Hochu Otsuka
ActingTsuyama, Okayama, Japan
Hochu Otsuka (大塚 芳忠, Ōtsuka Hōchū, born Yoshitada Ōtsuka [same kanji], May 19, 1954) is a Japanese voice actor and narrator affiliated with the talent management firm Crazy Box. He is best known for his roles as the voices of Kyao Mirao in Heavy Metal L-Gaim; Yazan Gable in Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam; Akira Sendō in Slam Dunk; SignalMan in Gekisou Sentai Carranger; Imagin, Deneb in Kamen Rider Den-O, Abuto in Gintama, Makoto Sōda in Captain Tsubasa and Jiraiya in Naruto. He is also the famous official dubbing roles for Jean-Claude Van Damme, Donnie Yen (especially in Ip Man series), Jeff Goldblum, Ray Liotta, Tim Robbins, John C. McGinley, Brent Spiner, Kiefer Sutherland, Robert Patrick and many more.
Starring Hochu
Kamen Rider
★ 6.5TV
1971
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle
★ 7.7Film
2025
Detective Conan
★ 8.0TV
1996
Naruto
★ 8.4TV
2002
Naruto Shippūden
★ 8.5TV
2007
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation
★ 8.5TV
2021
Bungo Stray Dogs
★ 8.3TV
2016
Cowboy Bebop
★ 8.5TV
1998
The Misfit of Demon King Academy
★ 8.4TV
2020
The Eminence in Shadow
★ 8.1TV
2022
March Comes In Like a Lion
★ 8.0TV
2016
Urusei Yatsura
★ 6.9TV
2022
Saiyuki
★ 6.2TV
2000
The Dangers in My Heart
★ 8.5TV
2023
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
★ 8.6TV
2019
A Certain Magical Index
★ 7.6TV
2008A Certain Magical Index
★ 7.6TV
2008
Slam Dunk
★ 8.6TV
1993
SAKAMOTO DAYS
★ 8.1TV
2025
The Way of the Househusband
★ 8.4TV
2021
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
★ 8.4TV
2018
Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ
★ 7.5TV
1986
EDENS ZERO
★ 7.7TV
2021
Star Wars: Visions
★ 7.1TV
2021
Captain Tsubasa
★ 7.8TV
1983
The Duke of Death and His Maid
★ 7.8TV
2021
Delicious in Dungeon
★ 8.5TV
2024
Spaceship Sagittarius
★ 6.3TV
1986Spaceship Sagittarius
★ 6.3TV
1986Spaceship Sagittarius
★ 6.3TV
1986Spaceship Sagittarius
★ 6.3TV
1986Spaceship Sagittarius
★ 6.3TV
1986Spaceship Sagittarius
★ 6.3TV
1986Spaceship Sagittarius
★ 6.3TV
1986Spaceship Sagittarius
★ 6.3TV
1986
JOKER GAME
★ 6.7TV
2016
Teasing Master Takagi-san
★ 8.1TV
2018
Saga of Tanya the Evil
★ 8.2TV
2017
Tower of God
★ 8.2TV
2020
Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2199
★ 7.3TV
2013
Lazarus
★ 7.7TV
2025
Glitter Force Doki Doki
★ 7.3TV
2013
Wagnaria!!
★ 8.1TV
2010
Go! Go! Loser Ranger!
★ 7.1TV
2024
Umamusume: Cinderella Gray
★ 7.4TV
2025
Claymore
★ 8.1TV
2007
Baki Hanma
★ 8.1TV
2021
Spice and Wolf: MERCHANT MEETS THE WISE WOLF
★ 8.0TV
2024
Raven of the Inner Palace
★ 6.5TV
2022
Mobile Fighter G Gundam
★ 7.4TV
1994
Blood+
★ 8.1TV
2005
Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts
★ 6.9TV
2023
Spy Classroom
★ 6.3TV
2023
Wistoria: Wand and Sword
★ 7.6TV
2024
Pop Team Epic
★ 7.0TV
2018
Dark Gathering
★ 6.9TV
2023
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam
★ 8.1TV
1985Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam
★ 8.1TV
1985
THE iDOLM@STER
★ 6.8TV
2011
Zombie Land SAGA
★ 8.0TV
2018
Ohsama Sentai King-Ohger
★ 7.8TV
2023
'Tis Time for "Torture," Princess
★ 6.9TV
2024
Ergo Proxy
★ 7.6TV
2006Ergo Proxy
★ 7.6TV
2006Ergo Proxy
★ 7.6TV
2006
Love Through a Prism
★ 8.6TV
2026
The Slime Diaries
★ 8.0TV
2021
Isekai Quartet
★ 6.8TV
2019
Arknights
★ 6.5TV
2022
Wonder Egg Priority
★ 6.9TV
2021
CITY THE ANIMATION
★ 8.8TV
2025
Spice and Wolf
★ 7.5TV
2008
Zoids: Chaotic Century
★ 8.6TV
1999
Arakawa Under the Bridge
★ 6.4TV
2010
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
★ 8.0Film
1984
ODDTAXI
★ 8.3TV
2021
Nichijou: My Ordinary Life
★ 8.4TV
2011
Blue Dragon
★ 7.9TV
2007
Ajin
★ 7.9TV
2016
I'm Standing on a Million Lives
★ 6.5TV
2020
Ya Boy Kongming!
★ 7.3TV
2022
Listeners
★ 7.1TV
2020
BNA
★ 8.2TV
2020
Gintama
★ 8.1TV
2006
Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Bonds
★ 7.3Film
2008
Final Fantasy VII: Last Order
★ 6.6Film
2005
Castle in the Sky
★ 8.0Film
1986
Ameku M.D.: Doctor Detective
★ 7.2TV
2025
Turn A Gundam
★ 6.9TV
1999
Angels of Death
★ 8.0TV
2018
I'm Getting Married to a Girl I Hate in My Class
★ 6.8TV
2025
Suicide Squad Isekai
★ 7.4TV
2024
Black Jack
★ 6.5TV
1993
Texhnolyze
★ 6.9TV
2003
One Piece: Episode of Skypiea
★ 7.3Film
2019
Fureru
★ 6.4Film
2024
Kannagi: Crazy Shrine Maidens
★ 6.9TV
2008
Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan
★ 7.3TV
2021
The Little Lies We All Tell
★ 6.2TV
2022The Little Lies We All Tell
★ 6.2TV
2022
The Water Magician
★ 7.3TV
2025
My Daughter Left the Nest and Returned an S-Rank Adventurer
★ 6.5TV
2023
Akagi
★ 7.7TV
2005
One Piece Film: Z
★ 7.5Film
2012
Tomodachi Game
★ 7.5TV
2022
Tenchi Muyo! In Love
★ 6.0Film
1996
Miru Tights
★ 6.3TV
2019
The Demon Sword Master of Excalibur Academy
★ 6.9TV
2023
Requiem of the Rose King
★ 5.3TV
2022
Black Clover: Sword of the Wizard King
★ 8.1Film
2023
Restaurant to Another World
★ 7.3TV
2017
Katri: Girl of the Meadows
★ 7.1TV
1984
Super Kamen Rider Den-O & Decade NEO Generations: The Onigashima Warship
★ 6.1Film
2009
The Sacred Blacksmith
★ 6.9TV
2009
Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League
★ 6.8Film
2025
Devil Lady
★ 7.4TV
1998
The Severing Crime Edge
★ 7.3TV
2013
Kaze no Yojimbo
★ 7.4TV
2001
Transformers: Super-God Masterforce
★ 7.9TV
1988
Muromi-san
★ 6.5TV
2013
Gekisou Sentai Carranger vs Ohranger
★ 7.0Film
1997
Love of Kill
★ 7.3TV
2022
Onimusha
★ 7.5TV
2023
Kino's Journey
★ 7.8TV
2003
Berserk: The Golden Age Arc I - The Egg of the King
★ 7.2Film
2012
Hi Score Girl
★ 8.0TV
2018
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam - A New Translation II: Lovers
★ 6.4Film
2005
Reign: The Conqueror
★ 6.0TV
1999
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - Sibling's Bond
★ 7.9Film
2019
Earth Maiden Arjuna
★ 6.7TV
2001
Fireball
★ 6.6TV
2008
Transformers: The Headmasters
★ 7.7TV
1987
Princess Resurrection
★ 7.3TV
2007
Gokaiger Goseiger Super Sentai 199 Hero Great Battle
★ 7.1Film
2011
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Scarlet Bond
★ 7.4Film
2022
THE iDOLM@STER MOVIE: Beyond the Brilliant Future!
★ 6.1Film
2014
Tokyo Override
★ 7.3TV
2024
D.Gray-man Hallow
★ 6.8TV
2016
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
★ 7.7Film
2001
Dungeon People
★ 7.8TV
2024
Alice Gear Aegis Expansion
★ 4.8TV
2023
Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days
★ 7.3Film
2013
Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie
★ 7.4Film
2012
Project A-Ko 2: Plot of the Daitokuji Financial Group
★ 4.9Film
1987
Alice & Zoroku
★ 6.8TV
2017
Figure 17: Tsubasa & Hikaru
★ 6.4TV
2001
Chaos Dragon: Sekiryuu Sen'eki
★ 6.8TV
2015
009-1
★ 5.6TV
2006
Love Tyrant
★ 5.9TV
2017
Genesis Climber MOSPEADA
★ 7.1TV
1983
Batman Ninja
★ 5.9Film
2018
Space Battleship Yamato 2199
★ 7.6Film
2012
Detective Conan: The Last Wizard of the Century
★ 7.3Film
1999
Maps
★ 5.5TV
1994
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM
★ 6.9Film
2024
Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan
★ 6.8Film
2016
Gintama: The Very Final
★ 8.2Film
2021
Gunsmith Cats
★ 7.1TV
1995
The Rose of Versailles
★ 7.1Film
2025
Captain Tsubasa Movie 04: The Great World Competition!! The Junior World Cup
★ 7.4Film
1986
Space Battleship Yamato 2199: Odyssey of the Celestial Ark
★ 7.5Film
2014
Sasami-san@Ganbaranai
★ 4.4TV
2013
Murai in Love
★ 6.3TV
2024
Levius
★ 7.6TV
2019
The Sky Crawlers
★ 6.7Film
2008
Saga of Tanya the Evil: The Movie
★ 8.0Film
2019
Kizumonogatari Part 1: Tekketsu
★ 7.7Film
2016
Gintama: The Movie
★ 7.4Film
2010
Kamen Rider 4
★ 5.5Film
2015
Saiyuki Reload: Burial
★ 5.6TV
2007
Fist of the North Star: The Legend of the True Savior: Legend of Raoh-Chapter of Death in Love
★ 6.7Film
2006
Crayon Shin-chan: Honeymoon Hurricane ~The Lost Hiroshi~
★ 7.0Film
2019
Kizumonogatari Part 2: Nekketsu
★ 8.0Film
2016
Crayon Shin-chan: Great Adventure In Henderland
★ 7.1Film
1996
Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva
★ 7.5Film
2009
Dolls
★ 7.6Film
2002
City Hunter: Shinjuku Private Eyes
★ 6.4Film
2019
Coo of the Far Seas
★ 6.5Film
1993
Yu Yu Hakusho: The Movie - Poltergeist Report
★ 7.6Film
1994
Farewell Kamen Rider Den-O: Final Countdown
★ 7.3Film
2008
Kamen Rider Den-O The Movie: I'm Born!
★ 7.2Film
2007
Venus Wars
★ 6.7Film
1989
TIGER & BUNNY: The Rising
★ 6.2Film
2014
Kamen Rider Den-O & Kiva: Climax Deka
★ 8.0Film
2008
City Hunter: Bay City Wars
★ 6.2Film
1990
Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These - Intrigue 1
★ 6.1Film
2022
Ajin: Demi-Human – Compel
★ 7.1Film
2015
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
★ 6.1Film
1988
Super Hero Wars GP: Kamen Rider #3
★ 7.4Film
2015
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam - A New Translation III: Love is the Pulse of the Stars
★ 6.2Film
2006
Ajin: Demi-Human – Confront
★ 7.3Film
2016
Legend of Lemnear
★ 5.9Film
1989
After School Midnighters
★ 6.3Film
2012
Ajin: Demi-Human – Collide
★ 7.2Film
2016
Captain Tsubasa Movie 03: Run Towards Tomorrow!
★ 7.5Film
1986
Grey: Digital Target
★ 4.4Film
1986
Gunsmith Cats
★ 6.2Film
1995
K: Seven Stories Movie 5 - Memory of Red - Burn
★ 5.6Film
2018
Digital Devil Story - Megami Tensei
★ 6.0Film
1987
Reign: The Conqueror Movie
★ 7.0Film
2000