Koichi Yamadera is a Japanese voice actor and radio personality, known for voicing Jim Carrey and Eddie Murphy in the Japanese language releases of their respective films. In 2006, he divorced voice actress Mika Kanai. His most notable characters are Spike Spiegel from Cowboy Bebop (1998) and the subsequent follow up film Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001), Beerus from the longstanding Dragonball franchise, and the modern day voice of Inspector Zenigata of the longstanding Lupin the Third franchise after the retirement of the previous voice actor Gorō Naya and first appearing in the role in Lupin the Third: Blood Seal of the Eternal Mermaid (2011)
Koichi Yamadera has 326 screen credits in a career dating back to 1971. Their work spans 56 cinematic universes — most prominently Anpanman Collection with 13 titles. Signature works include Lupin the 3rd, Cowboy Bebop, Kamen Rider ZEZTZ. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.
Universe traveler — spans 56 universes
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