1986Nominee
Best Performance
Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies
Kenji Utsumi
Actor
Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
August 26, 1937
Biography
Kenji Utsumi (内海 賢二, Utsumi Kenji, August 26, 1937 – June 13, 2013) was a Japanese actor and voice actor from Kitakyushu, affiliated with the self-founded Ken Production. He was best known for his roles in Sally the Witch (1966) (as Sally's Papa), Fist of the North Star (as Raoh and Kaioh), Dr. Slump Arale-chan (as Senbei Norimaki), the Dragon Ball series (as Shenlong, Commander Red, Reacoom and the Tenkaichi Budōkai announcer), Fullmetal Alchemist (as Alex Louis Armstrong) and Hajime no Ippo (as Coach Kamogawa). He was also known for dubbing over the voices of actors Carl Weathers, Steve McQueen, Jack Nicholson, Sammy Davis, Jr., Victor Mature and Robert Shaw in the Japanese-language editions of their films. He received a lifetime achievement award at the third Seiyu Awards.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1997Nominee
Best Performance
Lupin the Third: Island of Assassins
2013Nominee
Best Performance
Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods
Career Highlights
1989Highlight
Best Performance
Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone
2000Highlight
Best Performance
One Piece: The Movie
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Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies
Lupin the Third: Island of Assassins
Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods