Koichi Yamadera is a Japanese actor, narrator and singer from Shiogama, Miyagi Prefecture.
13 Facts About Koichi Yamadera
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Koichi Yamadera graduated from Tohoku Gakuin University's economics school and is currently affiliated with Across Entertainment.
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Koichi Yamadera is known for voicing Chris Tucker, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Robin Williams, Mike Myers, Stephen Chow, Brad Pitt, Charlie Sheen, Michael Keaton, Michael J Fox, Will Ferrell, Chris Pratt and Jon Hamm in the Japanese language releases of their respective films.
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Koichi Yamadera was the manager of the Tagajo Senior High School basketball team before he made a name for himself.
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Koichi Yamadera's voice acting debut was the OVA Megazone 23 as the motorcycle-riding Shinji Nakagawa, while his television debut was the anime Bosco Adventure as the cowardly Otter.
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In 1991, Koichi Yamadera joined forces with Toshihiko Seki and Noriko Hidaka to form the acting unit Banana Fritters.
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In October 1997, Koichi Yamadera became a host on the TV Tokyo children's variety show Oha Suta.
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Koichi Yamadera's known for his versatile range, as shown in the video game Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony where he voiced all five Monokuma Kubs, including Monophanie.
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Koichi Yamadera was able to take the individual quirks of each of the Monokuma Kubs and make all of them unique.
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Koichi Yamadera is known as "the man with the seven-colored voice".
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Koichi Yamadera ranked first overall, third among female voters and first among male voters.
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In 2019, Will Smith came to Japan for a solo interview, and at Smith's request, Koichi Yamadera performed a live voiceover, which was highly praised by Smith.
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Koichi Yamadera has been married three times; first, on May 23,1993 to fellow voice actress Mika Kanai.