Kenta Miyake
Kenta Miyake (Japanese: 三宅健太 Miyake Kenta) is a Japanese voice actor for the Pokémon animated series.
Biography
Miyake was born on August 23, 1977, in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. He mostly played characters of the day in the Pokémon anime until the death of Hirotaka Suzuoki, the original voice actor for Giovanni. As a result, starting in Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl, Miyake took over the role of the Team Rocket leader, in addition to playing other characters. Throughout his career, Miyake was typecast as muscular and overweight people with deeper voices. He is currently affiliated with the talent agency 81 Produce and won the Best Supporting Actor Award during the 13th Seiyu Awards.
Pokémon roles
Anime
Humans
Major
Minor
- Mr. Backlot
- Pokétch Company President
- Bianca's father
- Christopher (AG150)
- Movie director (AG165)
- Cal
- Kerrigan
- Expert stonecutter
- Carny
- Izzy
- Dan's father
- Mr. Matthews
- Robert's grandfather
- Shepherd
- Russet
- Galen (M09)
- Godey (M10)
- Mr. Shaw
- Mantle
- Veofum
- Abe
- De Rosa
- Chairperson
- Referee (SM066)
- Trainer (SM081)
- Hiker C (SM095)
- Realtor
- Pokémon hunter (JN053)
- Various guest characters
Pokémon
Major
- Ash's Donphan
- Ash's Sandile, Krokorok, and Krookodile
- Ash's Noivern
- Ash's Meltan and Melmetal
- Ash's Dragonite
- Kiawe's Turtonator
- James's Inkay
- Gary's Electivire (JN068-present)
- Paul's Elekid, Electabuzz, and Electivire
- Trip's Timburr and Gurdurr
- Georgia's Beartic
- Leon's Charizard
- Friede's Charizard
- Spenser's Venusaur
- Roark's Rampardos
- Landorus (anime)
- Entei (M13)
- Mantine (anime)
Minor
- Anabel's Alakazam
- Alder's Bouffalant
- Drayden's Haxorus
- Drayden's Druddigon
- Bianca's Escavalier
- Cameron's Ferrothorn
- Reggie's Bibarel
- Mr. Saridakis' Crawdaunt
- Head engineer's Aggron
- Jeremiah's Skuntank
- Joe's Mightyena
- Forrest's Rhyperior
- Emmy's Druddigon
- Shamus's Heatmor
- Burgundy's Stoutland*
- Katharine's Darumaka*
- Nihei's Venusaur
- Celosia's Manectric
- Trevor's Aerodactyl
- Roman's Snorlax
- Tupp's Salandit
- Ultra Rangers' Blastoise
- Team Rocket's Poliwrath
- Team Rocket's Skarmory
- Hodge's Hariyama
- Leon's Rillaboom
- Leon's Dragapult
- Rising Volt Tacklers's Nosepass
- Meltan (recurring)
- Registeel (PK18)
- Wailord (PK19)
- Scolipede (BW024)
- Basculin (PK22)
- Beartic (BW046)
- Garbodor (BW055)
- Stoutland (Poké Ride; SM032)
- Rotom (Wash Rotom; SM057)
- Heatran (M12)
- Gyarados (BW141)
- Passimian (SM064)
- Gastly (SM094)
- Mantine (SM102)
- Snorlax (JN001)
- Ludicolo (JN041)
- Whiscash (Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Team Go-Getters Out of the Gate!)
- Gabite (Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Darkness)
- Dusknoir (Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky - Beyond Time & Darkness)
- Escavalier
- Alakazam
- Slaking
- Nosepass
- Ursaring
- Venusaur
- Crawdaunt
- Haunter
- Croagunk
- Aggron
- Bidoof
- Weezing
* No official credit was given for this character.
Video games
Super Smash Bros. series
Other
Other non-Pokémon roles
Anime series
- Vector the Crocodile (Sonic the Hedgehog series)
- Shiroganehiko (Bleach)
- Jiroubou (Naruto)
- Mohammed Avdol (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders)
- Toshinori Yagi/All Might (My Hero Academia)
- Walther Kruger (Muv-Luv)
- Dandy Max (New Game! (Ep. 9))
- Galan Mossa (Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans (Ep. 30))
- Suzukkir (Time Bokan 24)
- Kadomon Risch (Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World)
- Babario Ohkandagawa, Takki (Idol Time PriPara)
- Kenta Ogi (Angel's 3Piece!)
- Minaji (Magical Circle Guru Guru)
- Demon Lord (Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody)
- Cocytus (Overlord, Isekai Quartet)
- Torque (Radiant)
- Hiroshi Shibata (Mob Psycho 100)
- Akiwo Haza (7 Seeds)
- Hideo Harada (Chihayafuru)
- Boro (Boruto: Naruto Next Generations)
- Jun Kitami (Wangan Midnight)
Anime films
Video game roles
- Z.W.E.I. (Soulcalibur V)
- Leongar (Kirby and the Forgotten Land)
Dubbing roles
- Chris Hemsworth as Thor (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
- Gordon (Thomas & Friends)
- Vlad Masters, additional villains (Danny Phantom)
- Bowser (The Super Mario Bros. Movie)
Trivia
- Miyake's two best known human roles in the anime are that of voices the leaders of two evil organizations; Giovanni of Team Rocket and Cyrus of Team Galactic.
External links
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