Behind the anime

Kazuo Kumakura

Voice actor

Occupation: Voice Actor
Born: January 30, 1927
Died: 2015
Hometown: Azabu (today's Minato), Tokyo, Japan
Years active: 1951–2015
Gender: Male
Education: Tokyo metropolitan university
Awards: 1
Credits: 19

Kazuo Kumakura at a glance

Kazuo Kumakura is a voice actor with 19 credits in Aniphoria's catalog. Kazuo is from Azabu (today's Minato), Tokyo, Japan. Their birth date is listed as January 30, 1927. Years active: 1951–2015.

Roles and credits

Lead roles include Papanda in Panda! Go Panda!. Behind the scenes, the most common credits are music performance (3).

Quick questions

What has Kazuo Kumakura worked on?

Our catalog lists 19 credits, including Monster, The Wonderful World of Puss 'n Boots, and Hi no Tori 2772: Ai no CosmoZone.

Which characters has Kazuo Kumakura voiced?

Listed roles include Akanbou, Papanda, Diogenes, and Nezumitachi no Chichioya.

Where is Kazuo Kumakura from?

Their hometown is listed as Azabu (today's Minato), Tokyo, Japan.

The person behind the work

Biography

From 1957, he became the Japanese voice of Alfred Hitchcock in Nippon TV's TV broadcasts of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, and from 1989, he played the voice of Hercule Poirot in Agatha Christie's Poirot. He died of rectal cancer on October 12, 2015, at a hospital in Tokyo, at the age of 88.