agent native_name_lang years_active birth_place other_names article_title ethnicity name native_name birth_date employer birth_name occupation
haikyō ja 1980-present kōnosu , saitama prefecture , japan yūichi nagashima -lrb- 長島 雄一 -rrb- chō
 japanese chō チョー 15 december 1957 seinenza theater company production baobab shigeru nagashima -lrb- 長島 茂 -rrb- voice actor
chō

he is best known for his roles in the `` lord of the rings '' film trilogy -lrb- as gollum -rrb- , `` one piece '' -lrb- as brook -rrb- , `` inai inai baaa ! ''
-lrb- as wan wan -rrb- and `` tanken boku no machi '' -lrb- as chō-san -rrb- .
on august 23 , 2006 , he changed his stage name to chō after his character in `` tanken boku no machi '' .
his hobbies include badminton and jogging , and he is a licensed teacher in calligraphy .
