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Norio Wakamoto; 若本規夫
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Birth Name	Norio Wakamoto; 若本紀夫
Birthdate	October 18 1945 (age 79)
Birthplace	Error creating thumbnail: /bin/bash: line 1: convert: command not found Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi
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Occupation	Seiyū, narrator
Other Names	Noriaki Wakamoto; (若本紀昭); Hiruma Kyounosuke; (比留間京之介).
Gender	Male
Ethnicity	Japanese
Religion	Misogi-ryu Koshintō;
Notable Credit(s)	Dragon Ball Z; as Cell; Code Geass; as Charles zi Britannia; Hellsing; as Alexander Andersen

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Norio Wakamoto (若本規夫, Wakamoto Norio) (born October 18, 1945) is a veteran male seiyū and budō expert affiliated with Sigma Seven. He was born in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, and was raised in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture. He graduated from Waseda University.

After graduation from Waseda University, Wakamoto initially found employment as a police officer assigned to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's Anti-Riot Squad division before becoming a seiyū.

The quality of Wakamoto's voice is known for uniting astringency and sharpness, usually leading him to villain roles in dubbing work and games. Examples include Oskar von Reuenthal in Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Johnny in the Guilty Gear series, Barbatos Goetia in Tales of Destiny 2, Charles zi Britannia in Code Geass, Black Shadow in F-Zero GP Legend, Xemnas in Kingdom Hearts II, Oda Nobunaga in Devil Kings, Cell in Dragon Ball Z and GT, Nikita Dragovich in Call of Duty: Black Ops, Dracula in Castlevania series, Bison in the Street Fighter series, Igniz and Omega Rugal in The King of Fighters series and many others. On adult works, like OVAs or dating sims he goes by the alias "Hiruma Kyounosuke" (比留間京之介).

He holds the rank of 3rd Dan in both Shorinji Kempo and Kendo.

Hokuto no Ken TV anime

Shuren
Raoh (episode #32)

Hokuto Musō

Narrator

External links

Norio Wakamoto at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
Profile at Sigma Seven
wikipedia:ja:若本規夫
Original Name Works Cited
Iyasare-radio, hosted by Wakamoto
Profile at Hitoshi Doi's Seiyuu Database

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