(October 18, 1945 - ) is a male seiyū and budo expert affiliated with Sigma Seven. He was born in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, and was raised in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture. He graduated from Waseda University.

Overview

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 di 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, Dracula in Castlevania series and many others.

He is a third-level Shorinji Kempo artist and a second-level Kendo artist.

Voice roles

Television anime

• Acrobunch (Hiro Randō)
• Antique Bakery (Tadahiro Akutagawa)
• Atashin'chi (Ringuana)
• Aura Battler Dunbine (Narrator, Alan Brady)
• Ayakashi Ayashi (Torī Yōzō)
• Azumanga Daioh (Chiyo-chichi)
• Baccano! (Gustave St. Germain)
• Basilisk: The Kouga Ninja Scrolls (Yagyū Munenori)
• Berserk (Gambino)
• Burn Up Excess (Secretary)
• Canvas 2 ~Niji Iro no Sketch~ (Jirō Misaki)
• Case Closed (Police Inspector Gorō Ōtaki, Michihiko Suwa, Satoshi Miyahara, Korehisa Kanie)
• Chrono Crusade (Duke Defeaux)
• City Hunter 2 (Eric)
• Code Geass (Charles di Britannia)
• Cowboy Bebop (Vicious)
• Cream Lemon ep. 4 (Zack)
• Cromartie High School (Shinichi Mechazawa)
• Cyborg 009 (Scarl (Heisei edition))
• D.Gray-Man (Winters Sokaro)
• Daigunder (DragoBurst)
• Dancougar - Super Beast Machine God (Shapiro Keats)
• Dancouga Nova (Earth Will, Moon Will)
• Demonbane (Augustus)
• Desert Punk (Rain Spider)
• Digimon Frontier (IceDevimon)
• Dragon Ball GT (Cell)
• Dragon Ball Z (Cell)
• Duel Masters (Jōji)
• Fist of the North Star (Shuren)
• F-Zero GP Legend (Black Shadow)
• Future Boy Conan (Dōke)
• Ghost Sweeper Mikami (Piper)
• Gin Tama (Matsudaira)
• Hayate the Combat Butler (Voice of the Heavens (Narration))
• Heat Guy J (Serge Echigo)
• Heavy Metal L-Gaim (Rockley Ron)
• Infinite Ryvius (Conrad Visukesu)
• Inukami! (Sekidousai)
• Kiddy Grade (Chevalier)
• Koi Koi Seven (Head of the Academy)
• Konjiki no Gash Bell!! (Fein, Victoream)
• Love Get Chu (Ohara Heizou)
• Maison Ikkoku (Master of Chachamaru)
• Mamoru-kun ni Megami no Shukufuku wo! (Naoyuki Takasu)
• Monkey Typhoon (Elephant Bishop)
• Mononoke (The Umizatou)
• Myself Yourself (Unknown Teacher, Electro-magnetic Shogun)
• Negima!: Magister Negi Magi (Demon general)
• Ninin Ga Shinobuden (Onsokumaru)
• Oh My Goddess! (Senbee)
• Otogi-Jushi Akazukin (Panpu King)
• PaRappa Rappa (King Kong Mushi)
• Planetes (Gigalt Gangalagash)
• Pluster World (Dairando)
• Ronin Warriors (Kaos)
• Samurai Champloo (Bundai)
• Sazae-san (Anago, Hanazawa's father, prowler, others)
• Science Ninja Team Gatchaman (Police Captain in Episode 51)
• s-CRY-ed (Opening narration)
• Sgt. Frog (Shurara)
• Shounen Onmyouji (Kyūki)
• Soul Link (Shigemichi Morimoto)
• Super Robot Wars Original Generation: Divine Wars (Maier V. Branstein)
• Tatakae!! Ramenman (Kinnikuken Banboro)
• Tekkaman Blade (Tekkaman Omega, Kengo Aiba)
• The Tower of Druaga: the Aegis of Uruk (Door's voice in Episode 5)
• Tomorrow's Joe 2 (Shogi Kanetatsu)
• Transformers: Cybertron (Flame Convoy)
• Tsuyokiss (Tachibana Heizō)
• Ultimate Muscle (Bone Killer)
• Urusei Yatsura (Art teacher)
• Weiss Kreuz (Reiji Takatori)
• Wolf's Rain (Fukurō)
• Yoshinaga-san Chi no Gargoyle (Gargoyle)
• Yu-Gi-Oh! GX (Titan)
• YuYu Hakusho (Gouki, Chu)
• Zoids Fuzors (Roger)

OVA

• 801 T.T.S. Airbats (Mitsuru Konishi)
• Appleseed (Sebastian)
• Armor Hunter Mellowlink (Sergeant Gorufi)
• Dancougar - Super Beast Machine God: Blazing Epilogue (Shapiro Keats)
• Defeat the Pirate Ganzack (Ganzack)
• Desert Punk (Amagumo)
• Detonator Orgun (Lang)
• Giant Robo (Taisou)
• Gunbuster (Ōta Kōichirō)
• Guyver (Oswald A. Lisker)
• Hellsing (Father Alexander Anderson)
• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (Hol Horse)
• Legend of the Galactic Heroes (Oskar von Reuenthal)
• Mezzo Forte (Hirōka)
• Plastic Little (Joshua L. Balboa)
• Record of Lodoss War (Woodchuck)
• The Silent Service (Wataru)
• Taimanin Asagi (Edwyn Black)
• Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki (Kagato)
• They Were Eleven (Knu)
• Urotsukidoji (Sui Kakuju)
• Yagami-kun's Family Affairs (Yōji Yagami)
• Ys (Darm)

Theater animation

• Mobile Suit Gundam (Gene)
• The Prince of Darkness (Yamasaki)
• Mobile Suit Gundam F91 (Lieutenant Bardo)
• The Five Star Stories (Vord Bewlard)

Video games

• Brave Story: New Traveler (Sogreth)
• Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (Dracula)
• Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance (Dracula)
• Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin (Dracula)
• Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles (Dracula)
• Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia (Dracula)
• Dissidia: Final Fantasy (Chaos)
• Skies of Arcadia (Gilder)
• SVC Chaos: SNK vs. Capcom (M. Bison)
• SD Gundam G Generation (Doku Dāmu)
• Onimusha 3: Demon Siege (Akechi Mitsuhide)
• Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams (Ishida Mitsunari)
• SNK vs. Capcom series (M. Bison)
• Mobile Suit Gundam Side Story (Philip Hughes)
• Guilty Gear series (Johnny)
• Kingdom Hearts II (Xemnas)
• Grandia (Baal)
• The King of Fighters 2001 (Igniz)
• Star Ocean: First Departure (Ashlay Barnbelt)
• The King of Fighters 2002 (Omega Rugal)
• Samurai Shodown: Edge of Destiny (Golba)
• Street Fighter IV (Vega in Japan and M. Bison in North America)
• Super Dragon Ball Z (Cell)
• Super Robot Wars (Neue Regisseur, Stern Neue Regisseur, Maier V. Branstein, Alan Brady, Shapiro Keats, Ōta Kōichirō)
• Summon Night EX-Thesis: Yoake no Tsubasa (Fighfar)
• Sengoku Basara (Oda Nobunaga)
• Tsuyokiss (Tachibana Heizō)
• Tales of Destiny 2 (Barbatos Goetia)
• Tales of the World: Narikiri Dungeon 3 (Barbatos Goetia)
• Tales of Destiny (PS2) (Barbatos Goetia)
• Tales of Innocence (Gardle)
• Tales of Vesperia (Barbatos Goetia)
• Tenshi no Present - Marl Oukoku Monogatari (Fonfon, Guwanji)
• Cyber Troopers Virtual-On Marz (Daimon)
• Dragon Ball Z: Budokai series (Cell)
• Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi series (Cell)
• The Bouncer (Dauragon C. Mikado)
• Final Fantasy XII (Al-Cid Margrace)
• Phantasy Star Universe (Renvolt Magashi)
• Blue Dragon (Nene)
• Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories (Zenon)
• Makai Kingdom: Chronicles Of The Sacred Tome (King Drake the Third)
• Muv-Luv (Paul Radhabinod)
• Muv-Luv Alternative (Paul Radhabinod)
• Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops (Gene)
• Last Bronx (Tōru Kurosawa)
• Mega Man X6 (High Max)
• Wild Arms Alter Code: F (Siegfried/Zeikfried)
• Wild Arms 4 (Gawn Brawdia)
• Luminous Arc (Andre)
• Odin Sphere (Hindel, Wraith/Halja)
• Final Fantasy IV (Rubicante)
• Soulcalibur IV (Yoshimitsu)

Dubbing roles

• Alien: Resurrection (Vriess)
• Batman Begins (Henri Ducard)
• Mortal Kombat (1995 film) (Rayden, Christopher Lambert)
• Sin City (Cardinal Patrick Henry Roark)
• Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (Lando Calrissian)
• Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (Lando Calrissian)
• Space: 1999 (Paul Morrow)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990 film) (Shredder)
• True Lies (Fuji-TV edition) (Aziz)
• The Professionals (William Bodie)
• Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (Jake Slicker)
• Who Dares Win (Captain Peter Skellen)
• Prison Break (Theodore "T-Bag" Bagwell)
• The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack (Mechanical Genie)
• The Mask (Mitch Kellaway)
• The Dark Crystal (SkekZok)
• X-Men (Mr. Sinister)

Tokusatsu

• Seijuu Sentai Gingaman (Narrator)
• Kamen Rider Kiva: King of the Castle in the Demon World (Rey Kivat/Arc Kivat)

Video/DVD

• Seijuu Sentai Gingaman vs. Megaranger (Narrator)

External links

• Profile at Hitoshi Doi's Seiyuu Database
• Profile at Sigma Seven
• Original Name Works Cited