Salaryman Yamada

Salaryman Yamada (サラリーマン山田), also known as the Bucktoothed Four-Eyes (メガネ出っ歯, Megane-Deppa), is a stock character who appeared in several of Shigeru Mizuki's stories. His name comes from his statue on Shigeru Mizuki Road.
==Cast==
Because of the purpose of the character, Salaryman Yamada has never had a consistent voice actor. However, he has had recurring voice actors throughout the history of the GeGeGe no Kitarō anime. Most notably, Keiichi Noda has voiced him eight confirmed times since the first series, with Hiroshi Ōtake, Sanji Hase and Ryōichi Tanaka voicing him across the adaptations as well. Yūsuke Numata has voiced Yamada in all of his major appearances in the 2018 series, giving him the most portrayals in a single series at eight. Keiko Yamamoto voiced Yamada as the same character (Donpei from Obake Nighter) in both the 1968 and 1985 series.
Most of his cast info is presented next to the appropriate role on his Appearances page, though a list of his recurring voice actors is listed below:
Voice Actor 	1968 anime	1971 Anime	1985 Anime	1996 Anime	2007 Anime	2018 Anime	
Keiichi Noda(Total= 8) 	4 	3 	1 	 	 	 	
Yūsuke Numata(Total= 8) 	 	 	 	 	 	8 	
Hiroshi Ōtake(Total= 5) 	3 	1 	1 	 	 	 	
Ryōichi Tanaka(Total= 4)	 	1 	1 	1 	1 	 	
Sanji Hase(Total= 3) 	1 	1 	1 	 	 	 	
Keaton Yamada(Total= 3) 	 	3 	 	 	 	 	
Keiko Yamamoto(Total= 2)	1 	 	1 	 	 	 	
Kōsaku Sugiura(Total= 2)	2 	 	 	 	 	 	
Ichirō Nagai(Total= 2) 	2 	 	 	 	 	 	
Ryōhei Arai(Total= 2) 	 	 	 	 	 	2 	
Additionally, in the Akuma-kun live-action series he was played by future GeGeGe no Kitarō voice actor Kōzō Shioya, while in the 1989 anime adaptation he was voiced by Kyōko Tongū. For the 2023 anime, Numata reprised the role from the 2018 Kitarō anime.
==Appearance==
Yamada is most recognized for his glasses and his bucktooth. He has a square-ish head, short hair, a pug nose and his upper lip sticks out past his bottom lip.
==About==
Yamada is a plain, ordinary, everyday office worker, known as a salaryman in Japan. He plays a different role every time he appears. While he is named Yamada many times, he has also gone by several other names. In addition to salarymen, he has also played several other ordinary people, such as villagers, a manga artist, a student and young boys. In contrast, he has also been a face in the crowd among more interesting types, such as ninjas and kappas. He often plays a character who gets caught up with yōkai in an attempt to make a better life for himself, but he usually suffers the consequences of his actions.
Yamada is the most frequent of Mizuki's stock characters and has appeared in stories since 1964, while Mizuki was working for Garo. He was modeled after Mizuki's friend and fellow rental manga artist Shōichi Sakurai. Mizuki kept using Yamada because he felt it was important to have the type of character who works and works but never gets ahead.
==References==
== Trivia ==
* Yamada is an extremely common name and is often used as a generic name, equivalent to something like john in English
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