Genzō Wakayama

Genzō Wakayama (若山 弦蔵) (September 27, 1932 - ) is a Japanese seiyū and disc jockey from Ōdomari, Karafuto Prefecture. He moved to Sapporo, Hokkaido as a youth and graduated from Sapporo South High School. He is currently freelance.

Due to his low bass voice, Wakayama often voices villainous or calm characters. He is the official dub-over artist of actors Sean Connery and Raymond Burr. As a disc jockey, Wakayama hosted a program on TBS Radio from 1973 to 1995 that ran for 5,700 installments. Wakayama also narrated over 800 episodes of the television jidaigeki Abarenbo Shogun from 1978 to 2003.

Television animation

 * Shintaka Rajima (Ship Captain (Bear))

Theater animation

 * Doraemon: Nobita's Great Adventure into the Underworld (Demaon)
 * Hercules (Zeus)
 * Treasure Planet (John Silver)

Video games

 * Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep (Ansem the Wise)
 * Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories (DiZ)
 * Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days (DiZ)
 * Kingdom Hearts II (DiZ/Ansem the Wise)

Dubbing roles

 * Diamonds Are Forever (TBS Monday Road Show and DVD editions) (James Bond)
 * Dr. No (James Bond)
 * From Russia with Love (1976 TBS edition and DVD editions) (James Bond)
 * Goldfinger (Nippon TV and DVD editions) (James Bond)
 * Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (Fuji TV and Nippon TV editions) (Professor Henry Jones)
 * Never Say Never Again (James Bond)
 * The Red Tent (Roald Amundsen)
 * Thunderball (James Bond)
 * Ultrasone (Opening narration)
 * Dragonheart (VHS and NTV Versions) (Draco)
 * The Untouchables (Fuji TV and TV Tokyo editions) (Jim Malone)
 * You Only Live Twice (James Bond)
 * Thomas and Friends season 13 Henry the Green Engine