Jōji Yanami

Jōji Yanami
Personal Information
Full Name	Shigemitsu Shirato (白土 繁満)
Date of Birth	(1931-08-30)August 30, 1931
Place of Birth	Tokyo, Japan
Date of Death	December 3, 2021(2021-12-03) (aged 90)
Place of Death	Tokyo, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation	Voice Actor
Professional Information
Debut	Ken the Wolf Boy
Final Role	Dragon Ball Super
Years Active	1963-2015
Status	Deceased
Agent	Aoni Production

Jōji Yanami (八奈見 乗児 Yanami Jōji, born Shigemitsu Shirato (白土 繁満 Shirato Shigemitsu), on August 30, 1931 – December 3, 2021) was a Japanese voice actor who was affiliated with Aoni Production.

Some of his major voice roles included Dr. Brief, Kaiō-sama (King Kai), Babidi and the Narrator in the Dragon Ball franchise, Professor Isaac Gilmore in the original Cyborg 009 series, Gennai in Digimon Adventure and Dr. Yumi in Mazinger Z.

On September 25, 2015, Toei Animation announced that Yanami would be taking medical leave from Dragon Ball Super for an indefinite amount of time. His roles as the narrator and Kaiō-sama were passed to Naoki Tatsuta.

Yanami died on December 3, 2021, at the age of 90.

Dub Actors

Actor	No. of Titles	Country
Kyle Hebert	27
Ed Marcus	17
Sean Schemmel	15
Flavio Romeo	7
Chris Forbis	5
Richard Newman	5
Paul Bandey	4
Doc Harris	4
Michael McConnohie	4
Duncan Brannan	3
Jonathan Keeble	3
Dale D. Kelly	3
Ted Lehmann	3
Doc Morgan	3
Steve Olson	3
Mike Reynolds	3
Brice Armstrong	2
Don Brown	2
Andrew Chandler	2
Jim Conrad	2
Paul Dobson	2
Dean Galloway	2
Adam Hunter	2
Terry Klassen	2
Scott McNeil	2
Simon Prescott	2
Philip Proctor	2
Christopher Sabat	2
John Swasey	2
French Tickner	2
Jeff Bennett	1
Dave Bridges	1
John Burgmeier	1
Bill Capizzi	1
Dameon Clarke	1
Jim Gallant	1
Ron Gans	1
Dan Gascon	1
David Gasman	1
Dan Green	1
Dean Hagopian	1
Stuart Halpryn	1
Cliff Harrington	1
Dale Hemmond	1
A.J. Henderson	1
John Hostetter	1
Riley Jackson	1
Grant James	1
Rick Jones	1
Steve Kramer	1
Gerald Matthews	1
Robert McCollum	1
Mike McFarland	1
Phillip Miller	1
Joseph Murray	1
Garry Peters	1
Patrick Pinney	1
Corby Proctor	1
Jay Rath	1
Paul Ross	1
Richard Rossner	1
Kerry Shale	1
Michael Sinterniklaas	1
Marc Smith	1
Gregory Snegoff	1
Michael Sorich	1
Michael Sousa	1
Barry Stigler	1
John Stocker	1
Doug Stone	1
Rik Thomas	1
Kirk Thornton	1
Bill Townsley	1
Eric Vale	1
David Vincent	1
Ken Webster	1
Travis Willingham	1
Jeff Winkless	1
Dave Wittenberg	1
Mike Worman	1
Tom Wyner	1
Mark Stoddard	1
Stuart Zagnit	1

Filmography

Year	Character	Title	Dub Voice	Dub Country
1971	Count	Animal Treasure Island	¿?	United States
1972-1974	Dr. Gennosuke Yumi	Mazinger Z	Dale Hemmond	United States
			Paul Ross	United States
			Patrick Pinney (ep. 30)
1973	Old Bear	Panda's Adventures	¿?	United States
1975-1976	Colonel Ramrod (1st season)	Maya the Bee	A.J. Henderson	Canada
			¿?	South Africa
1975-1976	Grocky	Time Bokan	Richard Rossner	United States
			Gregory Snegoff	United States
1976	Mayor	Puss 'n Boots Travels Around the World	¿?	United States
1977-1979	Prime Minister	Captain Harlock	John Hostetter	United States
			Bill Capizzi	United States
	Dr. Zero		Ted Lehmann
1977-1980	Psychiatrist (ep. 13)	Lupin the 3rd Part 2	Simon Prescott	United States
	Doctor (ep. 59)		¿?
	Guinness (ep. 74)		¿?
1980-1981	Dr. Baribari (ep. 32)	Astro Boy	Jay Rath	United States
1980	Professor Isaac Gilmore	Cyborg 009: The Legend of the Super Galaxy	Cliff Harrington	Japan
1981	Gods	The Fantastic Adventures of Unico	Ron Gans	United States
1981	Inspector Belbeau	Frankenstein	Steve Kramer	United States
1981	Minister	Swan Lake	Mike Worman	Japan
			Ted Lehmann	United States
1982	Tin Woodman	The Wizard of Oz	John Stocker	Canada
1983	Tortoise	Aesop's Fables	¿?	United States
1983-1984	Mr. Pepperpot	Mrs. Pepperpot	Rick Jones	Canada
1984	Father	Birth	Garry Peters	United States
1984	Gikkuri	Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind	Riley Jackson	United States
			Jeff Bennett	United States
1985-1986	Duke Fastener	Button Nose	Mike Reynolds	United States
1986-1989	Narrator	Dragon Ball	Michael McConnohie	United States
			Jim Conrad	Canada
			Brice Armstrong	United States
			Steve Olson	Canada
	Dr. Brief		Chris Forbis	United States
			Corby Proctor	Canada
	King Furry		Kyle Hebert	United States
			Steve Olson	Canada
	Dr. Flappe (ep. 42)		Eric Vale	United States
			Adam Hunter	Canada
	Mousse (ep. 128)		John Burgmeier	United States
			Adam Hunter	Canada
	Master Roshi (ep. 137)		Mike McFarland	United States
			Dean Galloway	Canada
			Dave Bridges	Hong Kong
	Old Scientist (ep. 150)		Robert McCollum	United States
			Gerald Matthews	Canada
1986	Narrator	Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies	Michael McConnohie	United States
			Jim Conrad	Canada
			Ed Marcus	France
			John Swasey	United States
1986	Galf	Fist of the North Star: The Movie	Tom Wyner	United States
1986-1987	Mayor Dandy Lion	Maple Town	Ted Lehmann	United States
1986-1989	Elena's Grandfather	Saint Seiya	Stuart Halpryn	United States
1986	Murphy	The Supergal	Kerry Shale	United Kingdom
1986-1987	General Guph	The Wonderful Wizard of Oz	Dean Hagopian	Canada
1987	Narrator	Dragon Ball: Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle	Nesty Ramirez	Philippines
			¿?	Malaysia
			Christopher Sabat	United States
			Ed Marcus	France
1987-1989	Dog (ep. 1)	Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics	Michael Sorich	United States
	Tuesday (eps. 11-13)		Barry Stigler
	Sultan (ep. 19)		Jeff Winkless
	Old Samuel (ep. 41)		Jeff Winkless
1988	Narrator	Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure	Michael McConnohie	United States
			Nesty Ramirez	Philippines
			¿?	Malaysia
			Christopher Sabat	United States
			Ed Marcus	France
1988-1989	Buaku	Dominion Tank Police	Marc Smith	United Kingdom
1989-1996	Narrator	Dragon Ball Z	Ethel Lizano	Philippines
			Doc Harris	Canada
			¿?	Malaysia
			Dale D. Kelly (original; eps. 68-194)	United States
			Kyle Hebert (remastered)
	King Kai		Ray Buyco	Philippines
			Don Brown	Canada
			Sean Schemmel	United States
	Dr. Brief		Paul Dobson	Canada
			Chris Forbis	United States
			Scott McNeil	Canada
	King Furry		Kyle Hebert	United States
			Richard Newman	Canada
	Babidi		Duncan Brannan	United States
			Terry Klassen	Canada
1989	Narrator	Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone	Doc Harris	Canada
			Ed Marcus	France
			Kyle Hebert	United States
1989-1992	Kimen Calligraphy Teacher (ep. 79)	Ranma ½	Terry Klassen	Canada
	Harumaki (ep. 144)		Richard Newman
1990	Narrator	Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest	Doc Harris	Canada
			¿?	Malaysia
			Ed Marcus	France
			Kyle Hebert	United States
1990	King Kai	Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might	Don Brown	Canada
			Syed Sadik	Malaysia
			Paul Bandey	France
			Sean Schemmel	United States
1990	Planthorr	Dragon Ball Z: Bardock - the Father of Goku	Dameon Clarke	United States
			Paul Bandey	France
	Narrator		Dale D. Kelly (original)	United States
			Kyle Hebert (remastered)
			Ed Marcus	France
1991	King Kai	Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug	¿?	Malaysia
			Ashikin Nadzir
			Sean Schemmel	United States
			Paul Bandey	France
	Dr. Brief		Zahisham Ujang Sham	Malaysia
			Chris Forbis	United States
			Paul Bandey	France
	Narrator		¿?	Malaysia
			Kyle Hebert	United States
			Ed Marcus	France
1991		Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge	Bob Karry	Philippines
			¿?	Malaysia
			Kyle Hebert	United States
			Ed Marcus	France
1992		Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler	Bob Karry	Philippines
			¿?	Malaysia
			Kyle Hebert	United States
			Ed Marcus	France
1992		Dragon Ball Z: Super Android 13!	¿?	Malaysia
			Kyle Hebert	United States
			Ed Marcus	France
1993		Dragon Ball Z: The History of Trunks	Dale D. Kelly (original)	United States
			Kyle Hebert (remastered)	United States
			Ed Marcus	France
1993	King Kai	Dragon Ball Z: Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan	Syed Sadik	Malaysia
			Sean Schemmel	United States
			Ed Marcus	France
	Dr. Brief		Syed Sadik	Malaysia
			Chris Forbis	United States
			David Gasman	France
	Narrator		¿?	Malaysia
			Kyle Hebert	United States
			Ed Marcus	France
1993	King Kai	Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound	Syed Sadik	Malaysia
			Sean Schemmel	United States
			Ed Marcus	France
	Narrator		¿?	Malaysia
			Kyle Hebert	United States
			Ed Marcus	France
1993	Jubei Yamada	Fatal Fury 2: The New Battle	French Tickner	Canada
1993	Dr. Hidezaburo Kitaguchi	The Irresponsible Captain Tylor	Stuart Zagnit	United States
1993-1994	Professor	Kishin Corps	Paul Dobson	Canada
1993	Prof. Hiroshi Amagi	Moldiver	Doug Stone	United States
1993-1994	Grocky	Time Bokan: Royal Revival	Flavio Romeo	United States
	Boyakki
	Tobokke
	Sekobicchi
	Juri Kokematsu
	Kosuinen
	Daseinen
1994	Narrator	Dragon Ball Z: Broly - Second Coming	¿?	Philippines
			¿?	Malaysia
			Kyle Hebert	United States
1994		Dragon Ball Z: Bio-Broly	¿?	Philippines
			¿?	Malaysia
			Kyle Hebert	United States
1994	Jubei Yamada	Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture	French Tickner	Canada
1995	Hoi Hoi	Catnapped!	Simon Prescott	United States
1995	King Kai	Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn	¿?	Malaysia
			Sean Schemmel	United States
	Narrator		Kyle Hebert
1995	Phillip	Lupin the 3rd: Farewell to Nostradamus	Dameon Clarke	United States
1995	Narrator	Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon	¿?	Malaysia
			Kyle Hebert	United States
1996		Dragon Ball: The Path to Power	¿?	Malaysia
			Brice Armstrong	United States
1996-1997	King Kai	Dragon Ball GT	Dean Galloway	Canada
			Sean Schemmel	United States
	King Furry		Dan Gascon	Canada
			Kyle Hebert	United States
	Narrator		Steve Olson	Canada
			Andrew Chandler	United States
1997		Dragon Ball GT: A Hero's Legacy		United States
			Ed Marcus	France
1999-2000	Dr. Kuron	Amazing Nurse Nanako	Phillip Miller	United States
1999	Professor	Ape Escape	Michael Sousa	United States
			¿?	United Kingdom
1999-2000	Gennai	Digimon Adventure	Mike Reynolds	United States
1999- present	Mayor Boodle	One Piece	Joseph Murray	Singapore
			Michael Sinterniklaas	United States
			Mark Stoddard	United States
	Gan Fall		John Swasey
2000	Gennai	Digimon: The Movie	Mike Reynolds	United States
2000-2004	Totosai	InuYasha	Richard Newman	Canada
			Rik Thomas	Hong Kong
2001-2002	Xuanwomon	Digimon Tamers	Dave Wittenberg	United States
2001-2002	Dr. Gennosuke Yumi	Mazinkaiser	Ken Webster	United States
2002	Professor	Ape Escape 2	Jonathan Keeble	United Kingdom
			Dan Green	United States
2002	King Kai	Dragon Ball Z: Budokai	Sean Schemmel	United States
	Narrator		Kyle Hebert
2003	Dr. Briefs	Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 2	Chris Forbis	United States
	Babidi		Duncan Brannan
	Narrator		Kyle Hebert
2003	Totosai	InuYasha the Movie: Swords of an Honorable Ruler	Richard Newman	Canada
2004	Professor	Ape Escape: Pumped & Primed	Jim Gallant	United States
2004	Hokusai Hanaukyo	Hanaukyo Maid Team: La Verite	Kirk Thornton	United States
2005	Professor	Ape Escape: On the Loose	Philip Proctor	United States
			Jonathan Keeble	United Kingdom
		Ape Escape 3	Philip Proctor	United States
			Jonathan Keeble	United Kingdom
2005	King Kai	Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi	Sean Schemmel	United States
	Narrator		Kyle Hebert
2005-2006	Old Man (eps. 38-39)	Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE	Grant James	United States
2006	Babidi	Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2	Duncan Brannan	United States
	King Kai		Sean Schemmel
	Narrator		Kyle Hebert
2007	Babidi	Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3	Bill Townsley	United States
	King Kai		Sean Schemmel
	Narrator		Kyle Hebert
2009-2011	King Kai	Dragon Ball Z Kai	Sean Schemmel	United Statesl
	King Furry		Kyle Hebert
	Narrator		Doc Morgan
2009-2010	Totosai	InuYasha: The Final Act	Richard Newman	Canada
2010-2012	Karatenmon	Digimon Fusion	Travis Willingham	United States
2013	King Kai	Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods	Sean Schemmel	United States
	Narrator		Kyle Hebert
2014-2015	King Kai	Dragon Ball Z Kai: The Final Chapters	Sean Schemmel	United States
	Narrator		Doc Morgan
2015		Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection ‘F’	Kyle Hebert	United States
2015	King Kai (eps. 1-12)	Dragon Ball Super	Michael McConnohie	United States
			Sean Schemmel	United States
	Narrator (eps. 1-12)		David Vincent	United States
			Doc Morgan	United States