Patrick Cummings

## Patrick Kimura B. Cummings

GoAnimate picture of Patrick Cummings, 2020

**Patrick Makoto Kimura Buttram Cummings VI** (or *Patrick Buttram Cummings,* Japanese: *木村 真, Kimura Makoto,* December 25, 1971 -) is an American actor, voice actor and fandubber. He is typically known by his stage name Makoto Kimura, because his name is taken from his grandfather. He is very known for his Winnie the Pooh voice, once mastered by Jim Cummings, his 2nd relative.

## Early Life and Education

Patrick Cummings was born at the Jessie Furlow Medical Center in Quincy, Florida on Christmas Day of 1971. He is of Japanese descent on his grandmother's side (both *Makoto Kimura* and *Miyuki Kimura*), and of American descent on his father's side. ***Pat Buttram*** is his half-brother, and *Jim Cummings* is his godfather and his 2nd relative. At age 6, he attended kindergarten at Osaka, Japan. He later moved back to the United States on May 4, 1981 to enroll at St. John Elementary School in Quincy, Florida. His family moved to Seminole County after loss of nephew (***Matthew Kimura Burton Cummings***, February 7, 1935 - March 18, 1988), who was a Winter Springs native, died at age 53, caused with a malignant tumor under his vocal cords. He graduated from Lyman High School in Longwood, Florida at age 18 on May 12, 1990, and started enrolling at Valencia Community College (now Valencia College) in the Metro West campus area of Orlando, Florida. He studied the art of Disney characters and voice acting with help from Jim Cummings, his godfather. His sidekick, Andrew Taro Kobayashi Richardson (*小林 太郎, Kobayashi Tarō*; born June 24, 1968 in Tallahassee, Florida) helped Patrick to achieve his goal by becoming a voice actor. On May 6, 1997, at age 25, he graduated from Valencia College and earned an Associate of Arts degree.

## Career

Since the Windows 3.1 release came to his personal computer on his house in Oviedo, his mother (***Eri Kimura***, Japanese: 木村 枝里, Hepburn: *Kimura Eri*, born March 14, 1954 in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, Japan) bought him an exclusive ***Ready to Read with Pooh*** CD-ROM disc for Windows 3.1 PCs. He was given his job as a voice actor at Walt Disney Animation Studios on March 29, 2000 at age 28. He became a YouTube fandubber on September 26, 2009 at age 37.

## Personal Life

Patrick married Eri Kimura on November 12, 1998 in Sanford, Florida. He is a family of six: 3 of which are half-brothers, 2 daughters and 1 son. Patrick recently had his 2nd son on April 28, 2011, after Eri Kimura received a message from her doctors. His grandfather (***Makoto Kimura***, Japanese: 木村 真, Hepburn: *Kimura Makoto*, January 16, 1926 - May 20, 2018) suffered stage 4 lung cancer and eventually died at age 92 at 5:40 PM on May 20, 2018. His father, ***Hironobu Kimura*** (木村 広信, *Kimura Hironobu*, born April 28, 1949 in Shibukawa, Gunma Prefecture, Japan) prepared his funeral at Banfield Funeral Home & Crematory in Winter Springs, Florida, on May 28, 2018.

## Family Tree of the Kimuras

* Makoto Kimura (木村 真, *Kimura Makoto*; January 16, 1926 - May 20, 2018) - grandfather
* Miyuki Kimura (木村 御幸, *Kimura Miyuki*; February 4, 1928 - June 10, 2017) - grandmother
* Hironobu Kimura (木村 広信, *Kimura Hironobu*; born April 28, 1949) - father
* Eri Kimura (木村 枝里, *Kimura Eri*; born March 14, 1954) - mother
* Patrick M. K. Buttram Cummings (木村 真, *Kimura Makoto*; born December 25, 1971)
* Richard H. K. Williston Cummings (木村 広信, *Kimura Hironobu,* born November 20, 2001) - half-brother
* Alfredo Keiji Kimura Cummings (木村圭司. *Kimura Keiji*, born November 21, 2001) - half-brother
* Keith Hirohisa Shizuoka Cummings (静岡 博久, *Shizuoka Hirohisa,* born November 22, 2001) - half-brother
* Pat Kimura Cummings Jr. (born December 10, 2001) - son of Patrick M. K. Buttram Cummings