Hiroshi Arikawa

Hiroshi Arikawa
Born	(1940-11-02)November 2, 1940 Kagoshima, Japan
Died	October 16, 2011(2011-10-16) (aged 70) Komae, Tokyo, Japan
Occupation(s)	Actor, voice actor
Years active	1963–2011

Hiroshi Arikawa (有川博, Arikawa Hiroshi, November 2, 1940 – October 16, 2011) was a Japanese actor and voice actor from Kagoshima Prefecture affiliated with Engekishūdan En.

Formerly affiliated with Gekidan Haiyūza, Arikawa enrolled in Gekidan Kumo in 1965. It wasn't until 1975 that Arikawa would enroll in Engekishūdan En. On October 16, 2011 he died of acute respiratory failure.

Filmography

Film

• Hibotan bakuto: Tekkaba retsuden (1969)
• Seito Shokun! (1984)
• Early Spring Story (1985)
• Matamata abunai deka (1988)
• Hashire! Shiroi okami (1990) - Cal (voice)
• Sharaku (1995) - Tsuruya Kiemon
• Berserk: The Golden Age Arc (2012) - Hassan (voice) (final film role)

Television drama

• Fuun Lion-Maru (1973) - Koreshinji Tamakage
• Shinsengumi (1973) - Okita Sōji
• Mito Kōmon (1975–2010) - Kudō Shinpachirō, Kyōnosuke Tachibana, Abe Masatake, etc.
• Hissatsu Shōbainin (1978) - Sakaguchi
• Tokugawa Ieyasu (1983) - Ōtani Yoshitsugu
• Haru no Hatō (1985) - Uchimura Kanzō
• Sanada Taiheiki (1985–1986) - Doi Toshikatsu
• Choujinki Metalder (1987) - Shinware Kōki
• Dokuganryū Masamune (1987) - Shinjō Danjō
• Bayside Shakedown (1997) - First District Police Headquarters Manager
• Seijuu Sentai Gingaman (1998) - Elder Ōgi

Theater

• Romeo and Juliet (1970) (Romeo)
• Hamlet (1983) (Horatio)
• My Fair Lady (1990) (Colonel Pickering)
• 'Tis Pity She's a Whore (2006) (Donado)

Television animation

• Georgie! (1983) (Skiffins)
• Monster (2004) (Richard Braun)
• Ergo Proxy (2006) (Hoody)
• Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple (2006) (Hayato Fūrinji)
• Shōnen Onmyōji (2006) (Tenkū)
• Tegami Bachi (2009) (Narrator)
• Bunny Drop (2011) (Sōichi Kaga)

Theatrical animation

• Eden of the East: Paradise Lost (2010) (Saizo Ato/Mr. Outside)
• Berserk: The Golden Age Arc I - The Egg of the King (2012) (Hassan)

Video games

• Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep (2010) (Merlin)

Dubbing roles

Live-action

• Ian McKellen
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Gandalf)
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Gandalf)
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Gandalf)
  • X2 (Magneto)
  • X-Men: The Last Stand (Magneto)
• The Avengers (Sir August De Wynter (Sean Connery))
• The Big Lebowski (VHS/DVD edition) (Jeffrey "The Big" Lebowski (David Huddleston))
• The Chorus (Pierre Morhange (Jacques Perrin))
• Columbo (Patrick McGoohan)
• Die Hard (1990 TV Asahi edition) (Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman))
• ER (Doctor Carl Vucelich (Ron Rifkin))
• Executive Decision (1999 TV Asahi edition) (Nagi Hassan (David Suchet))
• Fair Game (Colonel Ilya Kazak (Steven Berkoff))
• The Incredible Hulk (David Banner (Bill Bixby))
• Knight Rider (Michael Knight (David Hasselhoff))
• L.A. Confidential (Capt. Dudley Smith (James Cromwell))
• The Lake House (Simon J. Wyler (Christopher Plummer))
• Little Voice (Ray Say (Michael Caine))
• The Mask of Zorro (Don Rafael Montero (Stuart Wilson))
• Misery (Paul Sheldon (James Caan))
• The Missing (Samuel Jones / Chaa-duu-ba-its-iidan (Tommy Lee Jones))
• Mission: Impossible 2 (2006 TV Asahi edition) (Mission Commander Swanbeck (Anthony Hopkins))
• Presumed Innocent (Alejandro "Sandy" Stern (Raul Julia))
• Super Mario Bros. (1994 NTV edition) (President Koopa (Dennis Hopper))
• Terrahawks (Tiger Ninestein)
• True Grit (Rooster Cogburn (Jeff Bridges))

Animation

• Flushed Away (The Toad)
• Pocahontas (Governor Ratcliffe)
• Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World (Governor Ratcliffe)
• Ratatouille (Gusteau)

External links

• Hiroshi Arikawa at Anime News Network's encyclopedia