Shin-ichiro Miki

Shinichirō Miki

Shin'ichirō Miki (Japanese: 三木眞一郎 Miki Shin'ichirō) is a voice actor who provides the voices of many characters in the Japanese version of the Pokémon anime. His most famous role in the series is that of Kojirō (James).

Shin'ichirō Miki was born on March 18, 1968, in Tokyo, Japan.

Pokémon roles

James is just one of the many voices Miki has provided on Pokémon, but it is his major role in the series. Miki tends to be typecast as young, handsome men, and this is certainly the case when it comes to James.

Humans

Major

• James

Minor

• Dino
• Victor (young adult)
• Melissa*
• Sasuke (EP176)
• Various guest characters

Pokémon

Major

• Ash's Charmander, Charmeleon and Charizard
• Ash's Torkoal
• Ash's Turtwig, Grotle and Torterra
• Ash's Froakie
• Misty's Staryu
• Misty's Poliwag, Poliwhirl and Politoed
• Brock's Geodude
• Brock's Zubat, Golbat and Crobat
• Cilan's Dwebble and Crustle
• Barry's Staraptor
• Paul's Honchkrow
• Drew's Flygon
• Saturn's Toxicroak
• Trip's Snivy

Minor

• Jessie's Shellder
• James's Magikarp
• Jessie's Charizard
• Squirtle Squad
• Norman's Slakoth (AG069, AG070)
• Brawly's Makuhita
• Flannery's Mag (AG055)
• Juan's Sealeo
• Juan's Whiscash
• Roark's Geodude
• Morrison's Growlithe
• Trip's Lampent
• Luke's Larvesta
• Emily's Machoke
• Otoshi's Marowak
• Brianna's Vibrava
• Scizor (Masamune)
• Howie's Pinsir
• Colonel Hansen's Ninjask
• Doctor Ferrara's Vanillish
• Rocko's Corphish
• Carvanha
• Treecko
• Ninetales
• Marowak
• Beedrill
• Ivysaur
• Dewgong
• Squirtle
• Wobbuffet
• Dugtrio
• Exeggcute
• Aron
• Numel
• Seel
• Noctowl
• Voltorb
• Aerodactyl
• Flygon
• Quilava
• Charizard
• Blaziken
• Machop
• Wobbuffet
• Croagunk
• Quagsire
• Lickilicky
• Beheeyem

Other

• Pokédex (Kanto and Battle Frontier)

Video games

• Charizard (Super Smash Bros. Brawl)

Famous non-Pokémon roles

• Sieg (Kamen Rider Den-O)
• Kisuke Urahara (Bleach)
• Aries Shion (Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas)
• Yōji Kudō (Weiss Kreuz)
• Crim (.hack//SIGN)
• Lockon Stratos (Mobile Suit Gundam 00)
• Allen Shezar (Vision of Escaflowne)
• Kurz Weber (Fullmetal Panic)
• Takumi Fujiwara (Initial D)
• Shannon (Scrapped Princess)
• Asato Tsuzuki (Descendants of Darkness)
• Takuya Isurugi (801 TSS Airbats)
• Katan (Angel Sanctuary)
• Makoto Shinjō (Area 88)
• Yoichi Taba (Geobreeders)
• James McCloud (F-Zero: GP Legend)
• Roy Mustang (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood)
• Aladdin in Disney's Aladdin series
• Ryosuke Katashiro/Chairman (Star Driver: Kagayaki no Takuto)
• Rinroku Kaishou (UN-GO)
• Gyro Zeppeli (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle)
• Aikurō Mikisugi (Kill la Kill)
• Sakamoto Tatsuma (Gintama)

Solo albums

• Yūkyū Gensōkyoku 3 - I'm Over Drive (2000)

Musical appearances in Pokémon

• Lucky Lucky (ラッキーラッキー)
• Team Rocket Forever (ロケット団よ永遠)
• Meowth's Party (ニャースのパーティ)
• Face Forward Team Rocket! (前向きロケット団！)

Trivia

• Shin'ichirō Miki provides the Pokédex voice on the soundtrack album Game Boy: Entire Pokémon Sounds Collection CD‎.

External links

• Miki-Ha (Official webpage)

Team Rocket's Secret Empire Cast: Megumi Hayashibara • Shin-ichiro Miki • Inuko Inuyama • Masafumi Mima Albums: Jessie Edition • James Edition • Meowth Edition • Rare Pilot Edition • ~Selection~ Other: Twitter account

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.