Describe Koichi Yamadera here. P-p-p-please!
Yamadera-san (born June 17, 1961) is more than that, of course. He usually voices cool men (Besides Spike, Kaji from EVA counts as well), but what makes him such a famous VA is his ability to just do ANY type of characters, including Donald Duck and "Boxer" (Balrog/Mike Bison). He also has dubbed actors for American films dubbed into Japanese, including Jim Carrey, Eddie Murphy, and Robin Williams. He was married to fellow seiyuu Mika Kanai, from 1994 to 2006, and to seiyuu/singer Rie Tanaka since 2012 to 2018. In 2021, he announced his third marriage to singer Robin Shoko Okada. He is also a skilled "monomane tarento" (impressionist), as his appearances
in the variety show Monomane Grand Prix would prove.
During a 2012 interview, it was mentioned that he didn't plan to be a voice actor and did initially consider being a TV/film-only actor or be involved in working in a sales company.
Regularly dubs the following actors from foreign films:
- Jim Carrey's characters in Bruce Almighty, A Christmas Carol (specifically, Scrooge and the Ghosts of Christmas Past & Present), Dumb and Dumber, Fun with Dick and Jane, How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, Kick-Ass 2, Liar Liar (Video/DVD dub), Man on the Moon, The Mask (Video/DVD/NHK dubs), The Number 23, A Series of Unfortunate Events, Sonic the Hedgehog, and Yes-Man
- Tom Cruise's characters in Austin Powers in Goldmember, Jerry Maguire (video/DVD dubs), Magnolia and Rain Man (Tokyo Broadcasting System dub)
- Tom Hanks characters in Turner and Hooch (TBS dub), Apollo 13 (Nippon TV dub), Forrest Gump (NTV dub), Saving Private Ryan (TV dub), and Sleepless in Seattle (DVD dub)
- Eddie Murphy's characters in Beverly Hills Cop (On-demand dub), Coming to America (Nippon TV dub, also voices Arsenio Hall's characters in the home video dub), Daddy Day Care, The Distinguished Gentleman, Dr. Dolittle (Nippon TV dub), Dreamgirls, The Golden Child (TV Asahi dub), Harlem Nights, The Haunted Mansion, I Spy, Meet Dave, Metro, Norbit, The Nutty Professor (Nippon TV dub), A Thousand Words, Trading Places (TV Asahi dub), and Tower Heist
- Gary Oldman's characters in The Fifth Element (DVD dub) and The Professional (Blu-ray dub)
- Brad Pitt's characters in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Fight Club, Inglourious Basterds, Killing Them Softly, Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005) (DVD dub), and Troy (TV dub)
- Robin Williams characters in Aladdin, Flubber (DVD/TV dubs), Jack, Mrs. Doubtfire (video/DVD/TV Asahi dubs), and Robots
Has also been in
Anime- Allison and Lillia (Carr Benedict)
- Apocalypse Zero (Kakugo Hagakure)
- Appleseed Ex Machina and Appleseed XIII (Briareos Hecatonchires)
- Arknights: Prelude to Dawn (Wei Yenwu)
- Astro Boy (Memata in the 2003 series; Orrin in the 2009 film)
- Batman Ninja (Batmannote )
- Bleach (Quilge Opie)
- Brave Series:
- Brave Exkaiser (Osamu Tokuda, Trader, and the narrator)
- Brave Police J-Decker (Mil Amigo)
- Bubblegum Crisis (Fargo)
- Captain Tsubasa: Sekai Daikessen!! Jr. World Cup (Ramón Victorino)
- Case Closed (Kyōsuke Haga and Masateru Hira in the TV series)
- Chaos Dragon (Agito)
- City Hunter (Silver Fox, Various incidental and one-off roles)
- City Hunter: Shinjuku Private Eyes (Shinji Okuni)
- Cowboy Bebop (Spike Spiegel)
- Crayon Shin-chan (Boss)
- Cross Ange (Jurai)
- Dancougar (Abel)
- Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Hantengu’s Zohakuten/Hatred form)
- Detonator Orgun (Tomoru Shindo/Orgun)
- Di Gi Charat Nyo! (Yama-chan)
- Dirty Pair (Snake)
- The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. (Kumagoro Saiki)
- Doomed Megalopolis (Junichi Narutaki)
- Doraemon: Nobita and the Island of Miracles ~Animal Adventure~ (Sherman)
- Dragon Ball:
- Stood in for Hirotaka Suzuoki as Tenshinhan for episodes 82 and 84 of Dragonball Z
- Beerus, God of Destruction from Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods on.
- Fist of the Blue Sky (Kenshiro Kasumi)
- Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (Isaac McDougall the Ice Alchemist)
- Galaxy Angel (Colonel Harry)
- Ghost in the Shell
- Ghost in the Shell (Togusa)
- Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (Togusa, The Laughing Man, Baby Ruth and the Watchdog Robot)
- Gintama (Shoyo Yoshida, Utsuro due to their being one and the same and the Time Bandit in the second movie)
- Guyver (Zerebuth)
- Hajime no Ippo Champion Road (Ikki Sanada)
- Honey and Clover (Rōmaiya-senpai)
- Hunter × Hunter 2011 series (Silva Zoldyck)
- Izetta: The Last Witch (Otto)
- Japan Animator Expo (all male voices)
- Jujutsu Kaisen (Miguel)
- Kaiketsu Zorori (Zorori)
- Sgt. Frog (Zorori in the first movie)
- Kochikame (fill-in actor for Kankichi Ryotsu)
- Layton Mystery Detective Agency (Professor Hershel Layton)
- Legend of the Galactic Heroes (Bruno von Silverberg)
- Listeners (Kevin Valentine)
- Lupin III:
- All Lupin III works since 2011 (Inspector Koichi Zenigata (replacing Gorō Naya))
- Lupin III: Crisis in Tokyo (Michael Suzuki and Gondoh)
- The Fuma Conspiracy (a police officer)
- Lupin III: Operation: Return the Treasure (Ivan Krochovich)
- Machine Robo: The Running Battlehackers (Drill Crusher)
- Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Detonation (Phil Maxwell)
- Mars Red (Tokuichi Yamagami)
- Mashin Hero Wataru Series (Kurama Wataribe, reprised in Super Robot Wars X)
- McDonaldland (Ronald McDonald)
- Megazone 23 (Shinji Nakagawa)
- Mermaid Saga (Yūta)
- Michiko & Hatchin (Daniela)
- Millennium Actress (The Man with the Key)
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack (Gyunei Guss)
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway's Flash (Hundley Yeoksam)
- My Hero Academia (Gentle Criminal, a.k.a Danjuro Tobita)
- Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water (Eaton)
- Neon Genesis Evangelion (Ryōji Kaji)
- Ninja Scroll (Jūbee Kibagami)
- One Piece (Corazon)
- One Stormy Night (Barry)
- Paprika (Doctor Morio Osanai)
- Pluto (North No. 2)
- Has provided a role for every single Pokémon: The Series movie:
- Keita's Kamonegi/Farfetch'd in Pokémon: The Original Series
- Mew in Pokémon: The First Movie, Pokémon Journeys: The Series, Pokémon Snap and Super Smash Bros.
- Lugia in Pokémon 2000
- David in Pokémon 3
- Unnamed Pokémon Hunter in Pokémon 4Ever
- Rossi in Pokémon Heroes
- Butler in Pokémon: Jirachi: Wish Maker
- Professor Rondo in Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys
- Sir Aaron in Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew
- Jack Walker in Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea
- Baron Alberto in Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai
- Mugen Graceland in Pokémon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior
- Gishin in Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life
- Goon in Pokémon: Zoroark: Master of Illusions
- Momont in Pokémon: The Movie Black/White
- Cobalion in Pokémon: Kyurem vs. The Sword of Justice
- Shiny Genesect in Pokémon: Genesect and the Legend Awakened
- Ninja Riot in Pokémon: Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction
- Hoopa (Unbound Forme) in Pokémon: Hoopa and the Clash of Ages
- Jarvis in Pokémon: Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel
- Marshadow in Pokémon: I Choose You!
- Zeraora and Mayor Oliver in Pokémon: The Power of Us
- Dr. Zed in Pokémon: Secrets of the Jungle
- Louie in Pokémon XY: The Strongest Mega Evolution Special I and in the XY&Z anime
- Dia and Zeraora in Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon
- Pop Team Epic (all voices in Season 2, episode 7B)
- Ranma ½ (Ryoga Hibiki, P-Chan and the Jusenkyo Guide)
- Saint Seiya: Legend of Sanctuary (Gemini Saga)
- Sakura Wars: The Movie (Brent Furlong)
- Saiyuki (Sha Gojyo in the OVA)
- Samurai Champloo (Nagamitsu)
- Samurai Pizza Cats (Karamaru ("Bad Bird" in the States))
- Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu (Sukeroku Yurakutei)
- Sonic Soldier Borgman (Road Thunder & Dust Gead)
- Sonic Soldier Borgman 2: New Century 2058 (Youma Master)
- Soreike! Anpanman (Meiken Cheese, Kabao-kun, Kamameshidon, etc.)
- Space Battleship Yamato (Susumu Kodai) (after Kei Tomiyama's death, darrin'd by Daisuke Ono in 2199)
- Space Battleship Yamato 2199 (Dessler, reprised in Super Robot Wars V)
- Sword of the Stranger (Rarō)
- Sword Art Online (Akihiko Kayaba)
- Tokyo Babylon (Keiji Sansen)
- Tokyo Godfathers (The taxi driver)
- UFO Baby (Yuzuhiko)
- Vampire Hunter D Bloodlust (Meier Link)
- Yatterman (Yatterwan, Odatebuta and the narrator in the 2008 series and the 2009 live action movie by Takashi Miike. He also has a cameo in person in the latter.)
Dubs- Western Animation
- The Angry Birds Movie (Mighty Eagle)
- Batman: The Animated Series (Opening Narration)
- The Boss Baby (Francis E. Francis, theatrical dub)
- Curious George (Ted)
- Disney:
- Donald Duck in DuckTales (1987) (WOWWOW dub), DuckTales (2017), House of Mouse, Kingdom Hearts, Quack Pack, The Three Caballeros, and Who Framed Roger Rabbit
- Beauty and the Beast (Beast)
- Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (Dale in the TV Tokyo dub of the cartoon; DJ Herzogenaurach and Roger Rabbit in the 2022 movie)
- Cinderella (Jaq)
- DuckTales (1987) (Narration, Burger & Bebop Beagle in the original dub)
- The Enchanted Tiki Room (Stitch in the 2008 Tokyo Disneyland version)
- House of Mouse (Mike)
- Lilo & Stitch franchise (Stitch)
- Stitch! (Stitch)
- The Little Mermaid (Sebastian in the 1999 redub and the sequels)
- Mulan (Mushu)
- Treasure Planet (B.E.N.)
- Toy Story (Woody in the original theatrical dub)
- Wreck-It Ralph and Ralph Breaks the Internet (Wreck-It Ralph)
- Donkey Kong Country TV series (Donkey Kong)
- Early Man (Brian)
- gen:LOCK (Sergeant Iida Kasu and Robo-Shogun, first non-dubbed western project)
- Hotel Transylvania (Dracula)
- Ice Age (Manfred "Manny" the Mammoth)
- Has appeared in almost all of Illumination Entertainment's movies:
- Despicable Me (Vector)
- Despicable Me 2 (Floyd)
- Minions (VNC spokesperson)
- Despicable Me 3 (Fritz)
- Hop (E.B.)
- The Lorax (O'Hare)
- The Secret Life of Pets (Ozone)
- Sing (Mike)
- The Grinch (2018) (Bartholomew)
- Despicable Me (Vector)
- The Land Before Time (Littlefoot's Grandfather in the theatrical version)
- The LEGO Movie and The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part (President Business and Batman)
- The LEGO Batman Movie (Batman)
- Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (Moto Moto)
- The Mask (Stanley Ipkiss/The Mask)
- Megamind (Megamind)
- The Real Ghostbusters (Slimer)
- Shrek series (Donkey)
- The Simpsons (Leon "Michael Jackson" Kompowsky)
- Sonic Underground (Sleet)
- Surf's Up (Reggie)
- Thomas & Friends (James in the NHK dub)
- Tiny Toon Adventures (Plucky Duck)
- We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (Dweeb)
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit (Roger Rabbit and Donald Duck)
- Woody Woodpecker (Woody Woodpecker in the home video dub)
- X-Men: The Animated Series (Cyclops)
Live-Action, dub or otherwise
- The Adventurer (Charlie Chaplin)
- The Adventures Of Sharkboy And Lava Girl (Tobor and the Ice Guardian)
- Austin Powers (Austin Powers and other Mike Myers characters)
- Avalon (Stunner)
- Back to the Future (Marty McFly and other Michael J. Fox characters in the video and DVD dubs of the trilogy. In addition, one dub has him voicing Doc Brown instead!)
- Bad Boys (1995) (Marcus Burnett [Martin Lawrence] in the DVD dubs)
- Band of Brothers (Captain Lewis Nixon [Ron Livingston])
- Tim Burton's Batman movies (Bruce Wayne/Batman [Michael Keaton] in the TV Asahi dubs)
- Blindspot (Kurt Weller [Sullivan Stapleton])
- Borat (Borat Sagdiyev) [Sacha Baron Cohen]
- Bowling for Columbine (Michael Moore)
- Braveheart (William Wallace [Mel Gibson] in the TV dub)
- Charlotte's Web (Templeton)
- City Hunter: The Cupid's Perfume (Ryo Saeba [Philippe Lacheau])
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Roy Neary [Richard Dreyfuss] in the TV Asahi dub)
- Cowboy Bebop (2021) (Spike Spiegel [John Cho])
- Dark Angel (Logan Cale [Michael Weatherly])
- DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story (White Goodman [Ben Stiller])
- The Empire Strikes Back (Han Solo [Harrison Ford] in the TV Asahi dub)
- The Fifth Element (Ruby Rhod [Chris Tucker] in the Nippon TV and DVD dubs along with Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg in the latter dub)
- The Fisher King (the cabaret singer [Michael Jeter])
- The Flash (1990) (The Flash [John Wesley Shipp])
- Full House and Fuller House (Joey Gladstone [Dave Coulier])
- Godzilla
- Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (Yama)
- Godzilla, Mothra, King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack! (TV Producer)
- Godzilla: Final Wars (Narrator)
- The Great Dictator (Charlie Chaplin in the Blu-Ray dub)
- Gremlins 2: The New Batch (Daniel Clamp [John Glover] in the video and DVD dub)
- Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (Tarzan [Christopher Lambert] in the TV dub)
- Hairspray (Edna Turnblad [John Travolta])
- Hobbs & Shaw (Brixton [Idris Elba])
- Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (Marv Merchants [Daniel Stern] in the TV Asahi dub)
- House of Cards (US) (Garrett Walker [Michel Gill])
- I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry (Chuck [Adam Sandler])
- Independence Day (Captain Steve Hiller [Will Smith])
- The Hunger Games (Haymitch Abernathy [Woody Harrelson])
- Jerry Maguire (Jerry Maguire [see Tom Cruise entry above] and Rod Tidwell [Cuba Gooding Jr.] in the TV dub)
- Kung Fu Hustle (Sing [Stephen Chow])
- Lawrence of Arabia (Thomas Edward Lawrence [Peter O'Toole] in the DVD dub)
- Licence to Kill (James Bond [Timothy Dalton] in the TV Asahi dub)
- The Little Witch (2018) (Abraxas)
- The Lord of the Rings (Éomer [Karl Urban])
- Mad Men (Don Draper [Jon Hamm])
- Malcolm X (Malcolm X [Denzel Washington])
- Marvel Cinematic Universe
- Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame (Star-Lord [Chris Pratt])
- Iron Man and Iron Man 2 (James Rhodes/War Machine in the TV Asahi dub)
- Mary Poppins (Bert and Mister Dawes Senior [Dick Van Dyke] in the DVD dub)
- Max Headroom and Pixels (Max Headroom [Matt Frewer])
- The Muppet Christmas Carol and Muppet Treasure Island (Kermit The Frog, Sam the Eagle, and Beaker)
- Pet Sematary (1989) (Victor Pascow [Brad Greenquist] in one dub)
- Pretty Woman (Edward Lewis [Richard Gere] in the TV dub)
- Pokémon Detective Pikachu (Mewtwo, male half [Kotoro Watanabe])
- Pulp Fiction (Butch Coolidge [Bruce Willis])
- Ready Player One (2018) (Ogden Morrow [Simon Pegg])
- Red Cliff (Zhou Yu)
- Red Dwarf (Cat)
- Reservoir Dogs (K-Billy DJ)
- The Rock (Dr. Stanley Goodspeed [Nicolas Cage] in the TV Asahi dub)
- The Rocketeer (Cliff Secord [Bill Campbell] in the DVD dub)
- Roman Holiday (Mario Delani [Paolo Carlini] in the video and DVD dub)
- Rush Hour and its sequels (James Carter [Chris Tucker])
- Space Jam (Michael Jordan)
- Speed (Officer Jack Traven [Keanu Reeves] in the video and DVD dub)
- Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams (Romero [Steve Buscemi])
- Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (David Marcus [Merritt Butrick] in the first dub)
- Stranger Than Fiction (Harold Crick [Will Ferrell])
- The Suicide Squad (Robert DuBois [Idris Elba])
- Super Sentai
- Bakuryuu Sentai Abaranger (Densuke Hamasaki)
- Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger vs. Go-Busters (Zyudenryu Gabutyra)
- Time Cop (Max Walker [Jean-Claude Van Damme] in the TV dub)
- Titanic (Caledon Hockley [Billy Zane] in the DVD dub)
- Tootsie (Michael Dorsey [Dustin Hoffman] in the DVD dub)
- Transformers: Age of Extinction (Bumblebee)
- Ultraman: Towards the Future (Lloyd Wilder [Rick Adams])
- Unbreakable (Elijah Price [Samuel L. Jackson] in the TV Tokyo dub)
- The Untouchables (1987) (Eliot Ness [Kevin Costner] in the TV Asahi dub)
- Van Helsing (Gabriel Van Helsing [Hugh Jackman] in the TV Asahi dub)
- Wayne's World (Wayne Campbell [Mike Meyers])
- White Men Can't Jump (Sidney Deane [Wesley Snipes])
- The Wraith (Jake Kesey [Charlie Sheen] in the TV Asahi dub)
- Young Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes [Nicholas Rowe] in the Fuji TV dub)
Video Games
- 100 Sleeping Princes and the Kingdom of Dreams (Vicky)
- Catherine (Vincent)
- Donkey Kong 64 (Donkey Kong)
- Dragalia Lost (Midgardsormr/High Midgardsormr/Midgardsormr Zero)
- Fate/Grand Order (Xiang Yu)
- Final Fantasy
- Final Fantasy IV for Nintendo DS (Kain Highwind)
- Dissidia 012: Duodecim Final Fantasy (Kain Highwind)
- Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV (Drautos/General Glauca)
- Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise (The Narrator)
- Granblue Fantasy (Metatron)
- Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony (all five Monokuma Kubs)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Gilderoy Lockhart in the Japanese dub)
- Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards (commercial narration)
- Kingdom Hearts (Donald Duck, Beast, Stitch, Mushu, Genie and Sebastian)
- The Last of Us (Joel in the Japanese dub)
- Like a Dragon (Shun Akiyama, starting with Yakuza 4)
- Mobile Suit Gundam Side Stories and Gundam Versus (Master Pierce Rayer and reprises role as Gyunei Guss in the Gundam Extreme Vs. games)
- Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee (Abe)
- Rival Schools: United by Fate (Daigo Kazama)
- Rogue Galaxy (Desert Claw and Narration)
- Street Fighter Alpha 3 (Balrog and Cody)
- Strikers 1945 (The Narrator)
- Tales of Destiny (Johnny Sheeden and Diego Batisuta)
- Xenosaga (Gaignun Kukai and Albedo Piazzolla)
Web Animation
- gen:LOCK (Kazu Iida)
