Kappei Yamaguchi

"My name is Shigekiyo Yangu. I'm a second-year at Budogaoka Middle School. I weigh 110 kilograms, and my Papa and Mama call me "Shigechi". "Shige-chan" turned into "Shigechi". My turtle I have at home is named Gonta. The other day I was wondering if the 41 yen, 62 yen and 150 yen stamps all tasted different, so I was licking them, and Mama yelled at me. This is a picture of my Mama, who yelled at me."

Kappei Yamaguchi (山口 勝平 Yamaguchi Kappei, born May 23, 1965) is a famous Japanese voice actor. He has performed many notable anime roles, including the title characters of Ranma ½ and InuYasha, Ken Kurenai in Red Baron, L in Death Note, Rai Utsumi in Brave Command Dagwon, Usopp in One Piece, Shinichi Kudoh in Case Closed/Detective Conan, Jin in Yu Yu Hakusho, Sai Saici in Mobile Fighter G Gundam, Speedy/Yattaro in Samurai Pizza Cats/Kyatto Ninden Teyandee, Forever & Shigekiyo Yangu in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Kuma/Teddie in Persona 4, Professor Daitokuji/Amnael in Yu-Gi-Oh Duel Monsters GX!, Feitan in the 2011 Hunter X Hunter anime, Mizuki Akabayashi in Durarara X2!!, and Artemis from the Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon live-action series.

In the world of dubbing, he has played Snips in My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, Michelangelo in the 2012 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon, Kyle Broflovski in South Park, Cody Banks in Agent Cody Banks, Cory Matthews in Boy Meets World, Goku in Dragon Ball Evolution, Garfield in Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties, Blu in the Rio series, Max Goof in A Goofy Movie, An Extremely Goofy Movie and Disney's House of Mouse, Mort in the Madagascar trilogy and the current voice of Bugs Bunny in all Looney Tunes media.

Roles

Beast Wars

• Rattle

Beast Wars Metals

• Rattle
• Chak

Beast Wars Metals 64

• Rattle

Beast Wars Metals: Clash! Intense Battle

• Rattle

Beast Wars Returns

• Rattle

Animated

• Jetfire
• Rattletrap
• Safeguard

Medarot S: Unlimited Nova

• Rattle

EarthSpark

• Nightshade

Notes

• Yamaguchi has been loosely associated with Canadian voice actor Richard Ian Cox, where they have shared several long-running roles, but not any Transformers roles as of yet.
• Yamaguchi reprised his role as Rattle providing new commentary voice over for the Beast Wars Again re-runs of Beast Wars in 2023, as well as dubbing one of the Transformers: Beast Awakening trailers alongside fellow Japanese dub castmates Shigeru Chiba and Kensō Katō.

External links

• Official profile at 21st Century Fox (Japanese)
• Saru no Oukoku (Yamaguchi's blog, Japanese)
• Kappei Yamaguchi at the Internet Movie Database
• Kappei Yamaguchi at Anime News Network