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Akira Kamiya | |
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神谷 明 | |
Born | Yokohama, Japan | September 18, 1946
Occupation | Voice actor |
Years active | 1970–present |
Agent | Saeba Shoji |
Children | 2 |
Akira Kamiya (神谷 明, Kamiya Akira, born September 18, 1946) is a Japanese voice actor.[1] He played several notable roles in Japanese manga and anime television series, including Kenshiro in Fist of the North Star, Ryo Saeba in City Hunter and Shutaro Mendo in Urusei Yatsura. In mecha anime, he voiced Ryoma Nagare in Getter Robo, Akira Hibiki in Brave Raideen, Sanshirō Tsuwabuki in Gaiking, Roy Focker in The Super Dimension Fortress Macross, and Sincline in Beast King GoLion.
Biography
Early life
Kamiya was born in Yokohama. He graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan Shiba Commercial High School and became a freelancer after being affiliated with Theatre Echo, Aoni Production, Production Baobab, Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society and Ups. Kamiya then founded Saeba Shoji, a talent agency.
Background
His father ran a furniture manufacturing factory, but it suddenly closed and his parents divorced. After that, Kamiya's mother raised him and his brother. As a result of his mother's search for work, he attended many schools over the years, from Aoki Elementary School in Yokohama to Higashidai Elementary School in Tsurumi and Aioi elementary school in Ota-ku, Tokyo. The presence of actor Shoichi Ozawa as the eldest of Aioi Ko led Kamiya on the road to drama.
After that, he entered the Tokyo Metropolitan Tateshiba Commercial High School via Misono Junior High School. Kamiya's friend invited him to join the drama club, saying that, "I think Kamiya has a good voice." At that time, it was more difficult to become an actor than previously and difficult to advance in the field. Kamiya told his mother, "I want to be an actor. I will do my best because it is the path I chose myself." Later, he recalled, "If were mother, might have stopped crying." After graduating from high school, he joined the amateur theater company Kanza in Yokohama.
Activities as a voice actor
In 1970, Kamiya debuted as an anime voice actor playing the role of Senkichi in the TV anime Mahō no Mako-chan during the Theatre Echo study period. The first regular role was Sasuke Yashima in Akakichi no Eleven. He appeared as Koichi Furumi in Babel II, and also learned his trademark "scream" with this work. Since then, he has been in charge of several prominent roles chiefly in robot animation works, such as Ryoma Nagare in Getter Robo. He was called "Screaming Kamiya" because he kept screaming his special moves. One of the notable voice actors in the Super Robot Wars video game series, Kamiya himself appeared on TV commercials when Super Robot Wars F was released.
In the 1980s, he appeared in several animated manga series serialised in Weekly Shōnen Jump. He appeared in Kinnikuman, Fist of the North Star, and City Hunter, and was also known as one of the voice actors familiar with Jump anime. Since many of these Shōnen Jump anime have become long-running series, the works that appeared during this time are often introduced as Akira Kamiya's masterpiece.
He often narrates commercials and variety shows, including the hero show commercial of Tokyo Dome City Attractions (former Korakuen Yuenchi), which is primarily broadcast on the Super Sentai series frame, and has been in charge of narration for over 20 years since 1986.
He became the recipient of Animage's Grand Prix prize.
On January 9, 2017, the program was broadcast on TV Asahi and was ranked 22nd in "200 Popular Voice Actors Seriously Selected! Voice Actor General Election! 3 Hours SP".[2]
Other activities
Kamiya was initially a bass player with the popular voice actor's musical group Slapstick, which was active in the 1970s and 1980s. However, he expressed his concern that his schedule was busy, and the performance activities he had enjoyed as an amateur band in a harmonious manner would be produced as professional singer activities, and he offered to withdraw.
He has worked as a radio personality for All Night Nippon. He is the first regular personality as a voice actor. In the same program, he made a corner called "Guinness!". He knew what he was doing at MBS Young Town, and he still has friends.
In 1979, he played personality with Mitsuko Horie on a Sunday afternoon radio program called "Mitsuko and Akira's Deadly Handgun," and released a duet single, "Oh! Sunday Youth is Sunday."
In addition to working as a singer in Purin Purin Monogatari and Fist of the North Star, he also performed in the early 1980s with Kazuyuki Sogabe, Ryūsei Nakao and Naoya Uchida.
In the aftermath of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake in 1995, he formed a charity unit "WITH YOU". He was also active in the Fureai Concert.
Filmography
Animation
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source[3] |
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1970 | Akakichi no Eleven | Sasuke Yashima | [4] | |
1970 | Mahō no Mako-chan | Senkichi | [4] | |
1971 | Marvelous Melmo | Taro Kato 加藤太郎 |
[4] | |
1972 | Pinocchio: The Series | Narrator | [4] | |
1972 | Moonlight Mask | Azerander アゼランダー |
[4] | |
1972 | Triton of the Sea | Seabird 海鳥 |
[4] | |
1972 | Gatchaman | Romina | [4] | |
1973 | Babel II | Koichi Furumi a.k.a. Babel II | Debut major role | [4][5] |
1973 | Fables of the Green Forest | Tommy from Shiyuu しじゅうからのトミー |
[4] | |
1973 | Kōya no Shōnen Isamu | Isamu | [4][5] | |
1973 | Zero Tester | Shin Fubuki | [4][5] | |
1973 | Miracle Girl Limit-chan | Jun Kurimoto | [4] | |
1973 | Casshan | Android No. 5 | [4] | |
1973 | Karate Master | Shingo Ariake / Susumu Adachi 有明省吾/安達すすむ |
[4] | |
1974 | Getter Robo | Ryoma Nagare | [4] | |
1974 | Space Battleship Yamato | Saburo Kato | [4][5] | |
1975 | Brave Raideen | Akira Hibiki | [4] | |
1975 | Getter Robo G | Ryoma Nagare | [4] | |
1975 | Arabian Nights: Sinbad's Adventures | Ali Baba | [4][5] | |
1975 | Time Bokan | Prince / Isochi 王子/イソッチ |
[4] | |
1975 | Grendizer | Boys Command Corps Einz 少年コマンド隊アインス |
[4] | |
1975 | Ikkyū-san | Tetsuji 哲斉 |
6 – 7 episodes | [4] |
1976 | Gaiking | Sanshirō Tsuwabuki | [4][5] | |
1976 | Machine hayabusa ja:マシンハヤブサ |
Will · Plague ウイル・プラーグ |
[4] | |
1976 | Gowappa 5 Gōdam | Ichiro Togawa 戸川一郎 |
[4] | |
1976 | Blocker Gundan 4 Machine Blaster | Ichiro Ueta 発田一郎 |
Episode 13 | [4] |
1976 | Dokaben | Satoru Satonaka | [4][5] | |
1977 | Yatterman | Sasuke サスケ |
[4] | |
1977 | Jetter Mars | Adios アディオス |
[4] | |
1977 | Mechander Robo | Jimmy Orion | [4][5] | |
1977 | Wakusei Robo Danguard Ace | Ichimonji Takuma | [4] | |
1977 | Attack on Tomorrow | Ichiro Fushima 伏島一郎 |
[4] | |
1977 | Glacier Warrior Gaislugger ja:氷河戦士ガイスラッガー |
Mito Kaya ミト・カヤ |
[4] | |
1977 | Nobody's Boy: Remi | Markano マルカーノ |
[4] | |
1977 | Super super car game ja:超スーパーカー ガッタイガー |
Eric Bergen エリック・ベルゲン |
[4] | |
1977 | Angie Girl | Howard | [4] | |
1978 | Majokko Tickle | Saburo | [4] | |
1978 | Space Pirate Captain Harlock | Tadashi Daiba | [4][5] | |
1978 | Tōshō Daimos | Kazuya Ryūzaki | [4][5] | |
1978 | Red peacock ja:紅孔雀 |
Ubu sleeper / Kotemoku / Kumagoro 浮寝丸/コテモク/熊五郎 |
[4] | |
1978 | Galaxy Express 999 | Pliers プライダー |
[4] | |
1978 | Treasure Island | Papy | [4][5] | |
1978 | Space Battleship Yamato II | Saburo Kato | [4] | |
1978 | Captain Future | John Walker | [5] | |
1979 | Do your best! Our hit end run ja:がんばれ! ぼくらのヒット・エンド・ラン |
Ao Lu 葵麻呂 |
[4] | |
1979 | Purine Princess story ja:プリンプリン物語 |
Bon Bon / General Rugi / Zero Zero Seven Henna Kivun ボンボン/ルチ将軍/ゼロゼロセブン・ヘンナキブン |
[4] | |
1979 | Animation Kikou Marco Polo no Boken ja:アニメーション紀行 マルコ・ポーロの冒険 |
Chapandu | [4] | |
1979 | Tomorrow's Braves ja:あしたの勇者たち |
Ichiki Kota 一本木蹴太 |
[4] | |
1979 | King Arthur | Arthur | [4][5] | |
1980 | King Arthur: Prince on White Horse | Arthur | [4] | |
1980 | Space Warrior Baldios | Douglas | [4] | |
1980 | Astro Boy | Zeus | [4] | |
1980 | Space Battleship Yamato III | Shiro Kato | [4] | |
1981 | Beast King GoLion | Prince Sincline | [4][5][6] | |
1981–86 | Urusei Yatsura | Shutaro Mendo | [4][5] | |
1982 | Patalliro! | Tamanegi | [4] | |
1982 | The Super Dimension Fortress Macross | Roy Focker | [4][5] | |
1983 | Future Police Urashiman | Claude Mizusawa | [4][5] | |
1983 | Skyward Operation ja:亜空大作戦スラングル |
George ジョージ |
[4] | |
1983 | Kinnikuman | Kinnikuman (Kinniku Suguru), Tatsunori Kinniku | [4][5] | |
1983 | Manga Japanese history ja:まんが日本史 |
Mori Ranmaru 森蘭丸 |
[4] | |
1983 | Galactic Whirlwind Sasuraiger | Ron Good ロン・グッド |
[4] | |
1983 | Nine | Kentarō Yamanaka | 2 seasons | [4][5] |
1983–84 | Plawres Sanshiro | Bill Thomas | [4][5] | |
1983 | Igano Kabamaru | Shizune Mejiro | [4] | |
1984 | Oyoneko Boo-nyan ja:オヨネコぶーにゃん |
Oyoyo (Boo-nyan) | [4] | |
1984 | Car graphic TV ja:カーグラフィックTV |
Narrator | [4] | |
1984–88 | Hokuto no Ken | Kenshiro | [4][5][7] | |
1984 | Sherlock Hound | Engineer | [4] | |
1985–86 | Mujigen Hunter Fandora | Kue | OVA series | [4][5] |
1985 | Shonen Jump Special: Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo | Keiichi Nakagawa 中川圭一 |
Screened at "Shonen Jump festival" sponsored by Shueisha | [4] |
1985 | Button Nose | Chikutakubon | [4] | |
1986–88 | Maison Ikkoku | Shun Mitaka | [4][5] | |
1986 | Animated Classics of Japanese Literature | Mizushima (student) | [4] | |
1986 | Saint Seiya | Perseus Algol, Dubhe Alpha Siegfried | [4][5] | |
1986 | Outlanders | Nao | OVA | [4][5] |
1987 | Elf 17 ja:エルフ・17 |
Mascot Tyler | OVA | [4][5] |
1987 | Hokuto no Ken 2 | Kenshiro | [4] | |
1987–99 | City Hunter series and specials | Ryo Saeba | [4][5][7] | |
1987 | Ox Tales | Booth | [4] | |
1987 | City Hunter | Ryō Saeba | [4] | |
1987 | Tekkamen wo Oe: "d'Artagnan Monogatari" yori ja:鉄仮面を追え 「ダルタニャン物語」より |
Athos アトス |
TV special prior to TV series | [4] |
1987 | Maps | Abe Edinburgh | OVA | [4][5] |
1987 | Dangaioh | Roll Kran | OVA | [5] |
1987 | Norakuro-kun | Prince | [4][5] | |
1987 | The Three Musketeers Anime | Athos | [4][5] | |
1987 | Phoenix: Yamato/Space Chapter | Goro Makimura | OVA | [4][5] |
1987 | City Hunter 2 | Ryō Saeba | [4] | |
1988 | Doctor Chichibuyama ja:ドクター秩父山 |
Chichibuyama | [4] | |
1988 | Starship Troopers | Sgt. Charles Zim | [4] | |
1989 | Legend of the Galactic Heroes | Bagdash | OVA | [4][5] |
1989 | Dog Soldier | John Kyosuke Hiba | OVA | [5][8] |
1989 | Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl | Shinnosuke Kazamatsuri | [4][5] | |