Kōsei Tomita

Kōsei Tomita (富田 耕生, Tomita Kōsei, February 4, 1936 – September 27, 2020) was a Japanese actor and voice actor from Tokyo Prefecture who was affiliated with Aoni Production and Production Baobab. He voiced Doraemon in the first half of the original 1973 Doraemon series. He voiced Shunsaku Ban, also known as Mustachio (Higeoyaji) or Daddy Walrus, a character appearing in many of Osamu Tezuka's productions. He was known for dubbing over Ernest Borgnine, Orson Welles, Charles Durning, Burt Young, Lee J. Cobb and many more. He also lent his voice to the Japanese dubbing of Mario (Bob Hoskins) in Super Mario Bros. He received an Achievement Award at the 3rd Seiyu Awards.^[2]

Kōsei Tomita
富田 耕生
Born	Kōkichi Tomita[1] (1936-02-04)February 4, 1936 Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Died	September 27, 2020(2020-09-27) (aged 84)
Occupations	Actor voice actor
Years active	1956–2020
Height	167 cm (5 ft 6 in)

He died of a stroke on September 27, 2020, He was 84 years old.^[3][4][5][6]

Filmography

Anime

List of voice performances in anime

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source[7]
1963	Tetsujin 28-go	Chief Ootsuka		[1][8]
1966	Sally the Witch	Daimaō	1st TV series	[1]
1968	GeGeGe no Kitarō	Konaki-Jijii	1st TV series, Ep. 29	[1]
1968	The World of Hans Christian Andersen	Hans' father		[1]
1968	Cyborg 009	King of Galaria		[1]
1968	Akane-chan	Chairman Kitaoji		[1]
1969	Mōretsu Atarō	Butamatsu, Beshi, Dekapan	1st series	[1]
1969	Flying Phantom Ship	Secretary of Defense		[1]
1969	Tiger Mask	Kintaro Ohki		[1]
1969-70	Moomin	Sniff		[1][8]
1970	Little Remi and Famous Dog Capi	Jerome		[1]
1971	Andersen stories	Sultan, Emperor of China	Ep. 6, 11-12
1971	Animal Treasure Island	Otto		[1][9]
1971	Wandering Sun	Kumagoro		[1]
1971	Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves	Spirit of the Lamp		[1]
1971	Apache Baseball Army ja:アパッチ野球軍	Principal Iwaki		[1]
1971	Lupin The Third Part I	Gantetsu, George Takigawa		[1]
1972	New Moomin	Sniff		[1][8]
1972	Moonlight Mask	Dr. Hinken		[1]
1972	The Three Musketeers in Boots	Mouse Leader		[1]
1972	Triton of the Sea	Leharu		[1]
1972	Mahōtsukai Chappy	Donchan, Grandpa		[1]
1972	Devilman	Gelge		[1]
1972	Mon Cheri CoCo ja:モンシェリCoCo	Baker		[1]
1972	Hazedon ja:ハゼドン	Suzukintoki		[1]
1972	Mazinger Z	Dr. Hell, Nuke, Ankoku Daishogun		[1][8][10]
1973	Demetan Croaker, The Boy Frog	Gyata		[1]
1973	Fables of the Green Forest	Buster Bear		[1]
1973	Doraemon	Doraemon	Eps. 1–13	[1][10]
1973	Mazinger Z vs. Devilman	Dr. Hell, Nuke		[1]
1973	Zero Tester ja:ゼロテスター	Dr. Gao		[1]
1973	Cutie Honey	Danbei Hayami		[1]
1974	Yaemon, the Locomotive ja:きかんしゃやえもん D51の大冒険	Harubaru		[1]
1974	Vicky the Viking	Halvar		[1]
1974–75	Getter Robo series	Professor Saotome, Joho		[1]
1974	Hoshi no Ko Chobin	Kumandon		[1]
1975	Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid	Duke the Whale		[1]
1975	Great Mazinger vs. Getter Robo	Professor Saotome		[1]
1975	Maya the Bee	Christopher, Puck		[1]
1975	Kum-Kum	Paru-Paru		[1]
1975	Grendizer	Danbei Makiba, Gandaru commander		[1]
1976	Puss 'n Boots Travels Around the World	Father Mouse, Cat King		[1][11]
1976	Chōdenji Robo Combattler V	Professor Yotsuya		[1]
1976	Grendizer, Getter Robo G, Great Mazinger: Kessen! Daikaijuu	Professor Saotome		[1]
1976	Hana no Kakaricho ja:花の係長	Ayanoroji Mashumaro		[1]
1977	Jetter Mars	Higeoyaji	TV series	[1][12]
1977	Wakusei Robo Danguard Ace series	Dr. Ooedo, Tamagar		[1][8]
1977	Lupin the Third Part II	Olivera Net, Inspector Konaizo, Garlic		[1]
1978	Starzinger	Don Hakka		[1][8]
1978	Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato	Zavival		[1][8]
1978	One Million-year Trip: Bander Book ja:100万年地球の旅 バンダーブック	King Bolbox	TV special	[1][13]
1978	Space Battleship Yamato II	Zavival		[1]
1978	The Mystery of Mamo	Commissioner		[1]
1979	Cyborg 009	Professor Gilmore		[1][8][10]
1979	Animation Kikō Marco Polo no Bōken アニメーション紀行 マルコ・ポーロの冒険	Matteo Polo		[1]
1979	Lupin 813 怪盗ルパン813の謎	Kesselbach ケセルバッハ		[1]
1979	Yamato: The New Voyage	Deda		[1]
1979	Undersea Super Train: Marine Express	Shunsaku Ban		[1][8]
1980	Space Emperor God Sigma	Dr. Kazami		[1]
1980	Fumoon	Hige Oyaji	TV special	[1][14]
1980	The New Adventures of Gigantor	Inspector Ohtsuka		[1][8]
1981	Beast King GoLion	Dai Bazāru Daiteiō ("Emperor Daibazaal")		[1]
1981	Enchanted Journey	Pippo		[1]
1981	Bremen 4: Angels in Hell ja:ブレーメン4 地獄の中の天使たち	Adagio		[1]
1981	Six God Combination Godmars	Shigeru Otsuka		[1][8]
1981	Urusei Yatsura	Tadashi Yanagi		[1]
1982	Game Center Arashi	Dr. Taitei		[1]
1982	The Mysterious Cities of Gold	Pisaro, Teteora		[1]
1983	Doraemon: Nobita and the Castle of the Undersea Devil	Poseidon		[1]
1983	Armored Trooper Votoms	Bouleuse Gotho		[1]
1983	Puroyagu o 10-bai tanoshiku miru hōhō ja:プロ野球を10倍楽しく見る方法	Spy, Arakawa		[1]
1983	Golgo 13: The Professional	Bob Bragan		[1]
1983	Serendipity the Pink Dragon	Captain Sumaji		[1]
1983	Ginga Hyōryū Vifam	Narrator, Commander, Aizeru		[1][8]
1984	Lupin III Part III	Chinkai, Niharofu, Karourosu		[1]
1984	Attacker You!	Director Takada		[1]
1984	Puroyagu o 10-bai tanoshiku miru hōhō part 2 プロ野球を10倍楽しく見る方法 Part 2	Osawa		[1]
1984	Once Upon a Time... Space	Jumbo	French and Japanese production	[1]
1984	Bagi, the Monster of Mighty Nature	The Chief		[1]
1984	Chō-ryoku robo garatto 超力ロボ ガラット	Governor		[1]
1984	Elves of the Forest	Yourupukki		[1]
1984–86	Sherlock Hound series	Doctor Watson	Also specials	[1][8]
1985–88	Pro Golfer Saru series ja:プロゴルファー猿	Uncle		[1]
1985	Dream-Star Button Nose	Hobita		[1]
1986	Maison Ikkoku	Mr. Chigusa, Kyoko's father		[1][8]
1986	Galaxy Investigation 2100: Border Planet ja:銀河探査2100年 ボーダープラネット	Hige-Oyaji	TV special	[1]
1988	Doctor Chichibuyama ja:ドクター秩父山	Dr. Koshigaya		[1]
1988	Oishinbo	Tōjin Tōyama		[1][8]
1988	Legend of the Galactic Heroes	Alexander Bucock		[8]
1989	The Green Cat	Shunsaku Ban	OAV[a]	[15][1]
1989	Tezuka Osamu Story: I am Son-goku 手塚治虫物語 ぼくは孫悟空	Higeoyaji	TV special	[1]
1989–91	Ys	Roda Tree		[8]
1989	The Laughing Salesman	Taizo Awate		[1]
1990	Heisei Genius Bakabon	Bakabon's Papa		[1][8]
1990	Lupin the 3rd: The Hemingway Papers	Konsano		[1]
1990	Soreike! Anpanman Minami no Umi o Sukue! それいけ！アンパンマン みなみの海をすくえ！	Obake Ika		[1]
1990	The Three-Eyed One	Granputta		[1]
1992	Floral Magician Mary Bell	Holy Tree		[1]
1992	Nontan	Kashinoki		[1]
1993	New Dominion Tank Police	Chief		[8]
1994-95	New Cutie Honey	Danbei Hayami		[8][10]
1994	Crayon Shin-chan: The Secret Treasure of Buri Buri Kingdom	Anaconda		[1][16]
1996	Raideen the Superior	Barghest		[1]
1997	The Dog of Flanders	Ansole (Hardware store)		[1]
1997	Jungle Emperor Leo	Higeoyaji	Film	[1][17]
1998	Doraemon: Nobita's Great Adventure in the South Seas	Dr. Clone		[1]
1998	Cowboy Bebop	Dr. Bacchus		[1][8]
1998	Golgo 13: Queen Bee	Gordon	OVA	[1]
1998	Master Keaton	Otter		[8]
1999	Funny candy of Okashinana!?	King Salt		[1]
1999	Shukan Storyland	Chief		[1]
2000	Digimon Adventure 02	Chikara Hida		[1]
2000	Time Bokan 2000: Kaitou Kiramekiman	Kingyoya deme zo 金魚屋出目蔵		[1]
2000	Tezuka Osamu ga Kieta?! 20 Seiki Saigo no Kaijiken ja:手塚治虫が消えた!? 20世紀最後の怪事件	Higeoyagi (Shunsaku Ban)		[1]
2000	Shin Getter Robo vs Neo Getter Robo	Professor Saotome	OVA series	[1]
2001	Salaryman Kintaro	Ryuzo Igo		[1]
2001	Metropolis	Shinsaku Ban	Film	[1][8]
2001	Mazinkaiser	Dr. Hell		[8]
2002	Tokyo Underground	Old man		[1]
2003	Astro Boy: Mighty Atom	Higeoyaji	TV series	[1]
2003–06	Black Jack series	Master	TV series, related specials such as "The Two Doctors of Darkness", 21 series	[1][18]
2005	Kaiketsu Zorori	Director Gomez		[1]
2005	Buzzer Beater	Executive		[1]
2006	Gin Tama	Sanzo Fudo
2007	El Cazador de la Bruja	Bucho		[1]
2007	Summer Days with Coo	Toshio		[1]
2008	Golgo 13	Ingemar Peterson	TV series	[1]
2008	Scarecrowman the Animation	Nero		[1]
2009	Kupū~!! Mamegoma!	Ho Grandfather		[1]
2009	Astro Boy	Mr. Mustachio		[1][19]
2011	装甲騎兵ボトムズ 孤影再び	Buruzu Goto ブールーズ・ゴウト	OVA	[1]
2014	The World Is Still Beautiful	Ratcliff		[20]
2014	Magic Kaito 1412	Jirokichi Suzuki		[1]
2015	Detective Conan: Sunflowers of Inferno	Jirokichi Suzuki		[1]
2015	Young Black Jack	Shunsaku Ban (aka Hige-Oyaji)		[21]

Video games

List of voice performances in video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source[7]
1997	Lego Island	Infomaniac		[22]
2000	Salaryman Kintaro the game	Ryuzo Igo		[1]
2003	GeGeGe no Kitaro games	Nurikabe		[1]
2008	Crayon Shin-Chan: Arashi o Yobu Cinema Land クレヨンしんちゃん 嵐を呼ぶ シネマランド カチンコガチンコ大活劇！	Anaconda		[1]
2008	Professional Golfer Saru ja:プロゴルファー猿	Uncle		[1]
2010	Fallout: New Vegas	The King		[1]
2010	Call of Duty: Black Ops	Daniel Clark		[1]
2012	Maji de Watashi ni Koi Shinasai! S	Masa Nabeshima	Adult PC Game, as Uchi Sumi to-ryū 内須美斗流	[1]

Overseas dubbing

List of voice performances in overseas dubbing (Live-action)

Series	Role	Voice dub for	Notes	Source[7]
Rocky	Paulie Pennino	Burt Young	1983 TBS edition	[23]
Rocky II			1984 TBS edition	[24]
Rocky III			1987 TBS edition
Rocky IV			1989 TBS and 1995 TV Asahi editions	[25]
Rocky V			1994 NTV and VHS editions	[26]
Rocky Balboa				[27]
12 Angry Men	Juror #3	Lee J. Cobb	1969 NET/TV Asahi edition
Adaptation	Robert McKee	Brian Cox		[28]
Alien 3	Harold Andrews	Brian Glover	VHS/DVD edition	[29]
Amadeus	Giuseppe Bonno	Patrick Hines	1986 TV Asahi edition	[30]
Air Force One	Lloyd Shepherd	Paul Guilfoyle	2001 NTV edition
The Blue Lagoon	Paddy Button	Leo McKern	1983 TBS edition	[31]
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle	Mr. Munday	John Cleese		[32]
The Cincinnati Kid	Lancey "The Man" Howard	Edward G. Robinson	1973 TV Asahi and 1978 Fuji TV editions	[33]
Cutthroat Island	John Reed	Maury Chaykin	1998 Fuji TV edition	[34]
Dae Jang Geum
The Diary of Anne Frank	Hans Van Daan	Lou Jacobi	1972 NET edition	[35]
Die Hard	Al Powell	Reginald VelJohnson	1992 Fuji TV edition	[36]
Die Hard 2				[37]
Doc Hollywood	Dr. Aurelius Hogue	Barnard Hughes	DVD edition (plays Mayor Nick Nicholson in the Fuji TV Dub)	[38]
Dr. Strangelove	Major T.J. "King" Kong	Slim Pickens	1971 TV Asahi edition	[39]
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story	Patches O'Houlihan	Rip Torn		[40]
Dog Day Afternoon	Sergeant Eugene Moretti	Charles Durning	1979 Fuji TV edition
Dracula	Dr. Jack Seward	Donald Pleasence	1982 TV Asahi edition	[41]
Duck, You Sucker!	Juan Miranda	Rod Steiger	1977 TBS and DVD editions	[42]
El Dorado	Bart Jason	Ed Asner	1991 TV Tokyo edition	[43]
Emperor of the North Pole	Shack	Ernest Borgnine	1977 Tokyo Channel 12/TV Tokyo edition	[44]
Exodus	Barak Ben Canaan	Lee J. Cobb
For Whom The Bell Tolls	Pablo	Akim Tamiroff	1977 TBS edition
The Gauntlet	Josephson	Pat Hingle	1983 Fuji TV edition	[45]
Gladiator	Antonius Proximo	Oliver Reed	DVD edition	[46]
The Godfather	Peter Clemenza	Richard S. Castellano	1976 NTV edition	[47]
The Great Silence	Sheriff Gideon Burnett	Frank Wolff	1972 TV Asahi edition
Gremlins	Randall "Rand" Peltzer	Hoyt Axton	1988 Fuji TV, 1992 TV Asahi, and DVD editions	[48]
Halloween II	Dr. Loomis	Donald Pleasence	1988 NTV edition	[49]
Hard Target	Uncle Clarence Douvee	Wilford Brimley	1997 Fuji TV edition	[50]
Hudson Hawk	Tommy "Five-Tone" Messina	Danny Aiello	1996 Fuji TV and DVD editions	[51]
The Hunter	Ritchie Blumenthal	Eli Wallach	1987 TV Asahi edition	[52]
I.Q.	Albert Einstein	Walter Matthau		[53]
Key Largo	Johnny Rocco/Howard Brown	Edward G. Robinson	1967 NET edition
Knock Off	Johanson	Paul Sorvino		[54]
Kramer vs. Kramer	John Shaunessy	Howard Duff	1985 NTV edition	[55]
Life with Mikey	Mr. Corcoran	David Huddleston		[56]
Man on the Moon	George Shapiro	Danny DeVito		[57]
Miller's Crossing	Johnny Caspar	Jon Polito		[58]
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!	Captain Ed Hocken	George Kennedy	DVD edition	[59]
The Nude Bomb	The Chief	Dana Elcar	1988 TV Asahi edition	[60]
Ocean's Twelve	Saul Bloom	Carl Reiner	2007 NTV edition	[61]
Ocean's 8	Reuben Tishkoff	Elliott Gould		[62]
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides	King George II	Richard Griffiths		[63]
Planet of the Apes	Lieutenant John Landon	Robert Gunner	1973 TBS edition
Police Story	"Uncle" Bill Wong	Bill Tung	1987 Fuji TV edition	[64]
The Presidio	Sgt. Maj. Ross Maclure	Jack Warden	DVD edition	[65]
The Producers	Max Bialystock	Zero Mostel		[66]
Raw Deal	Luigi Patrovita	Sam Wanamaker	1991 TV Asahi edition	[67]
Red Heat	Commander Lou Donnelly	Peter Boyle	1990 TV Asahi edition	[68]
Red Scorpion	Dewey Ferguson	M. Emmet Walsh		[69]
Renaissance Man	Bill Rago	Danny DeVito		[70]
Serendipity	Bloomingdale's Salesman	Eugene Levy	DVD edition	[71]
Short Circuit 2	Oscar Baldwin	Jack Weston	NTV Dub
The Smurfs	Papa Smurf	Jonathan Winters		[1]
The Smurfs 2				[1]
Star Trek: The Original Series	Harry Mudd	Roger C. Carmel
Stuart Little	Mr. Stout	Bruno Kirby		[1]
Super Mario Bros.	Mario	Bob Hoskins	1994 NTV and DVD editions	[72]
The Terminator	Ed Traxler	Paul Winfield	1992 VHS edition	[73]
Timeline	Professor Edward A. Johnston	Billy Connolly		[74]
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours and 11 Minutes	Colonel Manfred Von Holstein	Gert Fröbe	1988 NHK Dub
The Trouble with Harry	Capt. Albert Wiles	Edmund Gwenn	1986 TV Asahi and Blu-Ray editions	[75]
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets	The Defence Minister	Herbie Hancock		[76]
While You Were Sleeping	Saul	Jack Warden		[77]

List of voice performances in overseas dubbing (Animation)

Series	Role	Notes	Source[7]
Alice in Wonderland	Dodo		[78]
Arthur and the Invisibles	King
Atlantis: The Lost Empire	Jebidiah Allardyce "Cookie" Farnsworth		[79]
Atlantis: Milo's Return			[80]
Batman: The Animated Series	The Penguin	1992 TV, Warner Bros. Animation	[1]
Highlander: The Search for Vengeance	Amergan	joint anime installment, first released in US in 2007 then in Japan 2008	[1]
Kung Fu Panda	Oogway		[1]
Mary and Max	Narrator		[81]
Open Season	McSquizzy		[1]
Sleeping Beauty	King Hubert		[82]
Smallfoot	Dorgle		[83]

Notes

1. The Green Cat was produced as an OVA in October 10, 1983, but there is uncertainty whether it was released to market. It was later released as an OAV on July 18, 1989.^[1]