Kōichi Yamadera (山寺宏一, Yamadera Kōichi) is a Japanese seiyū, actor, tarento, narrator, master of ceremonies and impressionist from Shiogama, Miyagi Prefecture. He graduated from Tohoku Gakuin University's economics school, and is currently affiliated with Across Entertainment. Before that, he was affiliated with the Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society. His voice-acting debut was the OVA Megazone 23 as the motorcycle-riding Shinji Nakagawa. Yamadera's break-out role as a seiyū was the anime Ranma ½, in which he played the role of Hibiki Ryōga. On the October of 1997, Yamadera became a host on the TV Tokyo children's variety show Oha Suta. In 2012 he married Rie Tanaka, the voice of Sophie de Guise.

Kōichi Yamadera
山寺宏一

Birthdate June 17 1961 (1961-06-17) (age 63)
Birthplace Shiogama, Miyagi, Japan Error creating thumbnail: /bin/bash: line 1: convert: command not found
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Occupation seiyū, actor, talent
Gender Male
Spouse Mika Kanai (1994-2006)
Rie Tanaka (2012-2018)
Robin Shoko Okada (2021-)
Ethnicity Error creating thumbnail: /bin/bash: line 1: convert: command not found Japanese
Notable Credit(s) Cowboy Bebop
as Spike Spiegel
Ranma ½
as Ryōga Hibiki
Cat Ninden Teyandee
as Karamaru
Evangelion
as Ryoji Kaji
Agent Across Entertainment

Hokuto no Ken 2

  • Villager (ep 23)
  • Asura (ep 30)
  • Minion (ep 32)

Souten no Ken

Souten no Ken Regenesis

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