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born May 23, 1965, known professionally as Yamaguchi Kappei, is a Japanese actor, voice actor, and Rakugo affiliated with Gokū 山口勝平プロフィール and 21st Century Fox.Doi, Hitoshi. "Yamaguchi Kappei". Seiyuu Database. January 11, 2011. Retrieved January 10, 2011. After making his voice acting debut in 1989 as the male version of Ranma Saotome in Ranma ½, Yamaguchi went on to other notable roles, including Inuyasha in Inuyasha and its sequel Yashahime, and L in Death Note. He currently voices Shinichi Kudo and Kaito Kid in Case Closed, Usopp in One Piece and Teddie in Persona 4. He is married and has a son, Ryunosuke, and a daughter, Akane. Mitsukoshi Charity Auction-1996.03.31 Ryunosuke and Akane are also voice actors, while the latter is also a rakugoka.
He attended acting classes taught by Kaneta Kimotsuki, and soon joined his 21st Century Fox theater company. About a year after joining, he took the stage for the first time in a supporting role, and played the lead role of the boy detective in So Kitamura's "Odoriko ~THE DANCER MURDER CASE~".
Yamaguchi began working as a voice actor, voicing Ranma Saotome in Ranma ½.
In Case Closed, he plays Shinichi Kudo and Kaito Kid. His favorite "Conan" episode is "Flying Locked Room Shinichi Kudo's First Incident".
In One Piece, he originally wanted to play the role of Monkey D. Luffy, the main character, and went to audition, but was unsuccessful. He decided to play the role of Usopp after receiving an offer. Yamaguchi has been reading the original manga since the beginning of the serialization, and couldn't imagine what kind of voice the character would have prior to getting the role.
Yamaguchi made his first public appearance in North America at Otakon 2008 AnimeCons.com: News: Article and in Sakura-Con 2009. Sakura-Con to Host Voice Actor Kappei Yamaguchi – Anime News Network Sakura-Con 2009 Information @ AnimeCons.com His third appearance to date has been at Animazement in 2010. He also made a fourth appearance in Hawaii at Kawaii Kon in 2011.
Yamaguchi won the individual seiyu award at the 2003 Tokyo International Anime Fair.
He established his own entertainment production company called Goku Co. Ltd., of which he is president.
In 2019, Yamaguchi won the Kei Tomiyama Award at the 13th Seiyu Awards.
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| 2019 | 13th Seiyu Awards | Kei Tomiyama Memorial Award | |
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