Yoshiyuki Kaneko
Description
Yoshiyuki Kaneko, born on October 26, 1961 in Tokyo, Japan, is a Japanese actor and voice actor known for his extensive work dubbing Western films and television series into Japanese, as well as for providing voices in anime and video games. He is recognized for lending his voice to a wide array of supporting and character roles across many popular Hollywood productions and animated series.
Kaneko has a substantial career in dubbing foreign live-action media. He is known as the regular Japanese voice actor for actor Stellan Skarsgård, providing the dub for his character Dr. Erik Selvig across the Marvel Cinematic Universe films. His other notable dubbing roles include Richard Woolsey in the television series Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis, J.J. LaRoche on The Mentalist, Taylor Doose on Gilmore Girls, Bob on The Dresden Files, and Alan Banks in Inspector Alan Banks. He has also dubbed for prominent actors and characters such as Donald Trump in Spin City, Barney Rubble in The Flintstones, and has voiced roles in series including NCIS, Criminal Minds, CSI, Monk, and Scandal.
In the field of animation, Kaneko has voiced characters in numerous Japanese anime. His roles include Janyu Tao Wong, the father of Henry, in Digimon Tamers, Captain Aspit in Turn A Gundam, a priest in Hikaru no Go, John Howard Danigan in Full Metal Panic!, the Prime Minister in Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, and Nordheim in Tales of the Abyss. He has also appeared in Eureka Seven, Naruto, Psycho-Pass, Smile PreCure!, and Lupin III Part V. His film animation credits include roles in Appleseed as Deukalion and in Kai Doh Maru as Seimei Abe.
In the Transformers film franchise, Kaneko performed the Japanese voice for two specific characters. He voiced the news pundit Bill O'Reilly, who appears as himself, in Transformers: Dark of the Moon. He also voiced Cogman, the loyal and proper Headmaster butler robot who transforms into an Aston Martin, in Transformers: The Last Knight.
Beyond voice acting, Kaneko has worked as a stage actor with performances in productions such as King Lear. He has also contributed voice-over work for documentaries on networks like the History Channel and NHK Radio.
Kaneko has a substantial career in dubbing foreign live-action media. He is known as the regular Japanese voice actor for actor Stellan Skarsgård, providing the dub for his character Dr. Erik Selvig across the Marvel Cinematic Universe films. His other notable dubbing roles include Richard Woolsey in the television series Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis, J.J. LaRoche on The Mentalist, Taylor Doose on Gilmore Girls, Bob on The Dresden Files, and Alan Banks in Inspector Alan Banks. He has also dubbed for prominent actors and characters such as Donald Trump in Spin City, Barney Rubble in The Flintstones, and has voiced roles in series including NCIS, Criminal Minds, CSI, Monk, and Scandal.
In the field of animation, Kaneko has voiced characters in numerous Japanese anime. His roles include Janyu Tao Wong, the father of Henry, in Digimon Tamers, Captain Aspit in Turn A Gundam, a priest in Hikaru no Go, John Howard Danigan in Full Metal Panic!, the Prime Minister in Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, and Nordheim in Tales of the Abyss. He has also appeared in Eureka Seven, Naruto, Psycho-Pass, Smile PreCure!, and Lupin III Part V. His film animation credits include roles in Appleseed as Deukalion and in Kai Doh Maru as Seimei Abe.
In the Transformers film franchise, Kaneko performed the Japanese voice for two specific characters. He voiced the news pundit Bill O'Reilly, who appears as himself, in Transformers: Dark of the Moon. He also voiced Cogman, the loyal and proper Headmaster butler robot who transforms into an Aston Martin, in Transformers: The Last Knight.
Beyond voice acting, Kaneko has worked as a stage actor with performances in productions such as King Lear. He has also contributed voice-over work for documentaries on networks like the History Channel and NHK Radio.
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- JapaneseAnime overview: Transformers: The Last Knight
- JapaneseAnime overview: Transformers: Dark of the Moon