Kinryū Arimoto

Kinryu Arimoto (有本 欽隆, Arimoto Kinryū, born Yoshitaka Arimoto, February 11, 1940 – February 1, 2019) was a Japanese actor and voice actor formerly employed by Production Baobab and was a shodan in kenpo.

Kinryū Arimoto
有本 欽隆
Born	Yoshitaka Arimoto February 11, 1940 Tottori Prefecture, Japan
Died	February 1, 2019 (aged 78) Tokyo, Japan
Occupation	Actor voice actor
Years active	1963–2018
Height	177 cm (5 ft 10 in)

His name was actually supposed to be read as Yoshitaka, but the kanji was said to be misread as Kinryū, making it his stage name.

[1][2] He died on February 1, 2019.[3][4][5][6]

Filmography

Television animation

1960s

• Osomatsu-kun (1966) (bank employee)
• Perman (1967)
• Kaibutsu-kun (1968)

1970s

• Gatchaman Fighter (1979)

1980s

• City Hunter (1987) (Chief Nogami)

1990s

• Oniisama e... (1991) (Professor Misonoo)
• Tekkaman Blade (1992) (Bogard)
• Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair (anime) (1992) (Freddie)
• My Patrasche (1992) (Captain)
• Ocean Waves (1993) (Rikako Muto's Father)
• Mobile Suit Victory Gundam (1993) (Tengrashi Loos, Vistan)
• Shippū! Iron Leaguer (1993) (Richard Ginjo)
• Miracle Girls (1993) (Principal)
• Mobile Fighter G Gundam (1994) (Club Ace, Dr. Raizo Kasshu)
• Haō Taikei Ryū Knight (1994)
• Yamato Takeru (1994)
• Saint Tail (1995)
• Mobile Suit Gundam Wing (1995) (Marquis Weridge, Master Winner, Townsend)
• Virtua Fighter (1995) (Bruce Bryant)
• Romeo's Blue Skies (1995) (Casera)
• Ganba! Fly High (1996)
• Kiko-chan's Smile (1996)
• You're Under Arrest! (1996) (FOX Osho)
• In the Beginning: The Bible Stories (1997) (Adam)
• Gasaraki (1998) (elder, Yoshitake Gowa)
• DT Eightron (1998) (Cluster)
• Trigun (1998) (Chairman)
• Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040 (1998) (Dr. Steven K. Stingray)
• Spriggan (1998) (Yamamoto)
• Sensual Phrase (1999)
• I'm Gonna Be An Angel! (1999) (Milk Boy)
• Bubu Chacha (1999) (Boo-man, Narrator)

2000s

• Gate Keepers (2000) (AEGIS commander)
• Hidamari no Ki (2000) (Ogata Kōan)
• One Piece (2002) (Whitebeard)
• Gundam Seed (2002) (Patrick Zala)
• Last Exile (2003) (Nestor)
• Fullmetal Alchemist (2003) (Priest Cornello)
• My-HiME (2004) (Joseph Glear)
• Elfen Lied (2004) (Chief Kakuzawa)
• Madlax (2004) (Guen McNichol)
• Monster (2004) (Mr. Liebert)
• Naruto (2005) (Kaguya Clan Patriarch)
• Bio Booster Armor Guyver (2005) (Richard Guyot)
• Angel Heart (2006) (Li Jiang Qiang/Li Qian De)
• Jyu-Oh-Sei (2006) (Odin)
• Kiba (2006) (Professor Bender, Dimitri Caan)
• Baccano! (2007) (Szilard Quates)
• Inazuma Eleven (2008) (Seigō Hibiki)
• Bleach (2009) (Ginrei Kuchiki)
• Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (2009) (Knox)

2010s

• Giant Killing (2010) (Hiraizumi)
• Iron Man (2010) (Professor Michelinie)
• Chihayafuru (2011) (Hajime Wataya)
• Supernatural:The Anime Series (2011) (Jason) (ep. 5)
• Psycho-Pass (2012) (Tomomi Masaoka)
• Space Brothers (2012) (Eddie Jay)
• Kill la Kill (2013) (Isshin Matoi/Soichiro Kiryuin)
• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders (2014) (Cameo)[7]
• Future Card Buddyfight (2014) (Azi Dahaka)
• Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry (2015) (Ryōma Kurogane)
• Case Closed (2016) (Nagai Tokujiro) (ep. 829)
• citrus (2017) (Chairman)

Theatrical animation

• Initial D Third Stage (2001) (Ken Kogashiwa)
• Detective Conan: Strategy Above the Depths (2005) (Kensuke Niimi)
• Inazuma Eleven: Saikyō Gundan Ōga Shūrai (2010) (Admiral Hibiki)
• Mardock Scramble (2011) (Professor Faceman)
• Space Brothers #0 (2014) (Eddie Jay)
• Psycho-Pass: Sinners of the System (2019) (Masaoka)

Original video animation

• Please Save My Earth (1993) (La Zlo)
• Eight Clouds Rising (1997) (Ushio Fuzuchi)
• Blue Submarine No. 6 (1998) (Iga Tokuhiro)
• Golgo 13: Queen Bee (1998) (Robert Hardy)
• Street Fighter Alpha: Generations (2005) (Goutetsu)
• Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn (2010) (Ricardo Marcenas)

Video games

• Mansion of Hidden Souls (1993)
• Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together (1995) (Duke Juda Ronwey)
• Tengai Makyō: Daiyon no Mokushiroku (1997) (General Custer)
• Skies of Arcadia (2000) (Galcian)[8]
• Sonic Adventure 2 (2001) (President)
• Legaia 2: Duel Saga (2001) (Kazan)
• Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits (2003) (Volk)
• Lifeline (2003) (Joe Powers)[8]
• Kuon (2004) (Dōman Ashiya)
• Detroit: Become Human (2018, Japanese dub) (Carl Manfred)[8]

Live-action

• Christopher Walken
  • Basquiat (The Interviewer)
  • Last Man Standing (Hickey)
  • America's Sweethearts (Hal Weidmann)
  • Gigli (Detective Stanley Jacobellis)
  • The Rundown (Cornelius Bernard Hatcher)
  • Envy (J-Man)
  • Man on Fire (Paul Rayburn)[9]
  • Domino (Mark Heiss)[10]
  • Man of the Year (Jack Menken)
  • Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser (Anthony Benedetti/Clem Doore/Gert B. Frobe)[11]
• Jeremy Irons
  • Kingdom of Heaven (Raymond III of Tripoli)[12]
  • Eragon (Brom)[13]
  • The Correspondence (Ed Phoerum)
  • Assassin's Creed (Alan Rikkin)[14]
  • Red Sparrow (General Vladimir Andreievich Korchnoi)[15]
• Dennis Farina
  • Romeo Is Bleeding (Nick Gazzara)
  • Out of Sight (Marshall Sisco)
  • Saving Private Ryan (Lt. Col. Walter Anderson)
  • Reindeer Games (Jack Bangs)
• 3:10 to Yuma (Byron McElroy (Peter Fonda))[16]
• Apollo 13 (Ken Mattingly (Gary Sinise))[17]
• Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever (Robert Gant / Agent Clark (Gregg Henry))[18]
• Bean (General Newton (Burt Reynolds))[19]
• Better Call Saul (Mike Ehrmantraut (Jonathan Banks))[20]
• Black Hawk Down (William F. Garrison (Sam Shepard))[21]
• Blades of Glory (Coach Robert (Craig T. Nelson))[22]
• Boogie Nights (Jack Horner (Burt Reynolds))[23]
• Breaking Bad (Mike Ehrmantraut (Jonathan Banks))[24]
• The Core (General Thomas Purcell (Richard Jenkins))
• Criminal Minds (Jason Gideon (Mandy Patinkin))
• The Crucible (Reverend Samuel Parris (Bruce Davison))[25]
• Damien (John Lyons (Scott Wilson))
• Desperado (Bucho (Cesar) (Joaquim de Almeida))[26]
• Die Hard with a Vengeance (1998 Fuji TV edition) (Ricky Walsh (Anthony Peck))
• Dirty Sexy Money (Patrick "Tripp" Darling II (Donald Sutherland))
• Dr. No (Dr. No (Joseph Wiseman))[27]
• End of Days (2001 TV Asahi edition) (Dr. Abel (Udo Kier))
• The Exorcist: Director's Cut (William F. Kinderman (Lee J. Cobb))[28]
• Fast Five (Hernan Reyes (Joaquim de Almeida))[29]
• Flight of the Phoenix (Ian (Hugh Laurie))[30]
• Frailty (Wesley Doyle (Powers Boothe))
• Frasier (Martin Crane (John Mahoney))
• Gandhi (Judge R. S. Broomfield (Trevor Howard))[31]
• Going in Style (Joe Harding (Michael Caine))[32]
• Grandma (Karl (Sam Elliott))[33]
• Gutshot Straight (Duffy (Stephen Lang))[34]
• Halloween (Dr. Samuel Loomis (Malcolm McDowell))
• Horrible Bosses (Jack Pellitt (Donald Sutherland))
• I, Frankenstein (Naberius (Bill Nighy))
• The Imitation Game (Cdr. Alastair Denniston (Charles Dance))[35]
• Interstellar (Professor Brand (Michael Caine))
• JAG (A.J. Chegwidden (John M. Jackson))
• Jingle All the Way (2000 Fuji TV edition) (Ted Maltin (Phil Hartman))
• Kite (Karl Aker (Samuel L. Jackson))[36]
• Licence to Kill (1999 TV Asahi edition) (Franz Sanchez (Anthony Zerbe))
• The Living Daylights (1998 TV Asahi edition) (General Leonid Pushkin (John Rhys-Davies))
• Mars Attacks! (2000 TV Tokyo edition) (Maurice (Barbet Schroeder))
• The Matrix Reloaded (The Architect (Helmut Bakaitis))
• The Matrix Revolutions (The Architect (Helmut Bakaitis))
• The Merchant of Venice (Shylock (Al Pacino))
• Miller's Crossing (Eddie Dane (J. E. Freeman))[37]
• Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (Chairman (Nigel Barber))
• NCIS (Thomas Morrow (Alan Dale))
• Nick of Time (Brendan Grant (Peter Strauss))[38]
• Public Enemies (Charles Winstead (Stephen Lang))
• Radio (Harold Jones (Ed Harris))
• The Rainbow Thief (2017 Blu-ray edition) (Uncle Rudolf (Christopher Lee))
• Reservoir Dogs (Mister Pink (Steve Buscemi))[39]
• Seven (1999 TV Tokyo edition) (District Attorney Martin Talbot (Richard Roundtree))
• Shoot 'Em Up (Hammerson (Stephen McHattie))[40]
• Shutter Island (Dr. John Cawley (Ben Kingsley))[41]
• The Silence of the Lambs (Jack Crawford (Scott Glenn))
• Stargate SG-1 (Jack O'Neill (Richard Dean Anderson))
• Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (Lama-Su (Anthony Phelan))
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Lor San Tekka (Max von Sydow))[42]
• Stephen King's Desperation (Johnny Marinville (Tom Skerritt))[43]
• The Sugarland Express (Captain Harlin Tanner (Ben Johnson))
• Tears of the Sun (Captain Bill Rhodes (Tom Skerritt))[44]
• Transformers: Dark of the Moon (President Nixon)[45]
• Underworld: Blood Wars (Cassius (James Faulkner))[46]
• Westworld (The Man in Black (Ed Harris))
• The X-Files: I Want to Believe (Father Joseph Crissman (Billy Connolly))[47]

Animation

• The Animatrix (Dan's Dad)
• Antz (General Mandible)
• Babar the Elephant (King Babar)
• Cars 3 (Smokey)[48]
• Fantasia 2000 (Itzhak Perlman)
• Invasion America (General Konrad)
• Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow (Tony Stark/Iron Man)
• Spider-Man (Iceberg)
• Star Wars The Clone Wars (Lama Su)
• Totally Spies! (Terence Lewis)
• Totally Spies! The Movie (Terence Lewis)
• Transformers: Animated (Yoketron)
• Transformers: Prime (Alpha Trion)

References

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3. Ashcraft, Brian. "The Japanese Voice of One Piece's Whitebeard Has Died". Kotaku. Retrieved September 19, 2019.
4. Komatsu, Mikikazu. "One Piece Anime Whitebeard VA Kinryu Arimoto Passes Away at 78". Crunchyroll. Retrieved September 19, 2019.
5. https://nlab.itmedia.co.jp/nl/articles/1902/09/news017.html Netorabo
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External links

• Kinryu Arimoto at LLC Hirano Kikaku (in Japanese)
• Kinryu Arimoto at Ryu's Seiyuu Infos
• Kinryū Arimoto at IMDb
• Kinryū Arimoto at Anime News Network's encyclopedia