Hochu Otsuka
Acting · 71 years old
Tsuyama, Okayama, Japan
Hochu Otsuka (大塚 芳忠, Ōtsuka Hōchū, born Yoshitada Ōtsuka [same kanji], May 19, 1954) is a Japanese voice actor and narrator affiliated with the talent management firm Crazy Box. He is best known for his roles as the voices of Kyao Mirao in Heavy Metal L-Gaim; Yazan Gable in Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam; Akira Sendō in Slam Dunk; SignalMan in Gekisou Sentai Carranger; Imagin, Deneb in Kamen Rider Den-O, Abuto in Gintama, Makoto Sōda in Captain Tsubasa and Jiraiya in Naruto. He is also the famous official dubbing roles for Jean-Claude Van Damme, Donnie Yen (especially in Ip Man series), Jeff Goldblum, Ray Liotta, Tim Robbins, John C. McGinley, Brent Spiner, Kiefer Sutherland, Robert Patrick and many more.
Known For
Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 3199
Shirou Sanada (voice)
Kamen Rider Den-O
Deneb (voice)
Be Forever Yamato: Rebel 3199: Part 1: Dark Invasion
Sanada Shirō (voice)
Motto! Majime ni Fumajime Kaiketsu Zorori
King of Conte
Narration
Love Through a Prism
Charles Brant (voice)
Slam Dunk
Akira Sendo (voice)
CITY THE ANIMATION
Narration (voice)
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
Sakonji Urokodaki (voice)
Zoids: Chaotic Century
Gunther Prozen (voice)
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation
Talhand (voice)
Naruto Shippūden
Jiraiya (voice)
Rurouni Kenshin
Cowboy Bebop
Shaft (voice) (as Yoshitada Ôtsuka)
The Dangers in My Heart
Ken Kataoka (voice)
Delicious in Dungeon
Freinag (voice)
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
Hakurou (voice)
Naruto
Jiraiya (voice)
The Misfit of Demon King Academy
Melheis Boran (voice)
Nichijou: My Ordinary Life
Soldier No. 8 (voice)