Kōji Yada

Kōji Yada (矢田 耕司, Yada Kōji), born Hiroji Yada (矢田 弘二, Yada Hiroji, April 15, 1933 – May 1, 2014), was a Japanese voice actor from Tokyo. He was probably best known for voicing Talan in the original Space Battleship Yamato franchise, Dr. Gero in Dragon Ball Z and Zeff in One Piece.
He voiced Konaki-Jijii in the 1971 GeGeGe no Kitarō anime, as well as many other characters across the different adaptations made in his lifetime.
==Selected filmography==
===GeGeGe no Kitarō characters===
*GeGeGe no Kitarō (1968 anime) - Kiba-Gurui, Professor Ameyama, Radar Operator (Ep. 25)
*GeGeGe no Kitarō (1971 anime) - Konaki-Jijii, Sanshō, Movie Producer B (Ep. 3), Director (Ep. 3), Tengu Police A (Ep. 3), Gangi-Kozō (Ep. 3), Hotel Owner (Ep. 5), Next Episode Preview Narration (Ep. 5, 30, 36, 37), Messenger (Ep. 8), Kemedama, Detective (Ep. 10), Truck Driver (Ep. 11), Sunekosuri, Elder (Ep. 15), Professor Haniwa (Ep. 16), Clothes Store Employee (Ep. 21), Ramen Shop Owner (Ep. 33), Kinta's Father (Ep. 36), Kakure-Zatō, Tomokichi's Father (Ep. 39), Onlooker (Ep. 40), Commander (Ep. 40), Reporter (Ep. 42), Kazuhiko (Ep. 42), Uchida (Ep. 44)
*GeGeGe no Kitarō (1985 anime) - Kenji's Father (Ep. 34), , Sakabashira, Believer A (Ep. 60), Masuda (Ep. 71), Nuke-Kubi, Han-Gyojin (Ep. 100)
*GeGeGe no Kitarō (1996 anime) - Neko-Sennin, Elder
*GeGeGe no Kitarō (2007 anime) - Ido-Sennin
*Hakaba Kitarō (TV anime) - Kinnosuke Ochiba
===Other Shigeru Mizuki works===
*Akuma-kun - Sea Monk
===Other notable roles===
*Babel II as Computer Voice
*Dragon Ball Z as Doctor Gero
*Fist of the North Star as Colonel
*Getter Robo as Monji Ōgarashi
*Mazinger Z as Professor Morimori, Viscount Pygman and others
*One Piece as "Red Shoes" Zeff
*Saint Seiya as Shiryu's Master (Libra Dohko)
*Space Battleship Yamato as Talan
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