Taichirō Hirokawa

Taichirō Hirokawa
広川太一郎
Taichirō Hirokawa ; 広川太一郎
Born	広川諶次郎 (Hirokawa Shinjirō); February 15, 1939; Tokyo, Japan
Died	March 3, 2008 (aged 69); Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
Occupation(s)	Voice actor, Narrator
Years active	1962–2008

Taichirō Hirokawa (広川太一郎, Hirokawa Taichirō, February 15, 1939 – March 3, 2008) was a Japanese voice actor and narrator. He was born in Tokyo on February 15, 1939 and died on March 3, 2008 in Shibuya from cancer. His death was announced at the beginning of the 2nd Seiyu Awards.

Roles

Film

Otoko wa tsurai yo (1969) (Sakura's boyfriend)
Warau Michael (2006) (Narrator)

Television dramas

Phantom Agents (1964) (Tsukiaki)

Television animation

Moomin (1969) (Snorken)
Tomorrow's Joe (1970) (Carlos Rivera)
Andersen Monogatari (1971) (Ibu)
Star of the Giants (1971) (Nishioka)
Tensai Bakabon(1971)
Space Battleship Yamato Series (1974) (Mamoru Kodai)
Vicky the Viking (1974) (Snope)
La Seine no Hoshi (1975) (The Black Tulip, Narrator)
Captain Future (1978) (Captain Future)
Sherlock Hound (1984) (Holmes)
Miracle Girls (1993) (Narrator)
Soreike! Anpanman (1998) (Hamled)
Mezzo (2004) (Kenichi Kurokawa)

OVA

Yamato 2520 (1995) (Narrator)

Theatrical animation

Saint Seiya: Legend of Crimson Youth (1988) (Abel)
Pokémon Heroes (2002) (Announcer)

Dub Work

Live-action

Tony Curtis
- Some Like It Hot^[1]
- The Great Race
- Spartacus
- Sweet Smell of Success (first time dubbing Curtis)
- The Persuaders!
- The Defiant Ones
- Vega$
Robert Redford
- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
- The Great Gatsby
- Spy Game (TV Tokyo version)
- All the President's Men (TBS version)
- A Bridge Too Far (NTV version)
- Legal Eagles (TV Tokyo version)
Roger Moore
- The Cannonball Run
- Live and Let Die
- The Man with the Golden Gun
- The Spy Who Loved Me
- Moonraker
- For Your Eyes Only
- Octopussy
- A View to a Kill
Dan Aykroyd
- Trading Places
- Ghostbusters
- Ghostbusters II
- Dragnet
Michael Hui
- The Private Eyes (Wong Yeuk Sze)
- Rob-B-Hood
Batman (Batman (Adam West))
Bean (Mr. Bean (Rowan Atkinson))^[2]
Little Nicky (The Deacon (Quentin Tarantino))^[3]
Monty Python's Flying Circus and The Holy Grail (Eric Idle)^[4]
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1979 TBS edition (James Bond (George Lazenby)))
Splash (Dr. Walter Kornbluth (Eugene Levy))
UFO (Commander Straker (Ed Bishop))
Young Frankenstein (Frederick Frankenstein (Gene Wilder))

Animation

The New Adventures of Superman (Superman)
Rocket Robin Hood (Rocket Robin Hood) ^[5]^[6]
Wacky Races (Kizatoto-kun (Peter Perfect))

Tokusatsu

Juken Sentai Gekiranger (2007) (Voice of Confrontation Beast Pig-Fist Tabu)

Radio

References

^ "お熱いのがお好き（１９５９）". Star Channel. Retrieved October 2, 2019.
^ "ビーン[吹]". Star Channel. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
^ "リトル★ニッキー". Warner Bros. Japan. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
^ "モンティ・パイソン人生狂騒曲". Star Channel. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
^ "ロケット・ロビンフッド('71)　　Rocket Robin Hood('67米)". Kanemoto.mydns.jp. Retrieved 2019-10-18.
^ "研究「600万ドルの男」-研究結果16". Home.t01.itscom.net. Retrieved 2019-10-18.

External links

Taichirō Hirokawa at Internet Movie Database
Taichirō Hirokawa at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

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[1] "お熱いのがお好き（１９５９）". Star Channel. Retrieved October 2, 2019.

[2] "ビーン[吹]". Star Channel. Retrieved March 10, 2020.

[3] "リトル★ニッキー". Warner Bros. Japan. Retrieved March 12, 2019.

[4] "モンティ・パイソン人生狂騒曲". Star Channel. Retrieved July 23, 2019.

[5] "ロケット・ロビンフッド('71)　　Rocket Robin Hood('67米)". Kanemoto.mydns.jp. Retrieved 2019-10-18.

[6] "研究「600万ドルの男」-研究結果16". Home.t01.itscom.net. Retrieved 2019-10-18.

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