Biography: Issei Futamata

Issei Futamata is a Japanese voice actor and storyteller from Misawa City, Aomori Prefecture. He was born on March 15, 1955, in Misawa City, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. His wife is fellow voice actress Tomoka Kiriyama.

His most famous characters are Skullomania (Street Fighter EX and Fighting EX Layer), Yusaku Godai (Maison Ikkoku), Chibi (Urusei Yatura), Kiyoshi Shusse (High School! Kimengumi), Kinkotsuman (Kinnikuman) and Saburou (Sazaesan)).

His television animation includes; 1970s: Future Boy Conan (1978) as Monte, Haikara-san ga Tōru (1978) as Kobayashi, Mobile Suit Gundam (1979) as Ortega, Judakku, Konrī, Shin, Jobu, John, Omuru Hangu, and Karu; 1980s: Fang of the Sun Dougram (1981) as Aaron, Golden Warrior Gold Lightan (1981) as Gold Lightan, Ninja Hattori-Kun (1981) as Koike-Sensei, Urusei Yatsura (1981) as Chibi, Combat Mecha Xabungle (1982) as Kid Horla, Gyakuten! Ippatsuman (1982) as Chiba, Armored Trooper Votoms (1983) as Guran, Kinnikuman (1983) as Kinkotsuman, SteCase King, Sneagator, and various others, Mirai Keisatsu Urashiman (1983) as Stinger Shark, Doraemon (1984) as Suneyoshi I, Kyōbō, High School! Kimengumi (1985) as Kiyoshi Shusse, Sazae-san (1985) as Saburō, Dragon Ball (1986) as Usagi gang member, Maison Ikkoku (1986) as Yusaku Godai, City Hunter (1987) as Yonezawa, Meimon! Daisan Yakyūbu (1988) as Rinta Saitō, Ronin Warriors (1988) as Dokumashō Nāza, Saint Seiya (1988) as Scylla Io, Patlabor: The TV Series (1989) as Mikiyasu Shinshi; 1990s: Brave Exkaiser (1990) as Kōmori, Gobo-chan (1990) as Kōji Tabata, Robin Hood no Daiboken (1990) as Prince John, Ranma ½ (1991) as Hikaru Gosunkugi, Yadamon (1992) as Eddie, YuYu Hakusho (1992) as Shikkō, Urashima, and Yū Kaitō, Tanoshii Willow Town (1993) as Fork, Mobile Fighter G Gundam (1994) as Chandora Shijīma, Slayers NEXT (1996) as Kanzel, Kindaichi Case Files (1997) as Seiji Hazawa, Saruhiko Senda, Kaneharu Hiiragi, Atsuya Kinone, Wataru Iwaya, and Yoshiki Maruyama, Nessa no Haō Gandāra (1998) as Sydney; 2000s: Digimon Tamers (2001) as Sinduramon, Inuyasha (2002) as Tesso, MegaMan NT Warrior (2002) as Heatman.EXE, Ashita no Nadja (2003) as Heruman, The Big O (2003) as Alan Gabriel, Zatch Bell! (2003) as English gentleman, Robert Vile, One Piece (2003) as Bayan, Gabanā, Futari Wa Pretty Cure (2004) as Irukubo, Ah! My Goddess (2005) as Hikozaemon Otaki, Gun Sword (2005) as Zakota, Onegai My Melody (2005) as Uta’s Father, Code Geass (2006) as Kōsetsu Urabe, Hell Girl (2006) as Takashi Murai, Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple (2006) as Kensei Ma, Mahjong Legend Akagi (2006) as Takeshi Ōgi, Death Note (2007) as Kyōsuke Higuchi, Hero Tales (2007) as Shimei;2010s: Stitch! ~Best Friends Forever~ (2010) as Professor, Kaiji: Against All Rules (2011) as Kōtarō Sakazaki, Hunter × Hunter (2011) as Narrator, Peggy, Puhat & loupe, Saint Seiya Ω (2013) as Chakram Europa, Parasyte -the maxim- (2014) as Shirō Kuramori, The World is Still Beautiful (2014) as Catesby, A Centaur’s Life (2017) as Zhang Lu, In Another World With My Smartphone (2017) as Snake of Black Tortoise /Kokuyou, Gurazeni (2018) as Tanabe, and Afterlost (2019) as Zenshirō .