Kōichi Yamadera

Kōichi Yamadera

Kōichi Yamadera (Japanese: 山寺宏一 Yamadera Kōichi) is a Japanese voice actor who provides the voices of main or semi-main characters in the Pokémon movies.

Kōichi Yamadera was born on June 17, 1961, in Miyagi, Japan. In 1994, he was married to fellow voice actor かないみか Mika Kanai, who also provides voices on Pokémon; the two were divorced in 2006. On June 17, 2012, he married another fellow voice actor, Rie Tanaka.

In addition to being a popular voice actor, Yamadera also hosts a children's series, Oha Suta, and he has had several live-action roles, including some in recent Godzilla movies. He also provides dub voices for various Walt Disney roles, such as Donald Duck, Genie, Beast, and Stitch.

Pokémon

While Yamadera has only had one role in the Pokémon anime, he has held a main or supporting role in each of the movies.

Voices on Pokémon

• Mew (Mewtwo Strikes Back, The Birth of Mewtwo)
• Lugia (The Power of One)
• David (Spell of the Unown)
• Hunter (Celebi: Voice of the Forest)
• Ross (Pokémon Heroes)
• Butler (Jirachi: Wish Maker)
• Professor Lund (Destiny Deoxys)
• Sir Aaron (Lucario and the Mystery of Mew)
• Jack Walker (Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea)
• Baron Alberto (The Rise of Darkrai)
• Newton Graceland (Giratina and the Sky Warrior)
• Marcus (Arceus and the Jewel of Life)
• Goone (Zoroark: Master of Illusions)
• Mannes (White—Victini and Zekrom and Black—Victini and Reshiram)
• Cobalion (Kyurem VS. The Sword of Justice)
• Red Genesect (Genesect and the Legend Awakened)
• Keith's Farfetch'd (So Near, Yet so Farfetch'd)

Famous non-Pokémon roles

Note: In the case of dubbing roles, the name of the character and TV show/movie/franchise are followed by the original English actor's name in parentheses.

In anime and video games

• Spike Spiegel (Cowboy Bebop)
• Ryoga Hibiki (Ranma ½)
• Ryoji Kaji (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
• Sha Gojyo (Saiyūki)
• Captain Harlock (Harlock Saga)
• Togusa (Ghost in the Shell)
• Sorata Arisugawa (X (movie))
• Dr. Morio Osanai (Paprika) (with Megumi Hayashibara)
• Zorori (Kaiketsu Zorori)
• Akihiko Kayaba (Sword Art Online)
• Kain Highwind (Final Fantasy IV) (Nintendo DS version) (with Takeshi Kaga)
• Donald Duck (Kingdom Hearts)
• Birus (Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods)
• Albedo Piazzola (Xenosaga)

In dubbed productions

• Stitch (Lilo & Stitch) (Chris Sanders)
• Austin Powers (Austin Powers film series) (Mike Meyers)
• Genie (Aladdin) (Robin Williams)
• Sebastian the Crab (The Little Mermaid) (Samuel E. Wright) (1997 redub)
• Cat (Red Dwarf) (Danny John-Jules)
• Michael Jordan (Space Jam) (Michael Jordan)
• David Marcus (Star Trek III: The Search for Spock) (Merritt Butrick) (first dub)
• Han Solo (Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back) (Harrison Ford) (TV Asahi version)
• Donkey Kong (Donkey Kong Country (TV series)) (Richard Yearwood)
• Beast (Beauty and the Beast) (Robby Benson)
• Ralph (Wreck-It Ralph) (John C. Reilly)

External links

• Role list at Anime News Network

This article is part of Project VA, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on voice actors in Pokémon animation and Pokémon games.