Akira Kamiya

Akira Kamiya (神谷 明, Kamiya Akira, born September 18, 1946) is a Japanese voice actor.^[1] He played several notable roles in Japanese manga and anime television series, including Kenshiro in Fist of the North Star, Ryo Saeba in City Hunter, Shutaro Mendo in Urusei Yatsura and Kogoro Mori (first voice, 1996-2009) in Detective Conan. In mecha anime, he voiced Ryoma Nagare in Getter Robo, Akira Hibiki in Brave Raideen, Sanshirō Tsuwabuki in Gaiking, Roy Focker in The Super Dimension Fortress Macross, and Sincline in Beast King GoLion

Akira Kamiya
神谷 明
Born	(1946-09-18) September 18, 1946 (age 78) Yokohama, Japan
Occupation	Voice actor
Years active	1970–present
Agent	Saeba Shoji
Children	2

Biography

Early life

Kamiya was born in Yokohama. He graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan Shiba Commercial High School and became a freelancer after being affiliated with Theatre Echo, Aoni Production, Production Baobab, Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society and Ups. Kamiya then founded Saeba Shoji, a talent agency.

Background

His father ran a furniture manufacturing factory, but it suddenly closed and his parents divorced. After that, Kamiya's mother raised him and his brother. As a result of his mother's search for work, he attended many schools over the years, from Aoki Elementary School in Yokohama to Higashidai Elementary School in Tsurumi and Aioi elementary school in Ota-ku, Tokyo. The presence of actor Shoichi Ozawa as the eldest of Aioi Ko led Kamiya on the road to drama.

After that, he entered the Tokyo Metropolitan Tateshiba Commercial High School via Misono Junior High School. Kamiya's friend invited him to join the drama club, saying that, "I think Kamiya has a good voice." At that time, it was more difficult to become an actor than previously and difficult to advance in the field. Kamiya told his mother, "I want to be an actor. I will do my best because it is the path I chose myself." Later, he recalled, "If [I] were [my] mother, [I] might have stopped crying." After graduating from high school, he joined the amateur theater company Kanza in Yokohama.

Activities as a voice actor

In 1970, Kamiya debuted as an anime voice actor playing the role of Senkichi in the TV anime Mahō no Mako-chan during the Theatre Echo study period. The first regular role was Sasuke Yashima in Akakichi no Eleven. He appeared as Koichi Furumi in Babel II, and also learned his trademark "scream" with this work. Since then, he has been in charge of several prominent roles chiefly in robot animation works, such as Ryoma Nagare in Getter Robo. He was called "Screaming Kamiya" because he kept screaming his special moves. One of the notable voice actors in the Super Robot Wars video game series, Kamiya himself appeared on TV commercials when Super Robot Wars F was released.

In the 1980s, he appeared in several animated manga series serialised in Weekly Shōnen Jump. He appeared in Kinnikuman, Fist of the North Star, and City Hunter, and was also known as one of the voice actors familiar with Jump anime. Since many of these Shōnen Jump anime have become long-running series, the works that appeared during this time are often introduced as Akira Kamiya's masterpiece.

He often narrates commercials and variety shows, including the hero show commercial of Tokyo Dome City Attractions (former Korakuen Yuenchi), which is primarily broadcast on the Super Sentai series frame, and has been in charge of narration for over 20 years since 1986.

He became the recipient of Animage's Grand Prix prize.

On January 9, 2017, the program was broadcast on TV Asahi and was ranked 22nd in "200 Popular Voice Actors Seriously Selected! Voice Actor General Election! 3 Hours SP".^[2]

Other activities

Kamiya was initially a bass player with the popular voice actor's musical group Slapstick, which was active in the 1970s and 1980s. However, he expressed his concern that his schedule was busy, and the performance activities he had enjoyed as an amateur band in a harmonious manner would be produced as professional singer activities, and he offered to withdraw.

He has worked as a radio personality for All Night Nippon. He is the first regular personality as a voice actor. In the same program, he made a corner called "Guinness!". He knew what he was doing at MBS Young Town, and he still has friends.

In 1979, he played personality with Mitsuko Horie on a Sunday afternoon radio program called "Mitsuko and Akira's Deadly Handgun," and released a duet single, "Oh! Sunday Youth is Sunday."

In addition to working as a singer in Purin Purin Monogatari and Fist of the North Star, he also performed in the early 1980s with Kazuyuki Sogabe, Ryūsei Nakao and Naoya Uchida.

In the aftermath of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake in 1995, he formed a charity unit "WITH YOU". He was also active in the Fureai Concert.

Filmography

Animation

List of voice performances in animation

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source[3]
1970	Akakichi no Eleven	Sasuke Yashima		[4]
1970	Mahō no Mako-chan	Senkichi		[4]
1971	Marvelous Melmo	Taro Kato 加藤太郎		[4]
1972	Pinocchio: The Series	Narrator		[4]
1972	Moonlight Mask	Azerander アゼランダー		[4]
1972	Triton of the Sea	Seabird 海鳥		[4]
1972	Gatchaman	Romina		[4]
1973	Babel II	Koichi Furumi a.k.a. Babel II	Debut major role	[4][5]
1973	Fables of the Green Forest	Tommy from Shiyuu しじゅうからのトミー		[4]
1973	Kōya no Shōnen Isamu	Isamu		[4][5]
1973	Zero Tester	Shin Fubuki		[4][5]
1973	Miracle Girl Limit-chan	Jun Kurimoto		[4]
1973	Casshan	Android No. 5		[4]
1973	Karate Master	Shingo Ariake / Susumu Adachi 有明省吾／安達すすむ		[4]
1974	Getter Robo	Ryoma Nagare		[4]
1974	Space Battleship Yamato	Saburo Kato		[4][5]
1975	Brave Raideen	Akira Hibiki		[4]
1975	Getter Robo G	Ryoma Nagare		[4]
1975	Arabian Nights: Sinbad's Adventures	Ali Baba		[4][5]
1975	Time Bokan	Prince / Isochi 王子／イソッチ		[4]
1975	Grendizer	Boys Command Corps Einz 少年コマンド隊アインス		[4]
1975	Ikkyū-san	Tetsuji 哲斉	6 – 7 episodes	[4]
1976	Gaiking	Sanshirō Tsuwabuki		[4][5]
1976	Machine hayabusa ja:マシンハヤブサ	Will · Plague ウイル・プラーグ		[4]
1976	Gowappa 5 Gōdam	Ichiro Togawa 戸川一郎		[4]
1976	Blocker Gundan 4 Machine Blaster	Ichiro Ueta 発田一郎	Episode 13	[4]
1976	Dokaben	Satoru Satonaka		[4][5]
1977	Yatterman	Sasuke サスケ		[4]
1977	Jetter Mars	Adios アディオス		[4]
1977	Mechander Robo	Jimmy Orion		[4][5]
1977	Wakusei Robo Danguard Ace	Ichimonji Takuma		[4]
1977	Attack on Tomorrow	Ichiro Fushima 伏島一郎		[4]
1977	Glacier Warrior Gaislugger ja:氷河戦士ガイスラッガー	Mito Kaya ミト・カヤ		[4]
1977	Nobody's Boy: Remi	Markano マルカーノ		[4]
1977	Super super car game ja:超スーパーカー ガッタイガー	Eric Bergen エリック・ベルゲン		[4]
1977	Angie Girl	Howard		[4]
1978	Majokko Tickle	Saburo		[4]
1978	Space Pirate Captain Harlock	Tadashi Daiba		[4][5]
1978	Tōshō Daimos	Kazuya Ryūzaki		[4][5]
1978	Red peacock ja:紅孔雀	Ubu sleeper / Kotemoku / Kumagoro 浮寝丸／コテモク／熊五郎		[4]
1978	Galaxy Express 999	Pliers プライダー		[4]
1978	Treasure Island	Papy		[4][5]
1978	Space Battleship Yamato II	Saburo Kato		[4]
1978	Captain Future	John Walker		[5]
1979	Do your best! Our hit end run ja:がんばれ！ ぼくらのヒット・エンド・ラン	Ao Lu 葵麻呂		[4]
1979	Purine Princess story ja:プリンプリン物語	Bon Bon / General Rugi / Zero Zero Seven Henna Kivun ボンボン／ルチ将軍／ゼロゼロセブン・ヘンナキブン		[4]
1979	Animation Kikou Marco Polo no Boken ja:アニメーション紀行 マルコ・ポーロの冒険	Chapandu		[4]
1979	Tomorrow's Braves ja:あしたの勇者たち	Ichiki Kota 一本木蹴太		[4]
1979	King Arthur	Arthur		[4][5]
1980	King Arthur: Prince on White Horse	Arthur		[4]
1980	Space Warrior Baldios	Douglas		[4]
1980	Astro Boy	Zeus		[4]
1980	Space Battleship Yamato III	Shiro Kato		[4]
1981	Beast King GoLion	Prince Sincline		[4][5][6]
1981–86	Urusei Yatsura	Shutaro Mendo		[4][5]
1982	Patalliro!	Tamanegi		[4]
1982	The Super Dimension Fortress Macross	Roy Focker		[4][5]
1983	Future Police Urashiman	Claude Mizusawa		[4][5]
1983	Skyward Operation ja:亜空大作戦スラングル	George ジョージ		[4]
1983	Kinnikuman	Kinnikuman (Kinniku Suguru), Tatsunori Kinniku		[4][5]
1983	Manga Japanese history ja:まんが日本史	Mori Ranmaru 森蘭丸		[4]
1983	Galactic Whirlwind Sasuraiger	Ron Good ロン・グッド		[4]
1983	Nine	Kentarō Yamanaka	2 seasons	[4][5]
1983–84	Plawres Sanshiro	Bill Thomas		[4][5]
1983	Igano Kabamaru	Shizune Mejiro		[4]
1984	Oyoneko Boo-nyan ja:オヨネコぶーにゃん	Oyoyo (Boo-nyan)		[4]
1984	Car graphic TV ja:カーグラフィックTV	Narrator		[4]
1984–88	Hokuto no Ken	Kenshiro		[4][5][7]
1984	Sherlock Hound	Engineer		[4]
1985–86	Mujigen Hunter Fandora	Kue	OVA series	[4][5]
1985	Shonen Jump Special: Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo	Keiichi Nakagawa 中川圭一	Screened at "Shonen Jump festival" sponsored by Shueisha	[4]
1985	Button Nose	Chikutakubon		[4]
1986–88	Maison Ikkoku	Shun Mitaka		[4][5]
1986	Animated Classics of Japanese Literature	Mizushima (student)		[4]
1986	Saint Seiya	Perseus Algol, Dubhe Alpha Siegfried		[4][5]
1986	Outlanders	Nao	OVA	[4][5]
1987	Elf 17 ja:エルフ・17	Mascot Tyler	OVA	[4][5]
1987	Hokuto no Ken 2	Kenshiro		[4]
1987–99	City Hunter series and specials	Ryo Saeba		[4][5][7]
1987	Ox Tales	Booth		[4]
1987	City Hunter	Ryō Saeba		[4]
1987	Tekkamen wo Oe: "d'Artagnan Monogatari" yori ja:鉄仮面を追え 「ダルタニャン物語」より	Athos アトス	TV special prior to TV series	[4]
1987	Maps	Abe Edinburgh	OVA	[4][5]
1987	Dangaioh	Roll Kran	OVA	[5]
1987	Norakuro-kun	Prince		[4][5]
1987	The Three Musketeers Anime	Athos		[4][5]
1987	Phoenix: Yamato/Space Chapter	Goro Makimura	OVA	[4][5]
1987	City Hunter 2	Ryō Saeba		[4]
1988	Doctor Chichibuyama ja:ドクター秩父山	Chichibuyama		[4]
1988	Starship Troopers	Sgt. Charles Zim		[4]
1989	Legend of the Galactic Heroes	Bagdash	OVA	[4][5]
1989	Dog Soldier	John Kyosuke Hiba	OVA	[5][8]
1989	Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl	Shinnosuke Kazamatsuri		[4][5]
1989	Time Travel Tondekeman	Prince Dandarn		[4]
1990	Mōretsu Atarō	Nyarome	2nd TV series	[4]
1990	Yagami-kun no Katei no Jijō	Akira Yokkaichi	OVA	[4][5]
1990–1991	Record of Lodoss War	Ashram		[5]
1990	Masuyama High School Koshien Hen version ja:緑山高校 甲子園編	Kenji Sadamaru 佐田丸健二	OVA	[4]
1990	Happyakuyachou Hyouri no Kewaishi ja:八百八町表裏 化粧師	Shikitei Kosanbaspace 式亭小三馬		[4][5]
1991	Getter Robo Go	Highway 大道剴		[4]
1991	Hyoutako gourd island (remake version) ひょっこりひょうたん島（リメイク版）	rearview mirror バックミラー		[4]
1991	Kinnikuman: Scramble for the Throne	Kinnikuman (Kinniku Suguru)		[4]
1994	Sailor Moon S	Prof. Souichi Tomoe 土萠創一教授		[4][5]
1994	Otaku no Seiza	Indora	OVA ep 2	[4][5]
1995	Chouriki Sentai Ohranger	Gammajin ガンマジン		[4]
1995–96	Yamato 2520	Richard	OVA series	[4][5]
1995	World Classic Children's Story Series Wow! Fairy tale ja:世界名作童話シリーズ ワ～ォ！メルヘン王国	Sinbad		[4]
1996–2009	Detective Conan	Kogoro Mori	Ep. 001-548. Later replaced by Rikiya Koyama in 2009 from Ep. 553 and onward.	[4][5][9]
1996	Sailor Moon Sailor Stars	Prof. Souichi Tomoe 土萠創一教授	Ep. 166 seen in the opening scene.	[4]
1997	Cutie Honey Flash	Takeshi Kisaragi 如月猛		[4][5]
1998	All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku	Kyusaku Natsume		[4][5]
1998	Twilight of the Dark Master	Kaoru (Huang Long)	OVA	[4]
1998	Change!! Getter Robo: The Last Day of the World	Narrator	OVA series	[4]
1999	Voicelugger	Shogun γ (Gamma) 将軍γ（ｶﾞﾝﾏ）	Tokusatsu	[4]
2000	Platinumhugen Ordian	Masaki Yayoi 哉生正樹	Ep. 16	[4][5]
2000	Brigadoon: Marin & Melan	Custon Brown クストン・ブラウン		[4]
2001	The Family's Defensive Alliance	Mamoru Daichi		[4][5]
2001	Great Dangaioh	Roll Kulan		[4][5]
2002	Macross Zero	Roy Focker	OVA	[4][5][10]
2003	Rumic Theater	Toshio Furuta / Shinonome 古田年男／東雲		[4][5]
2004	Arkue and Gachinpo ja:アークエとガッチンポー	Santa Boss サンタボス		[4]
2005–06	Angel Heart	Ryo Saeba		[4][11]
2006	Hey! Spring of Trivia ja:トリビアの泉	Silhouette of Kenshiro		[4]
2010	Kobe and Ai		Special guest appearance for short film for City of Kobe Tourism	[12]
2011	Ojarumaru	Moroboshi		[4]
2012	Poyopoyo Kansatsu Nikki	Shigeru Satou, Ba		[4][13]
2013	DD Fist of the North Star	Ryuken / Mamiyarinzo / Ishihara Ryu Jiro リュウケン／マミヤリンゾウ／石原リュウ次郎		[4]
2015	Kamisama Kiss◎	Priest bishop 僧正坊		[4]
2015	DD Fist of the North Star 2	Ryuken リュウケン		[4]
2016	Katsushika-ku Kameari Park front faction place THE FINAL Kamitsuki Yoshitsuki The last day ja:こちら葛飾区亀有公園前派出所 THE FINAL 両津勘吉 最後の日	Kidnapper's leader 誘拐犯のリーダー		[4]
2020	The Millionaire Detective Balance: Unlimited	Chōsuke Nakamoto		[14]
2020	Warlords of Sigrdrifa	Odin		[15]

Films

List of voice performances in film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source[3]
1975	Great Mazinger vs. Getter Robo	Ryoma Nagare		[4]
1975	Boy Tokugawa Ieyasu ja:少年徳川家康	又五郎		[4]
1975	Great Mazinger vs. Getter Robo G: Kuchu Daigekitotsu	Ryoma Nagare		[4]
1976	Grendizer, Getter Robo G, Great Mazinger: Kessen! Daikaijuu	Ryoma Nagare		[4]
1977	Wakusei Robo Danguard Ace tai Konchu Robo Gundan 惑星ロボ ダンガードA対昆虫ロボット軍団	Takuma Ichimonji		[4]
1978	Ringing Bell	Chirin		[4]
1978	Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato	Saburo Kato		[4]
1980	Toward the Terra	Seki Ray Shiroe		[4][5]
1980	Be Forever Yamato	Shiro Kato		[4]
1981	Devil and Princess Mimi ja:悪魔と姫ぎみ	Heathcliff ヒースクリフ		[4]
1983	Urusei Yatsura: Only You	Shutaro Mendou		[4]
1983	Final Yamato	Shiro Kato		[4]
1983	How to enjoy professional baseball 10 times fun ja:プロ野球を10倍楽しく見る方法	Hala ハラ		[4]
1984	Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer	Shutaro Mendou		[4]
1984	Ninja Huttiraku + Perman Superpowers Wars ja:忍者ハットリくん+パーマン 超能力ウォーズ	Psychoman		[4]
1984	Macross: Do You Remember Love?	Roy Focker		[4]
1984	Kinnikuman	Kinnikuman		[4]
1984	Great Riot! Seigi Choujin	Kinnikuman		[4]
1985	Urusei Yatsura 3: Remember My Love	Shutaro Mendou		[4]
1985	Seigi Choujin vs. Ancient Choujin	Kinnikuman		[4]
1985	Kinnikuman: Counterattack! The Underground Space Choujins	Kinnikuman		[4]
1985	Kinnikuman: Hour of Triumph! Justice Superman	Kinnikuman		[4]
1986	Urusei Yatsura 4: Lum the Forever	Shutaro Mendou		[4]
1986	Fist of the North Star	Kenshiro		[4]
1986	Kinnikuman: Crisis in New York!	Kinnikuman		[4]
1986	They Were Eleven	Tadatos Lane タダトス・レーン		[4]
1986	Kinnikuman: Justice Supermen vs. Fighter Supermen	Kinnikuman		[4]
1988	Urusei Yatsura: The Final Chapter	Shutaro Mendou		[4]
1988	Saint Seiya: Legend of Crimson Youth	Atlas of Karina カリナのアトラス		[4]
1989	City Hunter: .357 Magnum	Ryo Saeba		[4]
1989	Peacock King 2 Phantom Castle 孔雀王2 幻影城	sunlight 日光		[4]
1989	Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone	Garlic Jr.		[4]
1989	Garaga ja:ギャラガ	On Boo / Robo オンブー／ロボ		[4][16]
1990	City Hunter: Bay City Wars	Ryo Saeba		[4]
1990	City Hunter: Million Dollar Conspiracy	Ryo Saeba		[4]
1991	Urusei Yatsura: Always My Darling	Shutaro Mendou		[4]
1993	Dr. Slump and Arale-chan: N-cha! From Penguin Village with Love	Dr. Mashirito		[4]
1993	Tōi Umi kara Kita Coo	Tony Bottoms トニー・ボトムズ		[4]
1994	How to enjoy the J league 100 times fun!! ja:Jリーグを100倍楽しく見る方法!!	Ramos Wu Wei ラモス瑠偉		[4]
1994	Dr. Slump and Arale-chan: N-cha!! Excited Heart of Summer Vacation	Dr. Mashirito		[4]
1994	Pom Poko	Tamasaburo		[4][5]
1995	Legend of Crystania	Ashram		[4][5]
1997	The Puzzling Challenge Letter of the Mysterious Thief Dorapan	Dorapan		[4]
1997	Case Closed: The Time Bombed Skyscraper	Kogoro Mori		[4]
1998	Case Closed: The Fourteenth Target	Kogoro Mori		[4]
1998	Slayers Gorgeous	Lord Culvert		[4]
1999	Case Closed: The Last Wizard of the Century	Kogoro Mori		[4]
2000	Case Closed: Captured in Her Eyes	Kogoro Mori		[4]
2000	The Aurora ja:The AURORA 海のオーロラ	Ou Dragon 王玉竜		[4]
2001	Case Closed: Countdown to Heaven	Kogoro Mori		[4]
2001	Kinnikuman Second Generations	First Kinnikuman (Suguru) 初代キン肉マン（スグル）		[4]
2002	Case Closed: The Phantom of Baker Street	Kogoro Mori		[4]
2003	Detective Conan: Crossroad in the Ancient Capital	Kogoro Mori		[4]
2004	Detective Conan: Magician of the Silver Sky	Kogoro Mori		[4]
2005	Detective Conan: Strategy Above the Depths	Kogoro Mori		[4]
2006	Detective Conan: The Private Eyes' Requiem	Kogoro Mori		[4]
2007	Detective Conan: Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure	Kogoro Mori		[4]
2008	Detective Conan: Full Score of Fear	Kogoro Mori		[4]
2009	Lupin the 3rd vs. Detective Conan	Kogoro Mori	TV film	[4]
2009	Detective Conan: The Raven Chaser	Kogoro Mori	Final Detective Conan film role as Kogoro Mori	[4][17]
2013	Gintama: The Movie: The Final Chapter: Be Forever Yorozuya	Future Elizabeth		[4]
2019	City Hunter the Movie: Shinjuku Private Eyes	Ryo Saeba		[18]
2021	Child of Kamiari Month	Ōkuninushi		[19]
2023	City Hunter The Movie: Angel Dust	Ryo Saeba		[20]

Video games

List of voice performances in video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source[3]
1989	Red Alert ja:レッド・アラート	Guy Kazama	PC Engine	[4]
1993	Tengai Makyō: Fuun Kabukiden	Sangue	PC Engine	[4]
1995	Dragon Knight & Graffiti	Yamato Takeru	PC Engine	[4][5]
1995	Linda Cube ja:リンダキューブ	Hume	PC	[4][5]
1995–2000	Fist of the North Star games	Kenshiro		[4][5]
1996	Tobal No. 1	Gren Kuts	PS1/PS2	[4][5]
1996	Langrisser III	Grafting グラフト	SS	[4][5]
1997	Super Robot Shooting ja:スーパーロボットシューティング	Ryoma Nagare, Hibiki	PS1/PS2	[4]
1997	Tobal 2	Gren Kuts	PS1/PS2	[4][21]
1997–2003	Macross games	Roy Focker		[4][5]
1997	Momotaro Street Book ja:桃太郎道中記	Commentary / Great devil 実況／大悪魔	SS	[4]
1998	Sakura Wars 2: Thou Shalt Not Die ja:サクラ大戦 2 ～君、死にたもうことなかれ～	Kyougoku Keigo	SS	[4][21]
1998–2007	Detective Conan games	Kogoro Mori		[4]
1999	Getter Robo Great Battle!	Ryoma Nagare, Narrator	PS1/PS2	[4]
1999	Continuation · Mikagura Girls Detective Team ~ Final version ~ ja:続・御神楽少女探偵団 ～完結編～	Shogo Tokiwa 常磐省吾	PS1/PS2	[4]
2002	Kingdom Hearts	Iago	PS2	[4][21]
2002	Kinnikuman Nisei: New Generation vs. Legends	(Kinniku Suguru)	GC	[4]
2003	Gekitō Pro Yakyū	Satoru Satonaka	PS2 (From Dokaben)	[4]
2004	SEGA AGES 2500 Series Vol.11 Hokuto no Ken SEGA AGES 2500シリーズ Vol.11 北斗の拳	Kenshiro ケンシロウ	PS1/PS2	[4]
2006	Kinnikuman Muscle Generations	(Kinniku Suguru)	PSP	[4][5]
2006	Another Century's Episode 2	Roy Focker	PS2	[4][5]
2007	Another Century's Episode 3: The Final	Roy Focker	PS2	[4][5]
2008	Macross Ace Frontier	Roy Focker	PSP	[4]
2009	Macross Ultimate Frontier	Roy Focker	PSP	[4]
2010	Another Century's Episode: R	Roy Focker	PS3	[4]
2011	Macross Triangle Frontier	Roy Focker	PSP	[4]
2019	Jump Force	Ryo Saeba	PC/PS4/Xbox One	[21]
2023	Master Detective Archives: Rain Code	Number One	Nintendo Switch	[22]
2024	Guilty Gear Strive	Paracelsus	PC/PS4/PS5/Xbox One/Xbox Series X/S	[23]
	Space Battleship Yamato games	Saburou Kato		[5]
	Yawara!	Kazamatsuri Shinnosuke	PC Engine	[5]
	Raijin Pin Pon	Raiji	Arcade	[5]
	Popful Mail	Blacky	PC Engine	[5]

Live-action

Year	Title	Role	Type	Notes	Source
2021	Kinnikuman: The Lost Legend	TBA (voice)	TV		[24]
2022	Sono Koe no Anata e	Himself	Film	Documentary	[25]
2024	City Hunter		Film	Voice cameo	[26]

Drama CD

List of voice performances in drama CDs and audio recordings

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source[3]
1988	The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi ja:金田一耕助の冒険	Kosuke Kindaich	Cassette book, 2 vols.	[4]
1993	CD Theater Dragon Quest III	Kandata (male fighter) カンダタ（男武闘家）		[4]
1994	CD Theater Dragon Quest V series	Papas		[4]
	Record of Lodoss War	Ashram		[4]
	All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku	Kyusaku Natsume		[5]
	City Hunter	Ryo Saeba		[5]
	Macross	Roy Focker		[5]
	Maison Ikkoku	Shun Mitaka		[5]
	MegaMan NT Warrior	Mega Zaurus, Narrator		[5]
	Sangokushi DX			[5]
	Tengai Makyou			[5]
	Yagami-kun no Katei no Jijō	Captain Yotsukaichi		[5]

Other dubbing

List of voice performances in overseas dubbing

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source[3]
1984	Private School	Jim Green	Matthew Modine 1984 Fuji TV edition	[27]
1989	Glory	Colonel Robert Gould Shaw	Matthew Broderick	[28]
1990	Tequila Sunrise	Dale "Mac" McKussic	Mel Gibson	[29]
1993	Aladdin	Iago		[4]
1995	The Return of Jafar	Iago		[4]
1997	Aladdin and the King of Thieves	Iago		[4]
1997	Face/Off	Sean Archer	John Travolta	[30]
1997	Tomorrow Never Dies	James Bond	Pierce Brosnan	[31]
1999	Bad Boys	Detective Marcus Burnett	Martin Lawrence 1999 Fuji TV edition	[32]
2015	Pixels	Eddie Plant	Peter Dinklage	[33]
2019	Nicky Larson et le Parfum de Cupidon	Monsieur Mokori	Jarry	[34]

Honors

• Anime Grand Prix: Most Popular Voice Actor of the Year (11 times): 1979–1981, 1983–1985, 1987–1990

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External links

• Official blog (in Japanese)
• Official agency profile (in Japanese)
• Akira Kamiya at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Akira Kamiya at IMDb
• Akira Kamiya at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)
• Akira Kamiya convention appearances on AnimeCons.com