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Yamaguchi Kappei
(山口 勝平)
Yamaguchi Kappei
Personal Information
Birthday May 23, 1956 (age 67)
Hometown Fukuoka, Japan
Height 160 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Blood Type B
Professional Information
Agency Gocoo
Debut Year 1988
Status Active
Social Medias
Agency Profile Yamaguchi Kappei @Gocoo
Twitter @ENma_Dororon

Yamaguchi Mitsuo (山口 光雄, born May 23, 1956), better known by his stage name Yamaguchi Kappei (山口 勝平), is a Japanese seiyuu from Fukuoka Prefecture. In 2019, he won the Kei Tomiyama Memorial Award at the 13th Seiyu Awards. He mostly known for portraying the titular Inuyasha of InuYasha (2000+), but almost equally well-known as the male voice for Ranma Saotome in Ranma ½ (1989+). He also portrays some very well-known supporting characters such as the adult version of Conan Edogawa, Shinichi Kudo, and the antagonist Kaito Kuroba (also he MC of the shorter Magic Kaito series), in the long running Detective Conan (1996) anime series as well as Usopp in One Piece (1999+).

Anime roles[]

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  • Battle Angel Alita (OVA) - Yugo
  • Danganronpa - Hifumi Yamada
  • Death Note - L
  • Detective Conan - Kudo Shinichi, Kaito Kid
  • Hanyo no Yashahime - Inuyasha
  • Hunter x Hunter (2011) - Feitan
  • Inuyasha - Inuyasha
  • JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable- Yangu Shigekiyo
  • JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders - Forever
  • Jujutsu Kaisen - Kechizu
  • Kiki's Delivery Service - Tombo
  • Magic Kaito Kid 1412 - Kuroba Kaito/Kaito Kid
  • One Piece - Usopp
  • Pandora Hearts - Cheshire Cat
  • Ranma 1/2 - Saotome Ranma (male)
  • Tokyo Babylon OVA - Sumeragi Subaru
  • Yu Yu Hakusho - Jin

Trivia[]

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  • He mentioned in an interview that when he first got the role of Kaito Kid, it was difficult as (in his mind) Shinichi Kudo was already at max level in his cocky metre.
  • Before becoming a seiyuu, he was a stage actor.
  • He likes fish.

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