Kinryū Arimoto (real name: Yoshitaka Arimoto; written with the same kanji), born February 11, 1940, was a Japanese voice actor formerly employed by Production Baobab and is a shodan in kenpo.
His roles tend to go by the older male spectrum, specially members of the Evil Old Folks club. If not, he might be the Cool Old Guy.
On February 1, 2019, he passed away due to esophageal cancer.
Some roles by Kinryū Arimoto are:
- Baccano!: Szilard Quates
- Bleach: Ginrei Kuchiki
- Dear Brother: Professor Misonoo
- Elfen Lied: Chief Kakuzawa
- Fullmetal Alchemist (2003): Father Cornello
- Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood: Knox
- Gate Keepers: The AEGIS Commander
- Gundam Wing: Mr. Winner and Count Townsend
- Inazuma Eleven: Seigou Hibiki
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Cameo
- Kill la Kill: Dr. Isshin Matoi
- My-HiME: Joseph Grier
- Matoi the Sacred Slayer: Seigen Kusanagi
- Mobile Suit Gundam SEED: Patrick Zala
- One Piece: Edward "Whitebeard" Newgate
- Psycho-Pass: Tomomi Masaoka
- Street Fighter Alpha: Generations: old Gouken (with Kenyū Horiuchi as young Gouken)
- Ushio and Tora: Marco Pavroti
- Dub voice of Franz Sanchez in Licence to Kill
- Dub voice of General Leonid Pushkin in The Living Daylights
- Dub voice of Jason Gideon in Criminal Minds
- Dub voice of Tom Jones in Mars Attacks!
- Dub voice of Martin Crane in Frasier
- Dub voice of Jack O'Neill in Stargate SG-1
- Dub voice of Mike Ehrmantraut in Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul
- Dub voice of the Man in Black in Westworld Season 1
