Marco Ribeiro

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Marco Ribeiro is a Brazilian voice actor, director, and actor with a career spanning over three decades. He was born on August 22, 1970, in Rio de Janeiro and began working in dubbing in 1985 or 1986 at the age of 15 or 16, starting his career at the renowned Herbert Richers studio. Beyond his performance work, he is also the founder of the Áudio News dubbing studio, which he established in 1996.

Ribeiro is widely recognized as the official Brazilian voice for several prominent Hollywood actors, including Jim Carrey, Tom Hanks, and Robert Downey Jr., the latter of whom he has dubbed for over 28 years. In the realm of animation, he is known for voicing Woody in the Toy Story franchise from the second film onward, Flik in A Bug's Life, and Chris McLean in the Total Drama series.

His extensive work in anime includes several of the roles specified. He voiced the character Koichi Yamano, also known as Babel II, in the 1992 OVA Babel II. He also provided the voice for Baki Hanma in the 1994 OVA Grappler Baki: The Ultimate Fighter. For the series My Hero Academia, Ribeiro is the Portuguese voice of the character Rikiya Yotsubashi, the villain also known as Re-Destro. No information was found in the search results to confirm that he voiced characters named Leproso or Roco/Bola in a series titled In The Beginning - The Bible Stories, nor the character Konro Sagamiya in Fire Force.

One of Ribeiro's most iconic and long-standing roles is that of Yusuke Urameshi, the protagonist of Yu Yu Hakusho. He first voiced the character in the 1990s dubbing and has since reprised the role for subsequent projects, including the 2024 live-action Netflix series adaptation. He also directed the dubbing for the anime's initial run. This role was a significant milestone in his career, marking one of his first major contacts with fan appreciation and establishing him as a prominent figure in the world of anime dubbing in Brazil.
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