Kenji Utsumi

Biography

Kenji Utsumi (内海 賢二, Utsumi Kenji, August 26, 1937 – June 13, 2013) was a Japanese actor and voice actor from Kitakyushu, affiliated with the self-founded Ken Production. He was best known for his roles in Sally the Witch (1966) (as Sally's Papa), Fist of the North Star (as Raoh and Kaioh), Dr. Slump Arale-chan (as Senbei Norimaki), the Dragon Ball series (as Shenlong, Commander Red, Reacoom and the Tenkaichi Budōkai announcer), Fullmetal Alchemist (as Alex Louis Armstrong) and Hajime no Ippo (as Coach Kamogawa). He was also known for dubbing over the voices of actors Carl Weathers, Steve McQueen, Jack Nicholson, Sammy Davis, Jr., Victor Mature and Robert Shaw in the Japanese-language editions of their films. He received a lifetime achievement award at the third Seiyu Awards.

Known For

Dragon Ball Z

as Shenron (voice)

Dragon Ball

as Announcer (voice)

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood

as Louis Armstrong (voice)

Slayers Return

as Galev (voice)

Hunter x Hunter

as Captain (voice)

Cowboy Bebop

as Appledelhi Siniz Hesap Lütfen (voice)

Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods

as Shenlong (voice)

Fighting Spirit

as Genji Kamogawa (voice)

Fullmetal Alchemist

as Alex Louis Armstrong (voice)

Berserk

as Zodd (voice)