Kappei Yamaguchi

, known professionally as , is a Japanese actor, voice actor, and rakugoka currently affiliated with Gokū and formerly with 21st Century Fox. After making his voice acting debut in 1989 as the male version of Ranma Saotome in Ranma ½, Yamaguchi went on to other notable roles, including Inuyasha in Inuyasha and its sequel Yashahime, and L in Death Note. He currently voices Shinichi Kudo and Kaito Kid in Case Closed, Usopp in One Piece and Teddie in Persona 4. He is married and has a son, Ryūnosuke, and a daughter, Akane. Ryūnosuke and Akane are also voice actors, while the latter is also a rakugoka.

Biography Early life and education Yamaguchi was born in Fukuoka. He graduated from Fukuoka's prefectural Chikuzen High School. In 1984, Yamaguchi moved to Tokyo and entered the Tokyo Announce University College, a vocational school training various performers from voice actors to singers to announcers or even reporters and dancers.

Background Yamaguchi is the son of a carpenter father. He had been into anime as a child, but his interest lapsed in high school after joining a band.

He attended acting classes taught by Kaneta Kimotsuki, and soon joined his 21st Century Fox theater company. About a year after joining, he took the stage for the first time in a supporting role, and played the lead role of the boy detective in So Kitamura's "Odoriko ~THE DANCER MURDER CASE~".

Yamaguchi began working as a voice actor, voicing Ranma Saotome in Ranma ½.

Activities as a voice actor He has appeared in numerous works in the fields of live-action dramas, animation, games, and foreign film dubbing. In anime, he specializes in playing lively children and young people. In the early 1990s, he also played low-key roles such as Eto in Record of Lodoss War and Gokujurota in Gale! Iron League.

In Case Closed, he plays Shinichi Kudo and Kaito Kid. His favorite "Conan" episode is "Flying Locked Room Shinichi Kudo's First Incident".

In One Piece, he originally wanted to play the role of Monkey D. Luffy, the main character, and went to audition, but was unsuccessful. He decided to play the role of Usopp after receiving an offer. Yamaguchi has been reading the original manga since the beginning of the serialization, and couldn't imagine what kind of voice the character would have prior to getting the role.

Other ventures In Japanese dubs of international works, Yamaguchi is the voice of Kyle Broflovski, Bugs Bunny, and Crash Bandicoot. He appeared in hentai and eroge as . After performing rakugo at an event in 2017, Yamaguchi started studying under Shirano Tatekawa. He uses the name as a rakugoka. and in Sakura-Con 2009. His third appearance to date has been at Animazement in 2010. He also made a fourth appearance in Hawaii at Kawaii Kon in 2011.

Yamaguchi won the individual seiyu award at the 2003 Tokyo International Anime Fair.

He established his own entertainment production company called Goku Co. Ltd., of which he is president.

In 2019, Yamaguchi won the Kei Tomiyama Award at the 13th Seiyu Awards.

Filmography Anime series Year Title Role Note Ref 1989-92 Ranma ½ Ranma Saotome Debut Jungle King Tar-chan Etekichi Red Baron Ken Kurenai Tasuke 1996 Baby and Me Takuya Enoki Brave Command Dagwon Rai Utsumi Case Closed Shinichi Kudo Cowboy Bebop Rhint Episode 10 2000-01 Baby Felix Poindexter Gravitation Sakuma Ryūichi Rumiko Takahashi Anthology Intendant 2003-04 Peacemaker Kurogane Shinpachi Nagakura 2011 Dororon Enma-kun Meeramera Enma-kun 2012 Hunter × Hunter Feitan 2013 Danganronpa: The Animation Hifumi Yamada 2014 Chō-Bakuretsu I-Jigen Menko Battle Gigant Shooter Tsukasa Mendō Tsukasa Persona 4: The Golden Animation Kuma (Teddie) 2015 Rampo Kitan: Game of Laplace Corpsey Rin-ne Sabato Rokudō 2016 Shōwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjū Amaken JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable Shigekiyo Yangu Nobunaga no Shinobi Hideyoshi 2016-17 Kamiwaza Wanda Wanda 2017 The Ancient Magus' Bride Oberon 2018 Radiant Master Lord Majesty 2019 Vinland Saga Jabbathe Zoids Wild Ep 21 2020 Bofuri Shin The Gymnastics Samurai Bigbird Aragaki 2020-22 Yashahime Inuyasha 2021 Jujutsu Kaisen Kechizu Odd Taxi Kakihana 2022 JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean Yo-Yo Ma Boruto Ōga 2024 Bucchigiri?! Komao Mechanical Arms Yakumo Ranma ½ Ranma Saotome 2025 Ishura Season 2 Krafnir the Hatch of Truth Mechanical Marie Old Man Carl 2026 Daemons of the Shadow Realm Hikaru "Hagure" Kagemori

Original video animation Year Title Role Note Ref 1988 Legend of the Galactic Heroes Heinrich Lambertz 1990 1+2=Paradise series Yuusuke Yamamoto Ryokunohara Labyrinth: Sparkling Phantom Kanata Tokino 1990-91 Record of Lodoss War Etoh 1995 Vixens Ujita Fire Emblem Julian 2008 Ranma: Akumu! Shunminkō Ranma Saotome 2011 Coicent White deer 2021 The Ancient Magus' Bride: The Boy From the West and the Knight of the Mountain Haze Oberon

Anime films Year Title Role Note Ref 1989 Kiki's Delivery Service Tombo 1992 Ranma ½: Nihao My Concubine 1994 Ranma ½: One Flew Over the Kuno's Nest 1996 Gokinjo Monogatari Tsutomu Yamaguchi Kindaichi Shōnen no Jikenbo Hajime Kindaichi Only this first film 1997 Case Closed: The Time Bombed Skyscraper Shinichi Kudo 1998 Case Closed: The Fourteenth Target 1999 Case Closed: The Last Wizard of the Century Shinichi Kudo, Kaito Kid 2000 Case Closed: Captured in Her Eyes Shinichi Kudo 2000-092011-122016 One Piece series Usopp 2001 Doraemon: Nobita and the Winged Braves Tobio Case Closed: Countdown to Heaven Shinichi Kudo 2002 Case Closed: The Phantom of Baker Street A Tree of Palme Roualt Bonobono: Kumomo no Ki no Koto Araiguma-kun 2003 Detective Conan: Crossroad in the Ancient Capital Shinichi Kudo 2004 Dead Leaves Retro Detective Conan: Magician of the Silver Sky Shinichi Kudo, Kaito Kid 2005 Detective Conan: Strategy Above the Depths Shinichi Kudo 2006 Dōbutsu no Mori Fūta the Owl Detective Conan: The Private Eyes' Requiem Shinichi Kudo, Kaito Kid 2007 Detective Conan: Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure Shinichi Kudo 2008 Detective Conan: Full Score of Fear 2009 Detective Conan: The Raven Chaser 2010 Omae Umasou da na Heart Detective Conan: The Lost Ship in the Sky Shinichi Kudo, Kaito Kid 2011 Detective Conan: Quarter of Silence Shinichi Kudo 2012 Detective Conan: The Eleventh Striker Tiger & Bunny: The Beginning Robin Asura 2013 Lupin the 3rd vs. Detective Conan: The Movie Shinichi Kudo, Kaito Kid Detective Conan: Private Eye in the Distant Sea Shinichi Kudo 2014 Detective Conan: Dimensional Sniper 2015 Anata o Zutto Aishiteru Barudo The Boy and the Beast Jirōmaru – teen Detective Conan: Sunflowers of Inferno Shinichi Kudo, Kaito Kid 2016 Detective Conan: The Darkest Nightmare Shinichi Kudo 2019 Case Closed: The Fist of Blue Sapphire Shinichi Kudo, Kaito Kid 2022 Odd Taxi: In the Woods Kakihana 2025 Cute High Earth Defense Club Eternal Love! Aye-aye Dive in Wonderland White Rabbit

Web animation Year Title Role Note Ref 2008 Ikuze! Gen-san Genzō Tamura 2022 JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean Yo-Yo Ma Ressha Sentai ToQger Vs. Kamen Rider Gaim Spring Vacation Combining Special Heisei Rider vs. Shōwa Rider: Kamen Rider Taisen feat. Super Sentai Ressha Sentai ToQger the Movie: Galaxy Line S.O.S. 2015 Ressha Sentai ToQger vs. Kyoryuger: The Movie They Went and Came Back Again Ressha Sentai ToQGer: Super ToQ 7gou of Dreams 2016 Shuriken Sentai Ninninger vs. ToQger the Movie: Ninja in Wonderland Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger Illusion Ep. 22

Video games Year Title Role Note Ref 1985 Xanadu: Dragon Slayer II Arios 1990 Ranma ½ Ranma Saotome (Male) 2020 Final Fantasy VII Remake Red XIII One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 Usopp 2023 One Piece Odyssey Final Fantasy VII: Ever Crisis Red XIII 2025 Shuten Order Arale

Drama CD Year Title Role Note Ref 2007 Devil May Cry Volume 2 Peter Pan Episode 1: "Devil's Neverland - Peter Pan 2015 Panda-shachou

Dubbing roles Live-action Year Dub year Title Role Original actor Note Ref 2003 2004 Agent Cody Banks Cody Banks Frankie Muniz 2004 2005 Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London 2005 2008 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Mike Teavee Jordan Fry NTV edition 2008 2011 10,000 BC Baku Nathanael Baring TV Asahi edition 2009 2009 Dragonball Evolution Goku Justin Chatwin 2012-13 2012 Smash Tom Levitt Christian Borle 2017 2017 Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back The King Bao Bei'er 2019 2021 Vivarium Tom Jesse Eisenberg 2023 2023 Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania Veb David Dastmalchian 2023-present 2023 One Piece Usopp Jacob Romero Gibson

Animation Year Title Role Original actor Note Ref 1960-89 The Bugs Bunny Show Bugs Bunny Mel Blanc 1982-1983 Shirt Tales Leknid Episode: "Shirt Napped" Sparky Episode: "Kip's Dragon" 1993-15 VeggieTales Larry the Cucumber Mike Nawrocki 1995 A Goofy Movie Max Goof Jason Marsden 1996 Space Jam Bugs Bunny Billy West 1996-99 Beast Wars: Transformers Rattrap Scott McNeil 1997-present South Park Kyle Matt Stone WOWOW dub Kyle Broflovski, Craig Tucker Jimmy Valmer, Clyde Donovan, Dougie Trey Parker Sixth Grade Leader Rochelle Lefler 2000 An Extremely Goofy Movie Max Goof Jason Marsden Tweety's High-Flying Adventure Bugs Bunny Joe Alaskey 2000-05 Sealab 2021 Stormy Ellis Henican 2001-03 House of Mouse Max Goof Jason Marsden 2002-04 Baby Looney Tunes Baby Bugs Bunny Samuel Vincent 2003 Looney Tunes: Back In Action Bugs Bunny Joe Alaskey 2004 Justice League Unlimited Booster Gold Tom Everett Scott 2004-07 Maya & Miguel Tito Chavez Candi Milo 2005 Madagascar Mort Andy Richter 2007-09 Transformers Animated Jetfire, Rattle Trap Tom Kenny 2008 A Matter of Loaf and Death Baker Bob Ben Whitehead Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa Mort Andy Richter The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie Sedgewick Phil Vischer 2009-11 Poppets Town Blooter Cory Doran 2010-19 My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Snips Lee Tockar 2011 Rio Blu Jesse Eisenberg 2011-14 The Looney Tunes Show Bugs Bunny Jeff Bergman 2012 Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted Mort Andy Richter 2012-17 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Michelangelo Greg Cipes 2013 My Little Pony: Equestria Girls Snips Lee Tockar 2014 My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Rainbow Rocks Penguins of Madagascar Mort Andy Richter Rio 2 Blu Jesse Eisenberg 2018-19 Tinpo Logipo Keith Wickham 2019-present Helluva Boss Moxxie Richard Steven Horvitz 2021 Space Jam: A New Legacy Bugs Bunny Jeff Bergman 2022 The Bad Guys Professor Marmalade Richard Ayoade

Commercials Year Company Role Note Ref Burger King Narrator Japanese M&M's Red M&M Japanese; original voice by Billy West

Discography

Audio dramas 20 Mensou Ni Onegai! (1990 ), Victor VICL-3001 "Kon'ya ha April Fool" (1991 ), Pony Canyon – Ranma ½ character single as Ranma Saotome (male) "Otousan" (1991 ), Pony Canyon – Ranma ½ as Ranma Saotome (male), sings "China kara no Tegami" with Megumi Hayashibara "Characters Christmas" (1991 ), Pony Canyon – Ranma ½ as Ranma Saotome (male) "Ranma to Akane no Ballad" (1993 ), Pony Canyon – Ranma ½ as Ranma Saotome (male) "Unbalance City" (1996 ), Nippon Columbia – COCC-13586 Twinbeee Paradise Nesshou! Vocal Battle Hen (1994 ) – Twinbeee Paradise Fancy Lala Final Best Selection (1998 ) – Fancy Lala album Shouwa Hit Studio (2011 ), Enma-kun – Dororon Enma-kun Meeramera Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star 2nd ED (2006)

Radio shows Pure Pure Island (aired for a month in 1998 as a tie-in with the anime series Fancy Lala and was co-hosted with J-pop singer Reiko Ōmori who was also the voice actress who voiced Miho Shinohara) Hiroi Ouji's Maruten Cha Cha Cha! (ongoing, co-hosted with voice actress Chisa Yokoyama and Sakura Taisen creator Ohji Hiroi)

Awards Year Award Category Result 2019 13th Seiyu Awards Kei Tomiyama Memorial Award