Akira Kamiya

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| **Akira Kamiya** | |
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| Gender: | Male |
| Date of birth: | September 18, 1946 |
| Place of birth: | Minami, Yokohama |
| Voice of: | [Kogoro Mouri](/wiki/Kogoro_Mouri "Kogoro Mouri") (Ep. 1~548) |
| Nicknames: | Akki-san |
**Akira Kamiya** (神谷 明 ,*Kamiya Akira*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")), born September 18, 1946, is a [seiyu](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seiyu "wikipedia:Seiyu") from Minami, Yokohama. He runs his own talent agency, **Saeba Shoji**, named after his *City Hunter* character Ryo Saeba.
In **[Detective Conan](/wiki/Detective_Conan "Detective Conan")** he was the voice of [Kogoro Mouri](/wiki/Kogoro_Mouri "Kogoro Mouri") from the show's beginning in 1996, until 2009. A prominent voice actor in the 70s and 80s, he rarely worked on anything other than *Detective Conan* during this period.
## Contents
* [1 Other roles in Detective Conan](#Other_roles_in_Detective_Conan)
* [2 Other roles in Gosho Aoyama's other series](#Other_roles_in_Gosho_Aoyama.27s_other_series)
* [3 Other notable roles](#Other_notable_roles)
+ [3.1 Anime](#Anime)
+ [3.2 Tokusatsu](#Tokusatsu)
+ [3.3 Audio drama](#Audio_drama)
* [4 Retirement from Detective Conan](#Retirement_from_Detective_Conan)
* [5 Trivia](#Trivia)
* [6 References](#References)
* [7 See also](#See_also)
## Other roles in Detective Conan[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Akira_Kamiya&action=edit&section=1 "Edit section: Other roles in Detective Conan")]
* [Detective Conan](/wiki/Detective_Conan_(Playstation_Game) "Detective Conan (Playstation Game)") (video game): Henchman (The Treasure on a Solitary Island)
## Other roles in Gosho Aoyama's other series[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Akira_Kamiya&action=edit&section=2 "Edit section: Other roles in Gosho Aoyama's other series")]
* *[The Santa Claus of Summer](/wiki/The_Santa_Claus_of_Summer "The Santa Claus of Summer")*: Gray
* *[Detective George's Mini-Mini Big Strategy](/wiki/Detective_George%27s_Mini-Mini_Big_Strategy "Detective George's Mini-Mini Big Strategy")*: George Kirishima
## Other notable roles[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Akira_Kamiya&action=edit&section=3 "Edit section: Other notable roles")]
### Anime[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Akira_Kamiya&action=edit&section=4 "Edit section: Anime")]
* *[Babel II](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babel_II "wikipedia:Babel II")* as Babel II
* *[Space Battleship Yamato](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Battleship_Yamato "wikipedia:Space Battleship Yamato")* as Saburo & Shiro Kato
* *[Getter Robo](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Getter_Robo "wikipedia:Getter Robo")* as Ryo Nagare
* *[Brave Raideen](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brave_Raideen "wikipedia:Brave Raideen")* as Akira Hibiki
* *[Gaiking](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaiking "wikipedia:Gaiking")* as Sanshiro Tsuwabuki
* *[Dokaben](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dokaben "wikipedia:Dokaben")* as Satoru Satonaka
* *[Mechander Robo](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechander_Robo "wikipedia:Mechander Robo")* as Jimmy Orion
* *[Danguard Ace](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danguard_Ace "wikipedia:Danguard Ace")* as Takuma Ichimonji
* *[Space Pirate Captain Herlock](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Harlock "wikipedia:Captain Harlock")* as Tadashi Daiba
* *[Tosho Daimos](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tosho_Daimos "wikipedia:Tosho Daimos")* as Kazuya Ryuzaki
* *[Urusei Yatsura](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urusei_Yatsura "wikipedia:Urusei Yatsura")* as Shutaro Mendo
* *[Go-Lion (Voltron)](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beast_King_GoLion "wikipedia:Beast King GoLion")* as Sinkline (Lotor)
* *[Super Dimensional Fortress Macross](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Super_Dimension_Fortress_Macross "wikipedia:The Super Dimension Fortress Macross")* as Roy Fokker
* *[Kinnikuman](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinnikuman "wikipedia:Kinnikuman")* as Kinniku Suguru/Kinnikuman
* *[Nine](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine_(manga) "wikipedia:Nine (manga)")* as Kentaro Yamanaka
* *[Fist of the North Star](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fist_of_the_North_Star "wikipedia:Fist of the North Star")* as Kenshiro
* *[Maison Ikkoku](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maison_Ikkoku "wikipedia:Maison Ikkoku")* as Shun Mitaka
* *[City Hunter](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_Hunter "wikipedia:City Hunter")/[Angel Heart](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_Heart_(manga) "wikipedia:Angel Heart (manga)")* as Ryo Saeba
* *[Dragon Ball Z: Movie 1](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_Ball_Z "wikipedia:Dragon Ball Z")* as Garlic Jr.
* *[Yawara!](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yawara!_A_Fashionable_Judo_Girl "wikipedia:Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl")* as Shinnosuke Kazamatsuri
* *[Sailor Moon S](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailor_Moon "wikipedia:Sailor Moon")* as Professor Tomoe
* *[All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Purpose_Cultural_Cat_Girl_Nuku_Nuku "wikipedia:All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku")* as Kyusaku Natsume
* *[Poyopoyo Kansatsu Nikki](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poyopoyo_Kansatsu_Nikki "wikipedia:Poyopoyo Kansatsu Nikki")* as Satou Father & Granny (Kurobe's owner)
### Tokusatsu[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Akira_Kamiya&action=edit&section=5 "Edit section: Tokusatsu")]
* *[Chōriki Sentai Ohranger](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C5%8Driki_Sentai_Ohranger "wikipedia:Chōriki Sentai Ohranger")* as Gunmajin
* *[Gokaiger Goseiger Super Sentai 199 Hero Great Battle](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gokaiger_Goseiger_Super_Sentai_199_Hero_Great_Battle "wikipedia:Gokaiger Goseiger Super Sentai 199 Hero Great Battle")* as Black Cross King
### Audio drama[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Akira_Kamiya&action=edit&section=6 "Edit section: Audio drama")]
* *[Dragon Quest V](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_Quest_V "wikipedia:Dragon Quest V")* CD Theater as Papas
## Retirement from Detective Conan[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Akira_Kamiya&action=edit&section=7 "Edit section: Retirement from Detective Conan")]
It was announced on September 18th, 2009, on Kamiya's blog that due to problems with his contract, he will no longer provide the voice of Kogoro Mouri. He gave a sincere apology to the directors, writers, [Gosho Aoyama](/wiki/Gosho_Aoyama "Gosho Aoyama"), his co-stars (he specifically mentioned [Minami Takayama](/wiki/Minami_Takayama "Minami Takayama"), [Wakana Yamazaki](/wiki/Wakana_Yamazaki "Wakana Yamazaki"), and [Kenichi Ogata](/wiki/Kenichi_Ogata "Kenichi Ogata")), [Yomiuri Television](/wiki/TV_Networks#Yomiuri_Telecasting_Corporation "TV Networks"), [Shogakukan](/wiki/Shogakukan "Shogakukan"), and his fans for the sudden turn of events.[](#cite_note-1) Though in his blog he implied he "lost his trust" in the production company, the next day he erased the contents of his blog.[](#cite_note-2) Starting with episode 553, [Rikiya Koyama](/wiki/Rikiya_Koyama "Rikiya Koyama") took over the role of Kogoro Mouri.[](#cite_note-3)
## Trivia[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Akira_Kamiya&action=edit&section=8 "Edit section: Trivia")]
* Kamiya and [Hideyuki Tanaka](/wiki/Hideyuki_Tanaka "Hideyuki Tanaka") (voice of [Yusaku Kudo](/wiki/Yusaku_Kudo "Yusaku Kudo")) have appeared in many anime together as characters who are connected in some way, such as *Dokaben* (Yamada and Satoru), *Kinnikuman* (Kinnikuman and Terryman), *Fist of the North Star 2* (Kenshiro and Falco), and *City Hunter* (Ryo Saeba and Makimura). They have also both dubbed over [Pierce Brosnan](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierce_Brosnan "wikipedia:Pierce Brosnan") as [James Bond](/wiki/James_Bond "James Bond").
* Kamiya and [Toshio Furukawa](/wiki/Toshio_Furukawa "Toshio Furukawa") (voice of [Misao Yamamura](/wiki/Misao_Yamamura "Misao Yamamura")) have appeared as rivals in other animes on three notable occasions: *Urusei Yatsura* (Mendo and Ataru), *Fist of the North Star* (Kenshiro and Shin), and *Dragon Ball Z* (Garlic Jr. and Piccolo). They have also both played the character Kinnikuman (Furukawa voiced him in the sequel *[Kinnikuman Nisei](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultimate_Muscle "wikipedia:Ultimate Muscle")*) and Furukawa voiced the character Shigeru Sakamoto in *Space Battleship Yamato*, the character who replaced Kamiya's Saburo Kato.