ACTOR

Hōchū Ōtsuka

1954 - Today

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Hōchū Ōtsuka (大塚 芳忠, Ōtsuka Hōchū, born Yoshitada Ōtsuka [same kanji], May 19, 1954) is a Japanese voice actor and narrator affiliated with the talent management firm Crazy Box. He is best known for his roles as the voices of Kyao Mirao in Heavy Metal L-Gaim; Mont Blanc Noland in One Piece; Yazan Gable in Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam; Akira Sendō in Slam Dunk; SignalMan in Gekisou Sentai Carranger; Imagin, Deneb in Kamen Rider Den-O, Abuto in Gintama, Makoto Sōda in Captain Tsubasa, Jiraiya in Naruto, Junjirō Takagi in The Idolmaster, Dr. Ni Jianyi in Saiyuki; and Sakonji Urokodaki in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba. He is also known for dubbing for Jean-Claude Van Damme, Donnie Yen (especially in Ip Man series), Jeff Goldblum, Ray Liotta, Tim Robbins, John C. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hōchū Ōtsuka has received more than 615,659 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Hōchū Ōtsuka is the 4,268th most popular actor, the 1,209th most popular biography from Japan and the 80th most popular Japanese Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 620k

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  • 48.60

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.34

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Hōchū Ōtsuka ranks 4,268 out of 13,578Before him are Lola Beltrán, Hiroshi Kamiya, Constance Bennett, Wayne Rogers, Naima Akef, and Robert John Burke. After him are Alfonso Arau, Billy Barty, Romain Duris, May Whitty, Arturo de Córdova, and Andrei Smirnov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Hōchū Ōtsuka ranks 296Before him are Koen Lenaerts, Rosi Braidotti, Igor Krutoy, Stina Ekblad, Wei Fenghe, and Ashrita Furman. After him are Ted DiBiase, Adrie Koster, Dmitry Kiselyov, Trevor Rabin, Alois Estermann, and Huub Rothengatter.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Hōchū Ōtsuka ranks 1,209 out of 6,245Before him are Yasuji Miyazaki (1916), Kenichi Ogata (1942), Izumi Sakai (1967), Shuntarō Tanikawa (1931), Hiroshi Kamiya (1975), and Tetsuo Sugamata (1957). After him are Kenji Miyamoto (1908), Seigō Nakano (1886), Momoe Yamaguchi (1959), Naoemon Shimizu (null), Koji Suzuki (1957), and Daisuke Gōri (1952).

Among ACTORS In Japan

Among actors born in Japan, Hōchū Ōtsuka ranks 80Before him are Noriko Ohara (1935), Banjō Ginga (1948), Tura Satana (1938), Minami Takayama (1964), Kenichi Ogata (1942), and Hiroshi Kamiya (1975). After him are Momoe Yamaguchi (1959), Daisuke Gōri (1952), Yoshiko Kuga (1931), Kazuya Nakai (1967), Kazuo Hasegawa (1908), and Rinko Kikuchi (1981).