*anese actor

Akio Ōtsuka (大塚 明夫, Ōtsuka Akio, born November 24, 1959) is a *anese actor, voice actor and narrator from the Tokyo Metropolitan area. He is attached to Mausu Promotion.

The astringent and calm quality of his deep voice has landed him many roles in films, dubbing, animation, and video games. He is most known for the roles of second generation Jigen Daisuke (Lupin III franchise), Black Jack (Black Jack), Solid Snake, Naked Snake, Solidus Snake and Venom Snake (Metal Gear games), Gamigami Devil (Popolocrois), Ryoma Hoshi (Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony), Shunsui Kyouraku (Bleach), Lieutenant Garuru (Sgt. Frog), Gwendel von Voltaire (Kyo Kara Maoh!), Batou (Ghost in the Shell series and movies), Blackbeard/Marshall D. Teach (One Piece), Tadakatsu Honda (Samurai Warriors and Warriors Orochi series), twin police inspectors Sango and Jugo Yokomizo (Detective Conan), Bryan Hawk (Hajime no Ippo), All For One (My Hero Academia), Thorkell (Vinland Saga), Wamuu (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure), Anavel Gato (Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory) and the various incarnations of Xehanort (Kingdom Hearts series). Apart from voicing villainous or jokester characters, he also occasionally does narration for anime shows. He is the son of the late voice actor Chikao Ohtsuka.

He is also the famous official dubbing roles for many western actors such as Steven Seagal, Nicolas Cage, Antonio Banderas, Dolph Lundgren, Samuel L. Jackson, Denzel Washington, Dennis Quaid and many more.

On January 7, 2017, he was married, according to Mausu Promotion.

Contents

• 1 Filmography
  • 1.1 Television animation
  • 1.2 OVA
  • 1.3 ONA
  • 1.4 Cinematic animation
  • 1.5 Live-action films
  • 1.6 Live-action television
  • 1.7 Tokusatsu
  • 1.8 Video games
  • 1.9 Drama CD
  • 1.10 Dubbing roles
    • 1.10.1 Live-action
    • 1.10.2 Animation
    • 1.10.3 Other
• 2 Awards
• 3 References
• 4 External links

Filmography

Television animation

OVA

ONA

Cinematic animation

Live-action films

Live-action television

Tokusatsu

Video games

Drama CD

• Dengeki Bunko Best Game Selection7 Fire Emblem Tabidati no syou (????) (Hardin)
• Fire Emblem Shiranhen/Soumeihen (????) (King of Talys)
• Jojo's Bizarre Adventure (????) (Mohammed Avdol)
• Drama CD Metal Gear Solid (????) (Solid Snake)
• Sdatcher (????) (Jean-Jack Gibson)

Dubbing roles

Live-action

Animation

Other

• Bionicle (Tahu, Lhikan)
• Mega64 (Konami Janitor (Rocco Botte))
• VR Troopers (Grimlord/Karl Ziktor) (Gardner Baldwin)

Awards

References

External links

• Official agency profile (in *anese)
• Akio Ōtsuka at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Akio Ōtsuka at IMDb
• Akio Ōtsuka on Twitter

Characters

• Solid Snake
• Big Boss
• Gray Fox
• Revolver Ocelot
• Meryl Silverburgh
• Sniper Wolf
• Otacon
• Liquid Snake
• Raiden
• The Boss
• Eva
• Kazuhira Miller
• Venom Snake
• Quiet

People

• Hideo Kojima
• Yoji Shinkawa
• Shinta Nojiri
• Mineshi Kimura
• Harry Gregson-Williams
• Norihiko Hibino
• David Hayter
• Akio Ōtsuka
• Kiefer Sutherland
• Project Itoh

Related

• Kojima Productions
• Fox Engine
• Discography
• Philanthropy
• DreamMix TV World Fighters
• Ape Escape 3
• Super Smash Bros.
  • Brawl
  • Ultimate
• PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale

• Category