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born October 18, 1945 is a Japanese voice actor affiliated with the Sigma Seven talent agency. He was born in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, and was raised in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture. He graduated from Waseda University.
On adult works, like OVAs or dating sims, he goes by the alias Hiruma Kyōnosuke.
Wakamoto entered the Nakano Police Academy, intending to become a police officer. He sought advice from a career counselor after his professor did not agree with his plans to do graduate studies. He was later assigned to his first post at the Kuramae Police Station. Later on, he was assigned to be in an anti-riot unit and was deployed to arrest rioters participating the Shinjuku riot in 1968.Norio Wakamoto's Surenai Monogatari", published in April 2022, Shufunotomo Infos Co., Ltd., Norio Wakamoto, pp. 52 Wakamoto became disillusioned with his duties and decided to leave.
Wakamoto joined the Consumers Union of Japan after leaving the force. But he got into trouble at times as he did his work without getting approval from his superiors."Norio Wakamoto's Surenai Monogatari", published in April 2022, Shufunotomo Infos Co., Ltd., Norio Wakamoto, pp. 52–55, 68–74
According to Wakamoto, he decided to do voice work, starting from dubbing foreign movies, when he saw an ad calling for applications to Ryo Kurosawa's training schoolTakahiro Ando, "Voice Acting: Tips for Working and Life from 50 Famous Actors," Shufunotomosha Co., Ltd., 2019, p. 128. after he left the union due to a fight with his boss while drunk."I want to talk to this person: Norio Wakamoto," Animage, February 2007 issue, Tokuma Shoten, January 2007, pp. 126–129. Tohokushinsha's dubbing director, Kanji Nakano, encouraged him to go into voice acting despite uncertainties if he would be able to get potential work as a voice actor.
| 2006–2017 | Fairy Tail | Celestial Spirit King | ||
| Downtown no Gottsu Ee Kanji | |
| 1997 | Dracula | PlayStation, Sega Saturn, Xbox 360 | ||
| 1998 | MediEvil | Lord Zarok | PlayStation | |
| 2018 | Castlevania: Requiem | Dracula | PlayStation 4 | |
| 2023 | Guilty Gear Strive | Johnny | PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Arcade, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S | |
| Earthquake | Miles Quade | Richard Roundtree | 1981 TBS and 1986 TV Asahi editions | |
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