Ryūzaburō Ōtomo | |
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Native name | 大友 龍三郎 |
Born |
Tokyo, Japan |
May 18, 1952
Occupation | Voice actor, actor and narrator |
Years active | 1979–present |
Notable credit(s) | One Piece as Crocodile |
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) |
Ryūzaburō Ōtomo (大友 龍三郎 Ōtomo Ryūzaburō?, born May 18, 1952) is a Japanese voice actor, actor and narrator who is affiliated with Aoni Production in December 2006, with 81 Produce and the Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society.
He plays villainous characters like Norio Wakamoto, either in children's programs such as Mahōjin Guru Guru (as Lord Giri), Myotismon from Digimon, Crocodile from One Piece, and Montana Jones (as Zero) or in villainous roles such as Yūsha Keisatsu J-Decker (as Jūsan Saejima). He has taken over ongoing roles for voice actors Shigezō Sasaoka, Eiji Kanie, Shinji Nakae, Daisuke Gōri and Hirotaka Suzuoki after their deaths. A number of his foreign film-dubbing roles are occupied by Tesshō Genda in different editions of those films.