Akio Ōtsuka

Akio Ōtsuka (大塚 明夫, Ōtsuka Akio, born November 24, 1959) is a Japanese voice actor from Tokyo. He is the son of fellow voice actor Chikao Ōtsuka. He is best known for voicing the title character in Black Jack, Solid Snake in Metal Gear Solid, Bato in Ghost in the Shell and Blackbeard in One Piece.
He voiced Nurarihyon in the 2018 anime. He also took over his father's role of Nezumi-Otoko for the film Yo-kai Watch: Shadowside Oni-ō no Fukkatsu. He later voiced Mizuki in Akuma-kun (2023).
==Selected Filmography==
===GeGeGe no Kitarō characters===
*GeGeGe no Kitarō: Ibun Yōkai Kitan - Dracula
*GeGeGe no Kitarō: Gyakushū! Yōma Dai Kessen - Dracula
*GeGeGe no Kitarō (2007 anime) - Gengorō
*Yo-kai Watch: Shadowside Oni-ō no Fukkatsu - Nezumi-Otoko
*Yo-kai Watch: Wibble Wobble - Nezumi-Otoko
*GeGeGe no Kitarō (2018 anime) - Nurarihyon
*Akuma-kun (2023) - Mizuki
===Other notable roles===
*Black Jack (franchise) as Black Jack
**Young Black Jack as Narrator (Black Jack)
*Bleach as Shunsui Kyoraku
*Detective Conan as Sango and Jugo Yokomizo
*Dororo (2019 series) as Jukai
*Full Metal Panic as Andrey Kalinin
*Ghost in the Shell (franchise) as Bato
*Hunter × Hunter (2011 series) as Uvogin
*JoJo's Bizarre Adventure as Wham
*Kingdom Hearts (series) as Ansem
*Kyo Kara Maoh! as Gwendel von Voltaire
*Metal Gear Solid (series) as Solid Snake
*Mob Psycho 100 as Dimple
*Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory as Anavel Gato
*Montana Jones as Montana Jones
*My Hero Academia as All For One
*Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water as Captain Nemo
*New Mobile Report Gundam Wing as Narrator, Vice-Minister Darlian
*Nintama Rantarō as Yamada-sensei (2015~present)
*One Piece as Marshall D. Teach (Blackbeard)
**One Piece: The Secret Island of Baron Omatsuri as Baron Omatsuri
*Rurouni Kenshin as Udo Jin-e
*Saint Seiya: Hades Saga as Hades
*Samurai Warriors (series) as Tadakatsu Honda (also in Warriors Orochi series)
*Space Battleship Yamato 2199 as Domel
*Tales of Symphonia as Regal Bryant
*Tanoshii Moomin Ikka as Moominpapa
==Trivia==
*In addition to Nezumi-Otoko, Akio also took over his father's long-running role of Yamada-sensei in Nintama Rantarō after his death in 2015.
Category:Voice actors