Kazuo Kumakura

was a Japanese actor, voice actor, and theatre director. He was the head of the Theatre Echo agency at the time of his death.

Biography Kazuo Kumakura was born in the Azabu district of Minato, Tokyo on January 30, 1927. In 1956, he joined the Theatre Echo theatre group. GeGeGe no Kitarō: Ibun Yōkai Kitan (2003) (Medama Oyaji) Kingdom Hearts II (2005) (Cogsworth) Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep (2010) (Mister Smee, Doc) The Aristocats (Scat Cat) Bambi (Friend Owl) Bambi II (Friend Owl) Beauty and the Beast (Cogsworth) Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (Cogsworth) Belle's Magical World (Cogsworth) The Black Cauldron (Dallben) Disney's Christmas Carol (Mister Fezziwig & Old Joe) The Fox and the Hound (Boomer the Woodpecker) Fun and Fancy Free (Jiminy Cricket, Willie the Giant) Lady and the Tramp (Tony) Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure (Tony) One Hundred and One Dalmatians (Jasper) Peter Pan (Buena Vista edition) (Mister Smee) Pinocchio (Geppetto) Popeye (Bluto) Return to Never Land (Mister Smee) Scooby-Doo (Scooby-Doo) Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Doc) SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron (Dark Kat) The Magic Voyage (Christopher Columbus)

Japanese Voiceover Peter Pan's Flight (Mr. Smee) Snow White's Adventures (Doc) E.T. Adventure (Monster James) The Amazing Adventure of Spider-Man the Ride (Truck driver)

Radio GeGeGe no Kitaro radio drama (Theme song)

Songs Captain Ultra (TV series) (Insert song Tom & Huck) Denki Groove's "Karateka" (Narration) GeGeGe no Kitaro (First and second opening themes) M-Flo's "Beat Space Nine" (Intermezzo)

Awards Kumakura received the 1998 Kinokuniya theater award for his performance in Neil Simon's The Sunshine Boys. In 2011, he won the selection committee's special award at the Yomiuri Theatrical Grand Awards.

Honours Medal with Purple Ribbon (1991) Order of the Rising Sun, 4th Class, Gold Rays with Rosette (1998)