Taichirō Hirokawa

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Taichirō Hirokawa (広川 太一郎, Hirokawa Taichirō, February 15, 1939 – March 3, 2008) was a Japanese voice actor and narrator. He was born in Tokyo on February 15, 1939 and died on March 3, 2008 in Shibuya from cancer. His death was announced at the beginning of the 2nd Seiyu Awards.

Roles[]

Film[]

• Lupin the Third: Pilot Film (1969) (Arsène Lupin III)
• Otoko wa tsurai yo (1969) (Sakura's boyfriend)
• Warau Michael (2006) (Narrator)

Television dramas[]

• Phantom Agents (1964) (Tsukiaki)

Television animation[]

• Moomin (1969) (Snorken)
• Tomorrow's Joe (1970) (Carlos Rivera)
• Andersen Monogatari (1971) (Ibu)
• Star of the Giants (1971) (Nishioka)
• Tensai Bakabon (1971)
• Space Battleship Yamato Series (1974) (Mamoru Kodai)
• Vicky the Viking (1974) (Snope)
• La Seine no Hoshi (1975) (The Black Tulip, Narrator)
• Captain Future (1978) (Captain Future)
• Sherlock Hound (1984) (Holmes)
• Miracle Girls (1993) (Narrator)
• Soreike! Anpanman (1998) (Hamled)
• Mezzo DSA (2004) (Kenichi Kurokawa)

OVA[]

• Yamato 2520 (1995) (Narrator)

Theatrical animation[]

• Saint Seiya: Legend of Crimson Youth (1988) (Abel)
• Pokémon Heroes (2002) (Announcer)

Dub Work[]

Live-action[]

• Tony Curtis
  • Some Like It Hot^[1]
  • The Great Race
  • Spartacus
  • Sweet Smell of Success (first time dubbing Curtis)
  • The Persuaders!
  • The Defiant Ones
  • Vega$
• Robert Redford
  • Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
  • The Great Gatsby
  • Spy Game (TV Tokyo version)
  • All the President's Men (TBS version)
  • A Bridge Too Far (NTV version)
  • Legal Eagles (TV Tokyo version)
• Roger Moore
  • The Cannonball Run
  • Live and Let Die
  • The Man with the Golden Gun
  • The Spy Who Loved Me
  • Moonraker
  • For Your Eyes Only
  • Octopussy
  • A View to a Kill
• Dan Aykroyd
  • Trading Places
  • Ghostbusters
  • Ghostbusters II
  • Dragnet
• Michael Hui
  • The Private Eyes (Wong Yeuk Sze)
  • Rob-B-Hood (The Landlord)^[2]
• Batman (Batman (Adam West))
• Bean (Mr. Bean (Rowan Atkinson))^[3]
• Face to Face (1977 TV Asahi edition) (Professor Brad Fletcher (Gian Maria Volonté))
• Little Nicky (The Deacon (Quentin Tarantino))^[4]
• Monty Python's Flying Circus and The Holy Grail (Eric Idle)^[5][6]
• On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1979 TBS edition (James Bond (George Lazenby)))
• Splash (Dr. Walter Kornbluth (Eugene Levy))
• UFO (Commander Straker (Ed Bishop))
• Young Frankenstein (Frederick Frankenstein (Gene Wilder))

Animation[]

• The New Adventures of Superman (Superman)
• Rocket Robin Hood (Rocket Robin Hood)^[7][8]
• Wacky Races (Kizatoto-kun (Peter Perfect))

Tokusatsu[]

• Juken Sentai Gekiranger (2007) (Voice of Confrontation Beast Pig-Fist Tabu)

Radio[]

• Edogawa Ranpo Series as Kogoro Akechi

References[]

External links[]

• Taichirō Hirokawa at Internet Movie Database
• Taichirō Hirokawa at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

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