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Eric Kelso
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Providing the voice acting for Paul Phoenix in Tekken 5 (2005)
Born
Eric Victor Kelso

(1962-12-22) 22 December 1962 (age 61)
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Voice actor, narrator, director, producer
Websitewww.erickelso.com

Eric Kelso (born December 22, 1962) is an American voice actor and narrator currently based in Tokyo, Japan. He is well known as the English voice actor for Paul Phoenix in the video game series, Tekken. Other major roles Kelso has has provided voice over for include Guizhang Chen,[1] Masaya Fukuhara,[2] and Ren of Heavens[3] in the video game series, Shenmue, as well as Jacky Bryant in the Virtua Fighter series.[4] Outside of video games, he has provided voices for Disney, Universal Studios, DreamWorks, and the Iron Chef cooking show. His voice is well-known in Japan on many TV commercials, as well as NHK TV and radio programs.

Early life

Eric Kelso was born and raised in California. He attended high school in Santa Cruz and went to the University of California, Santa Barbara where he majored in Film Studies. While at UCSB he received a Corwin Metropolitan Film Award for writing and directing the short film, "An Echo en Route".[5] After graduating in 1986 he set out to travel the world in search of documentary film subjects and eventually made his way to Japan where he happily resides today.[6]

Career

Narrator

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NHK cover for "Florida with Eric" (1992)

Kelso has been a narrator for more than 300 international corporate videos including Major League Baseball, Toyota Motors, Mitsubishi, Du Pont, Sony, Panasonic, Isuzu Motors, Yamaha Motors, NEC, Japan Airlines, Nescafe, Tiffany's, Toshiba, RCA Victor, UNESCO World Heritage. Since 1988 he has narrated thousands of English teaching materials as well, from junior highschool and highschool tests and textbooks, to university entrance examinations, to TOEIC, TOEFL and STEP tests.[6]

Television and Radio

Kelso has had numerous on screen roles on televison, including Nissin Supao TV CM with Fukada Kyoko (actor), NEC, Aris Computer Advancements (presenter), Hitachi Corp. Future Innovations (presenter), TBS TV, Mezase Multilingual (writer/host), Asahi Kasei, Company News (newscaster) , NEC TV CM, Global Solutions (actor), NHK TV English I and II (actor). A cohost and cast member of NHK Broadcasting programs since 1988, Kelso’s credits include; radio reporter for NHK Radio starring in the shows "New York and Boston with Eric" (1991) and NHK Radio: "Florida with Eric" (1992), Shima Kosaku, Tsunami Survivors, Somewhere Streets, Business World, Go Kitchen Go!, TV Eikaiwa I, TV Eikaiwa II, Radio Eikaiwa, Yasashi Business English, English Listening Nyumon, Jissen Business English and Eigode Asobo.[7]

Kelso also appeared for many years as the voice of Masaharu Morimoto in the Iron Chef.[8]

Television Commercials

Kelso is the voice of more than 20 Japanese television commercials for companies such as Toyota, TDK, Sony, Max Factor, Suntory, Mazda, Sunkist, Brooks Brothers, Nissin Foods, NEC, Mitsubishi Motors, Namco Bandai, RIZAP.

Animation

In animation, Kelso has been active in Japan doing voiceovers for movies, amusement parks, children’s programs and educational broadcasting. In 1995, Kelso provided live interactive voice over and CG movement work for "Mr. Mike", a microphone character, around the world. Noteable events include TELECOM 95 in Geneva, Switzerland,[9] as well as at ASIA TELECOM 97 in Singapore. He played Doraemon in Gakken’s English version of the popular Japanese series of the same name. He voiced the Japanese movie trailer for Disney’s Mulan, as well as the part of River Guide in the Wild River Splash VR Simulator ride for DreamWorks at SEGA’s Joypolis in Tokyo. At Universal Studios Japan he can be heard as the voice of Woody Woodpecker.[10] In 2002, he did several characters for Zoids: Fuzors. In 2006, shortly after the merger of Tomy and Takara, Kelso provided the voice for the newly released "Omnibot 2007: i-SOBOT", which has been certified by Guinness World Records as "the world's smallest humanoid robot in production”. In 2015, Kelso voiced the character of Ikasama in the English version of Ganba no Bōken (Gamba and Friends) from TMS Entertainment.

Video Games

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Providing the motion capture for Time Crisis 5 (2005)

Kelso began voice acting for the video games industry in 1996, with his first role being in Soul Blade as Siegfried Schtauffen,[11] released on the Sony Playstation console. Continuing to work with Sony, 1998 seen Kelso hired to provide the voice of Paul Phoenix in the fighting video game series, Tekken 3, also released on the Sony Playstaton. In 1999, Kelso would provide voice over in the English dub of the iconic Sega Dreamcast game, Shenmue. Playing the roles of Masaya Fukuhara[2] and Guizhang Chen,[1] Kelso noted how large a project was, having a lot more pages to read, as well as a lot more additional dialogue and voice effects when compared to other projects. In 2000, he reprised the role of Paul Phoenix in Tekken Tag Tournament, and continue to voice the character in Tekken 4,[12] Tekken 5,[13] Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection, and Tekken 6.

In 2001 Kelso also worked on the sequel to Shenmue, Shenmue 2, providing the voice over for a new character in the franchise, Ren of Heavens.[3] The game appeared both on the European and Japanese releases on the Sega Dreamcast, and then re-released in 2002 on the Microsoft Xbox console. Also in 2001, Kelso provided the voice over for Woody Woodpecker at Universal Studios Theme Parks Adventure.[3] The year also seen Kelso become the voice artist for another iconic fighting game character in Virtua Fighter 4 called Jacky Bryant.[14] He also reprised the role in Virtua Fighter 5,[15] as well as side projects featuring the character, such as; Sega Superstars,[16] Virtua Quest, Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing,[17] and Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate[18]

Director and Producer

Kelso has been a director and producer for corporate video recordings for Prologis Inc. (since 2015) and Medtronic (2016)

Filmography

Video Games

Year Title Role Platform
1996 Soul Blade "Siegfried Schtauffen" Playstation
1998 Tekken 3 "Paul Phoenix" Arcade / Playstation
1999 Shenmue "Masaya Fukuhara" / "Guizhang Chen" Dreamcast
2000 Tekken Tag Tournament "Paul Phoenix" Arcade / Playstation2 / Playstation 3
2000 Gun Griffon Blaze Various Playstation 2
2001 Planet of the Apes Various Microsoft Windows / Playstation 2
2001 Shenmue 2 "Ren of Heavens" Dreamcast / Xbox
2001 Universal Studios Theme Parks Adventure "Woody Woodpecker" Theme Park Ride
2001 Virtua Fighter 4 "Jacky Bryant" Arcade / Playstation 2
2002 Tekken 4 "Paul Phoenix" Arcade/Playstation 2
2002 Dino Stalker Lt. Mike Wired Playstation 2
2003 F-Zero GX Captain Falcon / Blood Falcon Gamecube
2003 Glass Rose Takashi Kagetani, Kazuya Playstation 2
2003 Bloody Roar 4 Reiji Takigawa Playstation 2 / Playstation 3
2003 Baten Kaitos Kalas Gamecube
2004 Firefighter F.D.18 Dean McGregor Playstation 2
2004 Gradius V Pilot/Boss Playstation 2 / Playstation Network
2004 Metal Wolf Chaos various Xbox
2004 Sega Superstars "Jacky Bryant" Playstation 2
2004 Virtua Quest "Jacky Bryant" Gamecube / Playstation 2
2005 Tekken 5 "Paul Phoenix" Arcade / Playstation 2
2005 Taiko: Drum Master various Playstation 2
2005 Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection "Paul Phoenix" Arcade / Playstation Portable / Playstation Network
2006 Lunar Knights: Boktai DS Duma/Kay/Kid Nintendo DS
2006 Elebits Ed/Dad Wii
2006 Dance Dance Revolution: Disney Mix various Arcade
2007 Mega Max ZX Advent Aeolus Nintendo DS
2007 Virtua Fighter 5 "Jacky Bryant" Arcade / Playstation 3 / Xbox 360
2007 Dynasty Warriors: Gundam various Playstation 2 / Playstation 3 / Xbox 360
2009 The King of Fighters XII Benimaru Nikaido/Clark Still Arcade / Playstation 3 / Xbox 360
2009 Tekken 6 "Paul Phoenix" Arcade / Playstation 3 / Xbox 360
2010 Ace Combat: Joint Assault Michael Arena Playstation Portable
2010 Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing "Jacky Bryant" Arcade / Playstation 3 / Xbox 360 / Nintendo DS / Wii / Microsoft Windows / MAC OS X / Android / Blackberry / Java ME
2013 Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate "Jacky Bryant" Arcade / Playstation 3 / Xbox 360
2015 Transformers Pachinko Optimus Prime Arcade
2015 Time Crisis 5 Marc Godart Arcade
2015 Ace Combat: Assault Horizon Legacy Tower Controller Nintendo 3DS
2015 Devil’s Third Online various Wii U / Microsoft Windows
2016 Pokemon Tretta Announcer Arcade

References

  1. ^ a b "Voice Of Chen Gui Zhang - Shenmue". Behind The Voice Actors. 2014-05-19. Retrieved 2016-10-21.
  2. ^ a b "Voice Of Masayuki Fukuhara - Shenmue". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 2016-10-21.
  3. ^ a b c "Voice Of Wuying Ren - Shenmue II". Behind The Voice Actors. 2014-04-12. Retrieved 2016-10-21.
  4. ^ "Voice Of Jacky Bryant - Virtua Fighter 4". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 2016-10-21.
  5. ^ https://65.media.tumblr.com/fa24314af7f8ec70cfaeb39dabccfeb7/tumblr_ofes1itiBN1vilcqco1_1280.png
  6. ^ a b "SEGA Nerds interview with Shenmue voice actors". YouTube. 2015-07-09. Retrieved 2016-10-21.
  7. ^ "プロフィール". Eric Kelso. Retrieved 2016-10-21.
  8. ^ "The Voices of Iron Chef (1998, Live Action Series) - Voice Cast Listing at Voice Chasers". Voicechasers.com. Retrieved 2016-10-21.
  9. ^ http://www.itu.int/newsroom/press_releases/1995/ITU95-29.html
  10. ^ "Voice Of Woody Woodpecker - Universal Studios Theme Parks Adventure". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 2016-10-21.
  11. ^ "Voice Of Siegfried Schtauffen - Soul Edge". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 2016-10-21.
  12. ^ "Voice Of Paul Phoenix - Tekken 4". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 2016-10-21.
  13. ^ "Voice Of Paul Phoenix - Tekken 5". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 2016-10-21.
  14. ^ "Voice Of Jacky Bryant - Virtua Fighter 4". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 2016-10-21.
  15. ^ "Voice Of Jacky Bryant - Virtua Fighter 5". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 2016-10-21.
  16. ^ "Voice Of Jacky Bryant - Sega Superstars". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 2016-10-21.
  17. ^ "Voice Of Jacky Bryant - Sonic and Sega All-Stars Racing". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 2016-10-21.
  18. ^ "Voice Of Jacky Bryant - Dead or Alive 5". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 2016-10-21.