Kōichi Kitamura (北村 弘一 Kitamura Kōichi?), real name Hajimu Kimura (木村 一 Kimura Hajimu?) (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.
Anime
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)
External links
- (Japanese) Mausu Promotion
- (English) Anime News Network
- (Japanese) Seiyū Database
- (Japanese) Japan Movie Database
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