Kazumi Tanaka

Kazumi Tanaka; 田中和実
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Birthdate	August 11 1951
Birthplace	Suginami, Tokyo, Japan Error creating thumbnail: /bin/bash: line 1: convert: command not found
Died	December 20 2007 (aged 56)
in	Tama, Tokyo, Japan
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Occupation	Seiyū
Years Active	1976 - 2007
Gender	Male
Notable Relatives	Ryoichi Tanaka (brother)
Ethnicity	Japanese
Notable Credit(s)	Saint Seiya; as Black Swan and Krag; Sakigake!! Otokojuku; as Maruyama; Transformers: The Headmasters; as Suiken and Kirk; Transformers: Victory; as Killbison; Dragon Ball Z; as Jheese
Agent	Aoni Production

Kazumi Tanaka (田中和実, Tanaka Kazumi, 1951-2007) was a Japanese voice actor from Suginami, Tokyo, Japan. He was the younger brother of Ryoichi Tanaka and was affiliated with Aoni Production at the time of his death. He was best known for his roles in Dragon Ball Z (as Jheese), Braiger (as Khamen Khamen) and Zawazawamori no Ganko-chan (as Banban and Scope Sensei). He also served as the narrator for the NTV show The Wide.

On December 20, 2007, Kazumi died from pulmonary heart disease at the age of 56 after betting on a boat race.

In addition to the characters listed, he did voices for many no-name thugs, villagers, and soldiers in the original Hokuto no Ken TV anime.

Hokuto no Ken (TV anime)[edit | edit source]

Soldier (ep 22)
Minion (ep 58,68,86,92)
Flamethrower Man (ep 62)
Bandit A (ep 76)

Hokuto no Ken 2[edit | edit source]

Boro (ep 15)
Pirate B (ep 18)
Centipede A (ep 23)
Nagato (eps 24, 27, 33)
Asura (eps 25, 31, 42)

External links[edit | edit source]

Kazumi Tanaka at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
Kazumi Tanaka at the Internet Movie Database