Kappei Yamaguchi

Biography

Mitsuo Yamaguchi (山口 光雄, Yamaguchi Mitsuo), better known by his stage name of Kappei Yamaguchi (山口 勝平, Yamaguchi Kappei) is a Japanese voice actor and actor from Fukuoka, affiliated with Gokū and 21st Century Fox. He is best known for the roles of Ranma Saotome (Ranma ½), Jackson Neil (Miracle Girls), Tombo (Kiki's Delivery Service), Yattaro (Kyattou Ninden Teyandee), InuYasha (InuYasha), Ryuichi Sakuma (Gravitation), L (Death Note), Usopp (One Piece), Hideyoshi (Law of Ueki), and Kaito Kid and Shinichi Kudo (Case Closed). His current starring roles include that of Raimon "Monta" Taro, the Deimon Devil Bats' ace receiver in Eyeshield 21. Yamaguchi has appeared in eroge as Kyōya Ushihisa (牛久 京也, Ushihisa Kyōya).  He made his first public appearance in North America at Otakon 2008;  and was also a guest at Sakura-Con 2009.  Yamaguchi's third appearance to date has been at Animazement in 2010. He is married and has a daughter, Akane Yamaguchi (山口 茜), and a son, Ryunosuke Yamaguchi (山口 竜之介), who also are voice actors. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kappei Yamaguchi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Known For

Kiki's Delivery Service

as Tombo (voice)

Atashin'chi: The 3D Movie

as Fujino (voice)

One Piece Film Red

as Usopp (voice)

One Piece: Adventure of Nebulandia

as Usopp (voice)

One Piece Film: Z

as Usopp (voice)

One Piece "3D2Y": Overcome Ace's Death! Luffy's Vow to his Friends

as Usopp (voice)

Heisei Rider vs. Showa Rider: Kamen Rider Wars feat. Super Sentai

as ToQger Equipment Voice

One Piece Special: Open Upon the Great Sea! A Father's Huge, HUGE Dream!

as Usopp (voice)

Inferious Interplanetary War Chronicle - Condition Green

as Oscar Cloud (voice)

Detective Conan: The Million-Dollar Pentagram

as Kaito Kid / Shinichi Kudou (voice)

Detective Conan: The Story of Ai Haibara: Black Iron Mystery Train

as Kaito Kuroba (voice)

Detective Conan: Black Iron Submarine

as Shinichi Kudou (voice)

The Boy and the Beast

as Teenage Jiromaru (voice)

Detective Conan: Dimensional Sniper

as Shinichi Kudo (voice)

Case Closed: The Fourteenth Target

as Shinichi Kudo (voice)

Detective Conan: The Last Wizard of the Century

as Shinichi Kudo / Kaito Kuroba (voice)

Ranma 1/2: Team Ranma vs. the Legendary Phoenix

as Ranma Saotome ♂ (voice)

Detective Conan: The Time Bombed Skyscraper

as Shinichi Kudo (voice)

Lupin the Third vs. Detective Conan: The Movie

as Shinichi Kudo / Kaito Kuroba (voice)

Detective Conan: The Private Eyes' Requiem

as Shinichi Kudo (voice) / Kaito Kuroba (voice)