# Yōsuke Akimoto

Yōsuke Akimoto (秋元 羊介, Akimoto Yōsuke, born Yukio Tajika (田鹿 幸雄, Tajika Yukio), February 5, 1944) is a Japanese actor and voice actor from Tokyo. He is attached to Office PAC. He is a graduate of the Hosei University business school.

## Filmography
### Animation

* Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket as Steiner Hardie
* Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory as Dick Allen
* Stratos 4 as Robert Reynolds
* The Silent Service as Saburō Akagaki, Mihairu Marenkofu
* Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: The Last Blitz of Zeon as Dick Allen
* Perfect Blue as Tejima
* Pocket Monsters: Mewtwo Strikes Back as Professor
* Touch 2: Sayonara no Okurimono as Uemura
* Touch 3: Kimi ga Tōri Sugita Ato ni as Sumi
* Kishidou Club
* Super Robot Red Baron (1973) as Iron Alliance Commander
* Touch (1985) as Kamimura
* Machine Robo: Revenge of Cronos (1986) as Garudi
* City Hunter (1987) as Tomomura
* Metal Armor Dragonar (1987) as Roy
* Legend of the Galactic Heroes (1988) as Hirudesuhaimu, Leader of the PKC
* Akira (1988) as Harukiya Bartender
* Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack (1988) as Captain Musaka
* Tatakae!! Ramenman (1988) as Shōkokurō Kensō
* Lupin III: Bye Bye Liberty Crisis (1989) as Taxi driver
* Magical Angel Sweet Mint (1990) as Subittsu, Announcer, Kantoku, Borisuman
* Mystery of the Hemingway Papers (1990) as Carlos
* Giant Robo (1992) as Alberto
* Mobile Fighter G Gundam (1994) as Master Asia, Stalker
* Saint Tail (1995) as Ōkura
* Slayers NEXT (1996) as Seigram
* Detective Conan (1996) as Tōru Imai's husband, Benzō Kadowaki, Kazuyuki Kawai, Shin'ichi Takeda, Ryūtarō
* Denji Sentai Megaranger (1997) as Lizard Nejilar
* Gasaraki (1998) as Sorachi Genjyo
* Noir (2001) as Kanora
* Kiddy Grade (2002) as Deuxiem
* Mobile Suit Gundam SEED (2002) as Siegel Clyne
* Crayon Shin-chan (2003) as Kenta Musashino's father
* Last Exile (2003) as De Vido Madosein
* Planetes (2003) as Roland
* Pokémon Advanced Generation (2003) as Hagi
* Stratos 4 (2003) as Robert Reynolds
* Uninhabited Planet Survive! (2003) as Principal
* Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple (2004) as Rūsā
* Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo (2004) as Gerard de Villefort Procureur-général
* Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG (2004) as The Minister of Home Affairs
* Monster (2004) as Maurā
* Naruto (2004) as Wasabi Jirochō
* Ragnarok the Animation (2004) as Dark Lord
* Sgt. Frog (2004) as Elite Commanding Officer
* Tactics (2004) as Kitahara
* Gallery Fake (2005) as Bill Toravāsu
* He Is My Master (2005) as Nakabayashi Yoshitaka's father
* Angel Heart (2006) as Director
* Fist of the Blue Sky (2006) as Huáng Xī-Fēi
* Inukami! (2006) as Doctor Ru
* Utawarerumono (2006) as Niue
* Otogi-Jushi Akazukin (2006) as Rabbi
* Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai (2007) as Principal Kaieda
* Juken Sentai Gekiranger (2007) as Confrontation Beast Pangolin-Fist Muzankose
* Kimi ga Aruji de Shitsuji ga Ore de (2008) as Taijiri Yasushi
* Strike Witches (2008) as General Trevor Maloney
* The Sacred Blacksmith (2009) as Hannibal Quasar
* Samurai Sentai Shinkenger (2009) as Ikusazure
* SD Gundam Sangokuden Brave Battle Warriors (2010) as Enshou Bawoo
* Naruto Shippuden (2011) as Lightning Daimyo
* Nurarihyon no Mago (2011) as Hidemoto Keikain 27th
* Buddy Complex (2014) as Viktor Ryazan
* Hamatora (2014) as Gasuke
* Nobunaga Concerto (2014) as Saitō Dōsan
* Tenkai Knights (2014) as Vilius
* Gunslinger Stratos: The Animation (2015) as Makabe Mondo
* Ninja Slayer (2015) as Dragon Gendoso
* Shuriken Sentai Ninninger (2015) as Super Advanced Yokai Shuten Douji
* Maho Girls PreCure! (2016) as Dokuroxy
* Tada Never Falls in Love (2018) as Reinbō Shōgun
* Blade of the Immortal -Immortal- (2019) as Saburō Anotsu
* Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out! (2020) as Master
* Arte (2020) as Ubertino
* Black Summoner (2022) as Geral
* My Daughter Left the Nest and Returned an S-Rank Adventurer (2023) as Dortos

### Dubbing

| Original year | Dub year | Title | Role | Original actor | Notes |
| | | Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers | Chief Marley, Clarence Dudley | | |
| | | Jackie Chan Adventures | Daoran Wong | | |
| 1974 | | The Texas Chain Saw Massacre | Franklin | Paul A. Partain | |
| 1975 | 1978 | The Man from Hong Kong | Sergeant Morrie Grosse | Hugh Keays-Byrne | |
| 1981 | 1983 | The Survivor | Tewson | Peter Sumner | TV Tokyo edition |
| 1983 | | G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero | Stalker | Arthur Burghardt | |
| 1984 | | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension | Rawhide | Clancy Brown | |
| 1984 | | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | Chen | Chua Kah Joo | |
| 1985 | | Commando | Forrestal | Michael Delano | |
| 1985 | 2012 | Police Story | Chu Tao | Chor Yuen | Ultimate Blu-Ray edition |
| 1986 | 1987 | The Hitcher | Trooper Dodge | Eugene Davis | TV Tokyo edition |
| 1987 | 1990 | RoboCop | Donald Johnson | Felton Perry | TV Asahi edition |
| 1988 | 1992 | Die Hard | Karl Vreski | Alexander Godunov | Fuji TV edition |
| 1988 | | Police Story 2 | Chu Tu | Chor Yuen | |
| 1988 | | Tucker: The Man and His Dream | Jimmy Sakuyama | Mako | |
| 1989 | | Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure | Ludwig van Beethoven | Clifford David | |
| 1990 | | Blue Steel | Assistant Chief Stanley Hoyt | Kevin Dunn | |
| 1990 | | Dick Tracy | Spud Spaldoni | James Caan | |
| 1990 | 1993 | Jacob's Ladder | Paul Gruneger | Pruitt Taylor Vince | NTV edition |
| 1990 | | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Doctor Garin | Richard Cansino | |
| 1990-1991 | | Twin Peaks | Ben Horne | Richard Beymer | |
| 1991 | 1994 | Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey | Colonel Oats | Chelcie Ross | TV Tokyo edition |
| 1991 | | My Own Private Idaho | Richard Waters | James Russo | |
| 1991 | 1993 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day | Miles Dyson | Joe Morton | Fuji TV edition |
| 1991 | | Terminator 2: Judgment Day | Todd Voight | Xander Berkeley | DVD/VHS edition |
| 1992 | | Bob Roberts | Chet MacGregor | Ray Wise | |
| 1992 | | Under Siege | Daumer | Colm Meaney | |
| 1993 | | Heart and Souls | Harrison Winslow | Charles Grodin | |
| 1993 | 1996 | The Pelican Brief | Gavin Verheek | John Heard | TV Asahi edition |
| 1994 | | Quiz Show | Dan Enright | David Paymer | |
| 1994 | | Ace Ventura: Pet Detective | Emilio | Tone Loc | |
| 1994 | | Batman: The Animated Series | Grant Walker | | |
| 1995 | | Showgirls | Phil Newkirk | Greg Travis | |
| 1995 | 2003 | Apollo 13 | Jules Bergman | Jules Bergman | Fuji TV edition |
| 1995 | 2000 | Screamers | Marshal Richard Cooper, Private Becker Screamer | Roy Dupuis | Fuji TV edition |
| 1995 | 1998 | Seven | District Attorney Martin Talbot | Richard Roundtree | Fuji TV edition |
| 1997 | | Con Air | William "Bill Bedlam" Bedford, Judge | Nick Chinlund, Kevin Cooney | |
| 1997 | | Oz | Nino Schibetta | Tony Musante | |
| 1997-1998 | | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Leck | Hamilton Camp | |
| 1998 | | Out of Sight | Richard Ripley | Albert Brooks | |
| 1998 | | Invasion America | Doc | Ronny Cox | |
| 2000 | 2017 | Snatch | Doug the Head | Mike Reid | Blu-Ray edition |
| 2000 | | Thirteen Days | Curtis LeMay | Kevin Conway | |
| 2001 | | Xiào Ào Jiāng Hú | Wang Yuanba | Zhang Jizhong | |
| 2002-2003 | | Justice League | Vandal Savage | Phil Morris | |
| 2004 | | Touching Evil | Hank | Zach Grenier | |
| 2005 | | The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby | James Brown | James Cosmo | |
| 2005 | 2007 | Batman Begins | Gillian B. Loeb, Fredericks | Colin McFarlane, John Nolan | NTV edition |
| 2005 | | Criminal Minds | Harris | Pat Skipper | |
| 2007 | | The Hunting Party | Franklin Harris | James Brolin | |
| 2008 | | Made of Honor | Thomas Bailey, Sr. | Sydney Pollack | |
| 2013 | | Company of Heroes | Dr. Luca Gruenewald | Jürgen Prochnow | |
| 2014 | | Cuban Fury | Ron | Ian McShane | |
| 2015-2018 | | Fortitude | Henry Tyson | Michael Gambon | |
| 2015 | | Gridlocked | Sully | Danny Glover | |
| 2015 | | Hotel Transylvania 2 | Mike | Nick Offerman | |
| 2016 | | Vinyl | Maury Gold | Paul Ben-Victor | |
| 2017 | | Twin Peaks | Ben Horne | Richard Beymer | |
| 2019 | | His Dark Materials | Farder Coram | James Cosmo | |
| 2019 | | Mr. Mercedes | John Rothstein | Bruce Dern | |
| 2020 | | Belgravia | Peregrine Bellasis | Tom Wilkinson | |
| 2020 | 2022 | Audrey | Peter Bogdanovich | Peter Bogdanovich | |

### Video games

* Super Robot Wars series as Master Asia, Stalker, Steiner Hardie, Alberto the Impact, Garudi, Zanscare Soldier)
* Psychic Force (1995) as Rokudo Genma
* Tail Concerto (1998) as Russell Ryebread, King Hound III
* Radiant Silvergun (1998) as Secretary Igarashi
* Daraku Tenshi - The Fallen Angels (1998) as Torao Onigawara
* Power Stone (1999) as Gunrock
* Power Stone 2 (2000) as Gunrock, Pride
* Max Payne (2001) as Alfred Woden
* Magic Pengel (2002) as Devil
* Muv-Luv Alternative (2003) as Tadokoro
* Way of the Samurai 2 (2003) as Kurohai Tetsuo
* Tears to Tiara (2005) as Ogam
* Cowboy Bebop: Tsuioku no Serenade (2005) as Kurt Meyer
* Kingdom Hearts II (2005) as Xaldin
* Crash Boom Bang! (2006) as Doctor Neo Cortex
* Elsword (2007) as Horatio
* Fable II (2008) as Barnum
* Fallout 3 (2008) as John Henry Eden
* Tales of Hearts (2008) as Chen
* Aoi Shiro (2008) as Suzuki Yukokoroyo
* MagnaCarta II (2009) as Huaren Jass
* Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days (2009) as Xaldin
* Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep (2009) as Dilan
* White Knight Chronicles (2009) as Belcitane
* Ougon Musou Kyoku (2010) as Goat
* Alan Wake (2010) as Odin Anderson
* Black Rock Shooter: The Game (2011) as SAHA
* Final Fantasy XII (2011) as Judge Bergan
* Final Fantasy Type-0 (2011) as Narrator
* Chaos Rings II (2012) as Bachs/Amon
* Phantasy Star Online 2 (2012) as Jean
* Killer Is Dead (2013) as Hamada-Yama
* Shin Megami Tensei IV (2013) as K
* Master Detective Archives: Rain Code (2023) as Zange Eraser