Kōsei Tomita Explained

Kōsei Tomita
Native Name:	富田 耕生
Native Name Lang:	ja
Birth Name:	Kōkichi Tomita
Birth Date:	4 February 1936
Birth Place:	Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Height:	167cm
Years Active:	1956–2020

was a Japanese actor and voice actor from Tokyo Prefecture who was affiliated with Aoni Production and Production Baobab. He voiced Doraemon in the first half of the original 1973 Doraemon series. He voiced Shunsaku Ban, also known as Mustachio (Higeoyaji) or Daddy Walrus, a character appearing in many of Osamu Tezuka's productions. He was known for dubbing over Ernest Borgnine, Orson Welles, Charles Durning, Burt Young, Lee J. Cobb and many more. He also lent his voice to the Japanese dubbing of Mario (Bob Hoskins) in Super Mario Bros. He received an Achievement Award at the 3rd Seiyu Awards.^[1]

He died of a stroke on September 27, 2020, He was 84 years old.^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

Filmography

Anime

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Source
	Tetsujin 28-go	Chief Ootsuka
	Sally the Witch	Daimaō	1st TV series
	GeGeGe no Kitarō	Konaki-Jijii	1st TV series, Ep. 29
	The World of Hans Christian Andersen	Hans' father
	Cyborg 009	King of Galaria
	Akane-chan	Chairman Kitaoji
	Mōretsu Atarō	Butamatsu, Beshi, Dekapan	1st series
	Flying Phantom Ship	Secretary of Defense
	Tiger Mask	Kintaro Ohki
-70	Moomin	Sniff
	Little Remi and Famous Dog Capi	Jerome
	Andersen stories	Sultan, Emperor of China	Ep. 6, 11-12
	Animal Treasure Island	Otto		^[6]
	Wandering Sun	Kumagoro
	Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves	Spirit of the Lamp
	Apache Baseball Army	Principal Iwaki
	Lupin The Third Part I	Gantetsu, George Takigawa
	New Moomin	Sniff
	Moonlight Mask	Dr. Hinken
	The Three Musketeers in Boots	Mouse Leader
	Triton of the Sea	Leharu
	Mahōtsukai Chappy	Donchan, Grandpa
	Devilman	Gelge
	Mon Cheri CoCo	Baker
	Hazedon	Suzukintoki
	Mazinger Z	Dr. Hell, Nuke, Ankoku Daishogun
	Demetan Croaker, The Boy Frog	Gyata
	Fables of the Green Forest	Buster Bear
	Doraemon		Eps. 1–13
	Mazinger Z vs. Devilman	Dr. Hell, Nuke
	Zero Tester	Dr. Gao
	Cutie Honey	Danbei Hayami
	Yaemon, the Locomotive	Harubaru
	Vicky the Viking	Halvar
- 75	Getter Robo series	Professor Saotome, Joho
	Hoshi no Ko Chobin	Kumandon
	Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid	Duke the Whale
	Great Mazinger vs. Getter Robo	Professor Saotome
	Maya the Bee	Christopher, Puck
	Kum-Kum	Paru-Paru
	Grendizer	Danbei Makiba, Gandaru commander
	Puss 'n Boots Travels Around the World	Father Mouse, Cat King		^[7]
	Chōdenji Robo Combattler V	Professor Yotsuya
		Professor Saotome
	Hana no Kakaricho	Ayanoroji Mashumaro
	Jetter Mars	Higeoyaji	TV series	^[8]
	Wakusei Robo Danguard Ace series	Dr. Ooedo, Tamagar
	Lupin the Third Part II	Olivera Net, Inspector Konaizo, Garlic
	Starzinger	Don Hakka
	Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato	Zavival
	One Million-year Trip: Bander Book	King Bolbox	TV special	^[9]
	Space Battleship Yamato II	Zavival
	The Mystery of Mamo	Commissioner
	Cyborg 009	Professor Gilmore
	Animation Kikō Marco Polo no Bōken アニメーション紀行 マルコ・ポーロの冒険	Matteo Polo
	Lupin 813 怪盗ルパン813の謎	Kesselbach ケセルバッハ
		Deda
	Space Emperor God Sigma	Dr. Kazami
	Fumoon	Hige Oyaji	TV special	^[10]
	The New Adventures of Gigantor	Inspector Ohtsuka
	Beast King GoLion	Dai Bazāru Daiteiō ("Emperor Daibazaal")
	Enchanted Journey	Pippo
	Bremen 4: Angels in Hell	Adagio
	Six God Combination Godmars	Shigeru Otsuka
	Urusei Yatsura	Tadashi Yanagi
	Game Center Arashi	Dr. Taitei
	The Mysterious Cities of Gold	Pisaro, Teteora
		Poseidon
	Armored Trooper Votoms	Bouleuse Gotho
	Puroyagu o 10-bai tanoshiku miru hōhō	Spy, Arakawa
		Bob Bragan
	Serendipity the Pink Dragon	Captain Sumaji
	Ginga Hyōryū Vifam	Narrator, Commander, Aizeru
	Lupin III Part III	Chinkai, Niharofu, Karourosu
	Attacker You!	Director Takada
		Osawa
	Once Upon a Time... Space	Jumbo	French and Japanese production
	Bagi, the Monster of Mighty Nature	The Chief
	Chō-ryoku robo garatto 超力ロボ ガラット	Governor
	Elves of the Forest	Yourupukki
- 86	Sherlock Hound series		Also specials
- 88	Pro Golfer Saru series	Uncle
	Dream-Star Button Nose	Hobita
	Maison Ikkoku	Mr. Chigusa, Kyoko's father
	Galaxy Investigation 2100: Border Planet	Hige-Oyaji	TV special
	Doctor Chichibuyama	Dr. Koshigaya
	Oishinbo	Tōjin Tōyama
	Legend of the Galactic Heroes	Alexander Bucock
		Shunsaku Ban	OAV	^[11]
	Tezuka Osamu Story: I am Son-goku 手塚治虫物語 ぼくは孫悟空	Higeoyaji	TV special
–91	Ys	Roda Tree
	The Laughing Salesman	Taizo Awate
	Heisei Genius Bakabon	Bakabon's Papa
	Lupin the 3rd: The Hemingway Papers	Konsano
	Soreike! Anpanman Minami no Umi o Sukue	それいけ！アンパンマン みなみの海をすくえ！	Obake Ika
	The Three-Eyed One	Granputta
	Floral Magician Mary Bell	Holy Tree
	Nontan	Kashinoki
	New Dominion Tank Police	Chief
-95	New Cutie Honey	Danbei Hayami		^[12]
		Anaconda
	Raideen the Superior	Barghest
	The Dog of Flanders	Ansole (Hardware store)
	Jungle Emperor Leo		Film	^[13]
		Dr. Clone
	Cowboy Bebop	Dr. Bacchus
	Golgo 13: Queen Bee	Gordon	OVA
	Master Keaton	Otter
	Funny candy of Okashinana!?	King Salt
	Shukan Storyland	Chief
	Digimon Adventure 02	Chikara Hida
		Kingyoya deme zo 金魚屋出目蔵
	Tezuka Osamu ga Kieta?! 20 Seiki Saigo no Kaijiken	Higeoyagi (Shunsaku Ban)
	Shin Getter Robo vs Neo Getter Robo	Professor Saotome	OVA series
	Salaryman Kintaro	Ryuzo Igo
	Metropolis	Shinsaku Ban	Film
	Mazinkaiser	Dr. Hell
	Tokyo Underground	Old man
	Astro Boy: Mighty Atom	Higeoyaji	TV series
- 06	Black Jack series	Master	TV series, related specials such as "The Two Doctors of Darkness", 21 series
	Kaiketsu Zorori	Director Gomez
	Buzzer Beater	Executive
	Gin Tama	Sanzo Fudo
	El Cazador de la Bruja	Bucho
	Summer Days with Coo	Toshio
	Golgo 13	Ingemar Peterson	TV series
	Scarecrowman the Animation	Nero
	Kupū~!! Mamegoma!	Ho Grandfather
	Astro Boy			^[14]
	装甲騎兵ボトムズ 孤影再び	Buruzu Goto ブールーズ・ゴウト	OVA
	The World Is Still Beautiful	Ratcliff		^[15]
	Magic Kaito 1412	Jirokichi Suzuki
	Young Black Jack	Shunsaku Ban (aka Hige-Oyaji)		^[16]

Video games

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Source
	Lego Island	Infomaniac		^[17]
	Salaryman Kintaro the game	Ryuzo Igo
	GeGeGe no Kitaro games	Nurikabe
	Crayon Shin-Chan: Arashi o Yobu Cinema Land クレヨンしんちゃん 嵐を呼ぶ シネマランド カチンコガチンコ大活劇！	Anaconda
	Professional Golfer Saru	Uncle
		The King
		Daniel Clark
	Maji de Watashi ni Koi Shinasai! S	Masa Nabeshima	Adult PC Game, as Uchi Sumi to-ryū 内須美斗流

Overseas dubbing

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Source
Rocky	Paulie Pennino		1983 TBS edition	^[18]
Rocky II			1984 TBS edition	^[19]
Rocky III			1987 TBS edition
Rocky IV			1989 TBS and 1995 TV Asahi editions	^[20]
Rocky V			1994 NTV and VHS editions	^[21]
Rocky Balboa				^[22]
12 Angry Men	Juror #3		1969 NET/TV Asahi edition
Adaptation	Robert McKee			^[23]
Alien 3	Harold Andrews		VHS/DVD edition	^[24]
Amadeus	Giuseppe Bonno		1986 TV Asahi edition	^[25]
Air Force One	Lloyd Shepherd		2001 NTV edition
The Blue Lagoon	Paddy Button		1983 TBS edition	^[26]
	Mr. Munday			^[27]
The Cincinnati Kid	Lancey "The Man" Howard		1973 TV Asahi and 1978 Fuji TV editions	^[28]
Cutthroat Island	John Reed		1998 Fuji TV edition	^[29]
Dae Jang Geum
The Diary of Anne Frank	Hans Van Daan		1972 NET edition	^[30]
Die Hard	Al Powell		1992 Fuji TV edition	^[31]
Die Hard 2				^[32]
Doc Hollywood	Dr. Aurelius Hogue		DVD edition (plays Mayor Nick Nicholson in the Fuji TV Dub)	^[33]
Dr. Strangelove	Major T.J. "King" Kong	Slim Pickens	1971 TV Asahi edition	^[34]
	Patches O'Houlihan			^[35]
Dog Day Afternoon	Sergeant Eugene Moretti	Charles Durning	1979 Fuji TV edition
Dracula	Dr. Jack Seward		1982 TV Asahi edition	^[36]
Duck, You Sucker!	Juan Miranda		1977 TBS and DVD editions	^[37]
El Dorado	Bart Jason		1991 TV Tokyo edition	^[38]
Emperor of the North Pole	Shack		1977 Tokyo Channel 12/TV Tokyo edition	^[39]
Exodus	Barak Ben Canaan	Lee J. Cobb
For Whom The Bell Tolls	Pablo		1977 TBS edition
The Gauntlet	Josephson	Pat Hingle	1983 Fuji TV edition	^[40]
Gladiator	Antonius Proximo		DVD edition	^[41]
The Godfather			1976 NTV edition	^[42]
The Great Silence	Sheriff Gideon Burnett		1972 TV Asahi edition
Gremlins	Randall "Rand" Peltzer		1988 Fuji TV, 1992 TV Asahi, and DVD editions	^[43]
Halloween II	Dr. Loomis		1988 NTV edition	^[44]
Hard Target	Uncle Clarence Douvee		1997 Fuji TV edition	^[45]
Hudson Hawk	Tommy "Five-Tone" Messina		1996 Fuji TV and DVD editions	^[46]
The Hunter	Ritchie Blumenthal		1987 TV Asahi edition	^[47]
I.Q.	Albert Einstein			^[48]
Key Largo	Johnny Rocco/Howard Brown	Edward G. Robinson	1967 NET edition
Knock Off	Johanson			^[49]
Kramer vs. Kramer	John Shaunessy		1985 NTV edition	^[50]
Life with Mikey	Mr. Corcoran			^[51]
Man on the Moon	George Shapiro			^[52]
Miller's Crossing	Johnny Caspar			^[53]
	Captain Ed Hocken		DVD edition	^[54]
The Nude Bomb	The Chief		1988 TV Asahi edition	^[55]
Ocean's Twelve	Saul Bloom		2007 NTV edition	^[56]
Ocean's 8	Reuben Tishkoff			^[57]
	King George II			^[58]
Planet of the Apes	Lieutenant John Landon		1973 TBS edition
Police Story	"Uncle" Bill Wong		1987 Fuji TV edition	^[59]
The Presidio	Sgt. Maj. Ross Maclure		DVD edition	^[60]
Raw Deal	Luigi Patrovita		1991 TV Asahi edition	^[61]
Red Heat	Commander Lou Donnelly		1990 TV Asahi edition	^[62]
Red Scorpion	Dewey Ferguson			^[63]
Renaissance Man	Bill Rago	Danny DeVito		^[64]
Serendipity	Bloomingdale's Salesman		DVD edition	^[65]
Short Circuit 2	Oscar Baldwin		NTV Dub
The Smurfs
The Smurfs 2
	Harry Mudd
Stuart Little	Mr. Stout
Super Mario Bros.	Mario		1994 NTV and DVD editions	^[66]
The Terminator	Ed Traxler		1992 VHS edition	^[67]
Timeline	Professor Edward A. Johnston			^[68]
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours and 11 Minutes	Colonel Manfred Von Holstein		1988 NHK Dub
The Trouble with Harry	Capt. Albert Wiles		1986 TV Asahi and Blu-Ray editions	^[69]
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets	The Defence Minister			^[70]
While You Were Sleeping	Saul	Jack Warden		^[71]

Notes! class="unsortable"

Source
Alice in Wonderland	Dodo		^[72]
Arthur and the Invisibles	King
	Jebidiah Allardyce "Cookie" Farnsworth		^[73]
			^[74]
		1992 TV, Warner Bros. Animation
	Amergan	joint anime installment, first released in US in 2007 then in Japan 2008
Kung Fu Panda	Oogway
Mary and Max	Narrator		^[75]
Open Season	McSquizzy
Sleeping Beauty	King Hubert		^[76]
Smallfoot	Dorgle		^[77]

References

Book references

• Book: The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Galbraith IV . Stuart . Stuart Galbraith IV. Scarecrow Press. 2008. 9781461673743 . 528pp. y. .

External links

• Official agency profile

Notes and References

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