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Koichi Yamadera

Born

June 17, 1961 (Age: 64)

Place of Birth

Shiogama, Miyagi, Japan

Known For

Acting

Also Known As

Kohichi Yamadera

山寺宏一

やまでらこういち

バズーカ山寺

Bazooka Yamadera

Yama-chan

山ちゃん

야마데라 코우이치

Kouichi Yamadera

Kôichi Yamadera

کوئیچی یامادرا

Biography

Koichi Yamadera is a Japanese voice actor and radio personality, known for voicing Jim Carrey and Eddie Murphy in the Japanese language releases of their respective films. In 2006, he divorced voice actress Mika Kanai. His most notable characters are Spike Spiegel from Cowboy Bebop (1998) and the subsequent follow up film Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001), Beerus from the longstanding Dragonball franchise, and the modern day voice of Inspector Zenigata of the longstanding Lupin the Third franchise after the retirement of the previous voice actor Gorō Naya and first appearing in the role in Lupin the Third: Blood Seal of the Eternal Mermaid (2011)