Kōsuke Okano

Kōsuke Okano
岡野 浩介
Born	(1969-10-14) October 14, 1969 (age 55) Tokyo, Japan
Occupation	Voice actor
Years active	1994–present
Agent	SSP

Kōsuke Okano (岡野 浩介, Okano Kōsuke, born October 14, 1969) is a Japanese voice actor. He was born in Tokyo, and is often featured on Japanese anime television network ANIMAX as narrator along with fellow voice actor Yukari Tamura.

Filmography

Television animation

• Asuka Jr. in Saint Tail (1995)
• Maeno in Ping-Pong Club (1995)
• Recca Hanabishi in Flame of Recca (1997)
• Kuki Jr. in Grander Musashi RV (1998)
• Kaname Takasato, Aozaru in Twelve Kingdoms (2002)
• Usop, Vincent in Midnight Horror School (2002)
• Hot Rod (Hot Shot) in Transformers: Armada (2003)
• Sokan Watabe in Sensei no Ojikan (2004)
• Yashima-sama in Kamichu (2005)
• Mahiro Atori in Hiiro no Kakera (2012)
• Cameramon in Digimon Universe: Appli Monsters (2016)

Unknown date

• Taichi Miyamoto in Bleach
• Haguruma in Boruto: Naruto Next Generations
• Tsukado in Naruto Shippuden
• Russell Tringum in Fullmetal Alchemist
• Noboru Yoshikawa in Great Teacher Onizuka
• Kenta Nakamura in Initial D
• Daisuke Hayami in Rockman EXE
• Hotshot in Transformers Animated
• Rikichi Yamada in Nintama Rantarou
• Current Okeanos in Saint Seiya Episode.G drama CDs
• Yusaku Tsunemura in Baka and Test (second season)

Original video animation

• Captain Tsubasa: Holland Youth (1994) (Makoto Soda)
• Yamato 2520 (1995) (Carl)
• Sokan Watabe in Sensei no Ojikan

Theatrical animation

• Crayon Shin-chan: The Storm Called: The Adult Empire Strikes Back (2001) (A sake dealer)
• Nintama Rantarō: Invincible Master of the Dokutake Ninja (2024) (Yamada Rikichi)^[1]

Video games

• Metalman and Shadowman in Super Adventure Rockman (1998)
• Reiji Azuma/Zwei in Phantom of Inferno (2000)
• Werner Blues (Brett Varner) in Growlanser II: The Sense of Justice (2001)
• Mahiro Atori in Hiiro no Kakera (2006)
• PlayStation Move Heroes (2011) (Lunk)

Drama CDs

• Abunai series 2: Abunai Summer Vacation (????)
• Baito wa Maid!? (????) (Yuuya Tamura)
• Daisuki (????) (Yoshida)
• GENE Tenshi wa Sakareru (????) (Arche Yan)
• Kageki series 5: Kageki ni Tengoku (????) (angel 3)
• Last Order (????) (Yoshihiro Shiho)
• Naguru Hakui no Tenshi (????) (Tomoki Igarashi)
• Rijichou-sama no Okiniiri (????) (Rentarou Kashiwagi)
• Romantist Taste (????) (Kazuma Ehara)

Dubbing

Live-action

• The Faculty (Casey Connor (Elijah Wood))^[2]
• The Hangover Part II (Leslie Chow (Ken Jeong))^[3]
• The Hangover Part III (Leslie Chow (Ken Jeong))^[4]
• Monkeybone (Herb (Dave Foley))^[5]
• Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2008 NTV edition) (Benjamin "The Tank" Danz (Adam Brody))^[6]
• The O.C. (Seth Cohen (Adam Brody))^[7]
• Power Rangers In Space (Seymour)
• Power Rangers Mystic Force (Xander Bly/Green Mystic Ranger (Richard Brancatisano))
• Power Rangers Samurai (Negatron)
• The Quick and the Dead (1997 TV Asahi edition) (Fee 'The Kid' Herod (Leonardo DiCaprio))^[8]
• Road Trip (Barry Manilow (Tom Green))^[9]
• Scooby-Doo (Scrappy Doo (Scott Innes))
• White Squall (Shay Jennings (Jason Marsden))^[10]

Animation

• Atomic Betty (Sparky)
• Courage the Cowardly Dog (The Nowhere Newsman & Di-Lung)
• Dexter's Laboratory (Major Glory)
• Oscar's Oasis (Suricates)
• Recess (Butch)
• Spider-Man (Cletus Kasady/Carnage)

References

1. "劇場版 忍たま乱太郎 ドクタケ忍者隊最強の軍師". eiga.com. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
2. "パラサイト". Star Channel. Retrieved May 6, 2019.
3. "ハングオーバー!! 史上最悪の二日酔い、国境を越える[吹]". Star Channel. Retrieved March 8, 2020.
4. "ハングオーバー!!! 最後の反省会". Star Channel. Retrieved March 8, 2020.
5. "モンキーボーン [DVD]". Amazon. 8 February 2002. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
6. "Mr. & Mrs. スミス<日本語吹替完全版> [DVD]". Amazon. 24 April 2019. Retrieved November 10, 2021.
7. "The OC". SuperDramaTV. Retrieved October 30, 2021.
8. "午後ロード「クイック＆デッド」タフでセクシーな早撃ちシャロンが悩殺＆瞬殺！". TV Tokyo. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
9. "ロード・トリップ". NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
10. "白い嵐". Wowow. Retrieved November 22, 2021.

External links

• Kōsuke Okano at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Kōsuke Okano at IMDb