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Kappei Yamaguchi

1965 - Today

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Mitsuo Yamaguchi (山口 光雄, Yamaguchi Mitsuo, born May 23, 1965), better known by his stage name Kappei Yamaguchi (山口 勝平, Yamaguchi Kappei), is a Japanese actor, voice actor, and rakugoka affiliated with Gokū and 21st Century Fox. After making his voice acting debut in 1989 as the male version of Ranma Saotome in Ranma ½, Yamaguchi went on to other notable roles, including Inuyasha in Inuyasha and its sequel Yashahime, and L in Death Note. He currently voices Shinichi Kudo and Kaito Kid in Case Closed, Usopp in One Piece and Teddie in Persona 4. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kappei Yamaguchi has received more than 868,038 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Kappei Yamaguchi is the 3,838th most popular actor (up from 4,014th in 2019), the 1,147th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,113th in 2019) and the 70th most popular Japanese Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 870k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.48

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Kappei Yamaguchi ranks 3,838 out of 13,578. Before him are Ben Mendelsohn, Rhona Mitra, Raymond J. Barry, Christopher Guest, Jason O'Mara, and Rebecca Ferguson. After him are Natalya Bondarchuk, Joanna Moore, Raymond Cruz, Jordi Mollà, Harriet Bosse, and Anita Stewart.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Kappei Yamaguchi ranks 180. Before him are Costas Mandylor, Kyeon Mi-ri, Megumi Ogata, Mark Pellegrino, Paweł Adamowicz, and Reggie Miller. After him are Robin Sharma, Linda Perry, Diébédo Francis Kéré, Vicky Vette, Eugene Kaspersky, and Steven Adler.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kappei Yamaguchi ranks 1,147 out of 6,245. Before him are Yumi Matsutoya (1954), Isao Kimura (1923), Toru Iwatani (1955), Kanno Sugako (1881), Chiaki Mukai (1952), and Shusaku Hirasawa (1949). After him are Mitsuo Kato (1953), Kuniya Daini (1944), Hiroshi Abe (1964), Hisao Sekiguchi (1954), Chushiro Hayashi (1920), and Yasushi Akimoto (1958).

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Among ACTORS In Japan

Among actors born in Japan, Kappei Yamaguchi ranks 70. Before him are Masayuki Mori (1911), Megumi Ogata (1965), Ichirō Nagai (1931), Haruko Sugimura (1909), Akira Emoto (1948), and Isao Kimura (1923). After him are Hiroshi Abe (1964), Ayako Wakao (1933), Kenjiro Tsuda (1971), Noriko Ohara (1935), Banjō Ginga (1948), and Tura Satana (1938).

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Television and Movie Roles

犬夜叉
InuYasha (voice)
Kagome Higurashi is a modern day young girl who lives with her family by the old Higure shrine. Unbeknownst to Kagome, she is the reincarnation of priestess Kikyo and posseses the "Jewel of Four Souls" (the Shikon jewel). One ill-fated day, Kagome locates an ancient well near her home and is abruptly transported through the well and into a feudal Japan, inhabited by demons. There, she encounters Inuyasha, son of a powerful demon father and a human mother, who is pinned to a tree by an enchanted arrow.
8.6 / 10
らんま1/2
Ranma Saotome
Ranma Saotome, a teenage martial artist, and his father Genma travel to the 'cursed training ground' of Jusenkyo in China. There, despite the warnings of the Chinese guard, they fall into the cursed springs. From now on, whenever Ranma is doused in cold water, he turns into a girl and a cute, well-built redhead at that. Hot water changes him back into a man again, but only until the next time. To make matters worse, his father engages him to Akane Tendo, a girl who hates boys.
8.605 / 10
Kiki's Delivery Service
Tombo (voice)
A young witch, on her mandatory year of independent life, finds fitting into a new community difficult while she supports herself by running an air courier service.
Jul 29o 19897.8 / 10