Norio Wakamoto (若本 規夫 Wakamoto Norio, born October 18, 1945) is a Veteran Japanese voice actor from Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, and was raised in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture.
After graduation from Waseda University, Wakamoto initially found employment as a police officer assigned to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's Anti-Riot Squad division before becoming a voice actor.
The quality of Wakamoto's voice is known for uniting astringency and sharpness, usually leading him to villainous roles in dubbing work and games, such as Cell in Dragon Ball Z, Emperor Charles Zi Britannia in Code Geass, Xemnas in the Kingdom Hearts series, Black Ghost in Cyborg 009, Vicious in Cowboy Bebop, among many others.
On adult animation titles and dating sims he goes by the alias "Hiruma Kyounosuke". He also holds the rank of 3-dan in both Shorinji Kempo and Kendo.
Filmography
| Year | Character | Title | Dub Voice | Dub Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980-1981 | Captain Custer | X-Bomber | Garrick Hagon | United Kingdom |
| 1982 | Sheriff | Space Adventure Cobra | Steve Bulen | United States |
| 1986 | M.D. Geist | M.D. Geist I: Most Dangerous Soldier | Jason Beck | United States |
| 1986 | Vidminer Knume | They Were Eleven | Joe Romersa | United States |
| 1988-1994 | Shikebaro (ep. 3) | Crying Freeman | Gregory Snegoff | United States |
| 1988-1989 | Kaosu | Legendary Armor Samurai Troopers | David Kaye | Canada |
| 1989-1992 | Oswald Lisker | The Guyver: Bio-Booster Armor | Gary Dubin | United States |
| 1990-1991 | Juzo Hasegawa | Cyber City Oedo 808 | Bob Sherman | United Kingdom |
| 1990-1991 | Woodchuck | Record of Lodoss War | Jacques LeCann | United States |
| 1991 | Samuel McCoy | Burn-Up | Aaron Krohn | United States |
| 1992-1993 | Cell | Dragon Ball Z | Dameon Clarke | United States |
| Dale Wilson | Canada | |||
| 1992-1998 | Taiso | Giant Robo: The Animation | Steve Cassling | United States |
| Marc Thompson (redub) | United States | |||
| 1992 | Yūsuke Amade (ep. 6) | Sailor Moon | Keith Silverstein | United States |
| 1992-1993 | Kengo Aiba | Tekkaman Blade | Simon Prescott | United States |
| 1992-1995 | Gōki | Yu Yu Hakusho | Jeremy Inman | United States |
| Chu | Kent Williams | |||
| 1993 | Utsusu Mujuro | Ninja Scroll | Kirk Thornton | United States |
| 1996-1997 | Cell | Dragon Ball GT | Ben Jeffery | Canada |
| Dameon Clarke | United States | |||
| 1997-1998 | Chief of Police | Burn-Up Excess | Jim Gallant | United States |
| Restaurant Owner | Ron West | |||
| 1997-1998 | Araki Mataemon | Ninja Resurrection | Bill Wise | United States |
| 1998-1999 | Vicious | Cowboy Bebop | Skip Stellrecht | United States |
| 1998 | Commander Wakamoto | Virgin Fleet | John Dobbs | United States |
| 1999-2001 | Falcon | Monster Rancher | Dale Wilson | Canada |
| 2000 | Tokichi (ep. 176) | Pokémon | Rodger Parsons | United States |
| 2001-2002 | Black Ghost / Scarl | Cyborg 009 | Richard Epcar | United States |
| 2001-2002 | Richard Hellsing | Hellsing | Steven Brand | United States |
| 2001 | Pero | Metropolis | Dave Mallow | United States |
| 2001 | Narrator | S-CRY-ed | Kirk Thornton | United States |
| 2002-2006 | George Kamamoto | Duel Masters | Tim Diamond (eps. 1-26) | United States |
| Terrence Stone (eps. 27-52) | ||||
| Brian Beacock (eps. 53-65) | ||||
| 2002-2003 | Echigo | Heat Guy J | Doug Stone | United States |
| 2003 | Kinso | Pokémon Chronicles | Christopher Collet | United States |
| 2009- present | Celestial Spirit King | Fairy Tail | Cole Brown | United States |
| 2010-2011 | Cell | Dragon Ball Z Kai | Dameon Clarke | United States |
| 2013 | Father Balder | Bayonetta: Bloody Fate | J. Grant Albrecht | United States |
| 2014-2015 | Cell | Dragon Ball Z Kai: The Final Chapters | Dameon Clarke | United States |
| Jim Foronda (ep. 152) | ||||
| 2018 | Pipimi (ep. 3b) | Pop Team Epic | Kent Williams | United States |
