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Behind the anime
Voice actor
Jōji Yanami , August 30, 1931 – December 3, 2021) was a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator who was affiliated with Aoni Production.
Joji Yanami is a voice actor with 63 credits in Aniphoria's catalog. Their listed hometown is Tokyo, Japan. Their birth date is listed as August 30, 1931. Years active: 1960–2015.
Lead roles include Muten Roshi in Dragon Ball. Behind the scenes, the most common credits are theme song performance (3).
Our catalog lists 63 credits, including Super Mario Brothers: Peach-hime Kyushutsu Daisakusen!, Swan Lake, and Dragon Ball Z Kai.
Listed roles include Boodle, Gan Fall, Briefs Hakase, and Kita no Kaiou.
Their hometown is listed as Tokyo, Japan.
The person behind the work
Jōji Yanami (八奈見 乗児, Yanami Jōji; born Shigemitsu Shirato (白土 繁満, Shirato Shigemitsu), August 30, 1931 – December 3, 2021) was a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator who was affiliated with Aoni Production. Some of his major voice roles included the Dragon Ball anime series, which he narrated and voiced Dr. Briefs, Kaiō-sama (a.k.a. King Kai or North Kaio), and Bobbidi. Other major roles included Dr.
Isaac Gilmore in Cyborg 009, Gennai in Digimon, Ittan Momen in GeGeGe no Kitarō, Dr. Yumi in Mazinger Z, and numerous characters in the Time Bokan series. On September 25, 2015, Toei Animation announced that Yanami would be taking medical leave from Dragon Ball Super for an indefinite amount of time, with his roles as the narrator and Kaiō-sama taken over by Naoki Tatsuta.
Browse titles and the roles they contributed.
43 titles listed
Notable roles, most popular first.
ONE PIECE
ONE PIECE
Dragon Ball Z
Dragon Ball Z
Dragon Ball Z
Dragon Ball Z
Dragon Ball · Main role
InuYasha
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
Dragon Ball Z Kai
Legend of the Galactic Heroes
Digimon: Digital Monsters