Issei Futamata

Issei Futamata
Issei Futamata
二又一成
Born	Kazunari Futamata; March 15, 1955 (age 69); Misawa, Aomori, Japan
Occupations	Voice actor; narrator;
Years active	1975–present
Agent	Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society
Height	172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Spouse	Tomoka Kiriyama (m. 2013)
Children	1

Issei Futamata (二又一成, Futamata Issei, born March 15, 1955) is a Japanese voice actor and narrator from Misawa, Aomori. He is best known for the roles of Skullomania (Street Fighter EX and Fighting EX Layer), Yusaku Godai (Maison Ikkoku), Chibi (Urusei Yatsura), Kiyoshi Shusse (High School! Kimengumi), Kinkotsuman (Kinnikuman), and Saburou (Sazae-san). His wife is fellow voice actress Tomoka Kiriyama (桐山智花, Kiriyama Tomoka).

Biography

After graduating from high school, he worked for about a year in Tokyo to buy a motorcycle. He then finished work after "achieving his purpose". After attending a vocational school for DJs, he made his voice actor debut. Futamata is a regular voice actors on Rumiko Takahashi's work. He voiced Yusaku Godai in Maison Ikkoku, Chibi in Urusei Yatsura, Hikaru Gosunkugi in Ranma ½ and Tesso in Inuyasha.

In 2013, he was married voice actress Tomoka Kiriyama.^[1] On July 3, 2014, their first child was born.

Filmography

Television animation

1970s

Future Boy Conan (1978) (Monte)
Haikara-san ga Tōru (1978) (Kobayashi)
Mobile Suit Gundam (1979) (Ortega, Judakku, Konrī, Shin, Jobu, John, Omuru Hangu, Karu)

1980s

Fang of the Sun Dougram (1981) (Aaron)
Golden Warrior Gold Lightan (1981) (Gold Lightan)
Ninja Hattori-kun (1981) (Koike-sensei)
Urusei Yatsura (1981) (Chibi)
Combat Mecha Xabungle (1982) (Kid Horla)
Gyakuten! Ippatsuman (1982) (Chiba)
Armored Trooper Votoms (1983) (Guran)
Kinnikuman (1983) (Kinkotsuman, SteCase King, Sneagator, various others)
Mirai Keisatsu Urashiman (1983) (Stinger Shark)
Doraemon (1984) (Suneyoshi I, Kyōbō)
High School! Kimengumi (1985) (Kiyoshi Shusse)
Sazae-san (1985) (Saburō)
Dragon Ball (1986) (Usagi gang member)
Maison Ikkoku (1986) (Yusaku Godai)
City Hunter (1987) (Yonezawa)
Meimon! Daisan Yakyūbu (1988) (Rinta Saitō)
Ronin Warriors (1988) (Dokumashō Nāza)
Saint Seiya (1988) (Scylla Io)
Patlabor: The TV Series (1989) (Mikiyasu Shinshi)

1990s

Brave Exkaiser (1990) (Kōmori)
Gobo-chan (1990) (Kōji Tabata)
Robin Hood no Daiboken (1990) (Prince John)
Ranma ½ (1991) (Hikaru Gosunkugi)
Yadamon (1992) (Eddie)
YuYu Hakusho (1992) (Shikkō, Urashima, Yū Kaitō)
Tanoshii Willow Town (1993) (Fork)
Mobile Fighter G Gundam (1994) (Chandora Shijīma)
Slayers NEXT (1996) (Kanzel)
Kindaichi Case Files (1997) (Seiji Hazawa, Saruhiko Senda, Kaneharu Hiiragi, Atsuya Kinone, Wataru Iwaya, Yoshiki Maruyama)
Nessa no Haō Gandāra (1998) (Sydney)

2000s

Digimon Tamers (2001) (Sinduramon)
Inuyasha (2002) (Tesso)
MegaMan NT Warrior (2002) (Heatman.EXE)
Ashita no Nadja (2003) (Heruman)
The Big O (2003) (Alan Gabriel)
Zatch Bell! (2003) (English gentleman, Robert Vile)
One Piece (2003) (Bayan, Gabanā)
Futari wa Pretty Cure (2004) (Irukubo)
Ah! My Goddess (2005) (Hikozaemon Otaki)
Gun Sword (2005) (Zakota)
Code Geass (2006) (Kōsetsu Urabe)
Hell Girl (2006) (Takashi Murai)
Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple (2006) (Kensei Ma)
Mahjong Legend Akagi (2006) (Takeshi Ōgi)
Death Note (2007) (Kyōsuke Higuchi)
Hero Tales (2007) (Shimei)

2010s

Stitch! ~Best Friends Forever~ (2010) (Professor)
Kaiji: Against All Rules (2011) (Kōtarō Sakazaki)
Hunter × Hunter (2011) (Narrator, Peggy, Puhat)
Saint Seiya Ω (2013) (Chakram Europa)
Parasyte -the maxim- (2014) (Shirō Kuramori)
The World is Still Beautiful (2014) (Catesby)
A Centaur's Life (2017) (Zhang Lu)
In Another World With My Smartphone (2017) (Snake of Black Tortoise /Kokuyou (ep. 10))
Gurazeni (2018) (Tanabe)
Afterlost (2019) (Zenshirō)

Original video animation (OVA)

Urusei Yatsura series (1985–89) (Chibi)
Violence Jack: Harlem Bomber (1986) (Laser)
Mobile Police Patlabor (1988) (Mikiyasu Shinshi)
One-pound Gospel (1988) (Ishida)
Guyver (1989) (Aptom)
Legend of the Galactic Heroes (1989) (Flegel)
Violence Jack: Hell's Wind (1990) (Joker)
Here Is Greenwood (1991) (Nagisa's henchman)
Dōkyūsei (1994) (Kazuya Sakagami)
Shonan Junai Gumi (1994) (Onizuka Eikichi)
Twin Signal: Family Game (1996) (Masanobu Otoi)
Saint Seiya: Chapter Elysion (2008) (Hypnos)

Film

Xabungle Graffiti (1983) (Kid Horla)
Choro Q Dougram (1983) (Aaron)
Urusei Yatsura series (1983–91) (Chibi)
High School! Kimengumi (1986) (Kiyoshi Shusse)
Akira (1988) (Ago)
Maison Ikkoku Kanketsuhen (1988) (Yusaku Godai)
Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan (1989) (Utabe)
The Five Star Stories (1989) (Torōra)
Patlabor: The Movie (1989) (Mikiyasu Shinshi)
Patlabor 2: The Movie (1993) (Mikiyasu Shinshi)
Crayon Shin-chan: Unkokusai's Ambition (1995) (Jokoman)
Dorami & Doraemons: Robot School's Seven Mysteries (1996) (Ed)
Ah! My Goddess The Movie (2000) (Hikozaemon Otaki)
WXIII: Patlabor the Movie 3 (2002) (Mikiyasu Shinshi)
The Princess and the Pilot (2011) (Hermann)
Doraemon: Nobita and the Island of Miracles—Animal Adventure (2012) (Snake)
Hunter × Hunter: Phantom Rouge (2013) (Kurta Clan Elder)
Short Peace (2013) (Marl)
The Empire of Corpses (2015) (Narrator)
The Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These Seiran (2019) (Arthur Lynch)

Video games

Ajito 2 (Uzumaking #1)
Armored Core 3 (Fanfāre)
Armored Core: Last Raven (Alliance Kisaragi Sect)
Evil Zone (aka Eretzvaju) (Linedwell Rainrix)
Kinnikuman Muscle Grand Prix Max (SteCase King, Sneagator, Benkiman, Silverman)
Linda Cube (Hume Burning)
Linda Cube Again (Hume Burning)
Mobile Suit Gundam series (Ortega)
PoPoRoGue (Misha)
Rockman 8 (Astroman, Grenademan, Cutman)
Rockman X4 (Web Spider, Cyber Kujacker)
Resident Evil 3 (Oswell E. Spencer)^[2]
Shenmue (Chai)
Soul Hackers (Sukeroku/Kyouji Kuzunoha)
Street Fighter EX (Skullomania)
Suikoden V (Babbage, Murādo, Dilber)
Super Robot Wars series (Helmut)
Tatsunoko vs. Capcom (Gold Ligthan)

Tokusatsu

The 6 Ultra Brothers vs. the Monster Army (1974) (Hanuman)
Ultraman Tiga (1996) (Narrator, Computer (ep 3), Ultraman (ep 49))
Chōsei Kantai Sazer-X
Tokkei Winspector (1990) (Demitas)
Kamen Rider Black RX (1989) (Strange Demon Robot Metaheavy (ep 30))
Gekisou Sentai Carranger (1996) (Speed King Max/KK Esu (ep 9))
Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger (2004) (voice of superior officer (ep 1))
Engine Sentai Go-onger (2008) (Savage Sky Barbaric Machine Beast Speaker Banki (ep 6))
Samurai Sentai Shinkenger (2009) (Ayakashi Zuboshimeshi (ep 6))
Hikounin Sentai Akibaranger (2012) (Yoyogisujibokehashirigumo]] (ep 8))
Ressha Sentai ToQger (2014) (Pin Spot Shadow (ep 25))
Shuriken Sentai Ninninger (2015) (Advanced Yokai Konakijiji (ep 34))

CDs

Gensōmaden Saiyūki Part 10 (Chin Īsō)
Shōnen Gangan Comic CD Collection 9: Violinist of Hameln Vol.3 (Warrior King Guitar)
Shy (original performance)
Street Fighter Zero Gaiden (Ken)
Twin Signal (Masanobu Otoi)
Yoroiden Samurai Troopers: Best Friends (Dokumashō Nāza)
Yoroiden Samurai Troopers Drama CD: Tsuki (Dokumashō Nāza)

Theatre

「剣ヶ崎」, a play by Tachihara Masaaki

Japanese voice-over

Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin (Stupid)

Other voice-overs

Climber (Beckman)
Heroic Duo (Au Yonhai)
Soul (Che)

Dubbing roles

Live-action

Back to the Future (1989 TV Asahi edition) (Skinhead (J. J. Cohen))
Back to the Future Part II (1992 TV Asahi edition) (Skinhead (J. J. Cohen))
Back to the Future Part III (Buford Tannen's Gang (Sean Sullivan), Douglas J. Needles (Flea))
The Big Lebowski (Blu-Ray edition) (Donny Kerabatsos (Steve Buscemi))
Con Air (Garland "The Marietta Mangler" Greene (Steve Buscemi))^[3]
Diana (Patrick Jephson (Charles Edwards))^[4]
Existenz (Yevgeny Nourish (Don McKellar))^[5]
Game Change (Rick Davis (Peter MacNicol))^[6]
Get Out (Dean Armitage (Bradley Whitford))^[7]
Honey, I Blew Up the Kid (Wayne Szalinski (Rick Moranis))
Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves (Wayne Szalinski (Rick Moranis))
Knight and Day (John Fitzgerald (Peter Sarsgaard))^[8]
The Mandalorian (Moff Gideon (Giancarlo Esposito))
The Matrix Reloaded (Ghost (Anthony Wong))
The Matrix Revolutions (Ghost (Anthony Wong))
Platoon (1989 TV Asahi edition) (Crawford (Chris Pedersen))
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (Raphael (Kenn Troum))
Twin Peaks (Bobby Briggs (Dana Ashbrook))
Winners and Sinners (Exhaust Pipe / Wind Pipe (Richard Ng))^[9]

Animation

Brother Bear (Fish the Salmon, Mitlee Bear)
Brother Bear 2 (Mitlee Bear)
Detective Conan (Kyuuma Takuya) (Ep.573)
Disney's House of Mouse (Tigger, Father Duck)
Duck Tales (Fenton Crackshell/Gizmoduck)
Finding Nemo (Chame)
A Goofy Movie (Margan)
The Great Mouse Detective (Prippey)
Hercules (Panic)
The Jungle Book (Flunkey)
The Jungle Book 2 (Flunkey)
Leroy & Stitch (Dr. Him)
Lilo and Stitch (Dr. Him)
Lilo and Stitch 2 (Dr. Him)
Lilo and Stitch: The Series (Dr. Him)
The Lion King (Goply)
Oliver and Company (But Fenally)
Ralph Breaks the Internet (Surge Protector)^[10]
Robin Hood (Trigger)
Stitch! the Movie (Dr. Him)
Tarzan (Greeb)
Tarzan 2 (Greeb)
Tarzan and Jane (Greeb)
Treasure Planet (Captain Booh)
WALL-E (Auto Pilot)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (Stupid, Duffy Duck)

Other

Fumō Chitai (2009, TV drama) (Narrator)
The Blood of Wolves (2018, film) (Narrator)

References

^ "二又一成：「めぞん一刻」の"五代君"に第1子女児「還暦前に人生最大の喜び」". MANTANWEB（まんたんウェブ） (in Japanese). 7 July 2014. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
^ @BIO_Official (March 22, 2020). "3月27日（金）オープンベータテスト開催予定『バイオハザードレジスタンス』日本語ボイスキャスト⑥ マスターマインドアンブレラ社の総帥　オズウェル・E・スペンサー CV：二又一成 ※オープンβテストでは使用できません http://capcom.co.jp/biohazard/re3/ #バイオ3 #RE3" (Tweet) (in Japanese). Retrieved March 22, 2020 – via Twitter.
^ "コン・エアー". Star Channel. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
^ "ダイアナ". Star Channel. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
^ "イグジステンズ Blu-ray デヴィッド・クローネンバーグ最終値下げ". Mercari. Retrieved May 30, 2019.
^ "ゲーム・チェンジ　大統領選を駆け抜けた女". Star Channel. Retrieved July 24, 2019.
^ "ゲット・アウト". Star Channel. Retrieved July 28, 2019.
^ "ナイト＆デイ[特別版][吹]". Star Channel. Retrieved September 8, 2019.
^ "五福星　〈日本語吹替収録版〉". NBCUniversal Japan. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
^ "シュガー・ラッシュ：オンライン". Fukikaeru. Retrieved December 17, 2018.

External links

Official agency profile (in Japanese)
Issei Futamata at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
Issei Futamata at IMDb

[1] "二又一成：「めぞん一刻」の"五代君"に第1子女児「還暦前に人生最大の喜び」". MANTANWEB（まんたんウェブ） (in Japanese). 7 July 2014. Retrieved 25 January 2020.

[2] @BIO_Official (March 22, 2020). "3月27日（金）オープンベータテスト開催予定『バイオハザードレジスタンス』日本語ボイスキャスト⑥ マスターマインドアンブレラ社の総帥　オズウェル・E・スペンサー CV：二又一成 ※オープンβテストでは使用できません http://capcom.co.jp/biohazard/re3/ #バイオ3 #RE3" (Tweet) (in Japanese). Retrieved March 22, 2020 – via Twitter.

[3] "コン・エアー". Star Channel. Retrieved March 13, 2019.

[4] "ダイアナ". Star Channel. Retrieved July 23, 2019.

[5] "イグジステンズ Blu-ray デヴィッド・クローネンバーグ最終値下げ". Mercari. Retrieved May 30, 2019.

[6] "ゲーム・チェンジ　大統領選を駆け抜けた女". Star Channel. Retrieved July 24, 2019.

[7] "ゲット・アウト". Star Channel. Retrieved July 28, 2019.

[8] "ナイト＆デイ[特別版][吹]". Star Channel. Retrieved September 8, 2019.

[9] "五福星　〈日本語吹替収録版〉". NBCUniversal Japan. Retrieved April 27, 2019.

[10] "シュガー・ラッシュ：オンライン". Fukikaeru. Retrieved December 17, 2018.

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