years_active birth_place other_names nationality ethnicity name birth_date article_title birth_name occupation
1970-present gifu , gifu prefecture , japan sheneo japanese japanese norio imamura 17 april 1954 norio imamura
 kiyonori imamura stage actor , voice actor
norio imamura

, better known by his stage name -lrb- born april 17 , 1954 -rrb- , is a japanese stage actor and voice actor from gifu .
he is a graduate of the fine arts department of nihon university .
imamura began his career in the musical troupe musical company it 's follies and was coached by nachi nozawa .
imamura tattoos himself as a hobby and has reportedly spent 4 to 5 million yen -lrb- the equivalent of $ 45,000 to $ 56,000 -rrb- on tattoos over the course of a decade .
from april 26 to june 7 , 2010 , imamura posted pictures of his lower body on his blog with the intention of showing that his body had been completely tattooed .
imamura was arrested on july 2010 for posting images that were deemed indecent .
this event forced imamura to step down from his ongoing voice role as emporio ivankov in `` one piece '' -lrb- the role was subsequently inherited by mitsuo iwata -rrb- .
on september 1 , imamura was released following a summary proceeding at the tokyo public prosecutor 's office and was given a fine of 500,000 yen -lrb- approximately $ 6,000 -rrb- .
