Ryūsuke Ōbayashi Explained

Ryūsuke Ōbayashi
Native Name:	大林 隆介
Native Name Lang:	ja
Birth Date:	13 March 1946
Birth Place:	Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
Years Active:	1966–present
Agent:	81 Produce
Height:	171 cm

is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator. Some of his best known roles include Soun Tendo in Ranma ½ and Captain Kiichi Goto in Patlabor. He was formerly credited as . He is employed by the talent management firm 81 Produce.

Filmography

Television animation

• The Super Dimension Fortress Macross (1982) (Exsedol Folmo)
• Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (1985) (Ben Wooder)
• Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ (1986) (Rakan Dahkaran)
• Patlabor (1989) (Captain Kiichi Gotō)
• Ranma ½ (1989) (Sōun Tendō)
• DNA² (1994) (Yokomori)
• Macross 7 (1994) (Exsedol Folmo)
• Magical Girl Pretty Sammy (1996) (Principal Miura)
• Rurouni Kenshin (1996) (Raijuta Isurugi)
• Fancy Lala (1998) (Mystery Man)
• Serial Experiments Lain (1998) (Yasuo Iwakura)
• Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure (1999) (Ken Sanada)
• To Heart (1999) (Gengoro Nagase)
• Inuyasha (2001) (Daija (The False Water God))
• Monster (2005) (Fritz Vardemann)
• Hell Girl (2006) (Ryōsuke Sekine)
• D.Gray-man (2008) (Malcolm C. Lvellie)
• Hyouge Mono (2011) (Yamanoue Sōji)
• WataMote (2013) (Narrator)
• Buddy Complex (2014) (Alessandro Fermi)
• Heavy Object (2015) (Flide)
• (2020) (Kaneki)

Original video animation (OVA)

• Legend of the Galactic Heroes (1989) (Uranff)
• Legend of the Galactic Heroes (1991) (Nilsson)
• Magical Girl Pretty Sammy (1995) (Bif Standard)
• Jungle de Ikou! (1997) (Fuyuhiko)

Theatrical animation

• Techno Police 21C (1982) (Blader)
• (1984) (Exsedol 4970)
• (1989) (Captain Kiichi Goto)
• (1993) (Captain Kiichi Goto)
• (2002) (Captain Kiichi Goto)
• Atagoal (2006) (Kara'agemaru)

Video games

• Inuyasha (2001) (Daija)
• Final Fantasy XII (2006) (Judge Ghis)
• Macross Triangle Frontier (2011) (Exsedol Folmo)
• (2012) (Takeo Kitagawa)

Drama CD

• Soul Eater (2005) (Shinigami)

Dubbing

Live-action

• The Amityville Horror (Chief of Police (Rich Komenich))
• (Admiral Henry D (Glenn Morshower))
• Black Book (General Käutner (Christian Berkel))
• The Dark Knight (Gerard Stephens (Keith Szarabajka))
• D-Tox (2006 TV Tokyo edition) (Jack Bennett (Stephen Lang))
• From the Earth to the Moon (Alan Shepard (Ted Levine))^[1]
• Happiest Season (Ted (Victor Garber))^[2]
• Never Talk to Strangers (Cliff Raddison (Dennis Miller))^[3]
• Restoration (King Charles II (Sam Neill))
• Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines (1975 NTV edition) (Richard Mays (James Fox))
• The Unborn (Gordon Beldon (James Remar))^[4]

Animation

• The Animatrix (Client)
• Romance of the Three Kingdoms (Xun You, Zhang Zhao, Han Sui, and Huang Zhong)

External links

• Official agency profile

Notes and References

1. Web site: フロム・ジ・アース／人類、月に立つ 第１話「ＪＦＫの決断」［吹］. August 19, 2021. Star Channel.
2. Web site: ハピエスト・ホリデー 私たちのカミングアウト. December 23, 2020. Sony Pictures.
3. Web site: ストレンジャー（１９９５）. March 13, 2019. Star Channel.
4. Web site: アンボーン[吹]]. April 19, 2019. Star Channel.