Kōichi Kitamura

Kōichi Kitamura (北村 弘一), real name Hajimu Kimura (木村 一) (December 18, 1931 - October 2, 2007) was a Japanese seiyū. He was born in Osaka, Japan.

Kitamura was employed by the talent management agency Mausu Promotion. He died on October 2, 2007 of pneumonia.

TV

 * April to Sandman (Sandman)
 * Dragon Ball GT (Eskar)
 * Esper Mami (Gentleman)
 * Fighting Spirit (Nanba Boxing Club President)
 * Fushigi na Merumo (Waregarasu-sensei)
 * Hiatari Ryōkō! (Coach)
 * Hime-chan's Ribbon (The King)
 * Invincible Steel Man Daitarn 3 (Garrison Tokida)
 * Karate Baka Ichidai
 * La Seine no Hoshi (Papa)
 * Like the Clouds, Like the Wind (Mano)
 * Lupin III: Operation Return the Treasure (Tokarev)
 * Lupin III: The Secret of Twilight Gemini (Officer Burutokarī)
 * Lupin III: Steal Napoleon's Dictionary! (Aged Scholar)
 * Mirmo! (Jidai)
 * Monster (General Helmut Wolf)
 * Kaibutsu-kun (Cop)
 * Moomin (Chief)
 * Nine (Coach Nakao)
 * One Piece (Professor Clover)
 * Pekora (Professor Kamikutta)
 * Ojarumaru (Bookstore owner)
 * Rurouni Kenshin (old man)
 * Sakura Wars (Count Aritsune Hanakoji)
 * Sabu to Ichi Torimono Hikae (Saheiji)
 * Soar High! Isami (Miyahito Hanaoka)
 * The Super Dimension Century Orguss (Gorv)
 * Time Bokan (Da Vinci)
 * Touch (Coach Nishio)
 * Urusei Yatsura (Mendō's father, shopkeeper, Saizō)
 * Virtua Fighter (Shun Di)
 * YuYu Hakusho (Yōta)
 * Zenki (Tōbei)

OVA

 * Armored Trooper Votoms: Big Battle (Cherokee)
 * The Heroic Legend of Arslan (Jon Bodan)
 * Key the Metal Idol (Dr. Murao Mima)
 * Macross Plus (General Gomez)

Movies

 * Akira (Miyako, Committee Member A)
 * Doraemon: Nobita and the Knights of Dinosaur (Section Chief)
 * Doraemon: Nobita's Galactic Express (Ninja Master)
 * Doraemon: The Record of Nobita: Spaceblazer (Mesu)
 * The Heroic Legend of Arslan (Jon Bodan)
 * Sakura Wars series (Count Aritsune Hanakoji)
 * Touch series (Coach Nishio)

Games

 * Brave Fencer Musashi (Yukkeru Jii)
 * Lunar: The Silver Star (Faidy (Quark) the White Dragon)
 * Sakura Wars series (Count Aritsune Hanakoji)
 * Tenchu series (Naotada Sekiya)

Other voice over
Kitamura is known for dubbing roles played by Peter Cushing. He has also dubbed the following roles:
 * Animaniacs (Dr. Otto Scratchansniff)
 * Batman (Alfred)
 * DuckTales (Scrooge McDuck)
 * DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp (Scrooge McDuck)
 * Felix the Cat (Professor)
 * James Bond series
 * Goldfinger
 * Moonraker (General Gogol)
 * A View to a Kill (Q)
 * Licence to Kill (Q)
 * Tomorrow Never Dies (Q)
 * The World Is Not Enough (Q)
 * Muppets Tonight (Waldorf, Dr. Phil Van Neuter)
 * Ned's Newt (Shopkeeper)
 * The Simpsons (Mr. Burns)
 * Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film) (Sleepy)

Live action

 * Moonlight Mask (Policeman, others)