Kōji Ishii

Kōji Ishii (Japanese: 石井康嗣 Ishii Kōji) is a Japanese voice actor for the Pokémon anime.

Biography

Ishii was born on July 1, 1960, in Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, and became a voice actor as an adult. He first voiced the minor role of a captain during the original series of the Pokémon anime. He then voiced the antagonistic Colonel Hansen during Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire. Ishii is currently affiliated with the talent agency Vi-Vo.

Pokémon roles

Anime

Major

• Colonel Hansen

Minor

• Captain

Video games

• Giovanni (Masters EX)

Other non-Pokémon roles

Anime

• Mitsukake, Tokaki (Fushigi Yûgi)
• Koutaro Taiga (The King of Braves GaoGaiGar, The King of Braves GaoGaiGar Final)
• Tanaka Oji (Black Heaven)
• Silva Zoldyck (Hunter x Hunter (1999))
• Kimura (Azumanga Daioh)
• Kaji Hyogo (Lime-iro Senkitan)
• Lamp (Astro Boy)
• Balt (Fullmetal Alchemist)
• Dordonii Alessandro Del Socacchio (Bleach)
• Hougen (Ginga Legend Weed)
• Nibhal Mubhal (Super Robot Wars Original Generation: Divine Wars, Super Robot Wars Original Generation: The Inspector)
• Dendrobii Kimura (Reborn!)
• Kenneth (Darker than Black)
• Takasu (Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's)
• Asato Ichijo (Vampire Knight)
• Lory Takarada (Skip Beat!)
• King Zenoheld (Bakugan Battle Brawlers)
• Shigematsu (Toriko)
• Sakamaki-Togurou (Inazuma Eleven GO: Chrono Stone)
• Prime Minister Honest (Akame ga Kill!)
• Narrator (Terra Formars)
• Kitabatake Tomonori (Nobunaga no Shinobi)
• Gekidrago (Futari wa Pretty Cure)

Anime films

• KimuYu Electric CM narration (Crayon Shin-chan: Super-Dimension! The Storm Called My Bride)
• Graz (Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos)
• Cannon (Fairy Tail the Movie: Phoenix Priestess)
• Dr. Hartmann (Doraemon: Nobita's Secret Gadget Museum)
• Bodom Mace (Space Battleship Yamato 2199: Odyssey of the Celestial Ark)

Video game roles

• Ryuji Yamazaki, Sokaku Mochizuki, Kibagatana (Fatal Fury series)
• Kaji Hyogo (Lime-iro Senkitan series)
• Wilhelm Eiselstein (Fullmetal Alchemist and the Broken Angel)
• Baldo (Fullmetal Alchemist 2: Curse of the Crimson Elixir)
• Ba'gamnan (Final Fantasy XII)
• Kakanasu (Lost Odyssey)
• Meriodasu-Orukokku (Atelier Rorona: The Alchemist of Arland)
• Rider (Dead Island)
• Edge Master (Soulcalibur V)
• Matsunaga Hisahide (Samurai Warriors 4, Samurai Warriors: Chronicles)

Dubbing roles

• Mojo Jojo (The Powerpuff Girls)
• Thai Sugar (Cold Case)
• Blake Wells (Criminal Minds)
• Mr. Colt, Clyde Decker (Chuck)
• Yosemite Sam (The Looney Tunes Show)

This article is part of Project VA, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on voice actors in Pokémon animation and Pokémon games.