Shin-ichiro Miki

Shinichirō Miki

Shin-ichiro Miki (Japanese: 三木眞一郎 Miki Shin'ichirō) is a Japanese voice actor for the Pokémon anime.

Biography

Miki was born on March 18, 1968, in Tokyo, Japan, and he became a voice actor as an adult. He was both one of the original and one of the longest-serving voice actors in the Pokémon anime, with his most famous role being James. He is also noted for voicing most depictions of Charizard and Golbat in various Pokémon media (including the anime itself), which are left undubbed in many foreign versions of the franchise, including English. Miki is currently affiliated with the talent agency 81 Produce.

Pokémon roles

Anime

Humans

Major

• James

Minor

• Dino
• Victor (young adult)
• Melissa*
• Spearow Trainer
• Ralph
• Jeremy (young)
• J's client's henchman
• Mirror James
• Various guest characters

Pokémon

Major

• Ash's Charmander, Charmeleon, and Charizard
• Ash's Torkoal
• Ash's Turtwig, Grotle, and Torterra
• Ash's Hawlucha
• Ash's Farfetch'd and Sirfetch'd
• Brock's Geodude
• Brock's Zubat, Golbat, and Crobat
• Misty's Staryu
• Misty's Poliwag, Poliwhirl, and Politoed
• Cilan's Dwebble and Crustle
• Goh's Scyther and Scizor
• Goh's Pinsir
• Drew's Flygon
• Barry's Staraptor
• Trip's Snivy
• Tierno's Wartortle
• Saturn's Toxicroak
• Brawly's Makuhita
• Gladion's Lycanroc
• Hau's Dartrix and Decidueye
• Guzzlord (anime)

Minor

• Jessie's Shellder
• Jessie's Banette
• James's Charizard
• Squirtle Squad
• Otoshi's Marowak
• Masamune
• Wings Alexander's Noctowl
• Norman's Slakoth
• Flannery's Slugma (Mag)
• Juan's Sealeo
• Juan's Whiscash
• Colonel Hansen's Ninjask
• Morrison's Growlithe
• Brianna's Vibrava
• Emily's Machoke
• Jeanette Fisher's Beedrill
• Mandi's Golbat
• Howie's Pinsir
• Blaine's Ninetales
• Agatha's Golbat
• Brawly's Machop
• Team Magma Grunt's Golbat
• Brodie's Golbat
• Clark's Charizard
• Tyson's Shiftry
• Lola's Poliwag
• Roark's Geodude
• Trip's Lampent
• Luke's Larvesta
• Leon's Beheeyem
• Dr. Ferrara's Vanillish
• Rocko's Corphish
• Remo's Garchomp (Garchoo)
• Mirror Hawlucha
• Hala's Makuhita and Hariyama
• Goh's Parasect
• Kira's Braviary
• Doug's Centiskorch (Centy)
• Stoutland (Ride Pokémon; SM032)
• Garchomp (Ride Pokémon)
• Poliwag (AG015)
• Gastly (PK15)
• Darumaka (PK22)
• Ekans (JN001)
• Carvanha
• Treecko
• Marowak
• Ivysaur
• Dewgong
• Squirtle
• Wobbuffet
• Dugtrio
• Exeggcute
• Aron
• Numel
• Seel
• Noctowl
• Voltorb
• Aerodactyl
• Flygon
• Quilava
• Charizard
• Blaziken
• Wobbuffet
• Croagunk
• Quagsire
• Lickilicky

Other

• Pokédex (Kanto and Battle Frontier)

Musical appearances

• 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！)

Video games

Super Smash Bros.

• Charmander
• Charizard

Pokémon Snap

• Charizard
• Kakuna
• Zubat
• Poliwag
• Geodude
• Staryu

Pokémon Puzzle League

• Brock's Zubat
• Misty's Staryu
• Koga's Golbat
• Blaine's Arcanine
• Team Rocket's Golbat
• Gary's Arcanine

Super Smash Bros. Melee

• Charizard
• Staryu
• Scizor

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

• Charizard
• Staryu

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS/Wii U

• Charizard
• Staryu
• Darkrai

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

• Charizard
• Charmander
• Staryu
• Scizor
• Darkrai
• Akira Yuki

Pokémon Masters EX

• James

Other

• Roger Clifford (POKÉMON Detective Pikachu)

Other non-Pokémon roles

• Kisuke Urahara (Bleach)
• Sieg (Kamen Rider Den-O)
• Bob Makihara (Tenjho Tenge)
• 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 (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)
• Roman Torchwick (RWBY)
• Pedro (One Piece)
• Tatsuya Shima (Wangan Midnight)
• Banks (Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution)

Solo albums

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

Trivia

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

External links

• Official website
• 81 Produce profile
• Twitter

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.