From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Tesshō Genda (玄田 哲章 Genda Tesshō?, born May 20, 1948 in Okayama Prefecture) is a Japanese voice actor. He is employed by the talent management firm 81 Produce. When he debuted, he used his real name, Mitsuo Yokoi (横居 光雄 Yokoi Mitsuo?) as artist name. Because he had experience with ballet, he was known by the nickname "Pirouette Genda." Along with such well-known voice actors such as Akio Ōtsuka, Shigeru Chiba and Kōichi Yamadera, Genda is one of Japan's most prolific voice actors, with 234 roles credited to his name as of September 25, 2007. Among his other credits, he has performed the roles of Masami Iwaki (Dokaben), Suppaman (Dr. Slump), Gō Reietsu (High School! Kimengumi), Optimus Prime (A.K.A. Convoy) (The Transformers), Umibouzu (City Hunter), Ichimi Araiwa (Cooking Papa), and Action Kamen (Crayon Shin-chan) and is the current Japanese voice of Tigger in Winnie the Pooh media. Like his Canadian counterpart Peter Cullen, Tesshō reprised the role of Optimus Prime (Convoy) in the Japanese dub of the 2007 Transformers movie. He is best known as the Japanese voice of Batman in numerous animated television series and animated films. Like his American counterpart Kevin Conroy, Tesshō also reprised the role of Batman in the Japanese dub of Batman: Gotham Knight. He also voices Kratos in the Japanese versions of the God of War video game series. In February 2010, he received a Merit Awards from the 4th Seiyu Awards.
Series | Parasol Henbe | Gorita | 2025 |
Series | Nangoku Shonen Papuwa-kun | Itou | 2025 |
Movie | Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters vs. Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger: The Movie | Gorisaki Banana (voice) | 2013-01-19 |
Movie | Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods | Shu | 2013-03-30 |
Movie | They're Back! Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters vs. Doubutsu Sentai Go-Busters | Gorisaki Banana / Sensei (voice) | 2013-06-21 |
Movie | Bayonetta: Bloody Fate | Rodin | 2013-11-23 |
Movie | Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters the Movie: Protect the Tokyo Enetower! | Gorisaki Banana (voice) | 2012-08-04 |
Movie | Kamen Rider × Super Sentai: Super Hero Trouble – Who’s the culprit?! | Gorisaki Banana | 2012-04-01 |
Series | Mazinger Edition Z: The Impact! | Unknown | 2009-04-04 |
Movie | Ghost in the Shell 2.0 | Section 6 Department Chief Nakamura | 2008-07-12 |
Series | Casshern Sins | Barashin | 2008-10-01 |
Series | My Bride is a Mermaid | Lunar's Papa | 2007-04-01 |
Series | Akagi | Yasuoka | 2005-10-05 |
Series | Yakitate!! Japan | Unknown | 2004-10-12 |
Series | Earth Maiden Arjuna | Onizuka | 2001-01-09 |
Series | Haré+Guu | Chourou | 2001-04-03 |
Movie | Rayearth Special Version -Wings of Hope- | Selece (voice) | 1998-12-02 |
Movie | City Hunter Special: Goodbye My Sweetheart | Umibozu | 1997-04-01 |
Series | Hakugei: Legend of the Moby Dick | Murato | 1997-04-09 |
Series | Midori no Makibaō | Cascade | 1996-03-09 |
Movie | City Hunter Special: The Secret Service | Umibozu | 1996-01-05 |
Series | The Vision of Escaflowne | Balgus | 1996-04-02 |
Movie | Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn | Janemba | 1995-03-04 |
Movie | Slayers: The Motion Picture | Joyrock | 1995-08-05 |
Series | Street Fighter II: V | Guile | 1995-04-10 |
Series | Magic Knight Rayearth | Celes | 1994-10-17 |
Movie | Wild 7: Biker Knights | Hebopi | 1994-12-17 |
Movie | Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound | Bojack | 1993-07-10 |
Series | Shippuu! Iron Leaguer | Edmond Ginjou | 1993-04-06 |
Series | My Patrasche | Kozetsu | 1992-10-10 |
Movie | Wizardry | Hawkwind | 1991-02-21 |
Series | RG Veda | Kōmoku-ten (voice) | 1991-06-01 |
Movie | Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water - The Motion Picture | Chief newspaper editor | 1991-06-29 |
Movie | Sol Bianca | Dr. Delapaz (Japanese) | 1990-03-20 |
Movie | Sword for Truth | Marouji | 1990-12-28 |
Movie | Cyber City Oedo 808 | Rikiya "Goggles" Gabimaru | 1990-06-21 |
Series | Musashi, the Samurai Lord | Saigo | 1990-10-03 |
Series | The Adventures of Peter Pan | Alf | 1989-01-15 |
Movie | Venus Wars | Sims | 1989-03-11 |
Movie | Cybernetics Guardian | Jack | 1989-10-31 |
Movie | Legend of Lemnear | Thug B | 1989-10-05 |
Movie | Dragon Century | Sergeant Sagara(God Chapter) | 1988-10-26 |
Series | Mashin Eiyuden Wataru | Ryūjinmaru | 1988-04-16 |
Movie | Akira | Ryûsaku (voice) | 1988-07-16 |
Movie | The Red Spectacles | Bunmei Muroto | 1987-02-07 |
Movie | Taiman Blues Naoto Shimizu Chapter | 1987-11-25 | |
Series | The Three Musketeers | Tréville | 1987-10-09 |
Movie | The Phoenix: Space Chapter | Captain | 1987-12-21 |
Movie | TO-Y | Gô Momomoto / Momo | 1987-10-01 |
Movie | Violence Jack: Harlem Bomber | Violence Jack | 1986-06-05 |
Movie | They Were Eleven | Ganigas "Ganga" Gagtos | 1986-11-01 |
Series | Anmitsu Hime: From Amakara Castle | Senbei | 1986-10-05 |
Movie | Fire Tripper | Akauma | 1985-12-16 |
Movie | Urusei Yatsura: Beautiful Dreamer | 1984-02-11 | |
Series | Mrs. Pepper Pot | Bjon Harken | 1983-04-04 |
Movie | Dr. Slump and Arale-chan: Hoyoyo! The Great Race Around The World | Suppaman | 1983-03-13 |
Series | Future Police Urashiman | Stinger Wolf | 1983-01-09 |
Movie | Dallos | Dog McCoy (voice) | 1983-12-21 |
Series | Tokimeki Tonight | Redolf Enbaren Worensa | 1982-10-06 |
Series | Acrobunch | Gepeu | 1982-05-05 |
Series | Space Emperor God Sigma | Kensaku Kira | 1981-02-25 |
Series | GoShogun | Unknown | 1981-07-03 |
Series | Fang of the Sun Dougram | Woldran | 1981-10-23 |
Series | Beast King GoLion | Tsuyoshi Seidou | 1981-03-04 |
Series | Space Runaway Ideon | Koboru | 1980-05-08 |
Series | Space Warrior Baldios | Raita Hokuto | 1980-06-30 |
Series | Fighting General Daimos | Kitou | 1978-04-01 |
Movie | Super Electromagnetic Machine Voltes V | Daijiro Gou | 1977-07-05 |
Series | Voltes V | Daijiro Gou | 1977-06-04 |
Series | Blocker Gundan 4 Machine Blaster | Ishida | 1976-07-05 |