Naoki Bandō
Description
Naoki Bandō, born December 12, 1957, in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, is a Japanese voice actor. His real name is Kōichirō Bandō, which he also used as a former stage name. He is currently affiliated with Production Ace, and his past affiliations include the Seinenza Theater Company, Nine Productions, Mausu Promotion, Liberta, and ALBA. He is also known to use the Hokkaido dialect.
Bandō has built a extensive career spanning several decades, with a prolific number of roles in anime television series, original video animations, and video games. One of his notable early roles was providing the voice of the adult Godzilla in the live-action and educational OVA series Get Going! Godzilland, which was released in the mid-1990s. In this series, he voiced the character in segments that featured a live-action costumed Godzilla interacting with human characters.
His anime filmography is vast and includes a wide array of characters. Some of his more prominent roles include Gatō in Naruto, Elder Centipede in One Punch Man, and multiple roles in the Brave series, such as Jet Silver, Star Silver, and Silverion in The Brave of Gold Goldran. He also voiced Torenov Y. Minovsky in Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin and has had roles in long-running series like Crayon Shin-chan, where he played Junichi Ishizaka among others, and Detective Conan. His work in the 2020s includes roles in Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead, and SPY x FAMILY.
In addition to anime, Bandō has contributed his voice to numerous video games. He is known for his role as Lord Emon in Shadow of the Colossus, Larikush in Baten Kaitos, and Long the Tiger in Bloody Roar 4. He has also been involved in dubbing foreign films and television series into Japanese, providing voices for characters in movies like The Angel, Kung Fu Hustle, and A Star Is Born.
Bandō has built a extensive career spanning several decades, with a prolific number of roles in anime television series, original video animations, and video games. One of his notable early roles was providing the voice of the adult Godzilla in the live-action and educational OVA series Get Going! Godzilland, which was released in the mid-1990s. In this series, he voiced the character in segments that featured a live-action costumed Godzilla interacting with human characters.
His anime filmography is vast and includes a wide array of characters. Some of his more prominent roles include Gatō in Naruto, Elder Centipede in One Punch Man, and multiple roles in the Brave series, such as Jet Silver, Star Silver, and Silverion in The Brave of Gold Goldran. He also voiced Torenov Y. Minovsky in Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin and has had roles in long-running series like Crayon Shin-chan, where he played Junichi Ishizaka among others, and Detective Conan. His work in the 2020s includes roles in Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead, and SPY x FAMILY.
In addition to anime, Bandō has contributed his voice to numerous video games. He is known for his role as Lord Emon in Shadow of the Colossus, Larikush in Baten Kaitos, and Long the Tiger in Bloody Roar 4. He has also been involved in dubbing foreign films and television series into Japanese, providing voices for characters in movies like The Angel, Kung Fu Hustle, and A Star Is Born.
All Characters
- JapaneseAnime overview: Susume! Godzilland
- Japanese
- JapaneseAnime overview: Yōkai Watch ♪
- JapaneseAnime overview: Yo-kai Watch
- JapaneseAnime overview: The Story of Saiunkoku
- JapaneseAnime overview: Space Brothers
- JapaneseAnime overview: Yo-kai Watch
- JapaneseAnime overview: The Brave Fighter of Sun Fighbird
- JapaneseAnime overview: The Brave of Gold Goldran
- JapaneseAnime overview: Urayasu Tekkin Kazoku
- JapaneseAnime overview: Mujin Wakusei Survive
- JapaneseAnime overview: G-Saviour