Ryūsei Nakao

Tomoharu Takeo (竹尾智晴, Takeo Tomoharu; born February 5, 1951), known by his stage name Ryūsei Nakao (中尾隆聖, Nakao Ryūsei), is a Japanese actor, voice actor and singer, hailing from Tokyo. He is attached to 81 Produce and worked under the name of Tomoharu Minamiya (南谷智晴, Minamiya Tomoharu). He is married and has a son and a daughter.

Born

Tomoharu Takeo (竹尾智晴)

February 5, 1951 (age 75)

Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Othernames

Tomoharu Minamiya
Tomo-chan

Occupations

Actor
voice actor
singer

Yearsactive1954–present

Quick facts Born, Other names ...

Ryūsei Nakao
中尾隆聖
Ryūsei Nakao at Nan Desu Kan 2017
Born	Tomoharu Takeo (竹尾智晴) (1951-02-05) February 5, 1951 (age 75) Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Other names	Tomoharu Minamiya Tomo-chan
Occupations	Actor voice actor singer
Years active	1954–present
Agent	81 Produce
Known for	Baikinman Frieza Sniff Topo Gigio Mayuri Kurotsuchi Caesar Clown Dr. Indigo Takashi Shirogane
Children	2, including Kazuma Takeo

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His voice tends to land him in the roles of characters with high-pitched voices and utterly sadistic personalities. As a voice actor, he is best known for his roles in Let's Go! Anpanman (as Baikinman), Dragon Ball series (as Tambourine, Frieza, Cooler, Chilled and Frost), Touch (as Ishami Nishimura), Niko Niko Pun (as Porori), Do-Re-Mi-Fa Donuts (as Resshi), Hotch Potch Station (as Echikettojii-san), Moomin (as Sniff), Topo Gigio (as Topo Gigio), Bleach (as Mayuri Kurotsuchi), One Piece (as Caesar Clown & Dr. Indigo) and Beast King GoLion (as Takashi Shirogane).

Filmography

Television animation

1960s

Uchū Patrol Hopper (1965) – Jun (first voice)
Animal 1 (1968) – Tomoharu Takeo, Tōichirō

Attack No. 1 (1969) – Student

1970s

Akaki Chi no Eleven (1970) – Hayato Taki (second voice)
Marvelous Melmo (1971) – Shogo Chikaishi
Kum-Kum (1975) – Roman
3000 Leagues in Search of Mother (1976) – Miguel

1980s

Mighty Atom (1980) – Sam
Ashita No Joe 2 (1980) – Carlos Rivera
Beast King GoLion (1981) – Takashi Shirogane, Ryō Shirogane
Thunderbirds 2086 (1982) – Sammy Edkins Junior
Igano Kabamaru (1983) – Igano Kabamaru
Touch (1985) – Isami Nishimura^[1]
Anmitsu Hime (1986) – E.T.
Uchuusen Sagittarius (1986) -Binta
Dragon Ball (1988) – Tambourine
Saint Seiya (1988) – Kraken Isaac
Let's Go! Anpanman (1988) – Baikinman
Chimpui (1989) – Majirō
City Hunter 3 (1989) – Toru Kazama
Jungle Emperor (1989) – Totto
Time Patrol Pon (1989) – Louie

1990s

Dragon Ball Z (1990) – Frieza
Delightful Moomin Family (1990) – Sniff
Holly the Ghost (1991) – Toreppā^[2]
Montana Jones (1994) – Alfred Jones
Don't Leave Me Alone, Daisy (1997) – Iwan
Dragon Ball GT (1997) – Frieza
Monster Farm (1997) – Taichō Rōdorannā
AWOL -Absent Without Leave- (1998) – Pete Kuruten
Cowboy Bebop (1998) – Rocco Bonnaro
Devilman Lady (1998) – Jason Bates
Weiß Kreuz (1998) – Farfarello
Yu-Gi-Oh (1998) – Trump Bomber

2000s

Baby Felix (2000) – Marty
Gakkō no Kaidan (2000) – Amanojaku
Shinzo (2000) – Gyaza
One Piece (2001) – Whirlwind Eric, father, Indigo, Caesar Clown
Digimon Frontier (2002) – Lucemon (Falldown Mode and Satan Mode)
Jing: King of Bandits (2002) – Kir
Midnight Horror School (2002) – Yumyum
Pecola (2002) – Saruyama-san
Rockman.EXE (2002) – Snakeman
Requiem from the Darkness (2003) – Mataichi
Beet the Vandel Buster (2004) – Shaggy
Bleach (2005) – Mayuri Kurotsuchi
Buzzer Beater (2005) – Han
Ginga Legend Weed (2005) – Smith
Kaiketsu Zorori (2005) – Akuma (devil)
Rockman.EXE Beast (2005) – ZoanoSnakeman
Demashita! Powerpuff Girls Z (2006) – Kare, advertisement narration
Gintama (2006) – Daraku
D.Gray-man (2007) – Eshi
Princess Resurrection (2007) – Shigara
Mokke (2007) – Izuna
Mononoke (2007) – Genkei
Shōnen Onmyōji (2007) – Chishiki no Gūji
GeGeGe no Kitarō (fifth series) (2008) – Onmoraki
Rosario + Vampire (2008) – Tadashi Wanibuchi
Scarecrowman (2008) – Crash
Dragon Ball Kai (2009) – Frieza
Golgo 13 (2009) – Asshu
Sōten Kōro (2009) – Narration

2010s

Naruto Shippuden (2010) – Nekomata
The World God Only Knows (2010) – Kodama
Suite PreCure (2011) – Noise
Persona 4: The Animation (2012) – Ameno-Sagiri
Doraemon (2012) – Majime
Bakumatsu Rock (2014) – Yoshida Shōin
Mushishi: The Next Chapter (2014) – Suguro
Space Dandy (2014) – Minato
One-Punch Man (2015) – Vaccine Man
Rin-ne (2015) – Fireworks Seller (Episode 21)
Dragon Ball Super (2016) – Frieza, Frost
Haikyū!! (2016) – Tanji Washijō^[3]
ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept. (2017) – Falke II^[4]
Pop Team Epic (2018) – Popuko (Episode 3-B)
How to Keep a Mummy (2018) – Aayan
Garo: Vanishing Line (2018) – King
Magical Girl Site (2018) – Nana
Skull-face Bookseller Honda-san (2018) – Majutsushi^[5]
The Ones Within (2019) – Wall
Mix (2019) – Isami Nishimura^[1]

2020s

Oda Cinnamon Nobunaga (2020) – Matsunaga "Buu" Hisahide
Lapis Re:Lights (2020) – Board Game (Episode 5)
Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War (2022) – Mayuri Kurotsuchi^[6]
Rent-A-Girlfriend (2022) – Katsuhito Ichinose^[7]
Trigun Stampede (2023) – William Conrad^[8]
Ron Kamonohashi's Forbidden Deductions (2023) – Disguise Instructor^[9]
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (2024) - Hashibami
Beastars Final Season (2024) - Cornu^[10]
Farmagia (2025) - Glaza^[11]
Gachiakuta (2025) - Alice^[12]
Witch Hat Atelier (2026) - Sasaran^[13]

Original video animation (OVA)

Armored Trooper Votoms: The Last Red Shoulder (1985) – Murza Melym
Baribari Legend (1987) – Hideyoshi Hijiri
Crying Freeman (1988) – Huáng Dé-Yuán
Armored Trooper Votoms: The Red Shoulder Document: Roots of Ambition (1988) – Murza Melym
Legend of the Galactic Heroes (1989) – Louis Mashengo
Wizardry (1991) – Flack
Chameleon (1992) – Akio Kugo
Dragon Ball Z Side Story: Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans (1993) – Frieza, Cooler
Armitage the Third (1995) – Rene D'anclaude
Golgo 13 "Queen Bee" (1998) – Thomas Wolson
Psychic Force (1998) – Brad Kilsten
Rurouni Kenshin: Trust & Betrayal (1999) – Iizuka
Alien Nine (2001) – Borg
Usagi-chan de Cue!! (2001) – Chou of Benten
Jing, King of Bandits: Seventh Heaven (2004) – Kir
Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas (2009) – Icelus
Dragon Ball: Episode of Bardock (2011) – Chilled, Frieza

Theatrical animation

Doraemon: Nobita's Little Star Wars (1985) – PCIA soldier
Saint Seiya (1987) – Christ (Ghost Saint of Southern Cross)
The Five Star Stories (1989) – Decors
Soreike! Anpanman series (1989–) – Baikinman
Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge (1991) – Cooler, Frieza
Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler (1992) – Metal-Cooler
Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn (1995) – Frieza
The Doraemons series (1997–2001) – El Matadora (third voice)
Jigoku Sensei Nūbē: Gozen 0 Toki Nūbē Shizu (1997) – Pierro
Meitantei Conan: 14 Banme no Target (1998) – Kohei Sawaki
Blade of the Phantom Master (2004) – Byun
Bleach: Memories of Nobody (2006) – Mayuri Kurotsuchi
Bleach: The DiamondDust Rebellion (2007) – Mayuri Kurotsuchi
Bleach: Fade to Black (2008) – Mayuri Kurotsuchi
One Piece Film: Strong World (2009) – Dr. Indigo
Welcome to the Space Show (2010) – Neppo
Go! Princess Precure (2015) – Night Pumpkin^[14]
Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F' (2015) – Frieza
Dragon Ball Super: Broly (2018) – Frieza
Shimajiro to Ururu no Heroland (2019) – Takoyaki Mask
Seven Days War (2019) – High-Level Politician^[15]
Doraemon: Nobita's Sky Utopia (2023) – Doctor Ray
Anpanman: Baikinman and Lulun in the Picture Book (2024) - Baikinman^[16]

Television drama

Taiyō ni Hoero! (1982) – George
Yūsha Yoshihiko (2011) – Demon King Galius (voice)^[17]
Anpan (2025) – Tokizo Furuyama^[18]

Other television

76th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen (2025), Nakao performed the Anpanman theme song along with Keiko Toda, Koichi Yamadera, and others.^[19]

Live-action film

Saint Young Men: The Movie (2024) – Black monster (voice)^[17]

Radio drama

Cat's Eye (xxxx) – Toshio Utsumi

Drama CD

Hayō no Tsurugi (xxxx, first CD) – Anshu
Weiss Kreuz Dramatic Image Album Vier & Fünf: Schwarz Ein & Zwei (xxxx) – Farfarello
Chouai (xxxx) – Yuuta Hagiwara
Psychic Force Sound Story (xxxx) – Brad Kilsten
Kyuuketsuhime Miyu Seiyou Shinma-hen (xxxx) – Cait Sith

Video games

Dragon Ball series – Frieza, Cooler, Kuriza, Tambourine
Cosmic Fantasy (1990) – Baron
Kaze no Densetsu Xanadu (1994) – Jiido
Psychic Force (1995) – Brad Kilsten
Puzzle Bobble 4 (1998) – Develon, Madame Luna
Tail Concerto (1998) – Fool
Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere (1999) – Simon Orestes Cohen
Super Puzzle Bobble (1999) – Develon
Persona 2: Innocent Sin (1999) – Tatsuya Sudō
Bōken Jidai Katsugeki Goemon (2000) – Shujaku
The Bouncer (2000) – Kou Leifou
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001) – Professor Quirinus Quirrell (Japanese dub)
Kidō Senshi Gundam: Gihren no Yabō: Zeon Dokuritsusenzō Ki (2002) – Thomas Kurutsu
Raijin Ping-Pong (2002) – Kaiji
Kidō Senshi Gundam: Senshitachi no Kiseki (2004) – Thomas Kurutsu
Kingdom Hearts II (2005) – Ling
Musashi: Samurai Legend (2005) – Shiraz
Battle Stadium D.O.N (2006) – Frieza
Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts (2008) – Narrator (Japanese dub)
El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron (2011) – Sariel
Demons' Score (2012) – David
Genso Suikoden: Tsumugareshi Hyakunen no Toki (2012) – Zoshiomu
One Piece: Unlimited World Red (2013) – Caesar Clown
Saint Seiya: Brave Soldiers (2013) – Kraken Isaac
Bakumatsu Rock (2014) – Shoin Yoshida
Chaos Rings III (2014) – Shyamalan
J-Stars Victory VS (2014) – Frieza
One Piece: Super Grand Battle! X (2014) – Caesar Clown
One Piece Kings (2014) – Caesar Clown
Granblue Fantasy (2014) – Anre (Uno)
Lego Dimensions (2015) – The Riddler (Japanese dub)
Star Ocean: Anamnesis (2016) – Coro
Yakuza 6: The Song of Life (2016) – Katsumi Sugai
Spider-Man (2018) – Scorpion (Japanese dub)
Nioh 2 (2020) – Imagawa Yoshimoto
Valkyrie Elysium (2022) – Fenrir^[20]
Magical Girl Witch Trials (2025) – Gokuchou^[21]

Tokusatsu

Ultra Q (1966) – Mamoru (ep. 13)
Denshi Sentai Denjiman (1980) – Go Koyuki (ep. 26)
Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger (2004) – Rainian Agent Abrella
Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger The Movie: Full Blast Action (2004) – Rainian Agent Abrella
Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger vs. Abaranger (2004) – Rainian Agent Abrella
Ultraman Mebius & Ultraman Brothers (2006) – Alien Nackle
Kamen Rider Den-O (2007) – Jelly Imagin (eps. 19-20)
Kamen Rider Kiva (2008) – Ladybug Fangire (eps. 19-20)
Tensou Sentai Goseiger (2010) – Bugntes Alien Ucyuseruzo of Influenza (ep. 5)
Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger the Movie: The Flying Ghost Ship (2011) – Rainian Agent Abrella (eps. 2-50)
Shuriken Sentai Ninninger (2015) – Masakage Tsugomori (eps. 13-44)

Dubbing roles

Live-action films and series Japanese dubbing

And Just Like That... – Steve Brady (David Eigenberg)^[22]
Conan the Barbarian (1989 TV Asahi edition) – Subotai (Gerry Lopez)^[23]
ER – Duncan Stewart (Ewan McGregor)^[24]
G-Force – Speckles (Nicolas Cage)^[25]
The Glenn Miller Story (2000 TV Tokyo edition) – Chummy MacGregor (Harry Morgan)^[26]
Hannibal – Mason Verger (Gary Oldman)^[27]
Lucky Stars Go Places – Long Legs (Anthony Chan)^[28]
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation – Solomon Lane (Sean Harris)^[29]
Mission: Impossible – Fallout – Solomon Lane (Sean Harris)^[30]
The Mummy (2002 NTV edition) – Jonathan Carnahan (John Hannah)^[31]
Prisoners (2016 BS Japan edition) – Franklin Birch (Terrence Howard)^[32]
Some Like It Hot (2012 Wowow edition) – Gerald/"Daphne" (Jack Lemmon)^[33]
Wasabi (2004 TV Tokyo edition) – Maurice/Momo (Michel Muller)^[31]
West Side Story (1979 TBS edition) – Chino Martin (Jose De Vega)^[34]

Animated films and series' Japanese dubbing

Aaahh!!! Real Monsters – Ickis^[35]
Anastasia – Bartok^[36]
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas – Fife^[37]
Dinosaur – Zini^[38]
Donkey Kong Country – Cranky Kong^[39]
The Exploits of Moominpappa: Adventures of a Young Moomin – Sniff, Muddler^[40]
FernGully: The Last Rainforest – Batty Koda^[41]
Hop – Phil^[42]
Lady and the Tramp – Tramp^[43]
Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure – Tramp^[43]
Legend of the Three Caballeros – José Carioca^[44]
Mulan – Ling^[43]
Mulan II – Ling^[45]
The Reflection – Jim^[43]
The Road to El Dorado – Miguel^[46]
The Secret Life of Pets – Snowball^[43]
The Secret Life of Pets 2 – Snowball^[47]
Shazzan – Chuck (Under his birthname, Tomoharu Takeo)^[48]
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (film) – Ziro the Hutt^[49]
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (TV) – Ziro the Hutt^[49]
The Swan Princess – Jean-Bob^[50]
The Swan Princess: The Mystery of the Enchanted Kingdom – Jean-Bob^[50]
The Swan Princess II: Escape from Castle Mountain – Jean-Bob^[50]
The Three Caballeros (1994 dub ver) – José Carioca^[44]
Tiny Toon Adventures – Buster Bunny^[43]
Tom and Jerry Tales – Droopy^[43]

Awards

More information Year, Award ...

Year	Award	Category	Result	Ref.
2016	25th Japanese Film Critics Awards	Best Voice Actor	Won	^[51]
2017	11th Seiyu Awards	Kei Tomiyama Memorial Award	Won	^[52]