Tesshō Genda

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Tesshō Genda
Born Mitsuo Yokoi
May 20, 1948 (1948-05-20) (age 61)
Okayama Prefecture, Japan
Occupation Actor, seiyū
Years active 1972-present

Tesshō Genda (玄田 哲章 Genda Tesshō?) is a seiyū, or voice actor who was born in Okayama Prefecture, Japan on May 20, 1948.[1] He is employed by the talent management firm 81 Produce.[1] When he debuted, he used his real name, Mitsuo Yokoi (横居 光雄 Yokoi Mitsuo?).[1] Because he had experience with ballet, he was known by the nickname "Pirouette Genda."[2]

Along with such well-known seiyū such as Akio Ohtsuka, Shigeru Chiba and Kōichi Yamadera, Genda is one of Japan's most prolific voice actors, with 234 roles credited to his name as of September 25, 2007.[3]

Among his other credits, he has performed the roles of Masami Iwaki (Dokaben), Suppaman (Dr. Slump and Arale-chan), Gō Reietsu (High School! Kimengumi), Optimus Prime (A.K.A. Convoy) (The Transformers), Umibouzu (City Hunter), Ichimi Araiwa (Cooking Papa), and Action Kamen (Crayon Shin-chan) and is the current Japanese voice of Tigger in Winnie the Pooh media.

Like his Canadian counterpart Peter Cullen, Tesshō reprised the role of Optimus Prime (Convoy) in the Japanese dub of the 2007 Transformers movie.

In addition to the names above, Genda's name is sometimes romanized in credits as Tessyou Genda, Tetsuaki Genda, and Tetsusyo Genda, though the later two spellings/romanizations of his name are incorrect.

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[edit] Roles

The roles below are listed in chronological order, with the show title in italics followed by the dates of the series and the characters' names in parentheses.

[edit] Animation

[edit] Television

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[edit] Theater

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The roles below are listed in alphabetical order, with the show title in italics and the (character(s) name in parentheses).

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[edit] Dubbing roles

[edit] Live-action

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[edit] Tokusetsu

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[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Doi, Hitoshi. "Genda Tessho (玄田 哲章)". Seiyuu Database. http://www.usagi.org/~doi///seiyuu/genda-tessho/. Retrieved 2007-03-21. 
  2. ^ (Japanese) "羊の糸紡ぎ うぇるかむ、可愛いもの。". 2007-01-23. http://ellis.blog10.fc2.com/blog-entry-640.html. Retrieved 2007-03-09. 
  3. ^ Tesshô GENDA - Anime News Network
  4. ^ "『サイボーグ　009』". http://www.geocities.co.jp/Playtown/3064/009s.htm. Retrieved 2008-02-20. 
  5. ^ a b c Tesshô Genda at the Internet Movie Database
  6. ^ a b "Tesshô GENDA". Anime News Network. http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=1250. 
  7. ^ a b c d e (Japanese) "玄田哲章". 81 Produce. http://www.81produce.co.jp/man/gendatessyo.html. Retrieved 2007-03-21. 
  8. ^ "Tessho Genda - Filmography - Movies". New York Times. http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/filmography.html?p_id=219685&mod=films. Retrieved 2007-03-21. 
  9. ^ a b (Japanese) "CinemaScape/玄田哲章". CinemaScape. http://cinema.intercritique.com/person.cgi?name=玄田哲章. Retrieved 2007-03-21. 
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