/DonkeyKongCountry'' TV series
39	* Croaker in the Japanese dub of ''Film/KermitsSwampYears''
40	* Darkwing Duck in the dub of... well... ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck''
41	* Droopy in the Japanese dubs of several ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' DTV movies
42	* Edison Crisper in ''Film/KamenRiderBeyondGenerations''
43	* The level 3 Akuma Eshi in ''Manga/DGrayMan''
44	* Electro in the Japanese version of ''Ride/TheAmazingAdventuresOfSpiderMan''
45	* Eyesmon in ''Anime/DigimonGhostGame''
46	* Farfarello in ''Anime/WeissKreuz''
47	* Ferdinand in the dubs of ''Film/{{Babe}}'' and ''Film/BabePigInTheCity''
48	* Fool in ''VideoGame/TailConcerto''
49	* Multiple roles in the ''Franchise/DragonBall'' franchise:
50	** Prior to his more famous role, he voiced Tambourine [[spoiler: who was responsible for Krillin's first death.]]
51	** [[Characters/DragonBallFrieza Freeza]] in ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' - his StarMakingRole, not to mention the beginning of over three decades of (marvelous) typecasting.
52	** [[AloofBigBrother Cooler]], Chilled and [[GoodCounterpart Fr]][[EvilAllAlong ost]] in the same franchise.
53	* Goldie Wilson (Donald Fullilove) in ''Film/BackToTheFuture1''
54	* Heathcliff in the Japanese dub of ''WesternAnimation/HeathcliffAndTheCatillacCats''
55	* Him in ''Anime/PowerpuffGirlsZ''
56	* Himley in ''Anime/{{Daimos}}'' (A one-shot yet heroic role, in the previous decade before he got [[Anime/DragonBallZ his most famous role]])
57	* Howard the Duck in the Tokyo Broadcasting System dub of... ''Film/HowardTheDuck''
58	* Igano Kagemaru in ''Manga/IgaNoKabamaru'' (PlayingAgainstType since he's the main protagonist, and his child self is voiced by Creator/MasakoNozawa)
59	* Ickis in the Japanese dub of ''WesternAnimation/AaahhRealMonsters''
60	* José Carioca in the Japanese dub of ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017''
61	* Katsumi Sagai in ''Videogame/Yakuza6''
62	* Kraken Isaac in ''Manga/SaintSeiya''
63	* Icelus in ''Manga/SaintSeiyaTheLostCanvas''
64	* UsefulNotes/ImagawaYoshimoto in ''VideoGame/Nioh2''
65	* King in ''Anime/GAROVanishingLine''
66	* Jean-Bob in the Japanese dub of ''WesternAnimation/TheSwanPrincess''
67	* Jon Arbuckle in the Japanese dub of ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends''
68	* Ling in the Japanese dub of ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'' and ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII''
69	* Lucemon Falldown Mode in ''Anime/DigimonFrontier''
70	* Mac Gargan/Scorpion in the Japanese dub of ''VideoGame/SpiderManPS4''
71	* Masakage Tsugomori in ''Series/ShurikenSentaiNinninger''
72	* [[MadScientist Mayuri Kurotsuchi]] in ''Manga/{{Bleach}}''
73	* Mganga in the Japanese version of ''VideoGame/ArenaOfValor''
74	* Mito's Male Avatar in ''Anime/SwordArtOnlineTheMovieProgressiveAriaOfAStarlessNight.''
75	* [[MonkeyKingLite Monkey King]] in ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'' (Japanese dub; how ironic for you, Freeza, to be cast as a closer-to-original version of your nemesis)
76	* Muma in ''VideoGame/{{Compass}}''
77	* Alien Nackle in ''Film/UltramanMebiusAndTheUltraBrothers''
78	* The Playing Card Bomber in Toei's ''Anime/YuGiOhFirstAnimeSeries''
79	* Popuko in ''Manga/PopTeamEpic Ep. 3 Part B'' and ''Pop Team Epic Kinen''
80	* ''Anime/PrettyCure'':
81	** Noise in ''Anime/SuitePrettyCure''
82	** Night Pumpkin in ''Anime/GoPrincessPrettyCureGoGoGorgeousTripleFeature''
83	* Professor Gibellus in ''Film/UltramanDeckerFinaleJourneyToBeyond''
84	* Professor Quirinus Quirell in the Japanese dub of the ''VideoGame/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone'' video game adaptation
85	* Robin the Frog and Bean Bunny in the Japanese dub of ''Film/TheMuppetChristmasCarol'' (dubbing for Jerry Nelson and Steve Whitmire, respectively)
86	* Takashi Shirogane in ''Anime/GoLion'' (Sven in ''Anime/{{Voltron}}''. Oh and this role also had him PlayingAgainstType)
87	* Sho Terashima in ''VideoGame/ZankiZero''
88	* Simon Orestes Cohen in ''VideoGame/AceCombat3''
89	* Sniff in ''Anime/Moomin1990''
90	* [[HairRaisingHare Snowball]] in the Japanese dub of ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretLifeOfPets''
91	* Stanley in the Japanese dub of ''WesternAnimation/ATrollInCentralPark''
92	* Tanji Washijō in ''Manga/{{Haikyuu}}''
93	* Tatsuya Sudou in ''VideoGame/Persona2''
94	* The Tramp in the DVD dub of ''WesternAnimation/LadyAndTheTramp''
95	* Vaccineman in ''Webcomic/OnePunchMan'' (which is one hell of a CastingGag)
96	* William Conrad in ''Anime/TrigunStampede''
97	* Yakko Warner in the Japanese version of ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}''. He sings all of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xz11e1DcC5Y Yakko's songs.]]
98	* Ziro the Hutt in the Japanese dub of ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars''
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101	->''[[Anime/DragonBallZ Zarbon-san! Dodoria-san! Look! What beautiful fireworks!]]''
102	->''[[Manga/PopTeamEpic Nah, on second thought, these fireworks are irritating the hell out of me. points finger Heh heh heh... This article's life ends 30 minutes from now.]]''
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