Yoshito Yasuhara

Yoshita Yasuhara (安原 義人, Yasuhara Yoshito) is an actor and seiyū born on November 17, 1949 in Aioi, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. He is a member of Theatre Echo, a theatre troupe and talent management firm known for its comedy sketches. Yasuhara is known for being the Japanese dubbing voice of Mickey Rourke.

Roles

Television animation

• Blocker Gundan IV: Machine Blaster
• Cat's Eye (Toshio Utsumi)
• Cats & Company (Grandpa, Leroy)
• Dokaben (Santarō Hohoemi, Sankichi Sakata)
• DT Eitoron (Doctor Genesis)
• Fist of the North Star (Jūza)
• The Flying House (Doctor Tokio Taimu - "Professor Humphrey Bumble" in the U.S. version)
• Galactic Hurricane Sasuraiger (Narration)
• Gowappā 5 Godam (Gō Tsunami)
• Haikara-san ga Tōru (Shingo Onishima)
• Hakugei: Legend of the Moby Dick (White Hat)
• High School! Kimengumi (Takuma Sessa)
• Jikū Bōkenki Zentrix (Doctor Kōi)
• Konjiki no Gash Bell! (Doronma)
• Magical Idol Pastel Yumi (Ichirō Hanazono)
• Mirai Robo Daltanious (Danji Hiiragi)
• Monster (Hekkeru)
• Mū no Hakugei (Narration)
• Ozu no Mahōtsukai (Scarecrow)
• Pāman (TV Asahi version) (Birdman)
• PaRappa the Rapper (Prince Fleaswallow)
• Petite Princess Yucie (Fairy King)
• The Rose of Versailles (Louis the 16th)
• Rurouni Kenshin (Shinomori Aoshi)
• Space Battleship Yamato (Kenjirō Ōta)
• Space Emperor God Sigma (Juri Noguchi)
• Tentōmushi no Uta (Kaji Isshū)
• Tokimeki Tonight (Mori Etō)
• Tokusō Kihei Dorvack (Maruseru)
• Tondemo Senshi Muteking (Caster Robo, Omatsuri Robo)
• Tōshi Gordian (Daigo Ōtaki)
• Wakakusa no Charlotte (Sandy)
• Wild Arms (Valeria)
• The Wonderful Adventures of Nils (Morten)
• Yakyūkyō no Uta (Sentō)

OVA

• Area 88 (Satoru Kanzaki)
• California Crisis: Tsuigeki no Hibana (Noera)
• Harlock Saga (Alberich)
• Legend of the Galactic Heroes (Boris Konev)
• Naniwa Kin'yūden: Minami no Teiō (Ginjirō Manta)
• Shinshū Sudamahen (Ichidō Kanketsu)
• Terashima-chō Kidan (Gramps)

Theater animation

• Hamtaro: Ham Ham Ham Maboroshi no Princess (Sabaku-nya)
• Kindaichi Case Files 2: Satsuriku no Deep Blue (Makoto Wakabayashi)
• Laputa: Castle in the Sky (Louie)
• Locke the Superman (Yamaki)
• One Piece: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island (Burīfu)
• Pa-Pa-Pa The Movie Pāman (Birdman)
• Space Battleship Yamato series (Kenjirō Ōta)
• Technopolis 21C (Kyōsuke Mibu)
• Tsushimamaru: Sayonara Okinawa (Miyasato)

Dubbing roles

• 9½ Weeks (John Grey)
• Agatha Christie's Poirot (Captain Arthur Hastings (second voice))
• The A-Team (Lieutenant Templeton "Faceman" Peck)
• Big Trouble in Little China (Jack Burton)
• Bird on a Wire (Rick Jarmin)
• Casper (Nippon TV edition) (Doctor James Harvey)
• Conspiracy Theory (Jerry Fletcher)
• Die Hard (TV Asahi edition) (Richard Thornburg)
• The Fifth Element (Nippon TV edition) (Korben Dallas)
• Ghostbusters (Peter Venkman)
• Ghostbusters II (Peter Venkman)
• The Great Escape (TV Tokyo edition) (Captain Virgil Hilts)
• Groundhog Day (Phil Connors)
• Growing Pains (Doctor Jason Seaver)
• Hardcastle and McCormick (first season) (Mark "Skid" McCormick)
• Hollow Man (TV edition) (Doctor Sebastian Caine)
• Independence Day (Video edition) (President Thomas J. Whitmore)
• Lethal Weapon 3 (Martin Riggs)
• Lethal Weapon 4 (Martin Riggs)
• Little House on the Prairie (Percival Dalton/Isaac Cohen)
• Mad Max (Max Rockatansky)
• Major League: Back to the Minors (Gus Cantrell)
• Maverick (Bret Maverick)
• Monty Python (Graham Chapman)
• Muppets Tonight (Kermit the Frog)
• My Lucky Stars (Herb)
• Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less (Jean-Pierre Lamanns)
• Quantum Leap (Sam Beckett)
• Sin City (Marv)
• Sneakers (Martin Bishop/Martin Brice)
• Starman (Starman/Scott Hayden)
• Tango & Cash (Gabriel "Gabe" Cash)
• The Rescuers (Bernard)
• Tremors (video edition) (Valentine McKee)
• Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (Willy Wonka)

External links

• (Japanese) Theatre Echo
• (Japanese) Seiyū Database
• Yoshito Yasuhara at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
• Yoshito Yasuhara at the Internet Movie Database