Yū Mizushima Explained

Yū Mizushima
Native Name:	水島 裕
Native Name Lang:	ja
Birth Name:	Kenji Noda
Birth Date:	18 January 1956
Birth Place:	Tokyo, Japan
Education:	Nihon University
Years Active:	1970–present
Agent:	81 Produce
Height:	167 cm

is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator. He is the Japanese voice-over for Sammo Hung, and is the Japanese voice of Wakko.

In the 1980s, He proved to be a popular choice for many Japanese animation studios for the roles of male heart-throbs in many shojo anime. In May 2020, Mizushima announced he will take a hiatus in order to undergo vocal cord polyp surgery.^[1]

Filmography

Television animation

1970s

• Chojin Sentai Barattack (1977) – Mac
• Choudenji Machine Voltes V (1977) – Young Ragooru
• Galaxy Express 999 (1978) – Beethoven
• Dokaben (1979) – Tomoaki Takashiro
• Hana no Ko Lunlun (1979) – Serge Flora (Selge)

1980s

• Space Emperor God Sigma (1980) – Kajio
• Beast King GoLion (1981) – Isamu Kurogane ("Lance")
• Six God Combination Godmars (1981) – Mars/Takeru Myoujin
• Tokimeki Tonight (1982-1983) – Shun Makabe
• Creamy Mami, the Magic Angel (1983) – Toshio Otomo
• Persia, the Magic Fairy (1984) – Riki Muroi
• Magical Emi, the Magic Star (1985) as Shou Yuuki
• Obake no Q-Taro (1985) – Shinichi
• Pastel Yumi, the Magic Idol (1986) as Kyouhei Misawa
• Saint Seiya (1986) – Lizard Misty, Sid, Bud
• Tekken Chinmi (1988) – Raochu
• Ulysses 31 (1988) – Telemachos

1990s

• Akazukin Chacha (1994) – Franken-chan
• Detective Conan (1996) – Toshihiko Takasugi (ep 18)
• (1997) – General Ho
• Kindaichi Case Files (1999) – Akashi Sudo (ep 100)

2000s

• .hack//Intermezzo (2002) – Male Heavyblade
• (2003) – Rocky
• Requiem from the Darkness (2003) – Gunhachirou (Momosuke's brother)
• Submarine Super 99 (2003) – Gorô Oki
• Fullmetal Alchemist (2004) – Scar's Brother
• Kaiketsu Zorori (2004) – Goburu
• Madlax (2004) – Luciano
• Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (2004) – Rare Hunter (ep 68); Light Mask (ep 70–74); Bobasa
• Naruto (2005) – Mondai (ep 161)
• Tsubasa Chronicle (2005) – Sakura's Father
• Black Cat (2006) – Doctor (Kanzaki)
• Pocket Monsters: Diamond and Pearl (2009) – Gen/Riley

2010s

• Saint Seiya Omega (2013) – Equuleus Subaru
• Parasyte (2014) – Takeshi Hirokawa
• Kirakira PreCure a la Mode (2017) – Elder
• One Piece (2017) – Napoleon, Zeus, Prometheus, Kawamatsu,Misery

2020s

• Oda Cinnamon Nobunaga (2020) – Ichiko's father
• (2021) – Brokeena

OVA

• Fire Tripper (1986) – Shukomaru
• Black Magic M-66 (1987) – Leakey
• Devilman (1987) – Ryo Asuka
• Digital Devil Story (1987) – Akemi Nakajima
• Spirit Warrior (1988) – Tenshu
• Legend of the Galactic Heroes (1989) – Neithardt Müller
• Mario World: Mario to Yoshi no Bōken Land (1991) – Luigi
• Black Jack (1998) – Yasuhiko Shirabyoshi

Theatrical animation

• Kimagure Orange Road (1985) – Kyōsuke Kasuga
• (1986) – Sho Fukamachi/Guyver
• (1986) – Luigi
• The Rose of Versailles: I'll Love You – Long – I Live (1987) – Andre
• (1987) – Orion Jäger
• Neo Tokyo (1987) – Tsutomo Sugioka
• Cyborg 009 Vs. Devilman (2015) – Chang Changku/006
• (2018)

Tokusatsu

• Juken Sentai Gekiranger (2007) – Master Elehung Kam Po (eps. 10 - 12, 18, 23, 28, 32, 36, 49)
• Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger (2013) – Sorrowful Knight Aigaron (eps. 1 - 11, 13, 16 - 17, 19, 21 - 26, 28 - 30, 32 - 34, 36 - 39, 42 - 46) (voice), President (ep. 28, 44) (actor)
• (2014) – Sorrowful Knight Aigaron
• Kaettekita Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger 100 Years After (2014) – Jealousy Knight Hoshigaron

Dubbing

Live-action

• Sammo Hung
  • Enter the Fat Dragon – Ah Lung
  • By Hook or by Crook – Fatso
  • Encounters of the Spooky Kind – Bold Cheung
  • Project A – Fei^[2]
  • Winners and Sinners – "Teapot"^[3]
  • Wheels on Meals – Moby^[4]
  • Heart of Dragon – Danny / Dodo Fung^[5]
  • My Lucky Stars – "Eric" / "Kidstuff" / "Fastbuck" / "Chi Koo Choi"^[6]
  • Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars – "Eric" / "Kidstuff" / "Fastbuck" / "Chi Koo-choi"^[7]
  • Lucky Stars Go Places – "Eric" / "Kidstuff" / "Fastbuck" / "Chi Koo-choi"^[8]
  • Millionaires Express – Ching Fong-Tin
  • Eastern Condors – Tung Ming-sun^[9]
  • Mr. Vampire III – Hung
  • Dragons Forever – Wong Fei-Hung / Luke Wang^[10]
  • Lai Shi, China's Last Eunuch – Liu Lai Shi's teacher
  • Island of Fire – Fatty John Liu Hsi Chia^[11]
  • Martial Law – Sammo Law
  • The Legend of Zu – Grandmaster White Brows^[12]
  • Around the World in 80 Days (2008 TV Tokyo edition) – Wong Fei Hung / Tiger #2
  • Dragon Squad – Kong Long
  • – Wong Po
  • – Luo Ping'an
  • Ip Man 2 – Hung Chun-nam^[13]
  • A Simple Life – Director Hung
  • The Last Tycoon – Huang Jinrong
  • The Bodyguard – Ding Hu^[14]
• Matthew Perry
  • Friends – Chandler Bing^[15]
  • Three to Tango – Oscar Novak^[16]
  • The Whole Nine Yards – Nicholas "Oz" Oseransky
  • The Whole Ten Yards – Nicholas "Oz" Oseransky
• Mark Hamill
  • Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1985 NTV edition) – Luke Skywalker
  • Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1986 NTV edition) – Luke Skywalker
  • Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1988 NTV edition) – Luke Skywalker
  • Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back – Cocknocker^[17]
• 3 Idiots – Chatur Ramalingam (Omi Vaidya)^[18]
• 8 Simple Rules – Paul Hennessy (John Ritter)
• Bewitched – Ritchie (Jason Schwartzman)^[19]
• Big Trouble in Little China – Wang Chi (Dennis Dun)
• Casualties of War – Private Max Eriksson (Michael J. Fox)^[20]
• Enter the Fat Dragon – Thor (Wong Jing)^[21]
• Everything Everywhere All at Once – Waymond Wang (Ke Huy Quan)^[22]
• Good Morning, Vietnam – Edward Garlick (Forest Whitaker)^[23]
• The Karate Kid (1988 TV Asahi edition) – Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio)
• Mars Attacks! – Jason Stone (Michael J. Fox)^[24]
• Spider-Man 2 – Mr. Aziz (Aasif Mandvi)
• T. J. Hooker – Officer Vince Romano (Adrian Zmed)

Animation

• Animaniacs – Wakko Warner
• Johnny Test – Johnny Test
• The Little Mermaid – Harold the Seahorse
• Mighty Orbots - Rob Simmons
• Sitting Ducks – Bill

Singing

• Warrior of Love Rainbowman both 1972 and 1982 openings, 1972 first ending (as Kenji Yasunaga)

References

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