Eric Kelso Explained

Eric Kelso
Birth Date:December 22
Nationality:American
Alma Mater:University of California at Santa Barbara
Years Active:1988–present

Eric Kelso (born December 22) is an American voice actor, director, presenter and producer currently based in Tokyo, Japan.

He is best known as the voice of Paul Phoenix in the video game series, Tekken, as well as Guizhang Chen,[1] Masayuki Fukuhara, and Ren of Heavens in the Shenmue series, Captain Falcon, and Blood Falcon in F-Zero GX, and Jacky Bryant in the Virtua Fighter series.[2] Outside of video games, he has also provided voices for many Japanese TV shows, films, radio programs.

Early life

Eric Kelso attended high school in Santa Cruz, California and went to the University at Santa Barbara where he majored in Film Studies. While at UCSB he received a Corwin Metropolitan Film Award for writing and directing the short film, "an echo en route".[3]

After graduating in 1986, he set out to travel the world in search of documentary film subjects. He eventually made his way to his current long-time residence of Japan.[4]

Career

Narration

Kelso has been active in Japan doing English-language and Japanese-language voiceovers for movies, television shows, children's programs and educational broadcasting. In 1995, Kelso provided live interactive voiceover and CG movement work for Mr. Mike, a sarcastic talking microphone character, around the world. Notable events include TELECOM 95 in Geneva, Switzerland,[5] as well as at ASIA TELECOM 97 in Singapore.

He voiced the Japanese movie trailer for Disney's Mulan, as well as the part of River Guide in the Wild River Splash VR Simulator ride for DreamWorks at SEGA's Joypolis in Tokyo. In 2006, shortly after the merger of Tomy and Takara, Kelso provided the voice for the Omnibot 2007: i-SOBOT, which has been certified by Guinness World Records as "the world's smallest humanoid robot in production".

Kelso has been a director and producer for corporate video recordings for companies such as Prologis Inc. and Medtronic.

Voice acting

Kelso began voice acting for the video game industry in 1996. In 2001, he voiced the character Paul Phoenix in the fighting video game, Tekken 4.[6] In 2004, Kelso reprised this role in 5[7] and continued to voice the character in Dark Resurrection and 6.

In 2000, Kelso provided voices for the English dub of the Sega Dreamcast game, Shenmue. Playing the roles of Masayuki Fukuhara and Guizhang Chen, Kelso noted how expansive the project was, having a more developed storyline and more dialogue than other games at the time. In 2001, Kelso became the voice for another fighting game character in Virtua Fighter 3 called Jacky Bryant. He also reprised the role in Virtua Fighter 5,[8] as well as side projects featuring the character, such as, Sega Superstars,[9] Virtua Quest,[10] Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing,[11] and Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate[12] In 2002, Kelso also worked on the sequel to Shenmue, Shenmue II, voicing a new character in the franchise, Wuying Ren "of Heavens". The English dub of the game appeared in the re-released version on the Microsoft Xbox console as well as the high-definition ports for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

Filmography

Television

Year Title Role NotesRef.
DoraemonunknownGakken English dub[13]
1993–1998Iron ChefMasaharu Morimoto
Yoshiro Mori
Live-action English dub[14]
2001Zoids: Century NeoAdditional voicesAlternate English dub; pilot
2015Air BoundAce, Owen, Buck ToothInternational English dub
Sakura QuestMayor NaumannJapanese dub (Ep. 25)[15]
The Marginal ServiceCharacter Naration

Video games

Year Title RoleNotesRef.
1996Virtua Fighter 3Jacky Bryant
1997Soul EdgeEnglish dub
2000SlashoutSlash
Gungriffon BlazeVarious
ShenmueMasayuki Fukuhara, Guizhang ChenEnglish dub
2001Virtua Fighter 4Jacky Bryant
Tekken 4Paul PhoenixSelect voice samples re-used in 5 and 6
Planet of the ApesVarious
Universal Studios Theme Parks AdventureWoody Woodpecker, Biff Tannen
2002Shenmue IIWuying Ren
2003Dino Crisis 3Jacob RanshawMotion capture
F-Zero GXCaptain Falcon, Blood Falcon
Glass RoseTakashi Kagetani, KazuyaEnglish dub
Bloody Roar 4Reiji TakigawaEnglish dub
2004Firefighter F.D.18Dean McGregorCredited as Erick Kelso
Gradius VPilot, Boss
Various
Dainn, Kid, Coffin Shopkeeper, EnnioEnglish dub
Sega SuperstarsJacky Bryant
Tekken 5Paul Phoenix
Baten KaitosKalasEnglish dub
Metal Wolf ChaosAdditional voices[16]
2005Virtua QuestJacky BryantEnglish dub
Shining Force Neo KleinEnglish dub
Paul Phoenix
2006Virtua Fighter 5Jacky Bryant
ElebitsEd (Dad)English dub
Various
2007Lunar KnightsDuke Dumas, KayEnglish dub
Various
Mega Max ZX AdventAeolusEnglish dub[17]
Tekken 6Paul Phoenix
2010Sonic & SEGA All-Stars RacingJacky Bryant
Michael ArenaEnglish dub
2013Dead or Alive 5 UltimateJacky Bryant
2015Dead or Alive 5 Last RoundJacky Bryant[18]
Transformers PachinkoOptimus Prime
Time Crisis 5Marc GodartEnglish dub
Devil’s Third OnlineVarious
2016NightCryHarry, Newscaster, HQEnglish dub[19]
Pokémon TrettaAnnouncer
2019Shenmue IIIWuying RenEnglish Dub (Mod)[20]

Radio

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
1991New York and Boston with EricHost
1991–1992Radio EikawaHost
1992Florida with EricHost

Other voice work

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
1995Mr. MikeVoice, motion capture; Interactive CG
2001Universal Studios JapanWoody WoodpeckerTheme Park
2007i-SOBOTEnglish voice; Robot
2019Ultra Galaxy Fight: New Generation HeroesUltra Dark-KillerYouTube web series; English dub[21]
2020Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Absolute ConspiracyUltraman Zero, Ultraman GreatYouTube web series; English dub[22]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Eric Kelso (visual voices guide) . Behind The Voice Actors . December 8, 2017. . A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information..
  2. Web site: Voice Of Jacky Bryant – Virtua Fighter 4 . Behind The Voice Actors . 2016-10-21.
  3. Web site: Photographic image of newspaper article. PNG. 65.media.tumblr.com. 2022-02-12.
  4. Web site: SEGA Nerds interview with Shenmue voice actors . YouTube . 2015-07-09 . 2016-10-21.
  5. Web site: Media Centre. Itu.int.
  6. Web site: Voice Of Paul Phoenix – Tekken 4 . Behind The Voice Actors . 2016-10-21.
  7. Web site: Voice Of Paul Phoenix – Tekken 5 . Behind The Voice Actors . 2016-10-21.
  8. Web site: Voice Of Jacky Bryant – Virtua Fighter 5 . Behind The Voice Actors . 2016-10-21.
  9. Web site: Voice Of Jacky Bryant – Sega Superstars . Behind The Voice Actors . 2016-10-21.
  10. Web site: Virtua Quest voice cast. Album on Imgur. 2017-07-17.
  11. Web site: Voice Of Jacky Bryant – Sonic and Sega All-Stars Racing . Behind The Voice Actors . 2016-10-21.
  12. Web site: Voice Of Jacky Bryant – Dead or Alive 5 . Behind The Voice Actors . 2016-10-21.
  13. Web site: Profile. Eric Kelso. en. 2019-11-03.
  14. Web site: The Voices of Iron Chef (1998, Live Action Series) – Voice Cast Listing at Voice Chasers. Voicechasers.com. 2016-10-21.
  15. Web site: TVアニメ「サクラクエスト」公式. sakura-quest.com. Japanese. 2019-05-13.
  16. . Metal Wolf Chaos . FromSoftware . Ending credits, 24:30 in, Voice Artist . 2004 .
  17. . Mega Man ZX Advent . . Ending credits, 3:24:20 in, –VOICE CAST– . 2007.
  18. Web site: Dead or Alive 5: Last Round voice cast (Japanese). imgur.com. 2019-05-13.
  19. Web site: English Voice Cast Announced For NightCry ｜ Rely on Horror. 2015-12-30. Rely on Horror. 2016-03-11.
  20. Web site: Chalk. Andy. 8 April 2021. Shenmue 3 mod brings back the original Ren and Lan Di. 10 February 2022. PC Gamer.
  21. Web site: ULTRA GALAXY FIGHT: THE ABSOLUTE CONSPIRACY ENGLISH CAST REVEALED! . Ultraman Galaxy . 10 October 2020 . 10 October 2020.
  22. Web site: ULTRA GALAXY FIGHT: THE ABSOLUTE CONSPIRACY ENGLISH CAST REVEALED! . Tsuburaya Productions . 10 October 2020 . 10 October 2020.

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