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Supporting Japanese Voice Actors - Dragon Ball

Given the number of long-running series and films based on the originalDragon Ball manga written and illustrated by Akira Toriyama is quite large, it should come as no surprise that there is an equally impressive list of actors and actresses who have lent their voices to all the well-known Dragon Ball characters. While there is, of course, Goku ( None Masako Nozaka ), Vegeta ( Ryō Horikawa None Bulma None Hiromi Tsuru ), and Krillin (NoneMayumi Tanaka ), an incredible number of other actors and actresses have also participated in the portrayal of the impressive cast of other colorful characters that appear in the story.

Toshio Furukawa

A voice actor born on July 16, 1946, in Ohira, Tochigi Prefecture, who is owned by Aoni Production. Furukawa is responsible for dubbing General Blue , among other minor roles. Later in the Dragon Ball anime, he also voices Piccolo Jr. (who is later simply called Piccolo in Dragon Ball Z ). He would continue to voice Piccolo until the end of the Dragon Ball Super series.

Takeshi Aono

Another voice actor for Aoni Production, born on June 19, 1936, in Asahikawa, Hokkaido Prefecture. Although he had a fairly prolific voice acting career, when it came to the Dragon Ball series, he is known for voicing one of the main antagonists of the entire series, Piccolo, the evil king , as well as his good counterpart, Us . As he voiced Kami, Aono also voiced another minor character named Shen, a human possessed by Kami so he could participate in the World Martial Arts Tournament.

Takeshi Kusao

A voice actor for Aoni Production, born in Saitama Prefecture on November 20, 1965. Kusao was initially given a minor role as a character named Pigero in Dragon Ball Z, but later lent his voice to a much larger character, Trunks (as both Future Trunks and Kid Trunks). Outside of the Dragon Ball franchise, he is known for voicing Sakuragi Hanamichi, the main character in the Slam Dunk series.

Shin Aomori

A voice actor for Sigma Seven born in Aomori Prefecture on October 20, 1941. In the Dragon Ball world, Aomori started out as the voice actor for Major Metallitron in the Red Ribbon Army arc, but would later voice Kibito (the Supreme Kaio's bodyguard) in Dragon Ball Z and Nature Shenron in Dragon Ball GT .

Shigeru Chiba

A voice actor for 81 Produce born in Kumamoto Prefecture on February 4, 1954. He began voicing Emperor Pilaf in Dragon Ball and later went on to voice Raditz , the first antagonist of Dragon Ball Z. He later voiced several other minor roles such as the TV version of Garlic Jr.

Hiroko Emori

A voice actress associated with Aoni Production who was born in Saitama Prefecture on January 27, 1961. She voiced Chiaotzu None Tien's best friend. She also voices minor roles such as an unnamed ghost in Dragon Ball Z, Bulma 's mother, and other similar characters.

Toru Furuya

A voice actor for Aoni Production born in Yokohama Prefecture on July 31, 1953. He is the voice of Yamcha in Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z. Later, Furuya would voice a minor character named Puck who was introduced in the final episode of Dragon Ball GT. During Yamcha's fight with Tien, Furuya also sang an in-character song.

Banjo Ginga

A voice actor born in Kofu, Yamanishi Prefecture, on November 12, 1948, associated with Aoni Production. In Dragon Ball, he voices Bora and Colonel Silver of the Red Ribbon Army. Later in Dragon Ball Z, he also voices King Vegeta and Toolo, a creature that allows Bardock to see the future in Bardock - The Father of Goku None

Daisuke Gori

A voice actor for Aoni Production born on February 8, 1952, in the Koto district of Tokyo. Gori has lent his voice to a number of characters in the Dragon Ball series, including Umigame, Drum, Vinegar, and Mister Satan None.

Chieko Honda

A voice actress from the group Max Mix born in Nagano Prefecture on March 28, 1963. Throughout the franchise, she only voiced a minor character named Pocawatha in Dragon Ball, but has voiced many other major roles in other anime projects such as Full Moon wo Sagashite, Sailor Moon S, Kimagure Orange Road, Ys, Revolutionary Girl Utena and Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ.

Yukitoshi Hori

Aoni Production voice actor, born in the Tokyo metropolitan area on September 12, 1952. He has voiced a number of minor antagonists such as Sansho from Dragon Ball Z: The Dead Zone , Android 19 from Dragon Ball Z and Bon Para from Dragon Ball GT, but is probably most well known for voicing one of Frieza 's henchmen, Dodoria None.

Yasuhiko Kawazu

Like Hori, Kawazu is also a voice actor for Aoni Production who hails from the Tokyo metropolitan area, but was born on January 21, 1966. He has voiced several minor roles in Dragon Ball Z such as all the Great Apes (except Vegeta's Great Ape form), Caterpy, and Frog. In the Dragon Ball Kai dub, Kawazu voices Mr. Popo, replacing the late Toku Nishio.