 This article is about a voice actor in the Kamen Rider Series.
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Norio Wakamoto (若本 規夫, Wakamoto Norio) is a Japanese veteran voice actor.
In Kamen Rider, he had voiced Arc Kivat and Rey Kivat in Kamen Rider Kiva: King of the Castle in the Demon World and later the Sclash Driver, Crocodile Crack Fullbottle, Cross-Z Magma Knuckle, Great Cross-Z Dragon, Grease Blizzard Knuckle, Grease Perfect Kingdom, and the Muscle Galaxy Fullbottle in Kamen Rider Build.
Outside of the Kamen Rider Series, he is an incredible voice actor, having done many villainous roles for various anime due to his bombastic voice, not to mention tendency for him to roll his "R"'s. Some of his roles include Cell of the Dragonball series, Xemnas in the Kingdom Hearts series, Emperor Charles zi Britannia in Code Geass, M. Bison (known as Vega in Japan) in a couple of Street Fighter games, and Megatron for the Transformers Animated Japanese dub.
He has also lent his voice to non-villainous roles like Johnny in the Guilty Gear series, Chiyo-chichi (the elusive figure of Chiyo's father, which manifests in some characters' dreams as an orange, oval, bipedal cat) in Azumanga Daioh and Celestial Spirits King in Fairy Tail.
Notes[]
- Hilariously enough, Wakamoto has his voice in a GPS system.
External links[]
- Official Agency Profile
Norio Wakamoto at Wikipedia.- Norio Wakamoto
at the Super Sentai Wiki
