Hiroshi Arikawa

Hiroshi Arikawa (有川博) (November 2, 1940 - October 16, 2011) was a Japanese actor and seiyū from Kagoshima Prefecture affiliated with Engekishūdan En.

Formerly affiliated with Gekidan Haiyūza, Arikawa enrolled in Gekidan Kumo in 1965. It wasn't until 1975 that Arikawa would enroll in Engekishūdan En. On October 16, 2011 he died of acute respiratory failure.

Television drama

 * Bayside Shakedown (First District Police Headquarters Manager)
 * Choujinki Metalder (Shinware Kōki)
 * Fuun Lion-Maru (Koreshinji Tamakage)
 * Hissatsu Shōbainin (Sakaguchi)
 * Mito Kōmon (seventeenth season) (Kyōnosuke Tachibana)
 * Seijuu Sentai Gingaman (Elder Ōgi)
 * Shinsengumi! (Kōji Tsuruta‎, Okita Sōji)

Theater

 * Hamlet (1983) (Horatio)
 * My Fair Lady (1990) (Colonel Pickering)
 * Romeo and Juliet (1970) (Romeo)
 * 'Tis Pity She's a Whore (2006) (Donado)

Television animation

 * Ergo Proxy (Hoody)
 * Georgie! (Skiffins)
 * Monster (Rihalt)
 * Shijō Saikyō no Deshi Kenichi (Hayato Fūrinji)
 * Shōnen Onmyōji (Tenkū)

Theater animation

 * Pocahontas (1995 film) (Governor Ratcliffe (David Ogden Stiers)
 * Ratatouille (Gusteau (Brad Garrett))

Video games

 * Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep (Merlin)

Dubbing roles

 * The Big Lebowski (Jeffrey "The Dude" Lebowski (Jeff Bridges))
 * The Chorus (Pierre Morhange (Jacques Perrin))
 * Columbo (Patrick McGoohan)
 * Die Hard (Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman))
 * ER (Doctor Carl Vucelich (Ron Rifkin))
 * The Incredible Hulk (David Banner (Bill Bixby))
 * Knight Rider (Michael Knight (David Hasselhoff))
 * The Lord of the Rings film trilogy (Gandalf (Ian McKellen))
 * The Mask of Zorro (Don Diego de la Vega (Anthony Hopkins))
 * Misery (Paul Sheldon (James Caan))
 * Road to Avonlea (Blair Stanley (Robert Collins))
 * Terrahawks (Tiger Ninestein)
 * X2 (Magneto (Ian McKellen))
 * X-Men: The Last Stand (Magneto (Ian McKellen))