Kei Tomiyama (富山 敬 Tomiyama Kei) , born Kunichika Tomiyama (冨山 邦親 Tomiyama Kunichika; October 31, 1938 – September 25, 1995), was a Japanese actor, seiyū, and narrator from Anshan, Manchukuo. He was also declared the Mel Blanc of Japanese voice acting. During his life, Tomiyama was affiliated with Aoni Production and Production Baobab.
Tomiyama is best known for his roles in Tiger Mask (Naoto Date/Tiger Mask), Space Battleship Yamato (Susumu Kodai), UFO Robo Grendizer (Duke Fleed/Daisuke Umon), the Time Bokan series (Narrator), GeGeGe no Kitaro 3rd Series (Nezumi-Otoko), Chibi Maruko-chan (Tomozō Sakura, Shintarō Honami), and Legend of the Galactic Heroes (Yang Wen-li) until his death from pancreatic cancer at the age of 56.
Filmography[]
| Year | Character | Title | Dub Voice | Dub Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967-1968 | Sabu | Mach GoGoGo | Jack Grimes | United States |
| 1971-1972 | Tatsu Mandala (ep. 6) | Lupin the 3rd | ¿? | United States |
| 1972-1973 | Pika (ep. 16) | Pinocchio: The Series | ¿? | Canada |
| 1974-1975 | Susumu Kodai | Space Battleship Yamato | Kenneth Meseroll | United States |
| 1975-1976 | Dr. Yokarobo Chamberlain | Time Bokan | Jan Rabson | United States |
| Narrator | ||||
| 1977-1978 | Todoroki Takaya | Arrow Emblem: Hawk of the Grand Prix | Richard Rossner | United States |
| 1977 | Susumu Kodai | Space Battleship Yamato | Rex Knowles | United States |
| 1978 | Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato | Dave Mallow | United States | |
| 1978-1979 | Space Battleship Yamato II | Kenneth Meseroll | United States | |
| 1979 | Tochiro Ōyama | Galaxy Express 999 | John Payne | Canada |
| 1980-1981 | Sherlock Holmspan (ep. 39) | Astro Boy | Greg Zerkle | United States |
| 1980-1981 | Susumu Kodai | Space Battleship Yamato III | John Bellucci | United States |
| 1981 | Meowdar | Adieu Galaxy Express 999 | John Payne | Canada |
| Tochiro Ōyama | ||||
| 1981 | Zuckel | Frankenstein | Tom Wyner | United States |
| 1982 | Tochiro Ōyama | Arcadia of My Youth | Walter Carroll | Tokyo, Japan |
| 1982 | Eric Jones | Scientific Rescue Team TechnoVoyager | ¿? | United States |
| 1983 | Rigadon | Around the World with Willy Fog | Cam Clarke | United States |
| 1983 | Robert Dawson | Golgo 13: The Professional | Tony Oliver | United States |
| 1985 | Ringam | Fantastic Adventure of Yohko: Leda | Matthew Oram | Hong Kong |
| 1986-1988 | Mr. Iioka | Maison Ikkoku | Trevor Devall | Canada |
| 1987 | Kichi (A Tale of Two Robots, Part 3: Foreign Invasion) | Robot Carnival | Bob Bergen | United States |
| 1989-1990 | Hamegg | The New Adventures of Kimba The White Lion | Paul Dobson | Canada |
| 1992 | Cipriano Muggiani | Tottoi | Bernard Erhard | United States |
| 1993-1994 | Narrator | Time Bokan: Royal Revival | Flavio Romeo | United States |
| 1994 | Hassam | Final Fantasy: Legend of the Crystals | John Hostetter | United States |
| 1995 | Tomozo Sakura (eps. 1-37) | Chibi Maruko-chan | Simon Broad | Hong Kong |
| 1995 | Fake Fusuke | Ninku the Movie | Doug Stone | United States |