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Koichi Yamadera

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Biography

Koichi Yamadera is a Japanese voice actor and radio personality, known for voicing Jim Carrey and Eddie Murphy in the Japanese language releases of their respective films. In 2006, he divorced voice actress Mika Kanai. His most notable characters are Spike Spiegel from Cowboy Bebop (1998) and the subsequent follow up film Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001), Beerus from the longstanding Dragonball franchise, and the modern day voice of Inspector Zenigata of the longstanding Lupin the Third franchise after the retirement of the previous voice actor Gorō Naya and first appearing in the role in Lupin the Third: Blood Seal of the Eternal Mermaid (2011)

Notable films

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Highlights from credits and KinoChain journeys.

Paprika

Appears in a KinoChain journey

Cowboy Bebop: The Movie

Appears in a KinoChain journey

Ghost in the Shell

As Togusa (voice)

Kiki's Delivery Service

As Bakery Worker / Policeman (voice)

Jujutsu Kaisen 0

As Miguel (voice)

Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle

As Professor Zed (voice)

Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion

As Ryoji Kaji (voice)

Space Pirate Captain Herlock: Outside Legend - The Endless Odyssey

As Captain Herlock (voice)

Chains

KinoChain journeys

Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.

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Riding the Circuit

From theme park gunslingers to bounty hunters on Mars, a journey through the sci-fi Western and the cultures that remade it.

8 films

When Worlds Collide: The Magic of Live-Action Animation

From Disney's pioneering blend to modern masterpieces, explore films that seamlessly merge reality and animation, celebrating the creative spark when two worlds...

8 films

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