Chō

Chō (チョー) (born as Shigeru Nagashima (長島 茂)) (December 15, 1957 - ) is a Japanese seiyū and actor from Kōnosu, Saitama. He is a graduate of Nishogakusha University and is affiliated with the Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society.

His former stage name was Yūichi Nagashima (長島 雄一) He has become synonymous with the character Chō that he played from 1984-1991 in the NHK children's show Tanken Boku no Machi, so in August 2006 he changed his stage name to Chō. As a seiyū, he is best known for his roles in Crayon Shin-chan (as Ginnosuke Nohara), Great Teacher Onizuka (as Hiroshi Uchiyamada), Super Milk Chan (as The President of Everything), InuYasha (as Jaken), the Beast Wars series (as Tarantulas, in Japanese "Tarannsu(タランス)") and One Piece (as Brook).

Television animation

 * Arakawa Under the Bridge (Terumasa Takai)
 * Astro Boy (Ham Egg)
 * Bleach (Makizou Aramaki)
 * Crayon Shin-chan (Ginnosuke Nohara)
 * ''Cyborg 009 (2001 TV series) (GB/Cyborg 007)
 * Digimon Frontier (Nanomon)
 * Eureka Seven (Woz)
 * Excel Saga (Old guy)
 * F-Zero: The Legend of Falcon (Super Arrow)
 * Great Teacher Onizuka (Hiroshi Uchiyamada)
 * Heroman (Matthew Denton)
 * Hidamari Sketch (The Principal)
 * InuYasha (Jaken)
 * Keroro Gunsō (Dasonu Maso, Mekeke)
 * Slayers NEXT (Karuas)
 * Montana Jones (Slam)
 * Naruto (Hakkaku)
 * Negima!? (Mr. Yamada)
 * One Piece (Brook, Barbarossa, Henzo, Ryūma)
 * Ouran High School Host Club (Misuzu Sonoda)
 * Super Milk Chan (The President of Everything)
 * Pandora Hearts (Duke Barma Fake Body)
 * Pumpkin Scissors (Captain Hunks)
 * Sexy Commando Gaiden: Sugoiyo!! Masaru-san (Tsuyoshi "Kyasharin" Isobe)
 * Transformar Superlink(Transformar Energon) (AlphaQ)

OVA

 * Animation Runner Kuromi (Nonki Hayama)
 * Demon Prince Enma (Grandfather Shapo)

Theater animation

 * Sword of the Stranger (Gohei)
 * One Piece Film: Strong World (Brook)

Video games

 * Legend of the Holy Sword 4 (Watts)
 * Mana-Khemia: Alchemists of Al-Revis (Muppy Oktavia Vondercheck VIII)
 * Puyo Puyo~n (Suketoudara)
 * Ratchet & Clank (Novalis Mayor)
 * Sonic World Adventure (Professor Pickle)
 * Tales of Vesperia (Hanks)
 * True Crime: Streets of LA (Ancient Wu)

Dubbing roles

 * Air Force One (Video and DVD edition) (Major Caldwell)
 * Ali (Drew Bundini Brown)
 * Bewitched (Uncle Arthur)
 * Charade (Universal DVD edition) (Hamilton Bartholemew)
 * Charlie's Angels (Additional voice)
 * The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (Trufflehunter the Badger)
 * Daylight (TV edition) (George Tyrell)
 * Devil in a Blue Dress (Joppy)
 * Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (Dwight)
 * Friends (Joey's Father)
 * Ghostbusters II (TV Asahi edition) (Winston Zeddemore)
 * Henry Fool (Simon Grim)
 * Joy Ride (Sheriff Ritter)
 * The Legend (Hyeongo)
 * The Lord of the Rings film trilogy (Gollum)
 * Memphis Belle (Sergeant Jack Bocci)
 * Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult (James Earl Jones)
 * Navy SEALs (TV Asahi edition) (Ramos)
 * Scooby-Doo (Scooby-Doo)
 * Space Jam (Elmer Fudd, Barnyard Dog)
 * Speed (TV Asahi edition) (Ortiz)
 * The Spiderwick Chronicles (Thimbletack)
 * Star Trek: Voyager (Neelix)
 * Tequila and Bonetti (Officer Vita)
 * Transformers (Reggie Simmons)
 * Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Reggie Simmons)
 * Volcano (Announcer)
 * Wild Wild West (Video and DVD edition) (Hudson)

Animation

 * The Batman (Toymaker)
 * Beast Wars (Tarantulas)
 * Beast Machines (Savage/Noble)
 * Corpse Bride (Maggot)
 * Cow and Chicken (I.R. Baboon (second voice))
 * Disney's House of Mouse (Ranger J. Audubon Woodlore, Prince John)
 * Jackie Chan Adventures (Jumba)
 * Looney Tunes (Elmer Fudd)
 * Madagascar (Mason the Chimpanzee)
 * Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (Mason the Chimpanzee)
 * The Magic School Bus (Radius Ulna Humerus)
 * Monsters, Inc. (Smitty)
 * ReBoot (Cecil)
 * Spider-Man Unlimited (Green Goblin)
 * The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (Sheldon J. Plankton)
 * Superman: The Animated Series (The Mad Hatter)
 * Teen Titans (Professor Chang)
 * Transformers Animated (Blitzwing)

Live-action

 * Inainai Baa! (Wanwan,Voice and actor)
 * Dokuganryū Masamune (Utai)
 * Tanken Boku no Machi (Chō-san)
 * Kono Machi Daisuki (Ace no Chō, Chōsuke Hoshi)
 * Samurai Sentai Shinkenger (Bony Shitari)