is a freelance Japanese actor and narrator who was formerly affiliated with Aoni Production, 81 Produce and the Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society.
Due to his deep voice, he often plays villainous characters like fellow voice actor Norio Wakamoto, either in children's programs such as Mahà Âjin Guru Guru (as Lord Giri), Myotismon from Digimon, Crocodile from One Piece, Montana Jones (as Lord Zero), Yà «sha Keisatsu J-Decker (as Jà «san Saejima) and Shadow the Hedgehog (as Black Doom). He has taken over ongoing roles for voice actors Shigezà  Sasaoka, Eiji Kanie, Shinji Nakae, Daisuke Gà Âri and Hirotaka Suzuoki after their deaths. A number of his foreign film-dubbing roles are occupied by Tesshà  Genda in different editions of those films.