Mitsuru Miyamoto (宮本 充, Miyamoto Mitsuru, born September 8, 1958) is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator from Tokyo. He is attached to Theatre Company Subaru.
He is best known for Keiichi Nakagawa from KochiKame: Tokyo Beat Cops, Roger Smith from The Big O, Ougai Mori from Bungo Stray Dogs, Gaku Yashiro from Erased, Steven A. Starphase from Blood Blockade Battlefront and Maiza Avaro from Baccano!, as well as the Japanese voice of adult Simba from The Lion King. In the live-action field, Miyamoto is the famous dubbing over artist of Ethan Hawke, Adrien Brody, Matthew Modine, Gil Bellows and Guy Pearce. He was also the first dub-over artist of Keanu Reeves and Brad Pitt in their early days.
Biography[]
Graduated from Osaka Prefectural Senyo High School and Hokkaido University Faculty of Engineering, Department of Synthetic Chemistry, he passed the exam to become an actor, but after a year of membership, he was rejected in the evaluation. He was invited by a fellow Bungakuza student to move to the Subaru Theater Company. While performing on stage, he saw Akira Kume in the same theater company and aspired to become a voice actor.
As a voice actor, he made his debut in the 1985 American film My Science Project in the Japanese dub of the Bandai version.
He made his debut in a special effects film in 2018 as Dogranio Yabun in the 42nd Super Sentai series, "Kaitou Sentai Lupinranger VS Keisatsu Sentai Patranger".
He is friends with Rikiya Koyama, who also plays Keanu Reeves, and in the radio CD "TV Anime "Blood Blockade Battlefront & BEYOND" Shout Out the Name of the Technique Before Punching Radio Vol. 2", there was a joke about the fact that they both dub for Keanu.
Dub Actors[]
| Actor | No. of Roles | Country |
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| Joe Cappelletti | 2 | 
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| J. Michael Tatum | 2 |
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| Steve Blum | 1 |
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| Sean Hennigan | 1 |
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| Cam Clarke | 1 |
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| David W. Collins | 1 |
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| Keith Silverstein | 1 |
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| Andy Mullins | 1 |
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| Austin Tindle | 1 |
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Filmography[]
| Year | Character | Title | Dub Voice | Dub Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999-2003 | Roger Smith | The Big O | Steve Blum | United States |
| 2003 | Koumyou Sanzo | Saiyuki Reload | Joe Cappelletti | United States |
| 2004 | Koumyou Sanzo | Saiyuki Reload Gunlock | Joe Cappelletti | United States |
| 2007-2008 | Maiza Avaro | Baccano! | Sean Hennigan | United States |
| 2008-2019 | Aiwass | A Certain Magical Index | Andy Mullins | United States |
| 2015 | Steven A. Starphase | Blood Blockade Battlefront | J. Michael Tatum | United States |
| 2016- present |
Mori Ōgai | Bungo Stray Dogs | Keith Silverstein | United States |
| 2017 | Steven A. Starphase | Blood Blockade Battlefront & Beyond | J. Michael Tatum | United States |
| 2017 | Caster of Black (Avicebron) |
Fate/Apocrypha | Cam Clarke | United States |
| 2017 | Gaku Yashiro | Erased | David W. Collins | United States |
| 2022 | Koumyou Sanzo | Saiyuki Reload Zeroin | Austin Tindle | United States |
External Links[]
- Mitsuru Miyamoto on the Anime News Network's encyclopdia.
- Mitsuru Miyamoto on AniList.
- Mitsuru Miyamoto on Behind The Voice Actors.