Yosuke Akimoto

Yosuke Akimoto

Yosuke Akimoto (秋元羊介 Akimoto Yosuke) is a Japanese voice actor for the Pokémon anime.

Biography

Akimoto was born Yukio Tajika (田鹿幸雄 Tajika Yukio) on February 5, 1944 in Tokyo, Japan. He started his work on the Pokémon anime during the original series, where he voiced Sabrina's father. In Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire, his role was Mr. Briney. However, his most prominent role was Dr. Fuji during the first movie and its radio drama prequel The Birth of Mewtwo.

Pokémon roles

Anime

• Dr. Fuji (M01)
• Mr. Briney
• Sabrina's father

Video games

• Mike Baker (Detective Pikachu)

Other non-Pokémon roles

Anime series

• Captain Musaka (Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack)
• Dick Allen (Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory)
• Master Asia/Toho Fuhai, Stalker (Mobile Fighter G Gundam)
• Steiner Hardie (Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket)
• Siegel Clyne (Mobile Suit Gundam SEED)
• Hencken (Tales of the Abyss (anime))
• Principal Kaieda (Higurashi When They Cry)
• Colonel (Kimi ga Aruji de Shitsuji ga Ore de)
• Alberto (Giant Robo (OVA))
• Dark Lord (Ragnarok the Animation)
• Mondo Makabe (Gunslinger Stratos)
• Wasabi Jirochō (Naruto)
• Lightning Daimyo (Naruto: Shippuden)

Video games

• Gunrock (Power Stone)
• Xaldin (Kingdom Hearts series)
• Chen Ta-ren (Tales of Hearts)
• K (Shin Megami Tensei IV)
• Seishi Moribe (Live A Live)
• Dilan (Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep)

External links

• Office-Pac profile

This article is part of Project VA, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each voice actor of the Pokémon anime.