Norio Wakamoto

Norio Wakamoto (若本 規夫) 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 Kyōnosuke Hiruma (比留間 京之介).

Biography


Wakamoto studied in Waseda University under the Faculty of Law. During his time there, he participated in Shorin Kempo activities.

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. 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.

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 school after he left the union due to a fight with his boss while drunk. 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.

Anime
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 * Atashin'chi (Ringuana)
 * Baccano! (Gustave St. Germain)
 * Birdy the Mighty (Skeletsuo)
 * Burn Up Excess (Secretary)
 * Candidate for Goddess (Dr. Kuro Rivolde)
 * Canvas 2 ~Niji Iro no Sketch~ (Jirō Misaki)
 * Chrono Crusade (Duke Defeaux)
 * City Hunter 2 (Eric)
 * Cream Lemon ep. 4 (Zack)
 * Crying Freeman ep. 3 (Shikebaro)
 * D.Gray-Man (Winters Sokaro)
 * Daigunder (DragoBurst)
 * Dancouga Nova (Earth Will, Moon Will)
 * Demonbane (Augustus)
 * Digimon Frontier (IceDevimon)
 * Doraemon (Alien Goat)
 * Fairy Tail (Celestial Spirit King)
 * Fist of the North Star (Shuren)
 * Future Boy Conan (Dōke)
 * Ga-Rei Zero (Nabu Brothers)
 * Ghost Sweeper Mikami (Piper)
 * Gunparade Orchestra (Hard-boiled Penguin)
 * Haiyore! Nyaruko-san W (Cyclone vacuum cleaner)
 * Heavy Metal L-Gaim (Rockley Ron)
 * Kannagi: Crazy Shrine Maidens (Drunk man (Episodes 4 and 12))
 * Koi Koi Seven (Head of the Academy)
 * Love Get Chu (Ohara Heizou)
 * Lucky Star (TV Sound at episode 16)
 * Maison Ikkoku (Master of Chachamaru)
 * Mamoru-kun ni Megami no Shukufuku wo! (Naoyuki Takasu)
 * Mirai Nikki (Deus Ex Machina)
 * Monkey Typhoon (Elephant Bishop)
 * Mononoke (The Umizatou)
 * Myself Yourself (Unknown Teacher, Electro-magnetic Shogun)
 * Negima!: Magister Negi Magi (Demon general)
 * Nichijou (Wooden cube)
 * Oh My Goddess! (Senbee)
 * Otogi-Jushi Akazukin (Panpu King)
 * PaRappa Rappa (King Kong Mushi)
 * Pluster World (Dairando)
 * Princess Lover! (Isshin Arima)
 * Ronin Warriors (Kaos)
 * Requiem from the Darkness (Nagamimi)
 * Samurai Deeper Kyo (Bontenmaru, Masamune Date)
 * Science Ninja Team Gatchaman (Police Captain in Episode 51)
 * Shōnen Onmyōji (Kyūki)
 * Sora o Miageru Shōjo no Hitomi ni Utsuru Sekai (Gntarl)
 * The Skull Man (Scarl (Heisei edition))
 * Soul Link (Shigemichi Morimoto)
 * Super Robot Wars Original Generation: Divine Wars (Maier V. Branstein)
 * Tetsuwan Birdy: DECODE (Scherzo)
 * Tayutama: Kiss on my Deity (Mito Yuuri's father)
 * The Tower of Druaga: the Aegis of Uruk (Door's voice in Episode 5)
 * Toaru Majutsu no Index II (Biagio Busoni)
 * Tomorrow's Joe 2 (Shogi Kanetatsu)
 * Transformers: Animated (Megatron)
 * Tsuyokiss (Tachibana Heizō)
 * Ultimate Muscle (Bone Killer)
 * Urusei Yatsura (Art teacher)
 * Wizard Barristers: Benmashi Cecil (Nana Genie)
 * Yu-Gi-Oh! GX (Titan)
 * Zettai Karen Children (Shkii Piroshkiski, General Director Sannomiya)
 * Zoids Fuzors (Roger)


 * OVA

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 * Ace Combat: Assault Horizon Legacy (Ulrich Olsen)
 * Birdy the Mighty (Bachilus)
 * Dancougar - Super Beast Machine God: Blazing Epilogue (Shapiro Keats)
 * Defeat the Pirate Ganzack (Ganzack)
 * Koihime Musou (Chōsen)
 * Madonna (Akira Fuwa)
 * M.D. Geist (Geist) (1986 version)
 * Mezzo Forte (Hirōka)
 * Ninja Resurrection (Mataemon Araki)
 * One Piece (Ganzack)
 * Quiz Magic Academy (Garuda)
 * The Silent Service (Wataru)
 * Taimanin Asagi (Edwyn Black)
 * They Were Eleven (Knu)
 * Urotsukidoji (Suikakujyu, Kohoki)
 * Yawaraka Sangokushi Tsukisase!! Ryofuko-chan
 * Ys (Darm)
 * Puppet Princess (Yasaburo Manajiri)
 * D. Gray-men (Winters Sokaro)
 * Maji de Watashi ni Koi Shinasai! (disguised man from Episode 6, minute 16:32 )

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 * Blue Dragon (Nene)
 * Brave Story: New Traveler (Sogreth)
 * Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance (Dracula)
 * Code Geass: Lost Colors (Emperor of Britannia)
 * Crysis (Admiral Morrison, Nanosuit Voice (In Promotion Video))
 * Cyber Troopers Virtual-On Marz (DYMN/Daimon)
 * Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories (Overlord Zenon)
 * Disgaea 2: Dark Hero Days (Overlord Zenon)
 * Dragon Ball Z: Budokai series (Cell)
 * Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi series (Cell)
 * Eien no Aselia: The Spirit of Eternity Sword (Eternity Sword 'Wisdom'/Takios the Black Blade)
 * Everybody's Golf 6 (Izaak)
 * Fantasy Earth: Zero (King Nias Ielsord)
 * Flash Hiders (Moonrize)
 * GetAmped2 (Daigokuin Raizo)
 * Grandia (Baal)
 * inFAMOUS (Kessler)
 * Koihime Musou (Chōsen)
 * Last Bronx (Tōru Kurosawa)
 * Maji de Watashi ni Koi Shinasai! (Prime Minister)
 * Makai Kingdom: Chronicles Of The Sacred Tome (King Drake the Third)
 * Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops (Gene)
 * Mobile Suit Gundam Side Story (Philip Hughes)
 * Muv-Luv (Paul Radhabinod)
 * Muv-Luv Alternative (Paul Radhabinod)
 * Odin Sphere (Hindel, Wraith/Halja)
 * Onimusha 3: Demon Siege (Akechi Mitsuhide)
 * Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams (Ishida Mitsunari)
 * Phantasy Star Universe (Renvolt Magashi)
 * Princess Maker 4 (Daikun)
 * Project X Zone 2 (M. Bison, Metal FAce)
 * Rusty Hearts (Ian Jablonsky)
 * Samurai Shodown: Edge of Destiny (Golba)
 * SD Gundam G Generation series (Doku Dāmu, Philip Hughs)
 * Sharin no Kuni, Himawari no Shōjo (Houzuki)
 * Skies of Arcadia (Gilder)
 * SNK vs. Capcom series (M. Bison)
 * Star Ocean: First Departure (Ashlay Barnbelt)
 * Summon Night EX-Thesis: Yoake no Tsubasa (Fighfar)
 * Super Robot Wars series (Neue Regisseur, Stern Neue Regisseur, Maier V. Branstein, Alan Brady, Shapiro Keats, Ōta Kōichirō, Moon Will, Augustus)
 * Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (Metal Face)
 * Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Metal Face)
 * SVC Chaos: SNK vs. Capcom (M. Bison)
 * Tales of Destiny (PS2) (Barbatos Goetia)
 * Tales of Innocence (Gardle)
 * Tales of the World: Narikiri Dungeon 3 (Barbatos Goetia)
 * Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 2 (Barbatos Goetia)
 * Tales of Vesperia (Barbatos Goetia)
 * Tales of VS. (Barbatos Goetia)
 * Tenshi no Present - Marl Oukoku Monogatari (Fonfon, Guwanji)
 * The Exiled Realm of Arborea (Samael Cranwood)
 * Transformers: The Game (Megatron)
 * Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Megatron)
 * Tsuyokiss (Tachibana Heizō)
 * Valkyrie Profile (Janus)
 * Wild Arms Alter Code: F (Siegfried/Zeikfried)
 * Xenoblade Chronicles (Mumkhar)
 * Zettai Hero Kaizou Keikaku (Narrator)
 * Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction (Victor Coste) [2]

Overseas dubbing

 * Live-action
 * Animation