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Otsuka Akio
(大塚 明夫)
Otsuka Akio
Personal Information
Birthday November 24, 1959 (age 64)
Hometown Tokyo, Japan
Height 182 cm (5 ft 11.7 in)
Blood Type B
Professional Information
Agency Mausu Promotion
Debut Year 1988
Status Active
Social Medias
Agency Profile Otsuka Akio @Mausu Promotion
Twitter @AkioOtsuka

Otsuka Akio (大塚 明夫, November 24, 1959) is a long-time and very successful Japanese seiyuu, narrator, and actor from Tokyo. In 2015, he won the Kei Tomiyama Memorial Award (Topical Award) at the 9th Seiyuu Awards. He is most known for portraying Batō in Ghost in the Shell (1995 movie) and all the subsequent sequels and spinoffs.

Married to fellow seiyuu Somi Yoko on February 11, 2005, but later divorced supposedly in February 2009. On January 7, 2017, Mausu Promotion agency announced he had remarried a person not in the entertainment industry.

Anime roles[]

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Main roles[]

  • Jigen Daisuke in Lupin the Third: Part 6 (2021)
  • Yūjirō "The Ogre" Hanma in Baki (ONA The Great Raitai Tournament S2 2020)
  • Lion in Africa Salaryman (2019)
  • Zōroku Kashimura in Alice & Zōroku (2017)
  • Ekubo in Mob Psycho 100 (2016, S2 2019)
  • Eric Brooks in Blade (2011)
  • Siam in Canaan (2009)
  • Toshimi Konakawa in Paprika (2006 movie)
  • Gwendal von Voltaire in King From Now On! (2004, R 2007, 3rd Series 2008)
  • Schawanheld Bulge in The Galaxy Railways (2003, Eternal Divergence S2 2006)
  • Batō in Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2002, S2 2004, ONA Stand Alone Complex 2045 2020)
  • Batō in Ghost in the Shell (1995 movie, Innocence 2004 movie, 2.0 2008 movie, Arise - Border 1: Ghost Pain & Arise - Border 2: Ghost Whispers 2013 movie, Arise - Border 3: Ghost Tears 2014 movie, SAC 2045 2021 movie)

Notable supporting roles[]

  • Berezovich Kryuger in Doll's Frontline (2022)
  • Ojii-chan in My Senpai is Annoying (2021)
  • Yūjirō "The Ogre" Hanma in Baki (ONA 2018, ONA Hanma 2021)
  • Rin's Grandfather/Narrator in Laid-back Camp (2018, S2 2021)

Misc roles[]

Other roles
  • Akudama Drive - Capital Punishment Division's Instructor
  • Black Jack - Black Jack
  • Bleach - Kyoraku Shunsei
  • Boku no Hero Academia - All For One
  • Hunter x Hunter (2011) - Uvogin
  • Moominpapa in Moomin 1990 series
  • One Piece - Captain Joke, Blackbeard

Game roles[]

  • Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony - Hoshi Ryouma

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