Hochu Otsuka

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| **Hochu Otsuka** | |
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| Gender: | Male |
| Date of birth: | May 19, 1954 |
| Place of birth: | Tsuyama, Okayama, Japan |
| Location: | Tsuyama, Okayama, Japan |
| Voice of: | [Hachizo Onizuka](/wiki/Hachizo_Onizuka "Hachizo Onizuka")   [Snake](/wiki/Snake "Snake") (TV Specials) |
**Hochu Otsuka** (大塚 芳忠 ,*Ōtsuka Hōchū*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")), born **Yoshitada Otsuka** (大塚 芳忠 ,*Ōtsuka Yoshitada*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")) on May 19, 1954, in Tsuyama, Okayama Prefecture, is a Japanese voice actor and narrator affiliated with the voice acting agency Crazy Box.
In **[Detective Conan](/wiki/Detective_Conan "Detective Conan")**, he voices [Hachizo Onizuka](/wiki/Hachizo_Onizuka "Hachizo Onizuka"). Before landing the role, he voiced many background characters in the series. He notably voiced [Snake](/wiki/Snake "Snake") in the [Magic Kaito TV Specials](/wiki/Magic_Kaito:_Kid_the_Phantom_Thief "Magic Kaito: Kid the Phantom Thief").
## Contents
* [1 Biography](#Biography)
* [2 Other roles in *Detective Conan*](#Other_roles_in_Detective_Conan)
* [3 Other roles in *Kenyuu Densetsu Yaiba*](#Other_roles_in_Kenyuu_Densetsu_Yaiba)
* [4 Other notable works](#Other_notable_works)
+ [4.1 Anime](#Anime)
* [5 References](#References)
* [6 See also](#See_also)
## Biography[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Hochu_Otsuka&action=edit&section=1 "Edit section: Biography")]
Yoshitada Otsuka was born on May 19, 1954 in Aba village, Tomata district, Okayama Prefecture (part of Tsuyama city since 2005)[](#cite_note-A-1). He spent his childhood in the fields of his hometown[](#cite_note-A-1). He was rather mediocre in mathematics in elementary school, but excelled at Japanese, especially at reading out loud, for which he was praised by his teachers[](#cite_note-A-1). He later completed his middle school and high school studies in Tsuyama city, but felt that the other high school students looked "sophisticated", making him feel inferior to them[](#cite_note-A-1). Following the completion of his studies, he moved to Tokyo, with no particular aim in getting a career[](#cite_note-A-1).
While he was working part-time as a server, he talked to a customer who was a producer for a dubbing company, and he realized that this was what he wanted to be[](#cite_note-2). He thus studied acting at [Natsuko Kawaji](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ja:%E5%B7%9D%E8%B7%AF%E5%A4%8F%E5%AD%90 "wikipedia:ja:川路夏子")'s school and later perfected his singing and on-stage performance[](#cite_note-3),[](#cite_note-B-4). He has few memories of his first stage performances, as he was often scared of the others on stage and performed roles where he was killed early[](#cite_note-5). Starting his career, he first received dubbing roles for western movies, before landing his first major dubbing role in 1984[](#cite_note-B-4). Falling in love with his first role, he decided to further his career in voice-acting.
In 2017, he notably received the prize for best actor in a supporting role at the 11th Seiyuu Awards[](#cite_note-6). While he was originally credited under his real name "Yoshitada", he heard many times people mistakenly calling him "Hochu", another reading for the kanji that make up his first name, and decided to adopt it as a stage name[](#cite_note-7).
## Other roles in *Detective Conan*[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Hochu_Otsuka&action=edit&section=2 "Edit section: Other roles in Detective Conan")]
* [Company President's Daughter Kidnapping Case](/wiki/Company_President%27s_Daughter_Kidnapping_Case "Company President's Daughter Kidnapping Case") (episode 2): Kidnapper
* [The Last Wizard of the Century](/wiki/The_Last_Wizard_of_the_Century "The Last Wizard of the Century") (movie 3): Ryu Sagawa
* [The Truth of the Haunted House](/wiki/The_Truth_of_the_Haunted_House "The Truth of the Haunted House") (episodes 274-275): Kikuji Banchou
* [The Synchronicity Case](/wiki/The_Synchronicity_Case "The Synchronicity Case") (episodes 364-365): Shoichiro Hitomi and Takehiko Hitomi
* [The Phantom of the Konpira](/wiki/The_Phantom_of_the_Konpira "The Phantom of the Konpira") (episode 452): Katsuo Nabeshima
## Other roles in *Kenyuu Densetsu Yaiba*[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Hochu_Otsuka&action=edit&section=3 "Edit section: Other roles in Kenyuu Densetsu Yaiba")]
* [What Kind of an Orb is the Golden Orb?](/wiki/What_Kind_of_an_Orb_is_the_Golden_Orb%3F "What Kind of an Orb is the Golden Orb?"), [Legend of the Red Dragon!! Shiro Amakusa Appears!](/wiki/Legend_of_the_Red_Dragon!!_Shiro_Amakusa_Appears! "Legend of the Red Dragon!! Shiro Amakusa Appears!") and [The World Renowned Thief, Goemon](/wiki/The_World_Renowned_Thief,_Goemon "The World Renowned Thief, Goemon") (episodes 19-20, 22): [Fuma Kotaro](/wiki/index.php?title=Fuma_Kotaro&action=edit&redlink=1 "Fuma Kotaro (page does not exist)")[](#cite_note-8)
## Other notable works[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Hochu_Otsuka&action=edit&section=4 "Edit section: Other notable works")]
### Anime[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Hochu_Otsuka&action=edit&section=5 "Edit section: Anime")]
* *Captain Tsubasa*: Makoto Soda
* *Urusei Yatsura*: Kuroko
* *Mobile Suit Gundam*: Yazan Gable
* *Fist of the North Star*: Aus, David
* *Ranma ½*: Gindo
* *Naruto*: Jiraiya
* *One Piece*: Montblanc Norland