Ryūsei Nakao

Ryūsei Nakao (中尾 隆聖), real name Tomoharu Takeo (竹尾 智晴) (February 5, 1951 - ), is a veteran Japanese actor, singer, and seiyū from Tōkyō Metropolis, Japan. He is attached to 81 Produce and has a blood type of A. He has also worked under the name of Tomoharu Minamiya (南谷 智晴).

Nakao's voice tends to land him in the roles of characters with high-pitched voices and sadistic personalities. As a seiyū, he is best known for his roles in Soreike! Anpanman (as Baikinman), Dragon Ball Z (as Frieza), Touch (as Yū Nishimura), Niko Niko Pun (as Porori), Do-Re-Mi-Fa Donuts! (as Resshi), Hotch Potch Station (as Echikettojii-san), Tanoshii Mūmin Ikka (as Sniff), Topo Gigio (as Topo Gigio) and Bleach (as Mayuri Kurotsuchi).

Roles
Bold denotes major roles

Television animation

 * Animal 1 (as "Tomoharu Takeo") (Tōichirō)
 * Anmitsu Hime (E.T.)
 * AWOL -Absent Without Leave- (Pete Kuruten)
 * Baby Felix (Marty)
 * Bleach (Mayuri Kurotsuchi)
 * Bōken Ō Beet (Shaggy)
 * Buzzer Beater (Han)
 * Chinpei (Mashirō)
 *  City Hunter 3 (Toru Kazama)
 * Cowboy Bebop (Rocco Bonnaro)
 * D.Gray-man (Eshi)
 * Demashita! Powerpuff Girls Z (Kare, advertisement narration)
 * Devil Lady (Jason Bates)
 * Digimon Frontier (Lucemon (Falldown Mode and Satan Mode))
 * Dragon Ball (Tambourine)
 * Dragon Ball Z (Frieza)
 * Dragon Ball GT (Frieza)
 * Dragon Ball Z Kai (Frieza)
 * Gakkō no Kaidan (Amanojaku)
 * GeGeGe no Kitarō (fifth series) (Onmoraki)
 * Ginga Densetsu Weed (Smith)
 * Golgo 13 (Asshu)
 * Hyakujū Ō GoLion (Takashi Shirogane, Ryō Shirogane)
 * Igano Kabamaru (Igano Kabamaru)
 * Kaiketsu Zorori (Akuma,devil)
 * Jungle Taitei (1989 series) (Totto)
 * Kagaku Kyūjo Tai TechnoVoyager (Sammy Edkins Junior)
 * Kaibutsu Ōjo (Shigara)
 * Kyōgoku Natsuhiko: Kōsetsu Hyaku Monogatari (Mataichi)
 * Midnight Horror School (Yumyum)
 * Misute Naide Daisy (Iwan)
 * Mokke (Izuna)
 * Mononoke (Genkei)
 * Monster Farm ~Enban Seki no Himitsu~ (Taichō Rōdorannā)
 * Montana Jones (Alfred)
 * Mushrambo (Gyaza)
 * Ō Dorobō Jing (Kir)
 * Obake no Holly (Toreppā)
 * One Piece (Whirlwind Erik, father)
 * Pecola (Saruyama-san)
 * Rockman.EXE (Snakeman)
 * Rockman.EXE Beast (ZoanoSnakeman)
 * Saint Seiya (Kraken Isaac)
 * Scarecrowman (Crash)
 * Sōkō Kihei Votoms (Murza Melym)
 * Soreike! Anpanman (Baikinman)
 * Sōten Kōro (Narration)
 * Tanoshii Mūmin Ikka (Sniff)
 * Tetsuwan Atom (Sam)
 * Time Patrol Pon (Louie)
 * Touch (Yū Nishimura)
 * Uchū Patrol Hopper (as "Tomoharu Minamiya") (June)
 * Weiß Kreuz (Farfarello)
 * Yū-Gi-Ō (Trump Bomber)

OVA

 * Alien 9 (Borg)
 * Armitage the Third (Rene D'anclaude)
 * Bari Bari Densetsu (Hideyoshi Hijiri)
 * Crying Freeman (Huáng Dé-Yuán)
 * Dragon Ball Z Gaiden: Saiyajin Zetsumetsu Keikaku (Frieza, Cooler)
 * Ginga Eiyū Densetsu (Louis Mashengo)
 * Golgo 13 "Queen Bee" (Thomas Wolson)
 * Ō Dorobō Jing in Seventh Heaven (Kir)
 * Psychic Force (Brad Kilsten)
 * Rurōni Kenshin -Meiji Kenkaku Romantan- Tsuiokuhen (Iizuka)
 * Sōkō Kihei Votoms: The Last Red Shoulder (Murza Melym)
 * Sōkō Kihei Votoms: The Red Shoulder Document: Roots of Ambition (Murza Melym)

Theater animation

 * Bari Bari Densetsu (Hideyoshi Hijiri)
 * Meitantei Conan: 14 Banme no Target (Kohei Sawaki)
 * Doraemon: Nobita no Little Star Wars (NCIA soldier)
 * The Doraemons series (El Matadora (third voice))
 * Dragon Ball Z: Tobikkiri no Saikyō Tai Saikyō (Cooler, Frieza)
 * Dragon Ball Z Fukkatsu no Fusion!! Gokū to Vegeta (Frieza)
 * Dragon Ball Z Gekitotsu!! 100 Oku Power no Senshi Tachi (Metal Cooler)
 * The Five Star Stories (Decors)
 * Gekijōban Bleach: The DiamondDust Rebellion Mōhitotsu no Hyōrinmaru (Mayuri Kurotsuchi)
 * Gekijōban Bleach: Fade to Black Kimi no Nawoyobu (Mayuri Kurotsuchi)
 * Gekijōban Bleach: Memories of Nobody (Mayuri Kurotsuchi)
 * Jigoku Sensei Nūbē: Gozen 0 Toki Nūbē Shizu (Pierro)
 * One Piece Film: Strong World (Dr. Indigo)
 * Saint Seiya (Christ (Ghost Saint of Southern Cross))
 * Shin Angyō Onshi (Byun)
 * Soreike! Anpanman series (Baikinman)

Radio drama

 * Cat's Eye (Toshio Uchiumi)

Drama CD

 * Hayō no Tsurugi (first CD) (Anshu)
 * Weiss Kreuz Dramatic Image Album Vier & Fünf: Schwarz Ein & Zwei (Farfarello)
 * Chouai (Yuuta Hagiwara)
 * Psychic Force Sound Story (Brad Kilsten)
 * Kyuuketsuhime Miyu Seiyou Shinma-hen (Cait Sith)

Video games

 * Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere (Simon Orestes Cohen)
 * Battle Stadium D.O.N (Freeza)
 * Bōken Jidai Katsugeki: Goemon (Shujaku)
 * The Bouncer (Kou Leifou)
 * Dragon Ball: Final Bout (Frieza)
 * Dragon Ball: Tenkaichi Daibōken (Tambourine)
 * Dragon Ball Z: Budokai (Frieza)
 * Dragon Ball Z: Bukū Tōgeki (Frieza)
 * Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit (Frieza)
 * Dragon Ball Z: Buyū Retsuden (Frieza)
 * Dragon Ball Z: Hyper Dimension (Frieza)
 * Dragon Ball Z: Idainaru Son Gokū Densetsu (Frieza)
 * Dragon Ball Z: Infinite World (Frieza, Cooler)
 * Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budōkai (Frieza, Cooler)
 * Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budōkai 2 (Frieza, Cooler)
 * Dragon Ball Z: Shin Butōden (Frieza)
 * Dragon Ball Z: Sparking! (Frieza, Cooler)
 * Dragon Ball Z: Sparking! Meteor (Frieza, Cooler, Tambourine)
 * Dragon Ball Z: Sparking! Neo (Frieza, Cooler)
 * Dragon Ball Z: Super Butōden (Frieza)
 * Dragon Ball Z: Super Gokūden -Kakusei Hen- (Frieza)
 * Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Battle 22 (Frieza)
 * Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 2 (Frieza, Kuriza)
 * Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3 (Frieza, Cooler)
 * Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Professor Quirinus Quirrell)
 * Kaze no Densetsu Xanadu (Jiido)
 * Kidō Senshi Gundam: Gihren no Yabō: Zeon Dokuritsusenzō Ki (Thomas Kurutsu)
 * Kidō Senshi Gundam: Senshitachi no Kiseki (Thomas Kurutsu)
 * Kingdom Hearts II (Ling)
 * Musashiden II: Blade Master​ (Shiraz)
 * Persona 2 (Tatsuya Sudō)
 * Psychic Force (Brad Kilsten)
 * Raijin Ping-Pong (Kaiji)
 * Super Dragon Ball Z (Frieza)

Tokusatsu

 * Denshi Sentai Denziman
 * Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger (Agent Abrella)
 * Tensou Sentai Goseiger (Uchuseruzō of Influenza)
 * Kamen Rider Den-O (Jelly Imagin)
 * Kamen Rider Kiva (Ladybird Fangire)
 * Ultraman Mebius & Ultraman Brothers (Alien Nackle)

Dubbing roles

 * The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (Bullwinkle J. Moose)
 * An American Werewolf in London (Jack Goodman)
 * Back to the Future (Goldie Wilson)
 * Bad Boys II (TV Asahi edition) (Captain C. Howard)
 * Bean (David Langley)
 * Conan the Barbarian (DVD edition) (Subotai)
 * Dr. Dolittle (Rodney the Guinea Pig)
 * Flashdance (Richie)
 * Hannibal (DVD edition) (Mason Verger)
 * Howard the Duck (TBS edition) (Howard the Duck)
 * Magnum Force (Fuji TV edition) (Philip Sweet)
 * Men in Black II (Video and DVD edition) (Greeble)
 * Miami Vice (Nugart Neville "Noogie" Lamont)
 * Mission: Impossible (Nicholas Black)
 * Mission to Mars (Luke Graham)
 * Monk (Jack Monk Junior)
 * The Mummy (Nippon TV edition) (Jonathan Carnahan)
 * Police Academy (Sweetchuck)
 * Road to Avonlea (Gus Pike)
 * Sex and the City (Steve Brady)
 * Sophie's Choice (Stingo)
 * Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Fuji TV edition) (Raphael)
 * The Towering Inferno (TBS edition) (Roger Simmons)
 * Ultraman: Towards the Future (Mujari)
 * Vega$ (Binzer)
 * Wasabi (Maurice/Momo)
 * Wizardry (Frank)
 * The Young Riders (Buck Cross)
 * Zapped Again! (Wayne)

Animation

 * A Troll in Central Park (Stanley)
 * Aaahh!!! Real Monsters (Ickis)
 * Anastasia (Bartok)
 * Animaniacs (Yakko Warner)
 * Bartok the Magnificent (Bartok)
 * Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (Fife)
 * Brandy & Mr. Whiskers (Mister Frisky)
 * Darkwing Duck (Darkwing Duck/Drake Mallard)
 * Dinosaur (Zini)
 * Donkey Kong Country (Cranky Kong)
 * Droopy (DVD editions) (Droopy)
 * Ferngully: The Last Rainforest (Batty Koda)
 * Garfield and Friends (Cartoon Network edition) (Jon Arbuckle)
 * Heathcliff (Heathcliff)
 * House of Mouse (José Carioca)
 * Jackie Chan Adventures (Monkey King)
 * Lady and the Tramp (Tramp)
 * Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure (Tramp)
 * Mulan (Ling)
 * The Polar Express (Smokey)
 * Rainbow Brite (Lurky)
 * The Road to El Dorado (Miguel)
 * Shazzan (as "Tomoharu Takeo") (Chuck)
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Ziro the Hutt)
 * The Swan Princess (Jean-Bob)
 * The Swan Princess: The Mystery of the Enchanted Kingdom (Jean-Bob)
 * The Swan Princess II: Escape from Castle Mountain (Jean-Bob)
 * Tiny Toon Adventures (Buster Bunny)
 * Tom and Jerry (Droopy)
 * Tom and Jerry Tales (Droopy)
 * Topo Gigio (Topo Gigio)
 * The Three Caballeros (José Carioca)
 * The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat (Felix the Cat)

Other

 * The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man (Electro)