Kōsei Hirota

Kōsei Hirota (廣田 行生, Hirota Kōsei; born February 12, 1951) is a Japanese voice actor.

Filmography

Television animation

• Detective Conan (1997) (Tequila, Nagato Hideomi)
• Neo Ranga (1998) (Samuel)
• Cowboy Bebop (1999) (Udai Taxim)
• Turn A Gundam (1999) (Quoatl)
• The Legend of Condor Hero (2001) (Narration)
• Beyblade V-Force (2002) (Zagard)
• Full Metal Panic! (2002) (Master Sailor)
• Heat Guy J (2002) (Valtat Jurgens)
• Kiddy Grade (2002) (Admiral)
• Bleach (2005) (Onabara Gengoro)
• Naruto (2005) (Gosunkugi)
• Digimon Savers (2006) (Merukimon)
• Musashi Gundoh (2006) (Dabi-no-ji)
• Higurashi When They Cry (2006) (Mion's Father)
• Dinosaur King (2008) (Blackbeard)
• Golgo 13 (2008) (Whitney)
• Michiko & Hatchin (2008) (City Official)
• Spice and Wolf II (2009) (Arnold)
• Gon (2012) (Kai)
• One Piece (2012) (Shuzo)
• Beast Saga (2013) (Al Dile)
• Kill la Kill (2013) (Takiji Kuroido)
• Captain Earth (2014) (Jack)
• One Piece (2014) (Hack)
• Assassination Classroom (2016) (Principal Matsukata)
• Brave Witches (2016) (Klaus Mannerheim) (ep. 4, 11-12)
• Princess Principal (2017) (Danny MacBean "Dorothy's father", Beatrice (Imitation Voice (other by Fukushi Ochiai, Motomu Kiyokawa, Tessho Genda, Hiroya Ishimaru) "Danny MacBean"))) (ep. 6)
• Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens (2018) (Genzō Gohda)
• Night Head 2041 (2021) (Losyukov)^[1]
• Undead Girl Murder Farce (2023) (Ganimard)^[2]
• The Witch and the Beast (2024) (Farmus)^[3]

Animated films

• Redline (2009) (Roboworld President)
• King of Thorn (2010) (The Senator/Alexandro Pecchino)
• Crayon Shin-chan: Burst Serving! Kung Fu Boys ~Ramen Rebellion~ (2018)

Video games

• Crash Nitro Kart (2003) (Krunk)
• Halo (2007) (Sergeant Johnson)
• Devil May Cry 4: Special Edition (2015) (Bael & Dagon)
• Resident Evil 7: Biohazard (2017) (Joe Baker)

Unknown date

• Bravely Default (Hayreddin Barbarossa)
• Bravely Second (Hayreddin Barbarossa)
• Gears of War (Marcus Fenix)
• Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny (Nightmare)
• Soulcalibur Legends (Nightmare)
• Soulcalibur IV (Nightmare)

Tokusatsu

• Megaloman (1979) (ep. 28)
• Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger (2011) (Bongan) (ep. 2)
• Thermae Romae II (2014) (Romani)

Dubbing roles

Live-action

• Danny Trejo
  • Point Blank (Wallace)
  • Bubble Boy (Slim)
  • Spy Kids (Isador "Machete" Cortez)
  • Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams (Isador "Machete" Cortez)
  • Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (Isador "Machete" Cortez)
  • Urban Justice (El Chivo)
  • Breaking Bad (Tortuga)
  • Bones (Bishop)
  • Death Race 2 (Goldberg)
  • Machete (Machete Cortez)^[4]
  • Predators (Cuchillo)^[5]
  • Recoil (Drake Salgado)
  • Bad Ass (Frank Vega)
  • Death Race 3: Inferno (Goldberg)
  • Dead in Tombstone (Guerrero De La Cruz)
  • Machete Kills (Machete Cortez)^[6]
  • Bad Asses (Frank Vega)
  • In the Blood (Big Biz)
  • 3-Headed Shark Attack (Mike Burns)
  • Dora and the Lost City of Gold (Boots)^[7]
  • The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run (El Diablo)
• The 13th Warrior (Helfdane (Clive Russell))^[8]
• 15 Minutes (Det. Leon Jackson (Avery Brooks))^[9]
• Alice in Wonderland (Bayard Hamar the Bloodhound (Timothy Spall))
• Alice Through the Looking Glass (Bayard Hamar the Bloodhound (Timothy Spall))^[10]
• Asteroid (1997 TV Asahi edition) (General Symons)
• The Big Hit (Paris (Avery Brooks))^[11]
• Black Book (Günther Franken (Waldemar Kobus))^[12]
• Bunraku (Nicola "The Woodcutter" (Ron Perlman))^[13]
• The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations (Harry Goldburg)
• Charade (2004 DVD edition) (Tex Panthollow (James Coburn))^[14]
• A Civil Action (John Riley (Dan Hedaya))^[15]
• Daddy Day Camp (Colonel Buck Hinton (Richard Gant))^[16]
• A Dog of Flanders (William the Blacksmith (Bruce McGill))
• Don't Look Up (Benedict Drask (Ron Perlman))^[17]
• Drive (Nino 'Izzy' Paolozzi (Ron Perlman))^[18]
• The Fifth Element (General Munro (Brion James))^[19]
• Ford v Ferrari (Henry Ford II (Tracy Letts))^[20]
• Gangster Squad (Chief Bill Parker (Nick Nolte))^[21]
• The Glimmer Man (1999 TV Asahi edition) (Donald Cunningham (John M. Jackson))^[22]
• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (Taserface (Chris Sullivan))^[23]
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (Death Eater Yaxley (Peter Mullan))^[24]
• Hearts Beat Loud (Dave (Ted Danson))^[25]
• Infernal Affairs (Wong Chi-shing (Anthony Wong))^[26]
• Knockin' on Heaven's Door (Henk (Thierry Van Werveke))^[27]
• Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (Big Chris (Vinnie Jones))
• The Lone Ranger (Butch Cavendish (William Fichtner))^[28]
• Mercury Rising (Special Agent Tommy Jordan (Chi McBride))^[29]
• The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (Jean de Dunois (Tchéky Karyo))^[30]
• National Security (Nash (Eric Roberts))^[31]
• Nightmare Alley (Bruno (Ron Perlman))^[32]
• Nobody (Eddie Williams (Michael Ironside))^[33]
• Norbit (Big Black Jack Latimore (Terry Crews))^[34]
• Our Family Wedding (Bradford Boyd (Forest Whitaker))^[35]
• Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (Gunner (DeObia Oparei))^[36]
• Platoon (2003 TV Tokyo edition) (Rhah (Francesco Quinn))
• Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes (Ed Harley (Lance Henriksen))^[37]
• The Quiet Man (2017 Star Channel edition) (Squire "Red" Will Danaher (Victor McLaglen))^[38]
• Rage (Detective St. John (Danny Glover))^[39]
• Same Kind of Different as Me (Earl Hall (Jon Voight))^[40]
• SEAL Team 8: Behind Enemy Lines (Ricks (Tom Sizemore))^[41]
• Seraphim Falls (Hayes (Michael Wincott))^[42]
• Seven (2001 TV Asahi edition) (District Attorney Martin Talbot (Richard Roundtree))
• Shanghai Noon (Marshal Nathan Van Cleef (Xander Berkeley))^[43]
• Snatch (Bullet Tooth Tony (Vinnie Jones))^[44]
• Snatch (2017 Blu-Ray edition) (Abraham "Cousin Abe" Denovitz (Dennis Farina))^[45]
• True Grit ("Lucky" Ned Pepper (Barry Pepper))^[46]
• The Unknown Woman (Muffa (Michele Placido))^[47]
• Vehicle 19 (Detective Smith (Gys de Villiers))^[48]
• Veronica Guerin (John Traynor (Ciarán Hinds))^[49]
• The Watcher (Hollis (Chris Ellis))

Animation

• The Addams Family 2 (Big Bad Ronny)^[50]
• Batman: The Brave and the Bold (Joe Chill)
• The Spectacular Spider-Man (Tombstone)
• Spider-Man: The Animated Series (J. Jonah Jameson)
• Spider-Man Unlimited (J. Jonah Jameson)
• Surf's Up 2: WaveMania (Undertaker)^[51]