Hiroshi Arikawa

Hiroshi Arikawa (有川博, Arikawa Hiroshi, November 2, 1940 – October 16, 2011^[1]) was a Japanese actor and voice actor from Kagoshima Prefecture affiliated with Engekishūdan En.

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

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.^[1]

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)^[2]

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

• Glass Rose (2003) (Denemon Yoshinodou)^[2]
• Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep (2010) (Merlin)^[2]

Dubbing roles

Live-action

• Ian McKellen
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Gandalf)^[3]
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Gandalf)^[4]
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Gandalf)^[5]
  • X2 (Magneto)^[6]
  • X-Men: The Last Stand (Magneto)^[7]
• 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (2002 NHK-BS2 edition) (Captain Nemo (Michael Caine))^[8]
• The Avengers (Sir August De Wynter (Sean Connery))
• Bad Company (Officer Oakes (Anthony Hopkins))^[9]
• The Big Lebowski (VHS/DVD edition) (Jeffrey "The Big" Lebowski (David Huddleston))
• The Chorus (Pierre Morhange (Jacques Perrin))^[10]
• Columbo (Patrick McGoohan)
• Die Hard (1990 TV Asahi edition) (Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman))^[11]
• Dreamer (Pop Crane (Kris Kristofferson))^[12]
• ER (Doctor Carl Vucelich (Ron Rifkin))
• Executive Decision (1999 TV Asahi edition) (Nagi Hassan (David Suchet))^[13]
• Fair Game (Colonel Ilya Kazak (Steven Berkoff))
• Hard to Kill (1994 TV Asahi edition) (Senator Vernon Trent (William Sadler))^[14]
• The Incredible Hulk (David Banner (Bill Bixby))
• Knight Rider (Michael Knight (David Hasselhoff))
• L.A. Confidential (Capt. Dudley Smith (James Cromwell))^[15]
• The Lake House (Simon J. Wyler (Christopher Plummer))^[16]
• Little Voice (Ray Say (Michael Caine))^[17]
• The Mask of Zorro (Don Rafael Montero (Stuart Wilson))^[18]
• Misery (Paul Sheldon (James Caan))
• The Missing (Samuel Jones / Chaa-duu-ba-its-iidan (Tommy Lee Jones))^[19]
• Mission: Impossible 2 (2006 TV Asahi edition) (Mission Commander Swanbeck (Anthony Hopkins))
• Presumed Innocent (Alejandro "Sandy" Stern (Raul Julia))^[20]
• Super Mario Bros. (1994 NTV edition) (President Koopa (Dennis Hopper))^[21]
• Terrahawks (Tiger Ninestein)
• True Grit (Rooster Cogburn (Jeff Bridges))^[22]

Animation

• Flushed Away (The Toad)^[23]
• Pocahontas (Governor Ratcliffe)
• Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World (Governor Ratcliffe)
• Ratatouille (Auguste Gusteau)

References

1. asahi.com
2. "Hiroshi Arikawa (15 Character Images) - Behind The Voice Actors". behindthevoiceactors.com. Retrieved February 14, 2021. Check mark indicates role has been confirmed using screenshots of closing credits and other reliable sources.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
3. "ロード・オブ・ザ・リング". Star Channel. Retrieved July 8, 2019.
4. "ロード・オブ・ザ・リング／二つの塔". Star Channel. Retrieved July 8, 2019.
5. "ロード・オブ・ザ・リング／王の帰還". Star Channel. Retrieved July 8, 2019.
6. "Ｘ－ＭＥＮ２". Star Channel. Retrieved May 6, 2019.
7. "Ｘ－ＭＥＮ：ファイナル ディシジョン". Star Channel. Retrieved May 6, 2019.
8. "海底２万マイル（後編）". NHK. Retrieved February 25, 2021.^{[permanent dead link]}
9. "9デイズ". Disney. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
10. "コーラス". Star Channel. Retrieved August 19, 2021.
11. "Die Hard (Japanese Dubbing Version) (Collector's Blu-ray Box) (Blu-ray)". Amazon. 3 July 2013. Retrieved November 4, 2021.
12. "夢駆ける馬ドリーマー". Wowow. Retrieved October 7, 2021.
13. "午後ロード「エグゼクティブ・デシジョン」秋のＳＰ！エアパニックアクション大作". TV Tokyo. Retrieved October 14, 2019.
14. "午後エンタ 午後ロード「ハード・トゥ・キル」復讐のためオヤジ蘇る". TV Tokyo. Retrieved November 1, 2021.
15. "Ｌ．Ａ．コンフィデンシャル[吹]". Star Channel. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
16. "イルマーレ（２００６）". Star Channel. Retrieved May 6, 2019.
17. "リトル・ヴォイス [Blu-ray]". Amazon. 4 April 2012. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
18. "マスク・オブ・ゾロ[吹]". Star Channel. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
19. "ミッシング". NBCUniversal Japan. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
20. "推定無罪". Warner Bros. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
21. "スーパーマリオ 魔界帝国の女神 製作25年HDリマスター Blu-ray". TC Entertainment. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
22. "トゥルー・グリット". Star Channel. Retrieved July 6, 2019.
23. "マウス・タウン ロディとリタの大冒険". Wowow. Retrieved October 7, 2021.

External links

• Hiroshi Arikawa at Anime News Network's encyclopedia