Takayuki Ōmikawa
Description
Takayuki Ōmikawa is a Japanese actor and voice actor born on April 24 in Fukushima Prefecture. His career spans from the mid-1970s and includes work in television dramas, film, puppetry, and anime voice acting.
One of his known anime roles is Banba in the 1979 television special Ganbare! Bokura no Hit and Run, an adaptation of the manga Hit and Run. The special was produced by Nippon Animation and broadcast on Fuji Television as part of the Nissay Family Special. Other anime credits from this period include roles in the Nippon Animation World Masterpiece Theater productions, such as Cunningham in Rascal the Raccoon (1977) and Joseph in Perrine Monogatari (1978). He also voiced a young Arman Hassan in Tiger Mask and had a minor role as Hosokawa in the television and film versions of Touch.
In addition to anime, Ōmikawa was active in voice-over dubbing for foreign films and television series. His dubbing work includes providing the Japanese voice for Nicholas Beauvy in the film Rage and for child characters in Western series such as Little House on the Prairie and Soap. He also appeared in live-action roles, including a part in the long-running Japanese television drama Taiyō ni Hoero! and the film Seishoku no Ishizuka. His early career also included work in puppet theater, such as the NHK production Takekurabe in 1976.
One of his known anime roles is Banba in the 1979 television special Ganbare! Bokura no Hit and Run, an adaptation of the manga Hit and Run. The special was produced by Nippon Animation and broadcast on Fuji Television as part of the Nissay Family Special. Other anime credits from this period include roles in the Nippon Animation World Masterpiece Theater productions, such as Cunningham in Rascal the Raccoon (1977) and Joseph in Perrine Monogatari (1978). He also voiced a young Arman Hassan in Tiger Mask and had a minor role as Hosokawa in the television and film versions of Touch.
In addition to anime, Ōmikawa was active in voice-over dubbing for foreign films and television series. His dubbing work includes providing the Japanese voice for Nicholas Beauvy in the film Rage and for child characters in Western series such as Little House on the Prairie and Soap. He also appeared in live-action roles, including a part in the long-running Japanese television drama Taiyō ni Hoero! and the film Seishoku no Ishizuka. His early career also included work in puppet theater, such as the NHK production Takekurabe in 1976.
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- JapaneseAnime overview: Hit and Run